Giants of Advertising
Bob Garfield Gets it Right
Monday, June 16th, 2008AdAge.com’s Bob Garfield nails Madison Avenue’s current woes precisely when he likens the industry’s annual Cannes outing to “Norma Desmond… preening for one last close-up, dwelling delusionally in its glamorous past.” Still, the Cannes Festival goes on, sure proof that you can never underestimate the degree to which institutional inertia can keep alive an industry […]
Hal Riney R.I.P.
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008Hal Riney, one of America’s great ad men, has passed on. Riney’s career was long and illustrious, and he created many memorable campaigns (including Gallo’s Bartles & James), but his work for Ronald Reagan is certainly the best remembered, particularly for two 1984 campaign spots (”Morning in America” and “The Bear;” see below). Some might […]