Author Archives: David Wojdyla
Arguably it was the greatest ad school ever
BOZELL MINNEAPOLIS CREATIVE DEPARTMENT (L-R) Doug de Grood, Dick Briner, Lisa Clearlite, Steve De Lorme, Bert Gardner, Dick Thomas, Jamie Carlson, Pat Swifka, Craig Tanimoto, and Mike Gustafson. (This creative department summer internship poster comes from Ron Anderson’s andvertising flat files.) BODYCOPY: The Minneapolis office of Bozell Advertising is once again offering a creative department summer […]
12 things you should know about Ron’s buddy, Bert Gardner
Bert was the son of a traveling salesman who took his family along via a travel trailer that would be stationed in roadside campgrounds. By age 16, he had lived in 47 different states. As a boy, he fashioned a radio from an oatmeal box and wire, and a love of storytelling blossomed as he enjoyed […]
Ron Anderson + Ron Wachino + Billy Graham
Looove the simplicity of this spot! And no doubt the client was delighted with the low cost of producing it. #myhope
Ron Anderson and Litton Microwave Ovens
Litton Microwave Ovens was a Bozell/Minneapolis client and a difficult client at that. We’d had several different teams working on it and we’re getting nowhere. So Ron put himself and Bert Gardner on it, as well as teaming me with Tom Donovan. We all rode out to Litton in Ron’s car, with a layout case […]
Yes, Creative Awards Are Important
From 1988 to 1992, I “rode the rails” to/from NYC with Ron Anderson. (We both lived in Ridgewood, NJ.) One day I said, “I heard you’ve won every creative award. Twice.” Ron said something like, “Awards are a pretty good way to measure how well you’re doing. You can learn a lot from studying award […]
Standing On the Shoulders of a Gentle Giant 