Jerry Seinfeld ripped the advertising industry apart in his acceptance speech at the Clio Awards in the US last week – and the ad industry loved it.
Seinfeld, who was accepting an honorary Clio for his role in advertising, started off by saying “I love advertising, because I love lying.” A bold start.
He went on to call advertising a “phoney career" adding: “Spending your life duping innocent people out of hard won earnings ... is an excellent use of your energy.”
The Clios crowd applauded and whooped. He's a funny guy, it was a great speech and sometimes things are funny because they're true. But isn't this the impression of advertising the industry is trying to shake? Would that kind of speech go down so well at the AdNews Agency of the Year awards?
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