Adventures in Advertising

A View From The Top
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 ...

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Advertising on Ice
Advertising 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 ...

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My Lucky Number
My 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 ...

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All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
All 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 ...

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Fruitcakes
Fruitcakes

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 ...

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My Most Memorable Gifts
My 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 ...

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Alfa Romeo II
Alfa 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 ...

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Method To His Madness
Method 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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