hawthorne direct 2002 Greensheet Award Winner

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Fairfield, IA - hawthorne direct, the direct response TV advertising agency, recently received the 2002 Greensheet Award for Infomercial Excellence Best Entertainment Infomercial for the “Time Life ‘60s Gold” commercial.

"It is always fabulous to receive a Greensheet Award as it is truly a symbol of appreciation from our peers," said Timothy R. Hawthorne, chairman and executive creative director of hawthorne direct.

Time Life Sixties Gold

Davy Jones of the Monkees hosts this infomercial featuring the number one hits of the ‘60s including the Mama’s and the Papa’s, the Temptations, the Lovin’ Spoonful, the Beach Boys and the Righteous Brothers – just a few of the groups that made the ‘60s special. The Sixties Gold Collection includes 152 original recordings by the stars that made them famous.

Featuring one hit song after another, including original music video clips of the recording artists, the infomercial captures this exciting time in the music of an incredible era. It offers the TV viewer a set of CDs or cassettes that bring the hit songs of the Sixties all together in one collection: Motown, the “British invasion”, folk rock, great groups, love songs, and all the radio favorites.

The collection includes hits from such huge recording artists as the Fifth Dimension, the Byrds, Sonny & Cher, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Monkees, the Turtles, the Rascals, the Hollies, Three Dog Night, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, just to name a few. Every song is digitally re-mastered from the original tapes and includes liner notes and stories of the artists and their music. The collection features songs that have stood the test of time as well as hard to find songs you can’t find anymore in the stores.

Jordan Whitney, Inc. is a Tustin, California-based research, consulting and publishing company which monitors, ranks and critiques direct response television commercials - both infomercials and short-form spot advertisements - as they appear on cable networks and selected broadcast stations throughout the United States. Jordan Whitney annually is responsible for the Greensheet Awards recognizing DRTV excellence. The company also publishes up-to-the-minute, detailed written reports, consults on direct response TV projects and maintains a tape library of reference copies of infomercials and direct response spots.

hawthorne direct is a full-service direct response advertising agency, specializing in creative and production, long and short form media buying, telemarketing/fulfillment management and integrated marketing.

For more information about hawthorne direct please see www.hawthornedirect.com.