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Sometimes I don’t hear commercials as they were produced.

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Spinoff Proposal: The Jack Bauer Cooking Hour

AUDIO: Sound design count in: OPEN: QUAD SCREEN WITH DIGITAL CLOCK BOX 1: A cookbook partially obscured by a dishrag BOX 2: Cooking oil in a Dutch oven BOX 3: A bag of shrimp, quick zoom on sell-by date BOX … Continue reading

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Brand You: The Next Level.

Once, selling yourself was a monopoly for hookers and politicians, but today, with the democratization of whoring, everyone’s a brand. Here’s how to start acting like one: Line extension — The key here is not be all things to all … Continue reading

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Magazine Writer Exchange Program Fails.

Journalistic cross-pollination seemed like a promising and noble idea, but after three weeks, the staffs of Better Homes and Gardens and Cosmopolitan magazines are backing away from the exchange experiment that brought nothing but rancor and confusion to both publications. … Continue reading

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The PR Team Visits Osama.

Yesterday a stealth drone intercepted a bits of data from an Al Qaeda summit, apparently of Osama and his PR and research staff. TEAM LEADER: Sheik, please make yourself comfortable. Can I get you a fresh dialysis stent, praise be … Continue reading

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Terrorist Union Demands Improved Virgins

Rank and file terrorists are threatening to strike unless their demands for improved working conditions are met, rancorous, though nervous terrorist union members said. “We were promised 72 black eyed virgins,” complained a terrorist Akbar Wilson, who cannot recall his … Continue reading

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The Burned Out AE Confers

Dear Hack Suit: I am an account supervisor who has eaten at all the best restaurants in town. But behind my back, the creatives are always calling me a bag carrier. I am insulted by this talk and wonder, should … Continue reading

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Ask the Burned Out Ad Hack

Dear Hack: I had to spit out some promo copy today in which we promised readers a certain item as a “bonus.” The suit made me change it to “free bonus.” Next the account supervisor changed it to “FREE bonus.” … Continue reading

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Squirrel Wars

I had all good intentions of spewing something about the loss of credibility in culture, largely at the hands of bias, commerce and advertising; about how search engines were once a possible source of objectivity until search engine optimization; about … Continue reading

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Refreshment Munition Unveiled

ATLANTA — In a strategy to rid the planet of parched throats and thirstiness “in all its evil forms,” The Coca-Cola Company today unveiled its newest secret weapon — the KOC-5000 laser-guided refreshment munition. Nicknamed “the Effervescer,” the high-tech refreshment … Continue reading

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