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<text id=89TT3035>
<title>
Nov. 20, 1989: Business Notes:Advertising
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Nov. 20, 1989 Freedom!
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 76
Business Notes
ADVERTISING
One-Liners and Broken Taboos
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<p> He deadpanned nonstop alliterations into the phone as he
promoted an employee ("I'm putting you in charge of Pittsburgh,
Peter!") and closed a contract ("Dick, what's the deal with the
deal?"). The 1982 Federal Express commercial featuring the
fast-talking Mr. Spleen struck a chord in frantic managers
everywhere. Last week it was rated the best ad of the 1980s in
a Top Ten list compiled by the One Club, an industry group.
</p>
<p> The judges looked for ads that broke new ground. The Ally
& Gargano agency's Federal Express ad shattered taboos against
making fun of the customer. One runner-up, adman Hal Riney's
first Bartles & Jaymes wine-cooler commercial, scored with
tongue-in-cheek humility. Another winner, Wendy's 1984 "Where's
the Beef?'" slogan, created by Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample, became
a political zinger in the hands of Walter Mondale. But as the
1984 election proved, even advertising has its limits.
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