east village idiot

While I cannot share with you any details of the show according to the terms of my non-disclosure agreement, I can tell you that me and my buddy Ed met this guy today:

IN HIS CAB!

I’ll be sure to throw a party to celebrate my 15 minutes of cable television fame.

East Village Idiot is never a source for celebrity gossip and the sort, but I cannot miss a week of 24. Therefore, Kiefer Sutherland’s drunk escapades are a must-post for this boring Thursday morning:
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Maybe it’s because I live in this little bubble called the advertising industry, but HOW STUPID ARE PEOPLE? (from this week’s AdAge - registration required)

Only one in four people between the ages of 16 and 34 can name all of the Big Four TV networks, according to poll results released by online video site Bolt Media. One out of every three people under the age of 34 could not name any of the networks, the poll went on to say.

Say it with me, morons: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox. Seriously, you watch TV, right? I mean, TV penetration is at, like, 99%. And A THIRD OF YOU don’t even know what you’re watching?

Kids these days.

My friend Beej has the unfortunate distinction of living in Pittsburg, Kansas. And since Kansas is behind the times, so was their painful “Lazy Sunday” parody, from the sports staff at KOAM, the CBS affiliate there:
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The CW to launch. Great, so UPN and WB can combine their greatest programs… all two of them. But this is great news for syndicated programming: something is going to have to happen to the “other” affiliate in each market. Maybe the “regional superstations” will return, like WSBK in Boston and WWOR in New York (they’re on the losing end of this - the WB affiliate in both markets will get CW). And does any other political junkie think of “Conventional Wisdom” when seeing the net’s new name?

New “Fat Pill” to go Over-the-Counter. The major side effect is diarrhea and - their words, not mine - “oily stools.” So if you’re not embarassed by your jelly-roll physique, you’ll be embarassed by the skidmarks in your pants. Lovely.

Bill O’Reilly suggest boycott of Vermont. As if I needed another reason to dislike this bozo. I agree with his stance, but don’t punish us because of a bad-apple judge that was appointed by a Republican governor. Also, clearly, Bill has never been to Vermont:

O’Reilly accused the Vermont media, with the exception of Burlington, of biased coverage naming specifically the towns of Bennington and Rutland. He then explained that Northern Vermont is Conservative while the Southern portion is Liberal.

Has he ever seen the crazies on Church Street in Burlington? The hippies in the Northeast Kingdom? The coffee shop crowd in Montpelier? Boy, is he in for a surprise… if he ever lifts his boycott and comes to visit.

There’s been a lot of buzz this week about a new ad promoting the NHL’s upcoming season. Martha Burk, the woman who led the protest against Augusta National in 2003 during the Masters, calls the ad “deeply offensive” and is protesting the ad’s airing on NBC.

Watch the ad and see for yourself.

In an interview with Media Life, she makes such ridiculous remarks as:

“She says, ‘Are you ready?’ Everyone knows what that means on two levels.”

Yes, Martha, she’s asking him if he’s ready to have sex. Because SHE JUST PUT HIS CLOTHES ON HIM.

“I tell you what I would compare it to is the sex and violence in video games. I know they’re using that to market to kids. In my view, that’s just about the same vein.”

Grand Theft Auto: raping women, stealing cars, and shooting cops.
NHL Ad: dressing players, checking opponents, and cheering fans.
Wow, I see the similiarities there.

“Well, one would hope they would be sensitive to the concerns of women and families. What they’re trying to do is market sex and violence.”

No, they’re marketing hockey. Hockey is a violent sport. I imagine Martha would like to ban hockey all together because “it doesn’t send a positive message to our children.”

I’ll admit, the ad is bad, and the picture of the kid at the end… well, that just makes no sense at all. But it is not offensive. I see ads that are hundreds of times worse every day. Of course, Martha doesn’t see those ads, because she’s probably too offended by television to begin with.

The ad will air anyway. Good to know NBC has some common sense. Martha Burk, get over yourself.

Does anyone else start humming along immediately as soon as they start watching this?

“We now return to…”

Hmm, can’t think of anything, but I can imagine it takes on this structure:

________ ____ _________: The ________ ________ Story, starring Patrick Duffy and Judith Light

Fill in the blanks.

This is a classic right here. One for the ages:

CNN meteorologist Chad Myers “flipped out” on Daybreak anchor Carol Costello at 4:32 am, according to several e-mailers. “She started to interrupt him and he yelled at her…and threw his papers to the floor. They later pretended it was in jest but it appeared to be a genuine outburst.”

Am I the only one who likes this new Wendy’s “Ranch Tooth” commercial?

Ranch! RANCH! RAAAANCH!