JB Smoove is an Emmy award-winning actor known for his role on Curb Your Enthusiasm and his time as a writer for Saturday Night Live. But would you believe that, since he was a kid, he always wanted to be an ad man? Together with Jarrod Moses, founder, CEO, and president of United Entertainment Group, that dream is coming true in the form of The First Darrin, a new creative agency.

JB and Jarrod join On Scope host Mike Berberich to discuss the opportunity they see in the marketing industry, the power of comedy in advertising and why so many brands seem to miss the mark trying to be funny, how brands can maximize celebrity partnerships, and what they believe the effect of social media will be on the future of advertising.

On “Marketing News You Might Have Missed,” Mike and show producer Ryan Dinger discuss a new report from Acceleration Community of Companies and USC Annenberg that estimates gen Alpha to have an economic impact of $5.46 trillion by 2029, while also highlighting the outsized influence the generation has across family buying decisions. Mike and Ryan disagree on the level of influence gen Alpha actually has and theorize what might become of brand loyalty programs in light of some of the other characteristics the gen Alpha is showing.

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