tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post203073685218110640..comments2023-11-05T04:01:12.146-05:00Comments on Ad Aged: Saturn is dead.george tannenbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-22129028825565232322009-10-05T18:26:12.239-04:002009-10-05T18:26:12.239-04:00Curvin, I meant no offense. I've always admire...Curvin, I meant no offense. I've always admired your work. I was at Riney for ten months in 2004 and '05 and there was a lot of "hagiography" going on.george tannenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-19890520979472013172009-10-05T13:23:00.537-04:002009-10-05T13:23:00.537-04:00It wasn't Hal Riney who created Saturn's l...It wasn't Hal Riney who created Saturn's launch campaign. It was me, along the people who worked in my creative group. I could tell the full story, but the myth Hal created about himself would undoubtedly make my tale highly suspect. Oh well... I know what I did. So do a number of other people.Curvin O'Riellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-41565694409746952392009-10-05T12:15:17.794-04:002009-10-05T12:15:17.794-04:00Personally, I think it's too late for the agen...Personally, I think it's too late for the agency brands owned by WPP. Sorrel failed in his quest to build something similar to GM, a house of brands in which each brand is distinct and meaningful; now he is failing in his attempt to have WPP be The Brand, because, well, WPP is not a communications company, it's a financial vehicle, and a clunker at that.<br /><br />Jeff Shattuck<br />www.cerebellumblues.comJeff Shattuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434755135113757619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-83859658806010262562009-10-04T16:59:00.079-04:002009-10-04T16:59:00.079-04:00Thanks, George.
You are a Prince.Thanks, George.<br /><br />You are a Prince.george tannenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974259094860905139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-67057372698223318052009-10-04T15:37:07.254-04:002009-10-04T15:37:07.254-04:00George...
Great post, I'm going to steal it......George...<br />Great post, I'm going to steal it... Well, just a bit of it, near the end. Consider it an "Homage" It'll be on AdScam first thing Monday... And I'll give you credit, cos I am a fucking prince.<br />Cheers/GeorgeGeorge Parkerhttp://www.adscam.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-42927908243431208252009-10-01T12:57:29.986-04:002009-10-01T12:57:29.986-04:00excuse spelling msitakes, dropped words, and gramm...excuse spelling msitakes, dropped words, and grammar mistakes, they're instead of their and such. i write too fast..and slightly dysletic...but i guess you guys understood what i meant...Tore Claessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978163002830730401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-2305195848663519842009-10-01T12:55:22.259-04:002009-10-01T12:55:22.259-04:00It was big car people being big car people and bei...It was big car people being big car people and being as arrogant as they always are. "You want to work on a car account? Okay, where's your big car account credentials?" That's the key question asked. Never, "where's your communication credentials?" Never, "do you how people are?" Rather, "what do you know about cars?" That's the problem with many an industry that's grown too big for itself. It looses touch with the world they are supposed to live in and create their own world, they're own planet. (To spin on the postcard illustration.) Where they surround themselves with their think-a-likes. No aliens allowed. Or humans rather.Tore Claessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978163002830730401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072420181476584961.post-58743138648212949362009-10-01T10:26:25.129-04:002009-10-01T10:26:25.129-04:00Wow--the human touch worked and some big wigs deci...Wow--the human touch worked and some big wigs decided it was too foreign for them and unplugged the plugged-in people who made Saturn successful.<br /><br />I guess when you muck things up and still get to keep the corporate jet, you don't really learn a valuable lesson about anything.Teeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943312952246047448noreply@blogger.com