Gruen Planet ep5 tonight at 8:30 on ABC1 with Dee Madigan and Jeremy Nicholas – The Pitch: Group Hug Creative Melb vs Made4Media Bris
September 19 2012, 10:56 am | | 7 Comments
Gruen Planet episode 5 premieres tonight (Wednesday) at 8:30pm (EST) ABC1 starring host Wil Anderson and regular key panelists Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft.
Tonight’s guest panelists include Dee Madigan, Madigan Communications boss and Transfer legend as well as Jeremy Nicholas, CEO of BMF, one of Australia’s most awarded agencies.
In tonight’s episode:
- People Smuggling – You may not know it, but one of the methods used by the Australian government to stop the boats is advertising. The Gruen team looks at the No To People Smuggling YouTube channel, which has been aiming ads at smugglers and refugees for two years.
- Company Apologies – In the wake of Victoria Bitter’s apology to the nation, we ask, is saying sorry just a clever form of marketing?
- Spin Cycle – Counting down our favourite recent attempts at publicity and image control. This week’s nominees: Ketut, the Free Syria Army and Woolworths.
- Personal Worst – Each week, Gruen continues its search for the WORST performance by an athlete in a TV commercial. Tonight, one that will be hard to beat, a magnificently awful spot from former Carlton footballer and Dancing With The Starswinner, Anthony Koutoufides.
Tonight’s pitch is between Antony Warrington from Group Hug Creative in Melbourne and Kirsty Visman from Made4Media in Brisbane. The brief is to convince Australia to lift all restrictions on cigarette advertising in Australia.
The Client: Free Speech Australia
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7 Comments
Howcroft looks like he’s over acting again.
didn’t know who dee madigan was so decided to find out.checked her website .seriously underwhelming.embarrassingly so.take a look and tell me what qualifies her as an “advertising commentator”.luckily for her the viewing audience don’t know the truth.
What qualifies Todd Sampson?
@petee Yeah, I guess that’s why she has been on the show since the first episode and you haven’t.
Send in your demo reel Petee, Russel has gone now. The door is open sunshine.
todd runs a large, succesful,creatively acclaimed agency.dee….?
Todd looks like a sex doll.
Dee is more than qualified to comment. More so than most that appear on the show. She’s smart and irreverent and knows her stuff. Personally, I find Todd’s sanctimonious waffling infuriating.
He’s also ruined wearing a t-shirt for all creatives – now everyone just thinks we’re channeling Todd when we rock up to work. Shame on you Sampson!