Before he took the police procedural world by storm as Commissioner Reagan on the Donnie Wahlberg-vehicle "Blue Bloods," noted mustache-haver and shorty-shorts wearer Tom Selleck did his time in commercial acting. But what if he wasn't ALWAYS the man behind the stache? This week we answer the question: if a Tom Selleck is clean shaven, is he still a Tom Selleck?
Andrew endeavors to make good on his promise to produce the best After These Messages ever. So of course, there's a quiz involved. Plus, Thomas Middleditch's alter ego issues a cry for help about those damn Verizon ads.
Genevieve and Andrew take a look at the sweet commercials for cookies, candies and other sugar-packed foods.
Andrew and Genevieve revive the great ATM tradition of Chees and Jees. They dp struggle to identify some Jees...that is, until Genevieve cruelly savages a helpless Midwesterner.
Andrew and Genevieve consider commercials that pit the unfortunate "Goofus" against the triumphant "Gallant." Plus, they get into the history of the Snoopy Sno Cone Machine and spend a truly tragic amount of time figuring out what kind of nonsense Rob Schneider is supporting these days.
Genevieve and Andrew (with a lot of help from the Ad Council) take a look at commercial slogans that have wormed their way into pop culture.
The Ad Council takes the wheel this week as Andrew prepares for a big road trip. Get ready for extended Jingle Time and a healthy dose of anti-piracy rapping!
Andrew and Genevieve ask what's up with commercials that use tiny people to sell things. Plus, a listener sends in the world's best defense of a squad member.
In honor of the Mariners' ascension to first place in the AL West, Genevieve puts aside her personal prejudices and produces a show about baseball for Andrew. It turns out baseball can be used to sell just about anything!
Genevieve and Andrew welcome special guest and ATM Chief Marketing Officer Tayla Burney, who reveals a decades-old fascination with royalty thanks to a timely introduction to Vanity Fair. Together they look at the use of royalty in commercials throughout the ages. king queen
Andrew and Genevieve look at the recent batch of apology ads from companies that really screwed the pooch, PR-wise. They also once again plumb the depths of Courtney-from-Match.com's psyche.
Andrew and Genevieve turn to the headlines this week as the TV networks grapple desperately with the declining revenues from commercials. We also prepare to enter the era of the Tostitos Princess. Plus Andrew quizzes Genevieve on movie commercials and the listeners weigh in again on the Direct TV ad.
Andrew and Genevieve break out the Judge's Hammer this week for another round of commercial court as they weigh in on some domestic disasters. Plus they consider Facebook's attempts to win back the public, and Genevieve gets back to her academic publishing roots.
It's all dungeons, damsels and dragons this week as Andrew and Genevieve review the ads that rely on the many tropes of the Middle Ages. Plus Snoop Dogg has a self-serving message for all the players out there.
Andrew and Genevieve go hunting for commercials with women sports fans, and after finding a small handful, they celebrate how far we've come, baby! Plus, it's a fun jingle time this week as they stumble onto a deep vein of Andrew's adolescent awakenings.
Andrew and Genevieve are joined by friend and musician Celene Ramadan (AKA Prom Queen!) to talk about songs that have been ruined (or improved?) by their use in commercials. They also discover some lost Alan Rickman audition tapes of a...dubious origin.
Andrew and Genevieve (and Ron!) assemble their perfect friend squads based on TV commercials, and they debate the merits of having a chaos agent in the group. Plus, Japanese candy ads are getting weirder, and that's really saying something. AND...Andrew makes good on his promise to sing a jingle from his youth.
After Genevieve spotted him in a local TV ad, friend and professional broadcaster Ron Upshaw is back to talk about what it's like to be in commercials, Plus it's a big-time Jingle Time with a bunch of submissions from the Ad Council. And we want to know who's in your commercial squad!
Genevieve provides a guide to the many, many spokes-owls hawking products these days, then Andrew tests her knowledge of defunct restaurant chains. But the real star of this week's show is our new Jingle Writer in Chief.
Genevieve and Andrew examine commercials that are clearly responding to market research -- including one market research company that had to market research itself. Plus, it's a very presidential (in the modern sense) edition of Commercials in the News.
Andrew and Genevieve are moving and they're bringing the Ad Council with them for a journey into the advertising trope of moving day. And then things get operatic.
Andrew and Genevieve look at the many ads that use the device of alter egos to pitch their products. It's self-on-self action this week, plus Andrew reveals his longstanding contempt for slam poetry.
Andrew is obsessed with an insurance campaign's specificity, and he also shocks Genevieve with a very saucy ad from the 1970s. We also induct another commercial into the ATM Hall Of Fame, and we get a much-needed update on Bud Light's Dilly Dilly campaign.
Genevieve and Andrew consider socially responsible marketing campaigns that worked (and some that didn't), and they learn that they're not the only ones who took issue with that Scout, the girl in the annoying Apple commercial.
Between the Winter Olympics, Valentines Day and listener-submitted jingles, Andrew and Genevieve have a full agenda this week, as Andrew tries to stump Genevieve with a quiz, and a local commercial gets them giggling.
The Eagles may have won the the big silver football, but Andrew, Genevieve and special guest Rosin Saez weigh in on who brought the best ad game. It's Tide's world, ya'll, we're just living in it.
The run-up to the Super Bowl of advertising continues this week, with more previews and unearned PR grabs. Plus, Andrew and Genevieve try to beat the clock in an online Super Bowl commercial quiz. And a listener sends in a special audio gift for the Ad Council.
Andrew regales Genevieve with the latest in commercial news as they gear up for the new slate of Super Bowl ads. Plus, the Ad Council weighs in on yet another divisive VW Tiguan ad.
Andrew and Genevieve air their beefs with some ads this week, including the Chevy campaign that just won't quit, some unnecessarily grim tax software ads, and a confusing financial planning campaign. But it's not all doom and gloom as they have a really great jingle singer this week.
Genevieve and Andrew are back from Hawaii and, still suffused with a warm glow from the tropical sun, they catch up with all the ads that have charmed and beguiled them lately.
