Few have done it tougher in 2020 than this little fella.
A song for anyone who's ever sent or received a special kind of picture. For some guys this stage of the relationship comes about 30 seconds after matching. Need I say that this is NSFW.
The spinning wheel of death is the ultimate in frustration, so it inspired me to write this death metal theme tune for the evil spinning ball.
Another lockdown project. Global anxiety meets folky nonsense.
Pole posters are ripe for mischief. We put this one up around South Melbourne and Richmond. We got over 50 phone calls that we answered as “Allen” and made the inside cover of the Herald Sun.
I followed up by doing various series based on themes like Halloween or music.
For Halloween 2019, I did a series of spooky pole posters and released them on an unsuspecting public.
Halloween 2019: Chucky.
Halloween 2019: Scary costume.
Halloween 2019: Help wanted.
Halloween 2019: Work available.
Halloween 2019: Lost dog.
Besides soaking up masses of time mindlessly scrolling, Instagram does have one redeeming feature - it makes you focus on observing the world and noticing the funny things that in past years might have been glossed over. My life isn’t all that interesting but something mundane can be sparked to life with a half decent caption. My pics with dumb captions can be found on Instagram @workingclassdan
When you absolutely have to check your phone the second you step out of the shower.
Get confident, stupid!
Has anyone seen Ted?
The ice cream cake convention was totally ruined.
This better be what I hope it is.
Good value, but who’s got time for this?
Eliminate those little annoyances.
A comma in the wild.
The gods: Now doing in-store appearances.
Could come in handy.
Paranoid ironing board.
The ghostwriters were very upset.
This generation just doesn’t look up from their screens. Have a conversation, live life, look into each other’s eyes, take in the world around you.
I think this might be a “trap”.
“I can feel it coming through your drains and pipes...Oh Lord.”
(This prompted many Phil Collins/plumbing crossover song titles.)
Vacuum wasn’t working well, so I turned up the…suncion power?
Pairing up.
Mr Aldente reconsiders his life choices.
The best advice apparently comes from this kangaroo.
Wimbledon has really gone downhill.
State of the Nation.
I really loved that movie Avehgeps 3: Infinite Wart. It was much better than Avehgeps 2: Urge of Ultro.
I have sketchbooks full of things. I want to do more drawing, so I’ll aim to get more up here over the coming weeks.
Got lucky.
Flossferatu.
Some days when you’re trying to use your brain all that comes out is…
When elephants sneeze.
Domino effect.
That middle of the night feeling.
Every week is like…
“And the cirrrrrrcle of life…”
Ok then.
The street that the agency was on is littered with A-frame signs, so we thought we'd join in and have a little fun with the next big trend in media.
My agency issued every employee with nametags. At the time it did seem a little odd as it’s a rare occurrence that someone would be looking for my desk while I’m not sitting there. So I decided to play a little game…
Remember Fawlty Towers and how at the start of every episode the sign would change, sometimes subtly, sometimes less subtly (eg. Flowery Twats)? I decided to change my nametag to a series of anagrams of my name and not say anything and watch as people noticed.
It turns out there are quite a lot of anagrams for Dan Forrestal. I did up a dozen in the same font. As they get spotted I’m changing them out. The first dozen are done and there are still more to come.
I feel like this would be a good drag queen name.
Every so often I sell things on Facebook Marketplace. When you’re your own client there’s no one to rein in your copywriting. As you can see, my methods are fairly effective even if the truth was stretched like Kim Jong Un’s waistband.
Dealing with the pandemic means it's time to get innovative and bring out the big guns. You can breathe easier knowing that Vicks has you covered and this extra strength inhaler will blast that Covid right out of you (and most of your respiratory system at the same time).
Mischief with Tyson Sheean.
In early February 2021, former President Donald Trump wrote a letter resigning from the Screen Actors Guild. It was followed quickly by other resignations, such as this leaked letter to Subway.
Selling an old office computer could have been a boring task, but by drawing on my expert copywriting skills and top-notch salesmanship, I got the princely sum of $260 from the good citizens of eBay.
