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Party City’s New Commercial Makes Local Mom Cry

February 1, 2018/in Advertising, Media, Public Relations /by Anna Goldsmith

Scene: Two 30-something women stand behind a table of party food, in a Party City commercial. And … action! Mom 1: This is incredible! Mom 2: Right. Mom 1: Yes! Mom 2: What is that? (pointing to a lone plate of crackers a few feet away) Mom 1: Those are some gluten-free options. Mom 2: […]

My Boyfriend Doesn’t Get Me but My Deodorant Totally Does

January 21, 2011/in Media /by Anna Goldsmith

The above line was taken from the blog, Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising. Pretty self-explanatory, but basically it’s a series of images of people with lines of dialog that no customer would ever actually utter. Click here for more examples. If you don’t work in advertising, you’ll think it’s really funny. If you […]

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