The Photograph That Made a Man Out of James Blunt
We saw this pic — wimpy singer James Blunt and hot model Petra Nemcova on the beach — and immediately thought of one of the most famous and successful print advertisements of all time: “The Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac,” for Charles Atlas.
Here’s the story behind the ad — which ran in comic books for five decades — and here’s the ad itself.
Scott, Scott, Scott.
I thought we discussed this James Blunt wimpy bashing thing:
http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/03/is-it-ok-to-hate-oprah.html
Remember? Nato, Kosovo, 30,000 troops, shot more times than Fiddy?
I’m just jealous, Stephen.