Baseball is a sport with legendary players and die-hard fans. It’s also a very collectible sport. Baseball trading cards are some of the most valuable in the world, and some cards sell for millions.
Before Queen, this was Freddie Mercury s day job
To pay tribute to the late, great Freddie Mercury on his birthday, British Airways staged a full-fledged airport performance to surprise travellers.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 11:31 AM ET | Last Updated: April 29
In this July 20, 1986 photo, Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury performs in Germany. (Marco Arndt/The Associated Press)
Under the Influence27:28S10E17 - Son of Crocodile Dundee: Nostalgia Advertising
British Airways tapped into some nostalgia to coincide with the release of the film
Bohemian Rhapsody.
The airline created a video titled Get Freddie for Take-Off.
Before Freddie Mercury was Freddie Mercury, he was a British Airways baggage handler at Heathrow Airport. To pay tribute to Freddie on his birthday, nine British Airways baggage handlers took two weeks of choreography lessons.
A hot air balloon towing a car went missing over Uxbridge
A 1980 s shoot for a Chevrolet Cavalier TV ad involving a brand new car and a hot air balloon went terribly awry.
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Posted: Apr 22, 2021 10:54 AM ET | Last Updated: April 28
A hot air balloon towing a brand new Chevrolet Cavalier went missing in the wind.( Gilles Boudreau/Radio-Canada)
Under the Influence27:28S10E16 - I Can’t Believe I Ate The Whole Thing: Surviving The Ad Biz
Pat Bryan was one of Canada s top ad writers.
He wrote many famous campaigns, including the slogan, Mr. Christie, you make good cookies. Bryan also wrote a funny book called
Meet the app that allows fans to text their favourite celebrities directly.
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Posted: Apr 15, 2021 11:49 AM ET | Last Updated: April 15
Paul McCartney is an investor and user of the app Community. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)(The Associated Press)
Under the Influence27:28S10E15 - Who Will Buy My Memories: Fan Club Marketing
Recently, there has been a trend where celebrities share their phone numbers on social media - telling fans to text them directly.
Of course, it s not their real numbers. It s an app called Community.
The app gives each celebrity a new number to use, where they can then invite fans to text and have a direct conversation with them. Celebrities like it because they are not reliant on advertisers or algorithms and there are no filters.
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