27-Dec-03 4:00 PM CST

Ad Age's Bob Garfield Reviews Advertising of the Year

Co-host Brad Forsythe interviews Bob Garfield, Ad Review Columnist for Advertising Age Magazine. Bob Garfield is a columnist, critic, essayist, pundit, international lecturer and obscure broadcast personality. He isn’t exactly a media whore, but he’s extremely promiscuous. Garfield's "Ad Review is a prominent feature of Advertsing Age, where each week he singles out an ad for praise or ridicule. In another life, Garfield is co-host of National Public Radio’s weekly magazine program “On the Media.” This followed a dozen years as a commentator/correspondent for NPR‘s “All Things Considered.” Dubbed by The New York Times “the Charles Kuralt of Bizarro World,” he specialized in quirky Americana -- an act he took to television, as well, producing pieces for public TV, syndication and CBS News. He also served as a political-advertising analyst for CBS. At the moment, Garfield is the advertising analyst for ABC News. Previously has been a regular on Financial News Network, CNBC’s “Power Lunch” and “Adam Smith’s Money Game” on PBS. He has been a contributing editor for the Washington Post Magazine, Civilization and the op-ed page of USA Today. He has also written for The New York Times, Playboy, Sports Illustrated and many other publications.