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Georg Olden

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The Resume

    (November 13, 1920-January 25, 1975)
    Born in Birmingham, Alabama
    Raised in Washington, D.C.
    Died in Los Angeles, California
    Birth name was George Elliott Olden
    Graphic artist, CBS (1945-1960)
    Artistic Director, Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BBDO) (1960-1963)
    Executive, McCann-Erickson (1963-1970)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was called aloof and arrogant.
    He flunked all of his high school courses except art.
    While working as a freelance cartoonist, he dropped the 'e' from his first name for attention.
    He shaved his head as he began balding.
    He was divorced.
    While estranged from his second wife, his much-younger girlfriend shot him to death.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He looked like Harry Belafonte.
    He created opening graphics for classic TV shows such as 'I Love Lucy,' 'Lassie' and 'Gunsmoke.'
    In 1962, he designed the advertising CLIO statuette, seven of which he won.
    He was the first black person to design an American postage stamp (1963).
    He was described as 'awesomely handsome, extremely male, and very polite.'
    Despite what 'Mad Men' creator Matthew Weiner and star Jon Hamm claim, there were African American ad executives in the 1960s.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying