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By: Sherise Alexis

Sherise Alexis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:21:17 +0000

Hey now! Skype has it’s use. Like any modern exchange student or person with international friends, I swear by it! Try calling internationally with your normal minutes, and you’ll see the use quickly! Plus maybe some people really need to reach someone through Skype. Don’t knock it, since some of us need it.

just sayin’

By: Whit Thompson

Whit Thompson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:52:31 +0000

Love the comments, people. LOVE ‘em! Didn’t expect jingles to be such a hot topic. Glad to see the agreement with regard to an ad community competition of some sort.

Joe – a September kickoff event is a great idea.

Scott – totally agree with you on Billy Fucillo’s smarmy cohort. I heard he’s actually his ad guy from Florida. I also love Billy’s Porsche you can occasionally see in some of the spots.

Matt – Good point about GM’s spotty vehicle history. Guess I’m just glad to see signs of life from the Ren Center. The auto biz is too critical to our economy to let it implode. We have to root for it.

Andrea – There’s always more in the tank. And I like the idea of a Karaoke-off.

Kate – Like I said, well-produced jingles are great and effective. It’s the bad ones from the TV and radio stations which get included as part of a media buy that make me crazy. And we have a lot of bad ones in this market.

John – Great call on the singing phone numbers comment.

Jeremy – never even considered Dodgeball. love it.

By: Jeremy Schwartz

Jeremy Schwartz — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:39:32 +0000

Great post. Completely agree on several points… especially on the need for more industry events/friendly competition.

Before I moved here, I was about to set up an agency dodgeball league in Boston (and this was before the renaissance of dodgeball thanks to Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn). Anyone up for resurrecting the physicality and mental-scars from junior high? Dodgeball, softball… as long as it ends at a bar.

By: Joseph Mayernik

Joseph Mayernik — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:53:57 +0000

Let’s not confuse the jingle with brand music. Coke is not in the same zip code as the Patio Enclosure lady.

Agreed. Fucillo ads are AWFUL. They have gone from huge to downright offensive. Despite being top of mind I would not shop there for a new car.

By: John Marianetti

John Marianetti — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:44:43 +0000

I will bet that Paul Williams never wrote anything like, “We’ve on-ly just be-gun. Call 454-20-20″. I think singing phone numbers is a deal breaker for me with jingles. Or maybe it’s just the word, jingle.

By: kate sonnick

kate sonnick — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:59:44 +0000

p.s. if it’s karaoke jingles, count me in!

By: kate sonnick

kate sonnick — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:58:23 +0000

ease up jingle bashers! i was just talking to another writer about this very topic. then last night, i learned in the flick ART & COPY that “we’ve only just begin” didn’t just begin as a carpenter hit. it was actually a jingle for a california bank trying to attract younger customers. c’mon guys! nobody doesn’t like a good jingle. i’d like to teach the world to sing a five dollar footlong jingle! the best part of waking up is michael bolton in your jingle. i wish i were an oscar meyer jingle. cuz i am stuck on jingles and jingles stuck on me! we need. more. jingles!

speaking of which, i am definitely in favor of a battle of the bands. may the best jingle win.

By: andrea

andrea — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:26:50 +0000

Thought #1 – WOW, I hope you have something left for your next post.
Thought #2 – battle of the bands has to include Karaoke, and I’m in!

By: matt jones

matt jones — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:32:41 +0000

I was beginning to wonder if our wordpress platform actually prevented opinions. Great post. An alternative reaction on GM:

1) may the best car win – thanks GM, but its kind of always been that way, which explains the slide. also, does that mean your giving the federal $ back, since your professing a level playing field and all?

2) in introducing the new GM, they roll out a guy that looks mid 70s with stiff knees? to me, it confirms my worst notions about GM, including the hail mary guarantee (what, no employee discount?). somebody at the agency or GM wants to cozy up to the new boss.

maybe GM ought to take a page out of the Fucillo playbook – buy a car, enter to win a trip on Billy’s private jet. love that guy.

By: John Marianetti

John Marianetti — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:57:25 +0000

Love the random insightfulness of your blog, Whit. Couldn’t agree with you more about the jingles. They’re the worst and I hate the fact that I can remember most of them. And I think the idea of getting the ad community together more than once a year would be a great thing. 20-Minutes and a Beer was a good start but something like a friendly competitive sporting event would be awesome.