Adventures in Advertising
A View From The Top
One day I got a call from Joe Sedelmaier’s casting director who said Joe wanted to book me for a shoot without first seeing me ...
READ MOREAdvertising on Ice
Good News! The NHL will resume playing hockey. I’ve always been amazed how many advertising people are involved in hockey. I grew up a Black ...
READ MOREMy Lucky Number
I posed for the first print ad for the Illinois Lottery. As the mythical first winner, I stood in front of a Winnetka lake front ...
READ MOREAll I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
This isn’t a story about dental hygiene. It isn’t even a story about teeth. It’s a text book lesson about advertising. A copy of the ...
READ MOREFruitcakes
It’s that time of year. Fruitcakes are on everyone’s mind. Most people make fun of fruitcakes. After all “fruitcake” is also a derogatory term for ...
READ MOREMy Most Memorable Gifts
December is the busiest time of the year for buying gifts. Black Friday is a new holiday that shoppers can get mauled at the shopping ...
READ MOREAlfa Romeo II
This is another story about an actor I know that owns Alfa Romeos, and he starred in a television series that was shot in Chicago ...
READ MOREMethod To His Madness
I worked my way through college digging holes for a sewer company. It was the best paying job I could get as a teenager, and ...
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