Tag: Stephanie Courtney

• Flo & Co Vs The LiMu Emu: Proof Comedy IS Hard

  When you watch as much cable news as I do, you watch a lot of ads. A lot of the same ads – for the same products – with recurring casts of characters. I could do a long, loud riff on Big Pharma’s constant pitching at us, but that’s for another time. One of the…

  A L Katz

  April 19, 2023

  Advertising, Culture

  Comedy is hard, Doug, Dr Rick, Flo, Jim Cashman, Liberty Mutual, LiMu Emu, Natalie Palamides, Progressive Insurance, Stephanie Courtney

• In The TV Ad Wars, Progressive’s “Flo” Kicks “Doug” (And His Emu’s) Butt – Fight Me!

  If you’re a regular consumer of cable TV news, you’re also a consumer of all the ads the news channels run in a constant, mind-numbing cycle. Big Pharma and Big Insurance own the bulk of the real estate; at least, that’s how it feels inside my head. Big Pharma’s “slice-of-life” ads beg to be satirized,…

  A L Katz

  October 21, 2021

  American News Media, Culture, Showbiz Stories, The Branding Age

  Big Pharma, Cable TV News, Crypt Keeper, Doug, Flo, Geico Gecko, Jamie, Liberty Mutual, LiMu Emu, Motaur, Progressive Insurance, Stephanie Courtney, Tales From The Crypt