What pop culture made you want to work in advertising and/or in a major city?

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Moulin Rouge made me want to be a penniless writer living in a big city surrounded by drugs, alcohol, and people who dressed like fancy curtains. Then I was penniless in a big city, and found I could not afford drugs, alcohol, or to get into places with people who dressed like fancy curtains. So it was advertising, then.

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I never actually wanted to work in advertising. Still don't. Yet, here I am, whoring my talents for a paycheck...

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Are you looking for answers like, "the moment he came up with Frost Yourself in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days!" or "when Mel Gibson shaves his legs with the client razor in What Women Want."

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Mad Men, duhhhh.

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I was inspired by a friend who went through the wk12 program. I went to his graduation and thought, "yeah, I like this". The big city thing comes from boredom of not living in one.

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I now aspire to dress like a fancy curtain.

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Frost Yourself 😂😂😂😂

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What Women Want 🤣🏆💥🙌🏼

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@supervisor 1 it's not a must, but it is damn good television. And the whole point is that it's dated, from the birth of modern advertising.

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Is Mad Men a must watch if you work in this industry? I feel it's so dated that nothing is like how it was back then.

Thanks @SC2 might give it a second go.

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