1959
The Madison Avenue Mix-Up

Advertising boomed in late '50s New York, with Madison Avenue at the centre of the craze.

Jed crashed a Y&R party thinking it was free jazz. He gave a fake pitch for mustard as ‘emotional glue.’ The creative director hired him on the spot. Nobody’s sure if it was a dare.

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