Nothing says "we're too cool for school" more than having a website like this. Or this. Or finally, like this. Seriously Mother. This crap is the equivalent of a Medieval cobbler hanging a shingle on his shop with a unicorn on it instead of a shoe. Ridiculous. You guys know something I don't know? Inaccessibility does not a cool agency make.

Posted by Hesh Goldstein

Glass jars filled with white powder labeled "cocaine" in the bathroom? A Chinese-restaurant themed conference room? Rows of rubber chickens in the window? Read "trying to hard" and "overzealous, cultivated eccentricity." When they're not busy brainstorming ways to appear wackier, crazier, and more creative than other advertising agencies, Wexley School for Girls co-founders Cal McAllister and Ian Cohen actually spend time working on advertising campaigns. Maybe they should reexamine their priorities.

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Posted by Jennifer Powell

When a friend first told me about StrawberryFrog back in 1999, I thought to myself, "what is this Heshie, some kind of weird sexual position I don't even know about?" Then he tells me they're an advertising agency! I almost choked on my pastrami sandwich. I don't even care if these guys figured out how to market magic eye posters to blind people, this has gotta be the dumbest name for an advertising agency since that Hidey-Ho Idea Ranch shop back in the '80s.

Just when I thought things with this place couldn't get any more half-baked, I check out their website and their whole agency story is a damn picture book with this stupid little frog hopping around its pages like he just got out on parole in some prison-themed Broadway musical. What the fu*k?

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Posted by Hesh Goldstein

Palio Communications out of Saratoga Springs, NY just got hired as "lead marketing partner" by baby food manufacturer Beech-Nut. Beech-nut, which is Gerber Jr. when it comes to market share, is really feeling The Palio saying, "We're really excited to partner with them for strategy, research and creative needs." That's probably because The Palio is an "inVentiv" agency that spent some time and some energy figuring out the coolest way to be "inVentiv." Which letter do we capitalize? Which vowel to we cut out? Should we say "enVentive?" Maybe we should capitalize on the "I'?" "InventIve?" That's like the "I" is our clients! The Palio is all about you... What about "T?" Are Ts in these days?

The Nut could use some help. Their website, which is not a mother, states "Don't just take our word for it. See what other moms have to say about Beech-Nut products" The Nut also features this lovely graphic which is

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Posted by Geoff Howser

Stanley Hainsworth is the spitting image of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin sticking his finger in an electrical socket. He's also the male lead in Beetlejuice II. The actor turned creative director recently left his position as Starbuck's Vice President of Global Creative to start his own agency. In a revolutionary new marketing strategy, Tether will focus on filling in the holes between brand communication and design?what, no holes? Dude, you gotta be sh*tting me. This is BRILLIANT!

Posted by Jennifer Powell

OMG, did you guys hear about OMD? They just hired Ira Glass as their new U.S. CEO. Don't worry This American Lifers, they didn't actually hire Ira Glass...

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Posted by Geoff Howser

Congratulations to Euro RSCG?named 2006 Advertising Network of the Year by Campaign and 2006 Global Agency of the Year by Advertising Age?on picking up Jaguar's digital account. Ain't nothing like making ads for cars that are notorious for sucking. Rarrrr!

P.S. Sweet gradient in your logo! Gradients are the bomb!

Posted by Jennifer Powell

I like Florida. I have a home there. The grandkids visit and we go to Disney World. These Zimmerman Advertising guys out of Boca Raton, never heard of 'em, and I've been in this business a long time. My Internet Explorer says they started in 1984 in a strip mall. Says they used to do mostly car-dealer ads. Says they just won work from some big players like Nissan, Six Flags, Pep Boys, PayPal, and Friendly's. I can respect that, but I have trouble respecting this Jordan Zimmerman guy. Mr. Florida nineteen seventy something, huh? Probably drinks a lot of that fresh juice they got down there if you know what I mean.

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Posted by Hesh Goldstein

Cleveland is known for a lot of things?like burning lakes and Drew Carey?but advertising isn't one of them. Ad shop Brokaw calls Cleveland home and they just produced this spot for the Cleveland Indians that has me asking one question: why did you choose to open the spot with a close-up of a guy's neck covered in bugs? It's very plague at the park. Bring out your dead, bring out your dead! Were you given 30 seconds of footage to produce a 30-second spot?

Posted by Imran and Ishrad