Bob Garfield (b. ca. 1955) writes the "Ad Review" TV-commercial criticism feature in Advertising Age. He is also the co-host of the On the Media show on National Public Radio.^[1] Before that, he was a frequent contributor to All Things Considered. He is the advertising analyst for ABC News. He has also appeared on CBS News, CNBC, PBS, and the Financial News Network.

Career[link]

Garfield has been a columnist for USA Today and contributing editor for Civilization and the Washington Post Magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. A collection of his work, titled Waking Up Screaming from the American Dream, was published by Scribner's in 1997. A second book, And Now a Few Words from Me, appeared in 2003. Garfield co-wrote "Tag, You're It," a country song performed by Willie Nelson, and wrote an episode of the situation comedy Sweet Surrender. In 2009 he published a book about the collapse of the media landscape called The Chaos Scenario.

In October, 2007 Garfield launched the ComcastMustDie.com WWW site to protest Comcast's customer service.^[2]

In 2010 Garfield announced that he would stop writing the "AdReview" column after 25 years.^[3] He will write a column called "Listenomics" for Advertising Age, as well as starting a consulting practice.^[4]

Honors and awards[link]

In 2004, On the Media won a Peabody Award for excellence.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Garfield has called Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, "a hometown of my youth".^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• BobGarfield.net - Bob Garfield's hub site
• Advertising Age - Bob Garfield: The Blog
• People - Bob Garfield - On The Media
• In depth interview with Bob Garfield on truth in marketing
• http://www.comcastmustdie.com/