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Very true, I just couldn't help noticing it.

• unalone 17y ago
  Definitely something that struck me when learning about Ogilvy, Burnett, Bernbach, etc., when learning about great advertising legends, was how very few of them looked like a stereotypical advertiser. Leo Burnett in particular worked with my ad prof.'s father, and was described as a short ugly man whose garble was incomprehensible. But the man was a genius (I wish more people knew advertising legends, because they're truly fascinating). Taught me that the best advertisers are smart enough to see through a lot of their own stereotypes. Certainly the people I know studying advertising are nothing like what I'd have expected.