Marshmallow

It's funny that parents want to say...when i was a kid...I would have...blah blah blahh Teachers are there to teach. Not to parent. Maybe you should do a better job being a parent and teachers wouldn't have to parent. And I don't mean beating your kids... In other news....I heard that child abuse leads to child abuse leads to child abuse leads to child abuse leads to violence leads to violence leads to child abuse leads to bad kids that need their mouths taped shut leads to....

I refuse to turn 30 today. Instead I will celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Have a Dos Equis for me.

What was your funny idea?

It's funny that you say that. The agency responsible is Crispin Porter Bogusky. And they're THE HOTTEST ad agency in the country if not the world. Their best work has always been for Ikea, Mini Cooper and TRUTH (the anti-smoking campaign). As far as Burger King goes, the work(tv, print, radio, internet, etc) ranges from terrible (commercial with Hootie) to Great (did you see subservientchicken.com) Some of the in-office spots are pretty funny. People always want to blame the ad agency for bad creative spots. But the reality of the situation is that the client is generally a marketing guy who doesn't have one creative bone in his body. And ultimately, he decides. Scary.

If anyone wants to see a couple really good pics I snapped at a Northeastern game, I can send them or maybe a Mod could put them up.

The guy has the word PAIN tattooed in big letters on his arm. What's not to like?

Tough one... I'd say Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand With close seconds from.... Natalie Merchant - Tigerlilly The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4 The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass U2 - The Joshua Tree The The - Dusk The Smiths - The Queen is Dead Uncle Tupelo - No Depression

Believe it or not, I've actually seen this kid play. My brother-in-law was the DB coach for Northeastern last year before accepting the same job at Syracuse. This kid is a monster. He has a tattoo on his arm that just reads "PAIN"

Advertising Copywriter. I write TV commercials, radio commercials, print ads etc.

I decided to beat mother nature to the punch. So I shaved the dome. Not with a razor...just a "one blade" on the clippers. Which is pretty close. If I don't shave my face for a couple days, it's about the same length. My question is....anyone shave their head? AND....can you recommend a soap that won't make my head shine? Or a matte moisturizer (no I'm not gay) Just not into the chrome-dome look.

Let's go riot!

it's even better the first 8 times you hear it. Loses something on the 9th time.

Anybody who doesn't push music to new places. Music is an art, and if you're not doing something that's creative and unique, then what's the point? PS...for the guy who still listens to BNL. With all due respect, did you get laid for the first time listening to them? Because there is absolutly no reason to still listen to that band. When was the last time you bought a new album. 1993. Is Live your second favorite band? Look above. They're just a gay, Canadian Housemartins rip-off band. Only bustin on ya. I'm sure I listen to tons of music you'd hate. G

yeah, there should be a seperate board for people who stopped listenting to new music 10 years ago.

that's fine with me. I'll be laughing even harder when they lose in the NFL championship game or the SB. Who trades the 31st pick in the 1st round (practically a 2nd round pick) for a 2x 1400 back? Hmmm...how bout a team that really needs someone to take the load of their pass-catching tailback. Duh. Besides, didn't I say we throw in a later pick? Whether they give us their first and we throw back a 4th or even we get just their second, either way, it would help their team greatly.

I hope Tom D is on the phone with Philly right now. They're #1 pick is practically a 2. Giving it up for Travis would be better than anything they're going to get with the 31st pick. Henry could take some of the 1st & 2nd down up-the-gut beatings that's killing Westbrook. They could even put Henry in the backfield and Westbrook in the slot on some of those downs. I know, I know....NOBODY'S going to give up a 1st for Henry. But you never know, they are so close every year. Maybe we'd throw back a later round pick. With a healthy TO, the Westbrook/Henry combo, and a QB who's eating his soup, that team could be SB champs.

If history repeats itself, then JP Losman could win 3 SB's before he's 28. He replaced Drew, didn't he?

Fallen? Have you heard Hootie's music? This might actually be a step up.

Franz Ferdinand rocked earlier! Yeah, Melissa rocked too.

He sounds like a genius compared to our president

Echo and the Bunnymen releasing an album without Ian McCulloch as their frontman/singer. 10,000 Maniacs realeasing an album without Natalie Merchant.

And a client that relies too heavily on flawed focus group research to judge creative work because they don't have the foresight/creativity to see amazing brand-building advertising is not a client I would ever want to work for. The point I was trying to make is that focus groups are not real life situations and have major flaws. People take off their "consumer" hats and suddenly become "experts". The "moron" comment may have been a little harsh, but have you ever been to a focus group??? If you have, you know what I'm talking about. AND...in all fairness, I also said that you might not be paying attention....or even interested in the product...which is often the case when people are being bombarded by thousands of ad messages a day. Do I think focus groups a good? Sure. Yes, they even help. Of course they help. But they often hurt more than they help. There are probably millions of brilliant creative ideas that were killed in focus groups and never saw the light of day. Where's the beef and Priceless put those companies on the map. So, yes, while they may have eventually undermined the message, they were overall a huge success. As an adman you would want working on your account, I say...What's next? What's the next great idea? There's millions out there. Let's do another. So many "great" campaigns are replaced with safe, boring campaigns that do well getting the message across in controlled focus groups, but that do nothing for the brand in the real world. The balence in advertising is tricky. Something that is creative for the sake of creative doesn't sell the product. Something that is too straight on message doesn't entertain. Very few do both brilliantly. Thanks for the healthy back and forth.

I don't know where you heard that from, but I don't believe it. That was one of the most successful campaigns of all time and launched Wendys as a real competitor. That campaign won numerous awards for creativity and effectiveness. Most focus groups are a bunch of morons who all of a sudden become advertising experts the second someone asks their opinion. Clients forget that advertisers have the power to influence and lead. And that the way to get ahead is to take chances with great creative work. Instead they rely on the "insights" of a couple "red staters" who don't know their asses from their elbows. Yikes. Everyone knows Where's the beef was Wendys, Just do it is Nike, Priceless is Mastercard. If you don't know that, then you're not paying attention or you're a moron. So either way, you're not going to buy the product advertised.

Another friend of mine wrote that commercial.