Gothamist: Advertising for a Wife at the Midtown Tunnel

ann

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:57:22 -0500

publicity stunt for what ??? ... there is no advertising on the site.

Jason Gooljar

Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:07:08 -0500

For crying out loud Thomas J. Barella should have done this political style, direct mail! Get the voter list for all registerd voters in NYC, then narrow it down to women in his desired range, hire an ad agency, produce a slick mailer and viola! Hmm, maybe I should go into business as a counslutant for lonely rich people. Exceeelent....

tien

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:49:22 -0500

for what it's worth, it's registered to: Thomas J. Barrella in Massapequa

cc

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:41:49 -0500

Being in advertising myself, I'm going to guess that Gothamist and the midtown tunnel are probably the victims of some clever-cleverness by a team of agency creatives and their huge corporate client. It's all about non-traditional media buys these days and ads that don't look like ads. Or at least don't look like ads paid for by a huge corporation. It could be for anything from a dating service to a new show to running shoes. But most likely not a real guy.

Rob

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:56:15 -0500

You Americans...you just can't stop copying us Brits can you! http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/06/man_sets_up_mar.php

Ace

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:07:33 -0500

file this with the fake mugging; I can't even say "nice try" it is such a transparent publicity ploy.