Category Archives: entertainment

I Want My MTV

Once upon a time, in a world far, far away, there was a station that played only music videos. They called it MTV. Now, you'll never guess what's happened! MTV has launched MTvM--mtvmusic.com. As many people are noting, the design seems to bite off of Hulu's design. But hey, Avenue A | Razorfish does great design work, [...]
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Ron Howard, Richie Cunningham, The Fonz and More!

Seriously awesome. By the way, does anyone realize how exhaustive and influential Ron Howard's career has been? Acting aside, look at what he's directed and produced! See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die
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Obama Buying Half-Hour Block of Prime-time Broadcast – Advertising Age – Campaign Trail

Wow. This should be interesting. And hopefully inspiring. Obama Buying Half-Hour Block of Prime-time Broadcast - Advertising Age - Campaign Trail: "WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) -- In what is likely become biggest network-TV buy of the presidential campaign, Sen. Barack Obama is buying 30 minutes of time on major TV networks for a program to air from 8 p.m. [...]
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John McCain: Maverick

Thanks to Creativity for bringing us the scoop on this: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners creative director Jamie Barrett recently teamed up with MJZ director Craig Gillespie (Lars and The Real Girl) for a series of "behind the scenes" spoofs aimed to question Republican campaign strategy with a smirk.
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Barney Frank and Bill O’Reilly

We might have to start a Barney Frank Moments feature on this blog. Here's Barney and Bill. Funny stuff. They could be a great comedy duo. Frank is the witty, somewhat easy-going Massachusetts intellect. Bill is the blubbering, barbaric, belligerent baboon. Good times. You have to respect Frank for not stooping to his level of emotional tirade and [...]
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Wall Street, Greed, and our Idiocracy

I've had credit crunches in my life. I called it 'grad school.' My friends and family bailed me out. The banks certainly didn't. In my honest opinion, I believe this whole situation could have been avoided if the banks had allowed people to readjust their mortgages to allow them to keep their homes if they were [...]
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Saturday Night Live, Palin, Couric, and More

In 2008, which I'm naming The Year of Great Ineptitude, here's some things that truly inspire hope: SNL is funny again! Americans are actually realizing that Palin is an extremely stupid, and dangerous, VP choice (just imagine her overseeing this current financial debacle) And...well...okay that's all I got for now. But wipe away the tears and check out [...]
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