The COVID-19 Blues
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San Marzano tomatoes were a large part of The Pizza Connection case in the US in the 70s. The Bonnanos were smuggling heroin into the US, through Canada, using tins of Marzano which were distributed to all the pizzerias where the “Brown Gold” was then repackaged for the streets. Carmine Galante got shot through the eyeball because he monopolised the profits for himself due to his cousin in Naples holding a massive San Marzano production operation.
7 degrees of separation between anti-vaxxer Funky in Belfast in 2023 and one of the most famous murders in Mafia history in Joe & Mary’s diner on Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn 1979.
LT42 lol!
I never knew the government hired advertising agencies to come up with slogans such as ‘Stay at home’ lol!
Sounds like they continue to grab a slice of the pie…
Hursty that’s how it’s always worked Hursty. Buy food, sleep in a bed, smoke tabs. Advertising requires no thought and it doesn’t affect people, right?!
Oh, you know what Grant’s doing, he’s going for that anti-marketing dollar. That’s a good market, he’s very smart
C_J 30 more days of this shit and I’m out, CJ! There are other threads I can mention this on too
Along_the_Wire yeah for sure, it just amazes me the government needed help to come up with ‘Stay at home’ and hand washing procedures which have been in place in every medical facility for donkeys years and could have been reused?
Hursty there’s more to advertising than the slogan, Hursty. That’s all I’m saying.
Along_the_Wire That’s right - someone’s got to draw the pictures as well
vinnyt77 messaging Tim, get the messaging right. The vaccine campaign was particularly successful. A very simple message too.
Along_the_Wire I’ll take your word for it.
Talking of the Apprentice, I’ve not watched it for years but I do remember an advertising task where the contestants had to pitch to JCDecaux, and they got absolutely roasted by the panel of advertising experts for being hopeless
Hursty one of my mates was one of the experts. The day that you think a reality show is the place to make any judgement call, outside of everyone concerned being a cunt, is just plain stupid.