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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Ad Agency Christmas Cards that Didn't Make The Cut
During my illustrious (read: relatively unmemorable) career in the ad game, I have had a few occasions to be assigned to help create the agency Christmas cards. Here's a couple that I uncovered while I was moving my crap from SHS to Callahan Creek. They, obviously, never made the cut, but I wanted to share them anyhow.
The first was an accordion-style folding card that was far to expensive to produce and far too stupid to approve. I, however, still find it amusing in it's absurdity. Now, imagine that each of the following prhases appears by itself on it's own page of the accordion folding piece.
Christmas is coming.
The goose is getting fat.
Please put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a hay penny will do.
If you haven't got a hay penny
Then you can just make the check out to "Cash."
Happy Holidays from your friends at [INSERT AGENCY NAME HERE]
The second one I found was really awful. Or is it good?
The front of the card has three pictures:
Young Handsome Elvis
Black Leather Comback Elvis
Las Vegas Fat and Drugged Up Elvis
You open it up and it simply says:
We Three Kings.
Happy Holidays from your friends at [INSERT AGENCY NAME HERE]
And finally, the coup de grace.
Front of card looks like a conversation.
GUY1: Well, they assigned us the Christmas card this year.
GUY2: Oh no.
GUY1: Yep.
GUY2: Every year we come up with a bunch of concepts and then management kills all of them for one stupid reason or another.
GUY1: Yeah, and we're already buried with client work.
GUY2: No kidding. And buzz work for the award shows.
GUY1: Yeah. I swear, what they ought to do is just send a generic card that says we have made a donation in their name to a charity.
GUY2: Seriously.
Then you open it up and it says:
Don't you wish that's what they had done instead of this card?
Ha ha. Merry Christmas to all you poor bastards in advertising and all you poor bastards in everything else.
Peace on Earth good will toward men. Now go home and drink some of that monster egg nog my brother makes with lighter fluid.
Rock on in 2K6. ¶ 2:02 PM 2 comments
The first was an accordion-style folding card that was far to expensive to produce and far too stupid to approve. I, however, still find it amusing in it's absurdity. Now, imagine that each of the following prhases appears by itself on it's own page of the accordion folding piece.
Christmas is coming.
The goose is getting fat.
Please put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a hay penny will do.
If you haven't got a hay penny
Then you can just make the check out to "Cash."
Happy Holidays from your friends at [INSERT AGENCY NAME HERE]
The second one I found was really awful. Or is it good?
The front of the card has three pictures:
Young Handsome Elvis
Black Leather Comback Elvis
Las Vegas Fat and Drugged Up Elvis
You open it up and it simply says:
We Three Kings.
Happy Holidays from your friends at [INSERT AGENCY NAME HERE]
And finally, the coup de grace.
Front of card looks like a conversation.
GUY1: Well, they assigned us the Christmas card this year.
GUY2: Oh no.
GUY1: Yep.
GUY2: Every year we come up with a bunch of concepts and then management kills all of them for one stupid reason or another.
GUY1: Yeah, and we're already buried with client work.
GUY2: No kidding. And buzz work for the award shows.
GUY1: Yeah. I swear, what they ought to do is just send a generic card that says we have made a donation in their name to a charity.
GUY2: Seriously.
Then you open it up and it says:
Don't you wish that's what they had done instead of this card?
Ha ha. Merry Christmas to all you poor bastards in advertising and all you poor bastards in everything else.
Peace on Earth good will toward men. Now go home and drink some of that monster egg nog my brother makes with lighter fluid.
Rock on in 2K6. ¶ 2:02 PM 2 comments
Monday, December 05, 2005
Tug In Lawrence, KS
After much soul-searching, I have taken a new job after 6.5 years at SHS-KC. The agency is called Callahan Creek (callahancreek.com) and it's in Lawrence, Kansas. Home of the KU Jayhawks, home of many, many, many fantastic bars, home of many, many, many. many beautiful co-eds, and now, home of me.
I am Associate Creative Director, and pretty soon, I'll let you know what clients I'll be working on.
You'll still be able to catch my act with Johnny J over at American Copywriter (americancopywriter.typepad.com) so don't miss it.
That is all for now.
Peace.
tug
And when I remember how to make copy above active, I will. ¶ 11:13 AM 8 comments
I am Associate Creative Director, and pretty soon, I'll let you know what clients I'll be working on.
You'll still be able to catch my act with Johnny J over at American Copywriter (americancopywriter.typepad.com) so don't miss it.
That is all for now.
Peace.
tug
And when I remember how to make copy above active, I will. ¶ 11:13 AM 8 comments
