End Piece: Saying Goodbye To Your Agency

Judging from the video above, Lowe is a tough place to say good-bye to considering it’s full of goth rock stars, victory speeches and um, “bitches.” But, like, hey. Why are all these vids the same? Cue weep worthy track. Cue flashes of beer. We work in advertising. Can’t someone do something original for their memory video? Seriously, why didn’t you guys just rip off “Got Milk” and be done with it?

Oh. Oh. Wait a second. From the about text on YouTube: “Inspired by the NBA ‘Where amazing happens.’” Right. And, it’s from Lowe Manila. Right. Right. Now it makes perfect sense.

More: Mark Wnek: The Elephant In The Room At Lowe New York

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting this Thursday, February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Michael Brito (Edelman Digital), and Tim Devane (bitly). Register now.