Hey Whipple 'Squeeze This !'

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Mr. Whipple, the inspiration behind Luke Sullivan’s Hey Whipple, Squeeze This!, encapsulates the concept Sullivan is trying to explain through the preface and into chapter three, advertising doesn’t have to be stupid to sell. In fact, Norman Berry, cited as a creative director at Ogilvy & Mather said, “if sales are achieved with work which is in bad taste or is intellectual garbage, it shouldn’t be applauded no matter how much it sells” (Sullivan, p. 3). Sullivan continues through this section, taking note of revolutionary changes in advertising, including the difference between the 1950s vs. 1970s consumer perception of ads. Ultimately however, Sullivan poses the question of what type of advertiser the reader wishes to become. One could