http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/ 2010-03-15T00:48:27Z http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/2050/it-s-10-years-since-the-gerbils----.html It was 1998 and the internet was about to change everything. <br><br>Clients lined up outside advertising agencies demanding they take their business. <br><br>The ad business thought it had won the house in Vegas with big money flowing in and the chance to be as wacky and funny as they wanted. <br><br>The gerbils spot for Outpost.com was the poster child of this period and it's worth showing again in all its glory.<br><br><br><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzbMcsrK-tw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzbMcsrK-tw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></object><br><br>There's a fascinating interview with Outpost's CEO from Business Week, where he talks about a couple of worrying (Usenet?) postings and how proud he is that the spot received an A rating from Entertainment Weekly. <br><br>Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. <br><br><br>Posted by Ed Cotton Influx Insights 2008-10-06T22:47:18Z