January 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Three recent headlines convinced me that the Happy Meal® has been replaced with the Politically-Correct Meal® at your neighborhood McDonald’s®.
Recently, I came across the story of Lauren McClucky, a big-hearted 19-year-old who lives in the Chicago area and has been using “McFest” as the name for her charitable concerts that raise $30,000 for Special Olympics® [...]
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Shown in photos above and below, a ketchup packet designed by the advertising agency Publicis Mojo for the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines is clever, though I doubt it will end the use of landmines.
What’s next? I fully expect the concept to be adopted soon by promoters of Hollywood slasher, horror movies of the “Friday [...]
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Uncle Jay says you can stare at goats, or at a dead singer’s movie, or at a health care bill that’s ready for its close-up. Any way you slice it, the news is pretty much a constant paranormal activity. Still, Uncle Jay explains it all in this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News.
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Spies, spooks and others involved in the gathering and collection of intelligence data are in high demand these days as employees of a nation engaged in a difficult and dangerous Global War on Terror. Thanks to a soon-to-be-launched promotion by McDonald’s, efforts to recruit new civilian and military intelligence agency employees might get a [...]
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Advertising Age reports today “McDonald’s has found a nifty way to reach kids even as TV ad options toward the demographic shrink: Advertise on report cards.” Makes me wonder how long it will take for political entities to seize upon this new advertising medium as a cost-effective tool for reaching voters with school-age children.
Sure, [...]
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