Florida Man Wants to Save the World; TV Shows Media Buyers Love: Tuesday’s First Things First

Even the Infamous Florida Man Wants You to Fight Climate Change in a PSA

Florida Man looks out for himself? Shocker. Well, maybe it isn’t. This new PSA shows the infamous Florida Man, who dominates headlines, as a fighter of…climate change? A real-life Florida Man once arrested for bringing an alligator into a convenience story starred in a PSA from Joan urging viewers to cut emissions. Predictably, his reasoning isn’t altruistic. If Florida succumbs to sea level rise, the Florida Man might become extinct.

Read more: Watch the light-hearted PSA that co-founder and chief creative officer of Joan, Jaime Robinson, hopes will change the way people think about climate change.

How Wild Turkey Bourbon Got Its Name

It should probably come as no surprise that the story behind Wild Turkey’s name involves a grocery exec who loved to down whiskey as he hunted. It was the perfect elixir for those long hours in the woods. So perfect that it represented the state of Kentucky at 1893 world expo, beating out 400 competitors in the process.

Read more: Learn Wild Turkey’s origin story and how the brand has kept the whiskey relevant for over a century.

The Fall 2019 Broadcast Shows That Buyers Like Most—and Least

Media buyers generally found this year’s crop of new comedies to be on the weaker side, but pointed to a couple of new shows, Mixed-ish and The Unicorn, as potential breakouts. They also flagged CBS’ Prodigal Son, which features a serial killer (Michael Sheen) teaming up with his criminal psychologist son (Tom Payne) to help the NYPD solve crimes, as another potential hit.

Read more: Find out which show media buyers called “terrible,” “horrible” and “forced.”  One even said, “Somehow, those things work on CBS, but oh, it’s a bad one!”

Is Amazon Giving Itself an Unfair Advantage?

While Amazon denied a WSJ story alleging its boosts its own products, experts told Adweek that it makes sense for the ecommerce giant to give its own brands an advantage in search and to seek profitability.

“If customers are happy and they’re profiting, how is this a bad thing? Should they provide poor results that result in people not buying? What kind of business model is that?” said Danny Goodwin, executive editor of Search Engine Journal.

Read more: Learn how Amazon’s practices start to get murky.

Just Briefly: The Rest of Today’s Top Insights

• DTC Brands Are Targeting Consumers Where Their Attention Is—Their Phones
• Accenture Takes Creative In-House, With Droga5 as Lead Agency
• Oracle Wants to Bring Big Data to GIFs
• Hulu’s Pause Ads Move Out of Beta, With More New Formats in the Works

Ad of the Day: Ikea Canada, a Champion of Reusing Old Items, Creates Heartwarming ‘Stuff Monster’

Last year, Ikea Canada took the bold marketing move of creating a sequel to the global retailer’s most famous ad: Lamp. While the 2002 original encouraged you to cast off your emotional bonds with broken furniture and toss it to the curb, the 2018 spot instead celebrated to finding new life for a once-beloved item.

Jameson Fleming

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Jameson is chief of staff at Adweek.