Goodbye Wendy

This week, our main anchor of 20 years is leaving WESH. Wendy is a fantastic person who will be missed. Here is a spot we put together to promote her last newscast:

Gotta Love a Talkin' Baby

These spots from E-Trade are pretty darn funny:

RIP Funniest Spot Ever

Sorry to say - but a spot I put up earlier this week is now gone.

We're F'ing #1! --- may you rest in peace.

Funny stuff.

This makes me angry.

I know I should go easy on what appears to be a very small market... but these promos are not only poorly done - they make no sense. What's the marketing message?

If I were to receive a resume tape with these spots on it - I would burn it. No - wait, I would hire the person just so I could yell at them and then fire them 20 minutes later. This is not the kind of work anyone who wants a job in television should be doing. These promos are probably from someone new to the business so I should give them some slack - but damn it, these spots suck so bad - no slack should be given! I'm kinda kidding about all this - but I really do think this is the worst I've ever seen.

Read the "intro" written by the producer, as posted on youtube:

So in September of '07 I pitched a crazy idea for a bunch of weather promos for the station. The story is far to long to tell, so I'll sum up by saying that I got the approval to go for it, and I did. The reaction to the spots were so amazing, it seemed that everyone was talking about them. People either loved them and hated them, but either way... they were talking about them. These are those crazy funny spots.

Here... ugh... are the "crazy, funny" spots:













This is the very definition of spots made for the producer - not for the audience. There is no way these were based on anything that makes sense to real marketers.

The only thing I want to know from the producer is - who is your dealer? They are selling you some really good shit.


WAIT!! THIS JUST IN!!! Here is further proof this producer is smoking the good stuff. Actually, this may actually be his dealer.

WARNING! DO NOT WATCH THIS SPOT. aka "We're #1 POP"

It has been said that POPs are more for stroking our own egos than anything.

Here is a spot that in my opinion is a wee bit overly boastful.

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WARNING! Contains foul language. Stop if you don't want to hear it. If you are easily offended - don't watch. Turn down your speakers at work and for God's sake don't let that uptight ass who works in the next cubicle hear this. IDOPROMOZ is not responsible for you getting fired or for your ears bleeding.

You have been warned.

Interesting?

I can't tell if this is a good idea or just comes across as a lame stunt. There's something creepy about it to me. Maybe I'm just jaded.

This is from the competition here in Orlando:

Reason #825 to NOT do your teases live

Hopefully this doesn't get pulled as well...