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Martino Flynn crowns new Überbowlers

April 9th, 2009

Yesterday the agency held its 13th Annual Martino Flynn Bowling Tournament at Fairport Lanes, and crowned new agency bowling champions.
The highly coveted Überbowler trophy, which has adorned the cubicle shelves of such MFers as Greg “Beware of Low-Flying Planes” Monrad, Bob “Peaches” Burch, and Frank “Butter” Piacitelli, will this year be shared by co-champions [...]

RE: The End

January 2nd, 2009

As promised, here are the answers to my last post:

To Kill A Mockingbird
Citizen Kane
It’s A Wonderful Life
Frankenstein
Cool Hand Luke

- Scott Wolf

A Tribute to Spam

December 26th, 2008

The color of Spam
Is natural as the sky:
A block of sunrise
Old man seeks doctor
“I eat Spam daily,” he says
Angioplasty
Pink beefy temptress
I can no longer remain
Vegetarian
Sales are up, poetry is being written … and even the in-box-clogging-kind-of-spam is enjoying the limelight:

Spam has never looked—or tasted—better.
- Paul Hill

The End

December 22nd, 2008

A while back, a former MFer wrote about some of the all-time best typographic title sequences. Just the other day, I learned of this Flickr group pool in the same vein. But instead of title sequences, this was end sequences. Specifically, stills of “The End” at the close of classic films and cartoons. Some may [...]

Robert Goulet, Scatter died of loneliness, and other seemingly meaningless thoughts

November 10th, 2008

To many, a career in advertising is a dream job. As evidence, take note of how many characters in TV and movies work in advertising. The perception is that it’s three martini lunches, big expense accounts, and filming commercials in exotic locales.
In reality, it’s more like lunch at your desk, small budgets, and shooting [...]