McCann Erickson welcomes Sterling Cooper
Posted Nov 18th 2009 2:24PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Video, Reality-Free, Mad Men

So we all saw legendary ad agency McCann Erickson buy Sterling Cooper in the
season finale of Mad Men. Some people might not know that McCann Erickson is a real-life ad agency (that's one of the reasons I love this show, they use real companies and products). Well,
the company welcomes Sterling Cooper in this video on their web site.
The agency is also buying big ads in magazines like
Adweek and
Brandweek to welcome Sterling Cooper. Has their ever been a show based in a particular industry that is loved by the real-life industry it depicts more than
Mad Men?
Tags: ad agency, advertising, advertising agency, mad men, mccann erickson, sterling cooper, welcome sterling cooper
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-18-2009 @ 2:44PM
Editor Deb said...
Hey Bob - I supposed you write for a living so I'm editing your story. Last paragraph: "Has there (not their)..."
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11-18-2009 @ 2:52PM
Jack said...
Guess they weren't bothered by being called a "sausage factory" since they got so much free name dropping!
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11-18-2009 @ 4:08PM
Steve said...
always nice to see companies have a sense of humor
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11-18-2009 @ 6:57PM
Chris said...
I love that they conveniently edited out the derisive comments made in the Mad Men finale about McCann/Erickson in their video, and the general plot point that all the principals fled Sterling Cooper because they wanted nothing to do with them.
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11-26-2009 @ 2:06PM
chuck said...
entourage. obviously. "spiderman2 finally beat aquaman" ;)
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1-06-2010 @ 9:08PM
ROInnis85 said...
It allows the Ad industry to have a 'oot print on TV other than commercials.
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