AdScam/The Horror!

Geezers Rule

Over at MoreAboutAdvertising there’s news of a campaign “Make death less scary.” Which recognizes the fact that to many people, death is a difficult subject but as eventually, we have to face it, we might as well embrace it. This spot for end-of-life charity and care provider, Palliative Care Queensland, is cleverly sensitive and life-affirming in its bid to get people to open up about their final wishes. As I comment on the article... That’s a hell of a nice spot. I should know, I’m 87 years old and down to three martinis and half a packet of fags a day. Cheers/George 

You talkin' to me?

Elon elongates his credit.

Yesterday I wrote about Der Trumpf holding the world record for bankrupting companies, including being the only person on the face of the planet to crater three casinos. Today, lets give Elon “King Twat” Musk his due. It would seem that his takeover of Twitter has proved so disastrous that it's resulted in the worst merger-finance deal for banks since the 2008 to 2009 financial crisis, Typically, banks that lend money for takeovers try to quickly sell the debt to other investors so they can get it off their balance sheets. But things haven't worked out that way for Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, and the four other large banks that collectively lent Musk $13 billion for his buyout of Twitter in 2022. That's because Twitter's financials have performed so poorly that they haven't been able to find anyone willing to buy the debt, leaving them with some of the worst "hung" loans — meaning they can't be offloaded — of all time. Here’s a suggestion... Maybe they could get Der Trumpf to to buy the debt...What’s a few billion more?  

Der Trumpf will get Mexico to buy it!

DJT... Going... DOA.

No surprise that Der Trumpf’s joke of a company (DJT) is cratering on the stock market as it gets ready to become yet one more company that Der Obergropenfuhrer has bankrupted. He’s done it with everything from airlines to football teams. He even created a fake university that ended up paying $30 million in fines. However, his crowning glory is that he bankrupted three casinos in New Jersey. No one else has bankrupted one. They are money making machines used by the Mob, Cartels and murdering Saudi Princes to launder billions. It is impossible to lose money owning one. He did... Three times. 

Coming soon to a social media site near you! 

Santos for the slammer!!

Ace Republican scammer, George Santos pleaded guilty on Monday to fabricating fundraising figures, cementing the richly deserved downfall of a novice politician who was expelled from Congress last year after a brief, scandal-plagued tenure. Santos is set to be sentenced on Feb. 7. He could face as much as 22 years in prison and waived his right to appeal any sentence less than 95 months - just under eight years – Maybe he can captain the prison volleyball team.  

Boy, is he gonna have fun! 

Would you like cream with that? .

As further proof that Corporate America gets more fucked up by the day, it would appear that Starbuck’s new CEO, Brian Nicol will be trousering $100 million for his first year at the helm. In addition, he will continue living in California, 1,000 miles south of Starbucks Seattle headquarters. Not to worry, he will fly in three times a week on a corporate jet to make sure the barista's are schlepping their brains out. Meanwhile ex CEO Laxman Narasimhan’s severance package is a cool $10 million. Not bad for less than a year's work.  

How about lots and lots of cream? 

Advertising was my life until I.

News of the passing of French mega-star, Alain Dellon, reminds me of one of my very favorite ads. I had worked on Smirnoff during my first New York stint in the 60’s. When I moved back to London in the 70’s, I was impressed by the work being done on the brand there by Y&R. Here’s my favorite ad that was based on Alain Dellon’s role in the movie Borsalino...  

They don’t do ‘em like that anymore.