Comments on: You almost had me, C.C.

By: ljclark

ljclark — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:04:18 +0000

Little Mike — I just love a kindred spirit. Cheers.

By: littlemike

littlemike — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:58:34 +0000

Speaking of Dan, where the hell IS Dan? Haven’t seen him since CC Society 2003.

I read in Brandweek or some such pub that those were real pictures from back in the day, submitted by Beam Brand employees.

Your story sounds just like exactly what happens when you let lawyers, especially corporate lawyers, get their mitts on things. As for the IP implications, I do believe there is such a thing as fair usage for journalistic purposes. As long as your bottle is upside down, please give me a moment to get my glass under it.

Want to talk about “bitchslapping” the modern so-called “man”? Take a listen to Brad Paisley’s current song “I’m Still A Guy”:

“…These days thereâ€™s dudes gettin’ facials
Manicured, waxed, and botoxed
But with deep spray on tans and creamy lotiony hands
You canâ€™t grip a tackle box
Yeah, with all of these men linin’ up to get neutered
Itâ€™s hip now to be feminized
But, I donâ€™t highlight my hair
Iâ€™ve still got a pair
Yeah, honey Iâ€™m still a guy.
Oh, my eyebrows ainâ€™t plucked
Theres a gun in my truck
Oh Thank God, Iâ€™m still a guy.”

A CC-drinkin’ guy, prolly.

By: ljclark

ljclark — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:41:18 +0000

Hi Lew! If only Dan had taken a cue from his old self and the cool ad campaign he appears in, I wouldn’t have this goddamn upside-down whiskey bottle sitting on my webpage.

By: Lew Bryson

Lew Bryson — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:57:01 +0000

I like the campaign too, Lauren. And when I talked to one of their marketing types, and when we’d finished laughing over how much fun the ads were, she told me that one of the images is of CC brand director Dan Tullio — a much younger Dan Tullio. They’re real pictures, or so I’m told.

By: ljclark

ljclark — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:52:56 +0000

Whoa! Enlightening news, Jax. OK, everyone, so I guess I’ll just steal without scruples when it comes to future images…

By: jax

jax — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:49:46 +0000

known is my preference for making cocktails out of the “good stuff” and holding back anything great for sipping to do just that…

CC is a fine staple but watch out, now that future brands is sinking over $50,000 a page into the ad campaign the price will soon be double what it was two years ago…

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:31:19 +0000

On the flip side… You might have gotten some free CC or some other product out of the deal. Connecting with marketing people is a Good Thing! They will often send you stuff to sample and review (the expectation, of course, is that you’ll post a positive review — but as long as there is nothing in writing to that effect, the worst that can happen if you don’t post something positive is that you’ll stop getting the free stuff).

By: Br. Cleve

Br. Cleve — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:18:40 +0000

Always remember the ancient adage : “To seek permission is to seek denial”

By: Boozah

Boozah — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:39:38 +0000

…and now for something worthy of a locked ward:

The Britney Spears Cocktail: Highball, Lowball, Screwball, Correctol:

http://washingtoncube.blogspot.com

By: Frederic

Frederic — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:09:27 +0000

One of my academic advisers had a phrase “Don’t prod the squid”. While his meaning was not to alert your competitors to what you’re working on, it pertains to this — asking a marketing group for permission only causes them to defer to their lawyers who give the final ok to every thing they allow to be seen by the public. Sometimes doing the right thing turns out to be pretty complicated in the end…