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AND THE WINNERS ARE …

Here are the award winners from the OC AdClub’s 2000 AdAwards ceremony held Saturday. Each agency is listed with the client and title of its winning entry.

BEST OF SHOW

Broadcast

DGWB Advertising (Ugly Duckling Car Sales, “Ugly Duckling TV Campaign”)

JUDGES’ SPECIAL

RECOGNITION

FCB Southern California (Santa Ana Zoo, “Not Wild Enough”)

Print

McElroy FCB (Volcom, “Holiday Manifesto”)

Young & Rubicam (Lincoln Mercury, “As a Kid”)

TELEVISION

Regional/National Campaign

Gold: DGWB Advertising (Ugly Duckling Car Sales, “Breakdown”)

Regional/National, Consumer Outlets

Gold: DGWB Advertising (Ugly Duckling Car Sales, “Ugly Duckling TV Campaign”)

Regional/National, Consumer Services

Gold: DGWB Advertising (LoanWorks, “LoanWorks TV Campaign”)

Regional/National, Consumer Products

Gold: FCB Southern California (Taylor Made Golf Products, “Find/Rescue,” “Iron” and “Driver”)

Merit: FCB Southern California (Ericsson, “Nose,” “Toys,” and “Pencils”)

Regional/National, Retail Dealers

Gold: DGWB Advertising (Ugly Duckling Car Sales, “Wedding”)

Merit: DGWB Advertising (Ugly Duckling Car Sales, “Bus”)

Regional/National, Retail Products

Gold: FCB Southern California (Taylor Made Golf Products, “Find/Anthem”)

Silver: FCB Southern California (Kawasaki Motors Corp., “Car Wash”)

Merit: Marshall Advertising and Design (Yamaha Motor Corp., “2000 Revised Sportbik Worship”)

Regional/National, Financial Services

Silver: DGWB Advertising (LoanWorks, “Pez”)

Merit: DGWB Advertising (LoanWorks, “Layers”)

Regional/National, Automotive

Merit: Bates USA West (Hyundai Motor America, “Dog”)

Local

Gold: FCB Southern California (Santa Ana Zoo, “Not Wild Enough”)

Local, Campaign

Silver: Young & Rubicam (Lincoln Mercury, “Surprising Journey” and “Water Droplets”)

Local, 60 Seconds or Longer

Gold: Young & Rubicam (Lincoln Mercury, “Surprising Journey”)

Local, 30 Seconds or Longer

Silver: Young & Rubicam (Lincoln Mercury, “Boomerang”)

Local, 30 Seconds

Silver: Young & Rubicam (Lincoln Mercury, “Surprising Journey”)

Merit: Young & Rubicam (Lincoln Mercury, “Water Droplets”)

RADIO

Local, 60 Seconds

Merit: Lawrence, Mayo & Ponder (Fatburger, “Marketing”)

Merit: Townsend & O’Leary (Go2 Online, “Go2 Healthclubs”)

HISPANIC BROADCAST

Regional/National TV Campaign, Consumer Services

Merit: Casanova Pendrill Publicidad (DirecTV, “Sigh,” “Bored”)

Regional/National TV, Retail Products

Gold: al Punto Advertising (Southern California Organ Procurement Center, “Heart”)

Regional/National TV, Retail Dealers

Merit: DGWB Advertising (Ugly Duckling Car Sales, “Breakdown”)

Regional/National TV, Entertainment

Silver: al Punto Advertising (Disneyland, “Dumbo Flashback”)

Regional/National TV, Media

Silver: al Punto Advertising (LA Times/Reading by 9, “Invisible”)

Regional/National TV, Corporate/Institutional

Merit: Lawrence, Mayo & Ponder (Office of the Secretary of Education, “Dog Tricks”)

Public Service, TV

Gold: Casanova Pendrill Publicidad (AHAA, “Restaurant” and “Civil Wedding”)

Regional/National Radio Campaign

Merit: al Punto Advertising (Disneyland, “Resident Salute ’99”)

Regional/National Radio, 30 Seconds

Silver: al Punto Advertising (Ugly Duckling Car Sales, “Cabby”)

Merit: al Punto Advertising (Ugly Duckling Car Sales, “Family”)

Mixed Media Campaign, Business-to-Consumer, Regional/National

CONSUMER MAGAZINE

Four-Color

Gold: Young & Rubicam (Lincoln Mercury, “As a Kid”)

Campaign, Four-Color

Silver: Young & Rubicam (Lincoln Mercury, “Family Tree,” “As a Kid,” “Oh, Lord”)

Merit: FCB Southern California (Kawasaki, “Oh My God Is in the Details”)

Full Page, Four-Color

Silver: Campbell Mithun Esty (AirTouch Cellular, “Andre’s Single”)

Four-Color Spread, Multiple Page or Insert

Gold: FCB Southern California (Taylor Made Golf Co., “Find Thundering …”)

NEWSPAPER

Full Page, Color

Silver: DGWB Advertising (LoanWorks, “Upside Down”)

Campaign, Color

Merit: DGWB Advertising (LoanWorks, “LoanWorks Ad Campaign”)

Campaign, Black and White

Silver: DGWB Advertising (Wienerschnitzel, “Weiner Nationals Ad Campaign”)

Fractional Page, Black and White

Gold: DGWB Advertising (Wienerschnitzel, “Crashes”)

TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Merit: AMR Advertising (Varco International, “The Heart of the Industry”)

Merit: FCB Worldwide (Ericsson, “Toaster,” “Hey, Bill” and “Christmas Party”)

INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Web/Online Advertising

Silver: Fuse INc., (Ruby’s Restaurants, “Ruby’s Website”)

Merit: Townsend & O’Leary (Bear Mountain Ski Resort, “Flash Intro/Website”)

Merit: X.Com (Olympus of America, “Olympus Online Advertising”)

MIXED MEDIA

CAMPAIGNS

Business-to-Consumer, Local

Silver: DGWB Advertising (Children’s Hospital of OC, “CHOC Mixed Media Campaign”)

COLLATERAL MATERIAL

Brochure, Four-Color

Gold: McElroy FCB (Volcom, “Holiday Manifesto”)

Silver: Landor Associates (Lincoln Mercury, “2000 Lincoln LS”)

Merit: Landor Associates (Lincoln Mercury, “Lincoln 2000 Cars”)

Stationery Package, Flat Printed

Merit: Hubbell Design Works (Montgomery Productions LLC, “Scott Montgomery Photography Letterhead”)

Special Event Invitation

Gold: Slide Show Advertising (Judy Artunian, “Holiday Bash for the Self-Employed”)

Special Event Card

Silver: Piazzo Inc. (self, “1999 Angels Holiday Card”)

POINT OF PURCHASE

Counter Top or Attached

Gold: DGWB Advertising (Wienerschnitzel, “Kidney Pies”)

Free-Standing

Merit: Alcone Marketing Group (Jose Cuervo/UDV, “Root Canal”)

DIRECT MARKETING

Business-to-Consumer, Campaign

Silver: Sass (Transpacific Management Service, “Don’t Do It Yourself”)

Business-to-Consumer, Single

Silver: Wunderman Cato Johnson (Lincoln Mercury, “Curriculum Book Series”)

Business-to-Consumer, Three-Dimensional

Merit: Wunderman Cato Johnson (Lincoln Mercury, “LS Interim Postcard Series”)

Business-to-Consumer, Single, Flat

Merit: FCB Southern California (Box Depot, “Box Depot Door Hanger”)

Specialty Advertising, Apparel

Merit: Nickel Advertising Design (Stamps.com, “Stamps.com T-Shirt”)

Specialty Advertising, Other

Gold: Lawrence, Mayo & Ponder (Fatburger, “Copywriter Mug”)

OUT-OF-HOME

Campaign

Silver: DGWB Advertising (Wienerschnitzel, “Wiener Nationals Poster Campaign”)

HISPANIC PRINT

Consumer Magazine, Full Page, Four-Color

Silver: Adelante (Children’s Hospital of OC, “En CHOC”)

Newspaper, Campaign, Color

Silver: al Punto Advertising (Disneyland, “Resident Salute ’99 Outdoor”)

Mixed Media Campaign, Business-to-Consumer, Local

Silver: Adelante (Children’s Hospital of OC, “CHOC Hispanic Mixed Media Campaign”)

Public Service, Campaign, Regional/National

Merit: al Punto Advertising (Social Health Services, “Hablemos in Confianza”)

Out-of-Home, Flat

Silver: Adelante (Children’s Hospital of OC, “Todos los Ninos”)

Out-of-Home, Mass Transit, Shelter

Merit: Adelante (Children’s Hospital of OC, “En Choc”)

Illustration

Gold: Adelante (Children’s Hospital of OC, “En Choc”)

ADVERTISING FOR

THE ARTS

Merit: FCB Southern California (Newport Beach International Film Festival, “Horrible Crap,” “Jolly Rancher” and “Easy Rider”)

Silver: FCB Southern California (Newport Beach International Film Festival, “Horrible Crap”)

Merit: FCB Southern California (Newport Beach International Film Festival, “Antacid”)

PUBLIC SERVICE

Posters

Merit: FCB Southern California (Boy Scouts of OC, “Boy Scout Poster”)

INDUSTRY

SELF-PROMOTION

Ad Club

Silver: Crayton Hooper Worldwide (AdClub of OC, “Miserable Hacks”)

VISUAL AND AUDIO

ELEMENTS OF ADVERTISING

Still Photography, Color

Gold: Frederick Photography (Prom Clothing, “Trailer Trash”)

Merit: DGWB Advertising (Children’s Hospital of OC, “Prolonged Burping”)

Logo/Trademark Design

Merit: Nickel Advertising Design (Doc Planet, “Doc Planet Logo”)

STUDENTS

Gold: Peter Chun, Aline Kim (CSU Long Beach, “Marmot: Keeping You Alive”)

Silver: Justin Hooper, Chris DeNinno (CSU Long Beach, “Holmes Air Purifier Campaign”)

Silver: Peter Chun (CSU Long Beach, “Oakley Keep Your Eye on the Ball”)

Merit: Justin Hooper, Chris DeNinno (CSU Long Beach, “The Actor’s Edge Workshop Campaign”)

Merit: Kaelyn Jenkins (CSU Long Beach, “Weight Watchers Transit Poster Campaign”)

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