Many years ago, American Express ran a print ad featuring Lee Clow, an ad man who looks a lot like the late Jim Henson. It would be fair to say 99.9% of the people who saw the ad probably said, “I thought Jim Henson was dead.” But to the .1% READ MORE >
Here’s a fun Anagram site we found. It’s thirty seconds of your life you won’t mind spending. Courtesy of SQUEEZE A JOIN and your friends at the OK LIMB GL.
One of our favorite authors is back and as sharp as ever with her latest book, Observations of a Sometimes Stiletto-Wearing but Mostly Fleeced-Out Working Mom on the Outskirts of Manhattan. What happens when a triple A-type, high maintenance, high paid advertising writer resigns her job in Manhattan to pursue READ MORE >
We’re polishing up our latest TV commercial for Danbury Volkswagen. It will air this month during NFL telecasts and other select programming in the Connecticut area. If you didn’t see our last Danbury VW spot, you can always catch it in the “Our Work” section of our site, or on READ MORE >
Take a good look at the artwork. It’s not a photograph, though it’s based on one. And it’s not a painting, though the artist that created it began as a traditional painter. It’s a drawing. Drawn with a blue Bic pen. Actually many blue Bic pens are used to create READ MORE >
My daughter and I are going to the movies this weekend. We’ll probably see G-Force and will have the option to see it in Digital 3D or not. She will want to see it in 3D. I will not. It’s not because I don’t like 3D, because I do. The READ MORE >
Want to get your little tike a rocking horse? Get the kind Brando rode. Unfortunately, the one pictured isn’t available for sale, though we wish it were because it is awesome. German artist Felix Gotze built it for a 3-year old named Otto who lives across from a bike shop. READ MORE >
We can’t go a day without encountering ads that leave us wanting to apologize on behalf of our industry. Most of us mean well. We really, truly do. We’re just not sure what the hell they were thinking back when these ads were created. Courtesy of the very funny site, READ MORE >
Cue the music. Let the confetti and balloons fall from the rafters. Taco Bell has just created a new menu item using the same four basic ingredients for the 1,000,000th time! Introducing the new Bacon Cheesy Potato Burrito! We know, we know – Pizza Hut, Burger King and all the READ MORE >
Most of us here at The Boathouse enjoy the work of Judd Apatow, the man behind hits like 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (he produced). If you’ve seen his films, or any by his cast of regulars like Paul Rudd and Seth Rogan, then you know READ MORE >