Adventures in Advertising

Hockey For Southerners
Hockey For Southerners

Fifteen years ago, I was asked to give a speech about creativity by John Matthews of Alabama Farm Bureau Insurance. I had written hundreds of ...

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19th Annual SAG Awards
19th Annual SAG Awards

As a working member of SAG/AFTRA for the past forty years, I look forward to voting each year in the SAG awards. I am proud ...

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Advertising & The Super Bowl
Advertising & The Super Bowl

It is twenty-eight years since the Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. When the Bears returned home to Chicago to ...

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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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