Morning update: Mad Men finale round-up; Miserable duck smiles again in Cadbury TV ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yla1zxRLfl8
Slate.com: An interview with the real life ad man who created that Coca Cola commercial
On last night’s Mad Men finale, an epic Don Draper brainstorm produced one of the most legendary commercials of the 20th century, in which a group of multicultural young people sing “I’d like to buy the world a Coke” on a grassy hill.
But the real-life ad man who came up with the Coca-Cola concept is now retired and in his late 80s: Bill Backer, formerly the creative director of McCann.
