by Luke Sullivan | Dec 8, 2010 | Advertising
In 1992, I started scribbling down notes about my family history. 18 years later I have finished the project, and it’s now a memoir of growing up in the ’50s and ’60s with my five brothers in a big house in Rochester, Minnesota. I’m proud of...
by Luke Sullivan | Nov 8, 2010 | Advertising
Fallon was a fun place to work, partly because no one was safe from random acts of mean-spirited disrespectful treatment, including the CEO, Pat Fallon. One year Fallon decided he needed a bigger office with a little more meeting room, and so he knocked down a wall...
by Luke Sullivan | Aug 19, 2010 | Advertising, Radio
As long as there are carpenters, lifeguards, and cars, there’s gonna be radio. Even if the day comes when the internet gets wired directly into our brains, anybody who can write a great radio spot will probably have a job somewhere in this business. I love...
by Luke Sullivan | Jul 27, 2010 | Advertising, General Crankiness
Most of the time it was probably real bad being stuck down in a torture dungeon. But some days, when there was a bad storm outside, you’d look through the bars of your little window and think, “Boy, I’m glad I’m not out in that.”...
by Luke Sullivan | Jul 20, 2010 | Advertising, Commentary
What follows is one of the single most interesting passages I’ve read in my 50-some years of reading. It’s from a marvelous book called 1939: The Lost World of The Fair, by David Gerlernter. It paints a picture of an America that no longer exists. “Question: What is...