Ad Caulk

Lots of stuff for you all this weekend so let's dispense with the chit chat and head straight to the links.

BY THE WORD

• Writing Tips from George Tannenbaum. And good ones at that.

• Bill Watterson (creator of Calvin and Hobbes) designed a movie poster. Still won't make any more Calvin and Hobbes.

• Luke Sullivan on a force more powerful (and potentially more important) than creativity in advertising. Not to be all Upworthyian but you're going to have to read to find out.

• Periodic Table of Storytelling. 

• Sell! Sell! have dug up (okay, opened Campaign to) what is potentially the most depressing article of all time. 

• One on One with Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland. (Great show if you're a fan of sci-fi and humanity and madness in general.)

• Dave Dye is back with TWO interesting posts Gibley's Gin and Know Stuff.

• And Ben Kay rounding it out with Fear and Bullshit in Adland.

BY THE PICTURE

Harold Ramis' advice to filmmakers. (via @RobSchrab)

News report about Kenyan slang contains three languages. Puts US news to shame.

New Richmond Sausages ad from Saatchi London.

Most amazing instrument I've even seen.

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• Gerry Graf hilariously breaks down TV cupcake shows.
• The Cerberus of ad blogs cometh! Angela Natividad, Bill Green and Darryl Ohrt quit their individual blogs and became the collective known as AdVerve.
• "Two Ways to Be Great" from Makin' Ads.
• Seth Godin on why schools should ditch the industrial model.
• Why Ben Kay thinks companies are wasting money on ads.
• AS A RULE, you shouldn't use as a rule. From Dave Trott.
• And, of course, two posts from George Tannenbaum. "Using Your Ears" and "Is honesty suicide?"

And we've got plenty of video too:

A London bus tour that "made London look cool like New York." (via)

 Laughs from the uber talented Everynone.

Show this to your friends when they say they don't understand why color grading matters.