
After These Messages Podcast
1) #513 Money Strange or Money Haha?
A fresh crop of Adcollades and Admonishments has Vieves and Andrew talking about car ads aimed at the terminally smug and financial advice for the young and desperate. Plus, an ad-daddy’s identity is ...Show More
2) #512 You’re Not My Real Ad!
A local radio campaign sparks a discussion of daddies and their myriad attendant issues to sell everything from furniture polish to frozen desserts. Plus, a car commercial gets some doctorin’, and doe...Show More
3) #511 DIalect Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
Andrew and Vieves reflect on ads with an accent, from American twangs to Irish brogues. Plus, a special in-studio guest reveals his hacking secrets, and an Ad Councilor flashes back to Andrew and Viev...Show More
4) #510 Ready to Engage
From proposals gone awry to relationships in limbo, Andrew and Vieves consider commercials featuring wedding engagements to sell everything a young couple might need, including laundry detergent, fina...Show More
5) #509 The Truce About Cats & Dogs
If there is a more easily understood metaphor for conflict than cats versus dogs, marketers don’t want to hear about it. Andrew and Vieves look at ads that use the time-honored conflict between the tw...Show More
6) #508 The Mail Gaze
Andrew and Vieves consider some of the many ads featuring mail carriers being hounded by dogs, tormented by the elements and, weirdly, dropping into a mega ramp for a sweet vertical. Plus, Andrew stum...Show More
7) #507 Pickled Tink
A rich trove of Ad Councilor submissions overwhelms Andrew and Vieves’ paltry observations about pickle-based plagiarism and underpants offenses. Plus, the Mandela Effect is, well, in effect. Here a...Show More
8) #506 Swarmest Regards
A couple of recent ads depicting technology as a swarming menace has Andrew and Vieves looking at commercials that make technology the bad guy. Plus, an Ad Councilor spots a campaign that turns poopin...Show More
9) #505 Time MaChino Hills
Andrew and Vieves learn what life was like in Chino Hills, California, in 1991 via an old VHS tape filled with local commercials from the time. And a simple promo for re-runs on TNT has Andrew all gag...Show More
10) #504 The Guilted Age
Filled with remorse for their dereliction of duty, Andrew and Vieves make up for having skipped the Ad Council with an “Oops, All Ad Council” episode that asks, “Just who IS your favorite Martian?” an...Show More