Bloody Smashing

I've just recently read Sam Delaney's book "Get Smashed". It's a detailed synopsis of the advertising industry, when Creatives were Gods and a seemingly never ending flow of champagne was at hand.

There are some great little anecdotes and laugh out moments. Especially the notorious rumour of a certain CD's response when offered a Blow Job in the agency lifts.

But I did feel a little let down by Delaney himself. With his witty remarks and humour stamped across previous works, this book felt a little flat. I found the parts written by Delaney merely a running commentary of the days gone by. They lack his personal stance on certain individuals and the industry at the time as a whole.

The book is saved however by the hilarious vignettes of pissed up creatives getting their way (well almost).