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Keye/Donna/Pearlstein

Kind
Creative generalist
Parent
defunct
Country
US
Website
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Your_Brain_on_Drugs
Clients
Partnership for a Drug-Free America

Campaigns (1)

CampaignClientYearTopicRole
This Is Your Brain on Drugs
Copywriter Larre Johnson and art director Scot Fletcher came up with the fried-egg idea; creative director Paul Keye; director Joe Pytka filmed it free (Mental Floss). Mental Floss dates the premiere to 1987; the Seattle Times (Feb 1990) says the spot 'first aired last March', which may refer to a later version.
Partnership for a Drug-Free America1987DrugsCreative

Research notes

Los Angeles agency, now defunct; no agency website, so the website field points to the campaign's reference page. The name is Keye/Donna/Pearlstein, not 'Keye Donovan'. Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: Mental Floss, Seattle Times 1990 (both name the agency). Corrected 2026-10-22: 'Rick Bell' removed from the creative team (not in either source); JSTOR Daily dropped as a source (does not name the agency).

Sources

  1. https://www.mentalfloss.com/culture/advertising/most-famous-anti-drug-ad-turns-30-any-questions
  2. https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19900222/1057410/searing-anti-drug-ads-are-hitting-home

Record agencies/keye-donna-pearlstein.json, updated 2026-10-22