Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in film, television, web sites on Jun 11th, 2008
Why pay $1 for Red Box when you can stream movies for free on Hulu? Sure it isn’t as good a selection at Blockbuster or Red Box and the quality isn’t the same as a DVD, but you can’t beat the price. The best part is that it’s legit. NBC Universal and News Corp. teamed [...]
Posted in film, television, things i'd like to see on Jun 10th, 2008
Why hasn’t Doogie Howser, M.D. been made into a movie yet? With all of the other television shows that the studios have been making these days instead of coming up with new material, why not? It could be dubbed “The Later Years” (paying homage to Fred Savage) and depict Dr. Howser handling a few cases [...]
Posted in television, things i'd like to see on Dec 6th, 2007
A recent comment about a snowball brought back a memory. When I was younger and on holiday break I used to watch David Letterman. I didn’t understand a lot of the political humor at that time or get all of the jokes, but it was still entertaining to watch the celebrity interviews and the banter [...]
Posted in film, idiots, oddities, television on Jul 19th, 2007
Jackass: The Movie purportedly contained all of the skits, tricks, and stupidity that were too crude or obscene for television. So MTV decides to air the movie during prime time; a seven year old episode of Jackass and a “Where They Are Now” special were shown prior. Consider all that would have to be cut [...]
Posted in complaints, in the news, television on Jun 12th, 2007
Don Herbert — known to the world as “Mr. Wizard” — died today. Poor guy had bone cancer. He was 89.
I remember watching the show on Nickelodeon in awe, long before Bill Nye’s funky routine hit the screen. Hell, Bill Nye probably grew up watching Mr. Wizard too. I didn’t know this, but “when Late [...]
Posted in advertising, boozing, humor, in the news, oddities, television, web sites on Jun 11th, 2007
If you query “retarded wheelchair semi“, you find this jewel. A man was taken for 50mph ride when his wheelchair somehow got lodged in the front grille of a semi parked at a gas station. Neither the police nor the driver of the semi believed the initial reports from passing motorists that there was indeed [...]
Posted in boozing, humor, television, web sites on May 16th, 2007
Remember the N.Y. Friar’s Club Roast of Hugh Hefner back in 2001? I remembered Gilbert Gottfried’s act, humorously stolen from Ice T. A lot of people don’t appreciate Mr. Gottfried, but I think he isn’t given enough credit. Forget Aladdin and Problem Child, he was the sole savior of Beverly Hills Cop II; he played [...]
Posted in film, music, television on Apr 17th, 2007
USA is running National Treasure a few times this week. I caught it two nights ago and had a few thoughts. Someone else besides me has got to find it strange that it was produced by Walt Disney Pictures in cooperation with Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Jerry Bruckheimer. Mr. Blockbuster. The same man who loves flipping [...]
Posted in advertising, housing, television on Apr 4th, 2007
I just received an eight page newsletter from Behnke Nurseries. There’s something I can’t figure out. Why would a nursery send out a flyer to an entire ZIP+4 where the owners — in addition to having no more than 20 square feet of lawn — have landscaping done for them by Brickman whether they want [...]
Posted in advertising, college, culture, film, healthcare, television, the system, youth on Mar 30th, 2007
Catholicism forbids pre-marital sex — despite the fact that many practicing Catholics engage in the practice anyways — much to the chagrin of other sects of Christians. That may be cheap shot at Catholics, but it is apparent that our generation is vastly different than previous ones. We aren’t saving ourselves for marriage. We don’t [...]
Posted in complaints, gadgets, money, technology, television on Mar 7th, 2007
Comcast has been irritating me lately with their lack of support and continuous price increases. After numerous complaints and their failure to fix problems I’ve decided to take my business elsewhere. I don’t watch a lot of television and have been watching fewer movies on HBO and Showtime, so I decided to dump the television [...]
Posted in humor, television, web sites on Feb 12th, 2007
I told a co-worker that I’d send him some links to my preferred Chappelle’s Show parodies. So here they are, descriptions censored for those sensitive souls.
Grand Theft Auto. The weapon selection is key.
Cribs. “C’mon in your broke motherf__kers!”
Wayne Brady. Longer, but worth it. “Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?”
And for those sick [...]
Posted in advertising, oddities, privacy, television on Jan 15th, 2007
I recently received a promotional letter from Dish Network written entirely in Greek. Most everything on the envelope itself and the letter is typed out using the Greek alphabet, the exceptions being proper names such as “HBO,” “Showtime,” and “Cinemax.” You can’t tell someone’s first language by looking at their last name, so I’m a [...]
Posted in advertising, oddities, television on Nov 21st, 2006
I enjoy television commericals, especially the clever ones. Lots of ‘em are better than most television shows these days. The good ones make you laugh in thirty seconds or less. Thumbs up for Captain Morgan Rum, where a guy ducks out on his lady to hang with his boys. She calls him on it and [...]
Posted in culture, oddities, television on Jul 20th, 2006
Ginormous. Not a word often seen in print or on the radio. But the other day I heard it on television; not on a talk-show lamenting speech patterns of urban youth, but on an advertisement.
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