Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

Jerry Goodis was one of the most colourful characters in the history of Canadian advertising.

He founded a legendary advertising agency and created some of Canada’s longest-running ad campaigns. And while doing that, he attacked the ad industry for producing terrible ads. He was loved and hated but couldn’t be ignored.

Another favourite from our Archives.


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Taking a look at the most creative audio ideas from around the world.

Including a podcast for runners that only works if you’re actually running, a police recruitment campaign that capitalized on the popularity of True Crime, and a very ambitious alternative audio track created to be played over Disney’s Pocahontas movie – that tells the truth behind the fairy tale.

Another favourite from the Archives.

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Another favourite from our archives...

Almost every movie and television show needs cars, and auto companies are happy to supply them – because it helps sell a lot of cars.
We’ll look back at James Bond and Starsky & Hutch, and explore auto partnerships with movie franchises like Transformers and Marvel.
We’ll also tell a crazy story of how the most sought-after car from a Steve McQueen movie was finally found – and the cosmic coincidence that led to its discovery.

Cars are the stars.

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From the Under The Influence Archives, one of our favourites....

Take a walk down any busy main street, and you’ll probably see one of the oldest forms of advertising:

The sandwich board.

They have been around for over 200 years.

Cities try and ban them.
Storekeepers love them.

They can make you smile.
They can make you angry.
They can attract a lot of attention.

They are the pop-up ads of the physical world.


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From The Under The Influence Archives...

Customers often lie to companies in surveys, polls and focus groups.
Yet advertisers rely on that flawed and false feedback to market brands and create advertising campaigns.
So what are advertisers to do?
One solution is Google.
What we type into the Google search window is like a truth serum. We all pour our most intimate, honest questions into that search box.
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