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  • Shy@Day · 6 months ago
    BRAVO!
  • Sorry Chiat Girls · 6 months ago
    The ad biz has really gone downhill when an agency considers those sloppy whores to be hot. Gag.
  • fo really real? · 6 months ago
    why you gotta be so rash and abrasive? seriously. it doesn't do anyone any good. what's really going on there?
  • ruined · 6 months ago
    Now I can never masturbate to Teen Witch again.
  • wtf · 6 months ago
    Is this supposed to be funny?
  • Kill Them Please! · 6 months ago
    Would someone please shut this office down already. Between this and the two Paul Simon, Albert Kelly, wankers the ad industry is just dying. Crying and dying.
  • Martin · 6 months ago
    weird, because so many more people in the industry have advanced degrees (cough, certificates, cough) from ad schools...
  • Dumb Al · 6 months ago
    @Martin

    What does that mean? "KTP" was obviously making a joke about shutting down the crappy Chiat Day LA office?
  • GOAG · 6 months ago
    oh, i just wonder how many of the people in that video went to ad school, unlike the people the agency is named after --
  • myobj · 6 months ago
    Anyone else notice that duder looks like a young Thomas Lennon from Reno 911?

    http://www.portroids.com/Y5/Thomas%20Lennon.jpg
  • Keith · 6 months ago
    the crazy things is, the asshats that made this are still working while creatives with actual talent are out on the street.

    Was that Wyatt from Weird Science?
  • Matt · 6 months ago
    Was that Schwartz playing a cameo as the disruptive devil? Now we really know who's behind this crap.
  • Protoplasm · 6 months ago
    Tiny Rob Schwartz sighting @ 2:09
  • smellslikeshwarma · 6 months ago
    I can just hear the conversation in the editing suite:

    Tiffani (with a heart over the "i"): "OH-MY-GOD, Becki, you were SO AWESOME!!

    Becki (with a flower over the "i"): "I know...riiiiight?"

    Josh (still in his football jersey): "Is there any beer left?"

    Still, I'm ROFLMAO. Maybe not in that "wow, that was funny way" but rather that "I hope you're planning on having some drastic cosmetic surgery before applying for your next job" way.

    Kids, some day you'll look back on that and laugh. Ok, maybe not.
  • Lame! · 6 months ago
    What was the point of that banal nonsense?
  • ElGrandeBlanco · 6 months ago
    This is different from the 2 douchebags video. This is clearly just for internal laughs. The douchebag video was clearly to suck up to their new boss.

    Big difference.

    Every agency I've ever worked at has done these type of videos.
  • Amanda · 6 months ago
    If it was for "internal laughs" they should have tried to make it funny. I feel so bad for Lee Clow right now with these inane videos pouring out of Chiat. He built a shop that was once known for the great work they did for their clients. Now it's just a sound stage for insipid YouTube videos. Nice job kids. You're dismantling Lee's place brick by brick.
  • ElGrandeNegro · 6 months ago
    @ElGrandeBlanco

    I believe you meant to say "suck off their new boss."
  • Dink · 6 months ago
    Now I know why the Gatorade campaign is so awful. Those ads are like a 1st year editing assignment. Slam together a bunch of stock footage with bangin' drums....genius!
  • goldoneshow · 6 months ago
    The new montage spots were client ordered. The G campaign is hanging on by a thread. Talk is they may go back to "Is It In You?". Gatorade's sales are down by over 30% since Chiat took over last year. Great job guys. Sports drinks aren't sneakers.
  • Boots · 6 months ago
    They need to do something. That G crap is soooooooo.....bad
  • Toin · 6 months ago
    Sigh. Remember when Chiat used to be the cool, badass agency. That was a loooonngggg time ago.
  • Segman · 6 months ago
    Funny, I don't see Cripsin, Weiden or Goodby making these gay ass videos. Oh, I forgot, those agencies are too busy making great work for their clients.
  • All Agencies Do This Shit · 6 months ago
    I bet you one hundred and ten dollars, Cripsin, Weiden and Goodby have all made similar shit videos. Many of them. They just haven't become public yet.
  • Ex-Chiat Girl · 6 months ago
    Uhm, yes "AADTShit" many agencies do, but Crispin, Weiden and Goodby do not suck at it. There internal videos show talent, humor and edge. Their internal raw raw pieces do not suck. This sucks.
  • goldoneshow · 6 months ago
    I agree their internal videos are better except for that super sucky "Shredding with Alex" video.
  • john noble · 6 months ago
    You're so right. Some of these internal videos are pretty horrific, however they really weren't meant for anyone to see except the staff. Anyone whose ever been in a decent shop with a culture knows that there are some really bad internal videos made, and some great ones too. And, every shop has done them. Ever seen the Goodby 25th Anniversary video?! C'mon, the work at Chiat has indeed suffered but cut these guys a break on this internal video nonsense.
  • ad scribe · 6 months ago
    I'm going the denial route. As far as I'm concerned, this was the work of the cleaning crew's kids who snuck in one night while their parents were spiffing up the joint. I refuse to believe that the Chiat/Day i know and love (Lee Clow, Johns & Gorman, Robin Raj, Dick Sittig, Chuck & Clay, Mickey Taylor, et al) could hire hacks such as these.
  • I Want That Grimace Chick · 6 months ago
    My problem with the video is this: not enough nudity. The chick in the purple outfit is ballz hot. I'd hit that like the fist of an angry god. What good is a high school romp film without a bare pair here and there? Two thumbs down (my pants).
  • woolybooger · 6 months ago
    oh man, "i want that grimace chick." - if that's not the funniest name and comment i've seen in a long time. if i could i would buy you a big frosty beer for that gigantric laugh. grimace - LOL!
  • duh · 6 months ago
    Ooh yes, the videos from W+K. THEY don't produce that juvenile, UNCREATIVE work the OTHER agencies do.
    Except for this one.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzlN8YvMjVM&feat...
    In fact, *advertising* is a dirty word at W+K. They are ARTISTS. They don't concern themselves with things like money or advertising
    http://whowemeet.blogspot.com/2009/05/wk-inrodu...
    It's about IDEAS
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDgB0Vet4M&feat...

    When 26 year old douchebags stop running the industry, things will improve.
  • ReallyWTF · 6 months ago
    This could be Chiat's low point.
  • AssWipeVideos.com · 6 months ago
    OK. I got a brainstorm ... bare with me here ... how about a website that's solely dedicated to showing internal cheese-dick ad promo videos swiped from agencies and other corporations. Maybe Agency Spy can do such as an offshoot? Riffing and ripping on these bullshit vids is too much fun.
  • goldoneshow · 6 months ago
    That's an AWESOME idea. It would be hilarious. Could put up shit like the Agency.com Subway pitch video. And hack shit like these Chiat videos.
  • 80sfever · 6 months ago
    Just goes to show that Chiat is stuck in the 80s...
  • FromTheInside · 6 months ago
    Hearing that Pepsi may pull itself and Gatorade out of Chiat soon.
  • guest · 6 months ago
    really? would love to hear more...
  • FromTheInside · 6 months ago
    The Gatorade client is really unhappy with the "G" work and it's "do or die" for Chiat on that - opening up a possibility for another agency to snatch that piece of business. On Pepsi, the re-design has been a disaster and Pepsi is upset that Lee spends all his time on Apple when he "promised" to make Pepsi a top priority. Also, one of the the CDs on Pepsi has been trying to get his directing career off the ground and hasn't been putting any real time on the account. Rumors are that Pepsi is open to any top tier shops looking to toss them ideas right now.
  • Marge · 6 months ago
    Not if, but when they lose those two accounts, there will be a lot of people out of jobs, not including the next two rounds of layoffs coming in the next month and month after that.

    Polish your resumes people. Be ready.
  • TM · 6 months ago
    Lee Clow must be rolling in his grave about these pathetic videos. Oh, wait...
  • Black Pen · 6 months ago
    I guess this is Chiat's way of making it not hurt so bad when more layoffs come.
  • Jamest · 6 months ago
    I heard that Lee is embarrased by this video. If I were anyone involved with this mess, I'd keep a low profile around the office.
  • lisa · 6 months ago
    wow... the glory days are long ago and far away
  • Black Pen · 6 months ago
    You would think Lee Clow has a lot more important things to be embarrassed about.
  • Never Heard of Him · 6 months ago
    Who the hell is Lee Clow?
  • dusty bottoms · 6 months ago
    did you know that this video is from 4 years ago?
  • j9ward · 6 months ago
    Oh my christ - too painful to watch. Can't even finish.
  • charlesfrith · 6 months ago
    TBWA - Had it. Lost it. (Apart from my mates who work there or course)