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Answers to the 9 Most Commonly Asked Questions
about Advertising.
1) Are you guys in advertising like Darren Stevens on Bewitched?
Yes. Except now agency creatives don't wear suits unless they have to.
2) If I go into advertising will I get to do really cool TV commercials?
You may, until you get fired.
3) Is the money good?
It can be, until you get fired.
4) Isn't advertising a sleazy business?
Define "sleazy."
5) Do ads mimic our culture or does our culture mimic the ads?
Yes.
6) Is advertising fun or really cut-throat and stressful?
Yes.
7) What's the best product you ever worked on?
It's a toss-up between God and infant anal thermometers.
8) Do you get to meet famous people?
Not necessarily, but I've met Barbara Bush, Monica Seles, Leona Helmsley, Gene Siskel, Jerry Stiller and Estelle Harris (George's parents on Seinfeld.) Playboy's "Miss May", and John Travolta's sister. I also bumped into Elton John in an elevator once.
9) Aren't all ads deceitful?
No. Just the bad ones.
©2002 John Follis. All rights reserved.
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