June 2008
The Archives
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mad about pop culture
Batman
I’ve been watching TV for 90 minutes tonight and it’s a conservative estimate to say that a full 30 of those minutes consisted of ads for the new Batman movie. And these aren’t just your run-of-the-mill, 30 second ads, these are full blown two minute trailers. And they’re seemingly on EVERY channel. ESPN, NBC, ABC, [...]
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mad about corporate america, mad about pop culture
Code Blue
What’s up the Coors “Code Blue” ad campaign? The whole concept is ridiculous: when the label turns blue, your beer is cold enough to drink. Or as the ad’s announcer says, “When the label turns blue, your beer is as cold as the Rockies!” I assume that means it’s cold enough to drink.
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mad about pop culture
Larry King’s producers
So I’m watching Larry King’s tribute to the late George Carlin and I’m thinking to myself, “Oh, he’s got Jerry Seinfeld on for the hour to talk about George Carlin. That’s nice.” Then Larry tosses to the first break and announces that Seinfeld will be leaving but Bill Maher will be joining them. “Fine,” I [...]
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mad about corporate america
Early morning meetings
This Monday morning I had an 8 o’clock meeting. Of course, I showed up around 8:20 and the other two people scheduled to attend the meeting, included the one who scheduled it, were a little pissed that I was 1) late and 2) didn’t apologize for it.
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mad about sports
NFL Players Who Hold out
Apparently, a contract means nothing in the NFL unless it pertains to the part about guaranteed money. What’s up with all these alleged professionals holding out of mini camp and threatening to hold out of training camp if their deals aren’t restructured?
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mad about pop culture
Unnecessary British Accents
So I’m watching NBC’s hit comedy show about comedy, “Last Comic Standing” and they break for one of those show-sponsored comercials, you know like the ones during “American Idol” where all the contestants are ludicrously singing whie driving around in a Ford Focus. Except this ad was for a Honda Pilot (why are they always [...]
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mad about outdoors
Yardwork
It was a beautiful day in my neck of the woods; sunny, 70 degrees, only a few clouds… a perfect day to go to the beach, take a bike ride with the kids or go on a hike. Except I spent a large part of it doing yardwork. I’m not just talking mowing the lawn. [...]
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