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Tune-Out Advertising: The Paleozoic Era

Dear Edwina,

I would have thought this had trickled to you already... apparently, someone with too much time on his hands has scanned and digitized decades of TV Guide ads that appeared in his local Toledo, Ohio edition:

VintageToledoTVGuideAds

If, like me, you cut your teeth and built your golden legacy on Fox, NBC and CBS TV Guide ads (I thought one day my tombstone might be a TV Guide ad), then you will appreciate the joy and horror of this website.

Sincerely, Hugh G. Rection

Not included in Mr. Rection's Toledo treasure trove is the vintage Letterman TV Guide ad below. Judging by the station place-holder, we assume it never had its moment of dot gain glory.

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And The Hits Just Keep On Comin'

Dear Edwina, here's another to add to the "shiner" pile:

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We Took A Real Shiner To These Ads

The Fault, Dear Oscar, Is Not In Our Stars, But In Our Advertising… No. Wait. Seth MacFarlane? Perhaps The Fault Is In Our Stars.

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Copywriters? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Copywriters

In “an effort to increase engagement,” USA is asking viewers to submit their own taglines for Pych’s seventh season marketing campaign.

Click here to view the gallery of submissions

And yes, most of them are bad, but all you need is one good one, right? Not to mention they offer insight into what viewers consider the show’s most compelling attributes - which is apparently pineapples.

And, most importantly, all of the submissions are free.

The take away message: hiring copywriters is not a value for money proposition. 

The Men Who Photoshopped America

Dear Edwina,

The History Channel’s new show, The Men Who Built America features one of London’s greatest landmarks sitting on the banks of the Mississippi. Would you believe the famous Battersea Power Station (Help!, Pink Floyd’s Animals, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, etc.) was dropped right into the middle of the art? And, no one caught it!

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America, Fuck Yeah!

NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt says: “We’ve taken a few first steps toward a turnaround over this past season and now we’re seeing a real opportunity to accelerate that process. We’ve got a lineup of new shows that will really get people to sit up and take notice. And with the Olympics … we’ve also got the tools we need to give our shows the kind of launch they deserve.”

Hey, Charlie! Go Find Your Own Dry Lakebed - We Were Here First!

If You’re Like Us, You're Delighted To Be Living In A World Where The Phrase “Bullet To The Head” Is Invariably Followed By LOL

We came across the 64^th Primetime Emmy Awards key Art on Deadline Hollywood, along with this comment by Mr Explosion:

"If you filled in the white glow with pink and red, it would look like Emmy is taking a bullet to the head. That could make a great crew shirt for the Walking Dead if they win an Emmy this year LOL."

The Truth In Advertising Is Out There

Following the Federal Trade Commission’s announcement that Skechers will pay $40 million to settle charges that their Shape-up shoes advertising was deceptive, CBS is revising their fall launch campaign by putting quotation marks around the word “comedy."

Hi! We’re USA And We Aren’t Anymore Interested In Content Than You Are!

One Of These Is Not Like The Others

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