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- <title>
- Nov. 20, 1989: Business Notes:Advertising
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Nov. 20, 1989 Freedom!
- </history>
- <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.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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