How to Get Ahead in Advertising
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We need a label
brimming with health.

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And everything from a nosh pot
to a white sliced...

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will wear one with pride.
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I'm aware of the difficulties
of coming to terms with this.

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It must be appreciated
from the beginning...

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that even the nosh pot
must be low in something.

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And if it isn't, it must be high
in something else.

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And that is its
health-giving ingredient...

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we will sell.
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Which brings me
to my final question:

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Who are we trying
to sell this to?

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Answer: We are trying
to sell this...

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to the archetypal
average housewife,

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she who fills her basket.
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What you have here
is a 22-year-old pretty girl.

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What you need is a taut slob,
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something on foot deodorizers
in a brassiere.

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I'm not quite
sure we can go along with that.

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If you look at
the market research...

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I don't need to look
at the market research.

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I've lived with 13-and-a-half
million housewives for 15 years.

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I know everything about them.
She's 37 years old.

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She has 2.3 children,
1.6 of which will be giris.

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She uses 16 feet, 6 inches
of toilet tissue a week...

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and fucks no more
than 4.2 times a month.

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She has seven radiators
and is worried about her weight,

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which is why we have her
on a diet.

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And because we have her on
a diet, we also encourage her...

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to reward herself with little
treats, and she deserves them.

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Because anyone existing
on 1200 calories...

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of artificial, synthetic,
orange-flavored waffle a day...

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deserves a little treat.
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"We know it's naughty,
but you do deserve it.

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Go on, darling,
swallow a bun."

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And she does.
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And the instant she does,
the guilt cuts in.

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So here we are again
with our diet.

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It's a vicious,
but quite wonderful circle,

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and it adheres
to only one rule:

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"Whatever it is, sell it."
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If you want to stay
in advertising,

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by God you'd better learn that.
:02:58
Bagley, it's not in my nature
to be a pain in the ass.


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