Beer, Banter and Bravery: The AgencySpy Party Recap

For those of you who missed it, last night’s AgencySpy party started off the way every evening should &#151 with free drinks courtesy girlsmiles.org. The shindig went off without a hitch, other than the dysfunctional mic and a shortage of Swedish fish. Luckily, I was able to shout loud enough for most of you to hear me, and made a little speech that wasn’t even that awkward. Yippee!

With all the attendees floating about, co-mingling as we do, it was hard to keep track of who I spoke with. However, I think I got to meet just about everyone. For example, Dave Polinchock, CEO of the Brand Experience Lab. He’s a virulent AgencySpy reader (though he admitted to reading AdScam, too), and was happy to hear SuperSpy is back. So are we!

Another chatty Cathy I bumped into was Craig Calder, CMO of Real Time Content. Craig’s a true Mad Man &#151 save for the tie and craziness. I guess what I’m saying is he’s got that old school wit and savvy that makes gals swoon over (and guys want to emulate) Don Draper.

Other agencies represented include JWT, Tribal DDB, R/GA, Naked and many more. On the boutique side, I had the pleasure of meeting Chowder’s Steve Menges, who’s VP of client services and development at the corn-and-clam shop (get it..corn…clam…chowder…I’m hilarious!). As I was telling Steve last night, we love hearing from smaller shops like his, so send us an e-mail!

Special thanks to blogger Paul Benjou (who’s also VP/Director/Strategic Development at Datran Media) and Steve Ferguson, SAE Federal Buyers Guide.

As for Chelsea Brewery, well it was a pretty fantab locale. The sunset over the Hudson was gorgeous, especially while sipping on a great Stout (which was brewed on site). Ian Phillips, who works for the fine folks over at CB, was kind enough to give brewery tours, which I’m told were a great time. If you’ve got a free Saturday afternoon, they’re a great way to spend 30 mins &#151 and an even better excuse to sip on a tasty brew.

One last note on the night. There will be more parties in the future, you can rest assured. For the next one, we’re thinking Christmas Eve &#151 to keep in tradition with planning events for the most important night of the year for certain religious groups. Will you be free? OK, so that was a lame joke. But for all of you who couldn’t make it, we promise to make the next one on a less important day.

Thanks again to all of you that did make it! Check back later for photos.

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Insect Inspired Flight – Igarashi Single Person Helicopter (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Helicopters already resemble dragonflies as is, but the Igarashi Single-Person helicopter is even more like an insect, both in profile and from the front. This robotic insect ### transformer-like flying…

I Am An Antichrist, But I Like Butter

I was too young for Punk, but still, seeing Johnny Rotten push butter on TV does seem a bit odd. The Guardian has more:

One-time punk pin-up and sometime anarchist John Lydon has mellowed further into middle age by starring in a £5m TV campaign for Country Life butter.

The campaign, available to watch exclusively at MediaGuardian.co.uk, marks the first time the 52-year-old has appeared in a TV commercial.

“People know I only do things that I want to or that I believe in and I have to do it my way,” said Lydon on deciding to appear in the TV ad.

“I’ve never done anything like this before and never thought I would, but this Country Life ad was made for me and I couldn’t resist the opportunity.”

See the commercial here.

So who’s left in the “I’ll never shill for a product, ever, ever” club? Anyone?

Bill Oberlander Bails On McCann

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News from McCann Erickson: New York EVP/Executive Bill Oberlander has left the agency for a CCO role at Cossette Communications. Oberlander has spent three years at McCann with key work being the Nikon Picturetown campaign and landing the $350M Intel business. You surely remember those, um, “colorful” print ads, right?

Bill has been an ADC president, managing director at Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, an ECD at Ogilvy & Mather and imagined the Motorola “moto” campaign.

Who will replace Bill? Guesses anyone?

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McVitie named as Sport’s first female editor

LONDON – The Daily Sport newspaper has appointed Pam McVitie as its first female editor.

Award Shows Aren’t About Work; They’re About Getting Trashed Beyond Recognition

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DDB/Stockholm knows the score.

Copy Conundrums

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Not to be insensitive, but as I combed the wires this morning, as I do everyday, I got a good laugh from the headline you’re about to read. Yeah, it’s immature of me to point this out, but seriously, who comes up with this stuff?

“Breakthrough Optical Technology To Assess Colon Cancer Risk, Accuracy”

Cue sighs.

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The Republik Gives Away $50K

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North Carolina employee-owned agency The Republik nee The Republic (check that nod to Communism or the U.S. Constitution depending on how you look at it) has launched a blog. Nothing new there, right? Except that this blog, called thechangeordie.org, asks you to vote for one of nine “change agents”. The change agent with the most votes will receive a $50,000 coming straight from the coffers of The Republik. The whole concept is in support of the shop’s slug – “Change Or Die” (check that nod to punk rock). In fact, their website makes the claim that “It’s been scientifically proven that 9 out of 10 people faced with the choice of either changing or dying will choose to die” (nod to nihilism).

“It’s a great way to get folks to check out thechangeordie.org while rewarding a person or organization we think will make a tremendously positive change to the world,” said The Republik CEO, Robert West. Do your thing Republik. It’s a very good thing, indeed.

If you like to take a different approach to support change agents, try social networking site, Changents, which “provides the platform for the Change Agent to tell their story, attracting Backers interested in interacting with and helping the Change Agent in one or all of five different roles.”

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Stock Photo Faux-Viral Attracts Bloggers, But Not Corbis

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Everyone that starts an agency has a dream account — the client that, upon winning his business, validates your ability to both create and persuade.

Tourists Promote PA Tourism

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Red Tettemer’s launched “PA Stories,” a campaign where Pennsylvania tourists tell other tourists their memorable Pennsylvania story.

Celebs 4 Breast Cancer – Elisabeth Hasselbeck Special Announcement (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) There is more to Elisabeth Hasselbeck than just re-enacting the viral Kim Kardashian Dancing With The Stars booty dance on daytime TV and getting into fights with fellow co-hosts on The View.

Elisabeth…

The Dutch Army shoot every ADCN Annual 2008 – ordered by the Stone Twins

No, this wasn’t a bomb scare or possible terrorist action, the Dutch armies help was enlisted by the design duo The Stone Twins – Declan and Garech Stone – to shoot every single one of this years dayglo pink ADCN book. Daaamn I wish they had called me for that job. 😉 Right now I can’t think of a better way to spend 600 bullets.

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Eurostar direct pitch narrowed down to three

LONDON – EHS Brann, Tullo Marshall Warren and WAVV Rapp Collins are the final three agencies pitching for Eurostar’s pan-European below-the-line account.

MTV sees you frolicking with muddy ladies

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The folks at MTV, of all people, are urging young people to turn off their computers and TVs and go outside sometimes. In new ads from 180 Amsterdam (the agency that sounds like a skateboard trick), the reasoning is simple: As sweet as high scores and headshots are, the real world has its own treasures, like hot, dirty girls in bikinis trying to move pickup trucks that are stuck in the mud. The gamer in this ad doesn’t actually meet the ladies, which may be a good thing. In fact, they might want to alter the campaign to include a sliding scale—Grand Theft Auto 4 and Halo players are probably mainstream enough to fit into polite society, but people involved in message board arguments about Fallout 3′s departure from canon should stay on the couch. See more at the MTV Switch Web site.

—Posted by David Kiefaber

AOP to be headed by dual chairmanship

LONDON – The Association of Online Publishers has named two co-chairs, from The Telegraph and The Economist, to replace outgoing chairman Simon Waldman.

Sex Pistols’ Rotten stars in Country Life butter ad

LONDON – John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, appears in his first-ever TV ad to help promote Country Life butter, as part of a £5 million relaunch campaign for the brand.

The giant fly wants you to buy some stuff

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This intense and cinematic two-minute commercial from Spanish agency Road and Brazilian director Cisma is called “The Fly and the Eye.” It fuses ideas from ’50s sci-fi films, with Luis Buñuel, David Lynch and David Cronenberg art-house fare thrown in, along with a hat straight out of Mad Men. Keep an eye out for the cool giant fly. He’s reading a newspaper. Does that make it a fly paper? Ha ha ha! The client is a company called OCB, which markets rolling papers in France (it figures). But the spot actually promotes the firm’s Black Thinking collection of T-shirts, booklets and stickers. I am sorry about that “fly paper” line. I’ve got to stop rolling my own with OCB. Ha ha! Man, I could go for some chips right about now.

—Posted by David Gianatasio

Stimorol: Surprisingly original

Surprisingly original

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen, Denmark
Creative Director: Simon Wooller
Art Directors / Copywriters: Simon Wooller, Cliff Kagawa, Silas Jansson
Photographer: Ulrik Boel Bentzen
Other additional credits: Jan Tvilling
Aired: February 2008

Pantene: Guy, 2

Guy, 2

Behind a great man there is always a woman who uses a great shampoo.

Advertising Agency: MatosGrey, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Silvio Matos, Leandro Castilho
Art Director: Guy Costa
Photographer: Paulo Macini
Copywriter: Silvio Matos
Photographer: Marlos Bakker
Published: April 2008

Pantene: Guy, 1

Guy, 1

Behind a great man there is always a woman who uses a great shampoo.

Advertising Agency: MatosGrey, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Silvio Matos, Leandro Castilho
Art Director: Guy Costa
Photographer: Paulo Macini
Copywriter: Silvio Matos
Photographer: Marlos Bakker
Published: April 2008