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Chief
Here are some I remember, most are not that accurate a representation of what our industry is like. Which makes Mad Men such a standout. More in the links below. MOVIES How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days What Women Want Picture Perfect TV SHOWS Bewitched Melrose Place The Crazy Ones https://blog.hubspot.com/agency/greatest-advertising-movies https://www.adweek.com/creativity/25-best-advertising-movies-ever-made-132318/
I canāt believe everyone forgot about the TV series āTrust Me.ā It only lasted one season but it featured Will from āWill & Graceā and Ed from... āEdā as creative partners. Synopsis: āA look at the private and professional lives of employees at the Chicago advertising agency Rothman, Greene & Moore.ā Pretty authentic to what ad agencies and ad people are like. If I ever find it streaming again Iād rewatch it.
Pro
Trust Me was unwatchable. I turned it off after less than 15 minutes. My advertising friends and I used to joke about how bad the trailer was. And the show was worse.
Happish with Steve Coogan is good...but at times almost too accurate to be entertaining
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The 25-yo Swedish CDs... š literally my previous agency. I LOVED it but yeah too accurate/not an escape.
Detroiters
What Women Want
āNo games. Just sports.ā
Pro
Not exactly about ad world but Living With Yourself was pretty funny, if I remember correctly Paul Ruddās character was a copywriter and there were a few jabs about pencils lol
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I remember in one episode he got a call from the āGolden Pencil Committee.ā Pretty funny.
Crazy people. How to get ahead in advertising.
Crazy People is outstanding. "Volvos. They're boxy, but they're good"
Blackish. Pretty funny. Great writing. Main character is a creative. They make references to the ad world, but itās kinda just funny to watch the scenes of him at work as the only Black man amongst a team of white dudes.
Pro
Love it
And way back in the day, a TV series called Thirty Something about two different couples and their families/relationships, but the husbands work in advertising and leave their big firm to start an agency together, so some of the plots are centered around that. A bit twee. Donāt know if it is streaming anywhere.
Great show - even remember the agency name DAA. Made me want to get into advertising. So much of the agency life was very true to life (back then.)
The first 20min of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Our conference rooms are named after shows relating to advertising: Bewitched The Pitch Thirty Something What Women Want Bosom Buddies Who's the Boss Nothing in Common Mad Men
Bosom Buddies was hilarious!!
If you want a novel about the ad world, I highly recommend āThen We Came To The Endā by Joshua Ferris. Very funny.
Chief
This book is really great. āE: A Novelā. Itās written by an ex copywriter from the UK. https://www.amazon.com/Novel-Matt-Beaumont/dp/0452281881
Art & Copy
Twilight Zone episode āA Stop at Willoughby.ā
Omg I just watched this!
Thereās this indie show called Mad Men
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I hope you contribute more at work than you did to this thread.
Robbie Williams had a (not so famous) tv show around an advertising agency. But is was more comedy than anything else.
Not to be that guy, but it was Robin Williams. The Crazy Ones. It glamorized the day-to-day ad life, but it was funny.
Terrible move but I will forever have Keanu Reevesās āHOTā Dog pitch from Mr. November running in my head before every client presentation.
Sorry, āSweet Novemberā. God, even the title sucked.
Every movie on TV. There are always some ads. š
Ginger and Fred, Federico Fellini (1986)