Saatchis (And Fallon). Let’s call the post ‘SSF’. It’s neater.
This Thursday sees the 40th birthday party of Saatchi and Saatchi, which is to take place at the Saatchi gallery and will be attended by (as I understand it) all former and current employees of both S&S and McS.
It might also be attended by that senile old milk-thieving witch, Margaret Thatcher, but with a bit of luck she’ll die in the next 48 hours, sparing us any further reminders of her existence.
Anyway, I think it’s a birthday well worth celebrating, and if you don’t agree, check out their finest shizzle and then reluctantly concede that I was right after all.
UPDATE: while on an SSF theme, I have it on good authority (there’s a particularly observant and loose-lipped fly who lives in the corridor outside Richard Flintham’s office) that Flintham and Green are definitely off.
Golly.
Why? Where? How does that leave Fallon, who were already a bit fucked from losing Asda and Sony in the space of a couple of weeks last year? Now all the founders have left (OK, Robert Senior is still half there), how will it continue its Fallonosity? I’m pretty sure Juan’s no longer balls-deep in the place, so does this sound the death knell for one of the two or three best agencies of the century so far?
And, on the other side of the coin, does anyone really give a fuck anymore? Between phone tapping, match fixing and Rooney’s whoring, the News Of The World is where all the action is these days. Working there must be like sitting inside a pus-filled boil at the centre of the universe.
Over and out.
Will all the Fallon employees that are left be attending? Thats the question.
I’m an ex S&S employee. I’m washing my hair thurs night.
ARE YOU ATTENDING BEN? WE COULD DO THAT THING WHERE ONE PERSON KNEELS BEHIND THE VICTIM TO AID THE PARTNER IN CRIME IN PUSHING SAID VICTIM OVER. THE HILARITY!
I didn’t mean for that to be all in capitals, now I can’t take it back and it looks like I was shouting at you over the internet. I apologise.
1. I’m NFI (which is odd because there can’t be many people who have worked for both agencies IN THE LAST MONTH. I guess freelancers just get the short end of the stick etc. Just kidding, by the way, if anyone from SS is reading this.)
2. I’m going to the David Hare lecture at the NFT.
But feel free to knock Tebbit over.
Hope Tony Blair dies too. Wanker.
Well its because they are folding Fallon into S+S that they have left. They will be doing a start up for sure and god knows we need it, not many good agencies left.
No they are not folding into s+s.
Hilarious the old rumour mill.
Why did Flintham and Green leave then? and why are they pitching on so much business as one?
Smells like merger…
They started with Labour Isn’t Working and now Coalition Isn’t Working, from the jobs point of view – but S&S are keeping quiet about that.
seems strange that nice Jewish boys aren’t celebrating ROSH HASHANA which is on the same date.
Martin Sorrell is, which is why he’s giving it a miss.
PS. Props to your early leak re: Green and Flintham – they, plus Rumbol and Beancounter will be a very strong start-up. Expect Maurice to be a lot less charming…