Ad Executive Mugs

"Alternatively we could make them all sexy."

"It reminds me of the very first ad that ever swayed me into buying something I didn't really want."

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

'I wouldn't say this wine's name is long, but it's continued on the bottle next to it.'

"There's no such thing as 'bad publicity'." "All traffic is good traffic."

"Welcome to the future"

The Future: "Sorry, but I have to show you an ad now."

"Maybe now, we could look at customer care'?"

"And isn't it time we replaced the worn-out, meaningless cliches in our mission statement with some dazzlingly new meaningless cliches?"

Men's Suits. I hear being suave and sophisticated is coming back in style. That's just an urbane legend.

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

'We want everyone to remember our name.'

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

"Think of it as buying in – not selling out."

This Message Has No Content

"So then the VP of Sales looks right at me and says 'Larry, what's going on? We don't have any traction in the market.' Like it's MY fault!"

Royal Mail boss to become ITV boss.

'As our new company logo, I'm not quite sure it's sending out the right message.'

Create some buzz!

'If only every year was an election year.'

'I guess every team needs a creative renegade.'

BBC - Crisis Management, Damage Control and Liability Supervision.

"You're a strong, virile stallion of a man, Randy. Has anyone ever told you that?"

Crap from the future.

'Gentlemen, we need a slogan!'

"Technically he's a zombie but we'll market him as a hybrid."

News Internecine: Murdoch succession battle

'Which sounds better: 'now with MORE XZ100' or 'now with LESS XZ100'?'

"What if, instead of the safe being filled with rawhide, it's filled with catnip and mice!" "No one will buy it." "Drugs and rodents? Who's our demographic?" "The Simpsons already did that."

"So let's roll up our sleeves and show that America still builds the world's greatest advertising."

'He's written some great slogans and some great labels, but he's never written a great coupon.'

Direct Marketing...

XYZ Inc, putting a folksy, human face on unfettered corporate greed for over 50 years.

"As you can see, sales have been a little erratic lately..."

The bad news is our boxer shorts are still bursting into flames. The good news is our brand recognition is through the roof