The year is 1988. The Cold War is cooling off, the Iran-Contra Scandal is heating up; Reagan’s out, Bush is in. And Stan Mays and Lou Congelio decide to leave the security of a large advertising agency to start their own shop.

“We had no clients in our back pockets, no money in the bank, and few would argue, no brains,” says Lou Congelio, the Lou behind STANANDLOU.

But it didn’t take long for the duo to establish themselves as an award-winning, industry-leading, cutting-edge-ad-making machine.

And don’t worry, we’ll keep littering your inbox with our fascinating and culturally-irrelevant history every day until we reach 2008!