i'm fascinated by Mad Men and i think growing up in the US, we were all trained and focused on advertising. Everyone in the media seemed to work in advertising and of all the jobs in suits, it was something we could understand, tangible in its intangibility.
i remember being struck at that Alka Seltzer ad's cleverness.
i wonder what happens to the ads as the writer's strike goes on.
Oh, how i hate them now, but i remember them when.

These made for a very entertaining lunch hour. Thanks, eth! (And dabitch!)

D'oh.

Oh my, what a delish writeup. Thanks eth!

I'm note sure how (or even if) the WAG strike will affect advertising, the writers in advertising can't join WAG so... See, everyone hates us. ;P Course the shows we advertise during will be affected and that's where ad people will pay attention.... Remember the SAG strike? yeah, suddenly Canadian directors and production houses were making a killing shooting us ads. Nobody missed a beat.

Kidding, but it has bugged me that there are a bunch of orgs and unions (over here in europe that is) for illustrators or artists, or designers or whatever creative endevour you can think of - but once you read the small print advertising art directors (me!) aren't included. Interesting.....
was looking into that stuff for insurance purposes. it's such a dizzy road to get covered ain't it? twice so when freelancing!