the prestigious Clio Awards for excellence in the advertising industry was a night to remember – for all the wrong reasons.Unlike the dignified affairs of previous years, the banquet at New York’s Manhattan Center studios descended into what journalist Trip Gabriel called a “crush of muscle and tuxedos” when a mob of guests stormed the stage.Most of the insurgents — the type of creatives who brought you the Energizer Bunny, the singing raisins and the Pillsbury Doughboy — grabbed coveted statuettes they hadn’t won.In his post-mortem for Vanity Fair, Gabriel described the debacle as “advertising’s own ‘Day of the Locust.’ ” A witness told Adweek magazine it was “beyond the beyond-o.” Another attendee compared the spectacle to “watching.
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