In 2017, we launched Reel Ad of the Week (RAW), a regular feature that showcases the commercials coming out of the Midwest and, perhaps more importantly, celebrates the people w...
Two new indecently hilarious spots hit the marketplace this week.
The first is from O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul, an agency doing the kind of work that made me want to get into...
Today, I was telling a friend that I really want to be a better parent to my daughters, Chloe and Max. Around this time of year, I feel that I somewhat abandoned them when I got...
As a former advertising creative, I can’t honestly say my ears always perked up at the mention of “User Data.”
Typically, it was the driest portion of any meeting, ca...
Ahhhh, let’s talk about Trump’s border wall. You know – the one that should really be dubbed, “Trump’s Folly?”
No, Im not hiding my disdain for his great big won...
I tell many Angelenos that Chicago is the best summer city in the country. I rave about the lakes, the genuine friendliness of the people, the music and food. I love the city an...
I sure do love Halloween. Like, it’s a genuine let’s go on a date and I’ll spend money on you kind of love. Next to Christmas, it’s my favorite holiday of the year. Is i...
McGarryBowen helped introduce Burt’s Bees Beauty, a new makeup line from Burt's Bees, with a celebration of the female dynamic and a focus on wholesome ingredients.
Spannin...
Dang, it’s been a rough week. Shootings in Vegas. The orange one passing paper towels like basketballs to homeless Puerto Ricans and Twitter-fighting with the mayor of San Jua...
Explore Media told a classic American tale in a fifteen-second spot that took less than a month to go viral.
“The Ultimate Trade-Proof Snack” for GoGo squeeZ — featuring ...
Yeah, yeah, I know it’s not fall. Yet. But when football kicks off how can you not start thinking about either heading out to your favorite bar or sitting on your couch, crack...
I’ve thought of calling lots of various people through the years on game day, even at one point the cops (let’s leave it at that), but I can’t say I have ever thought of c...
We’re living in pretty crappy times. I have never watched so much CNN in my life just to look at talking heads debate 45’s latest move which I’ve already read about in the...
Soooo you happen to be going to the bank and there’s a robbery. Obviously, they’re going to tell you to lie down on the floor — it is one of the tropes of any good robbery...
Mixing humor into a commercial while staying on message is a tricky proposition, but doing it while reminding viewers about oral hygiene sounds dang near impossible.
With sma...
John Cena is not a great actor. I can safely say that since, well, he is nowhere around and I’m in the confines of my apartment!
That said, the wrestler-turned-TV-star-turn...
It’s not the worst of times, but the best of limes as Skittles has finally listened to pleas from customers over social media who begged for the return of the popular flavor a...
And here I thought Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon lived in the dugout. Apparently not! Turns out Maddon and his wife, Jaye, live in a $500,000 Winnebago Grand Tour. During the ...
Yesterday, an African American art director friend and I were looking at a spot for a brand, which will go unnamed, and we both blurted out the same reaction at the same time....
And I thought I had seen the last of “tighty-whities” when Breaking Bad ended its run. Apparently not. And it’s a good thing.Last month, OKRP walked away from Blake Shelto...
