As an executive creative director for advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi in New York, Mike Pierantozzi has a front-row seat to the closer-than-ever relationship between Hollywood and Madison Avenue. In this episode, we discuss how narrative storytelling is now sometimes indistinguishable between advertising and top-tier Hollywood content, how advertisers work to keep eyeballs on their product, and why top talent is flocking to commercials. Along the way, we do a number on three Russian River Chardonnays: a 2015 Hartford, 2014 Gary Farrell, and 2014 Walter Hansel Cuvee Alyce. Oh yeah, and we learn how Ben tangled with fate last week by busting the proprietor of an Italian joint in Queens for serving him homemade wine made from grocery store grapes.