NY Magazine tracks one day’s news back to its source, which is dually fascinating. (Make sure you read one of the great PDFs)
First, it’s notable what appears in the news on any given day. A day in the life of news seems to be governed by lots of big in-plain-sight events (the opening of the [...]
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I read the news today, oh boy
Posted in Media, News, Television, The Internet, tagged News, new york magazine, narratives, day in the life, sources, new media on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Price is Right results
Posted in Economics, Television, tagged consumers, the price is right on September 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The results are somewhat surprising, but not that much and seem to corroborate the thesis that we do not know the prices with which we are not familiar (whether through advertisement, product purchases, etc.).
Impala: $25,005
Flintstones: $29.99 (I KNOW!)
Knives: $93.30
China: $200.00
Hot Tub: $8,600 (Don’t know how trustworthy this one is since most hot tubs have financing [...]
Actual retail price is…(!?!??)
Posted in Television, Useless Bullshit, tagged retail value, the price is right on September 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Noel Murray notes over at the AV Club blog that he was surprised at how off the average bidder now is on The Price is Right. As someone who has watched countless, mind-numbing hours of TPIR over the years, I noticed something similar while watching over the summer. Instead of being off by a couple [...]
Yo, Teach…!
Posted in Education, Movies, Television, Useless Bullshit, Video, tagged English teachers, funny people, jason schwartzman, teaching, yo teach on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think viral marketing is a bit silly, but I give Funny People’s marketing people 20,000 points for their hilarious promos for fake TV show “Yo, Teach…!” The premise is that Jason Schwartzman’s character stars in a new NBC television sitcom detailing the life of an inner-city high school English teacher.
Things [...]
ZOMG, did you hear the one about Letterman and Palin?!
Posted in Idiots, News, Television, Useless Bullshit, tagged David Letterman, inane useless bullshit, Sarah Palin on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Actually, I don’t give a shit. Letterman apparently told a joke involving one of Palin’s daughters. Or something. I just don’t care. But every time I look at CNN, there it is, a seemingly new story about this non-story. And it has been going on for a full week now. Thanks, MSM!
Mertz, are you reading this?
Posted in Television, Useless Bullshit, tagged futurama on June 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Futurama.
Renewed.
26 NEW episodes.
Get happy, nerds.
What should have been the post 9/11 tv show everyone celebrated
Posted in Ethics and Morals, Politics, Television, tagged 24, Battlestar Galactica, Jack Bauer, torture on June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s Battlestar Galactica.
I remember when 24 came out, and it was heralded as a show for the times. We needed Jack Bauer to protect us, to make us safe. And for the first few seasons I, like a lot of people, enjoyed the show.
Unfortunately, I have come to see 24 as a show that glorifies [...]
Jimmy Fallon: possibly funny?
Posted in Television, Useless Bullshit, tagged jimmy fallon, late night tv on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It has long been my contention that Jimmy Fallon is not a good comedic actor.
While everyone has been opining on Conan/Dave/Leno, Fallon has slipped quietly into the Late Night spot. His show seems to indicate that he is a decent interviewer and talk show host. Laughing at everything someone says during your comedy sketch is [...]
Well, whaddya know?!
Posted in Television, Useless Bullshit, tagged Susan Boyle on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Unstoppable Susan Boyle Juggernaut lost in the finale of the Britain’s Got Talent competition. I’ve commented before on her not-that-amazing singing and the inexplicable fame that accompanies it. So it’s interesting to watch the performance in the first link, and to see how the performance in the new video doesn’t match the first, due [...]
Why is spelling bee commentary so bad?
Posted in Other sports, Television, Useless Bullshit, tagged commentators, spelling bee on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With sweeps over, ABC has decided to air the Scripps National Spelling Bee (by the way, since Scripps is hemorrhaging money, will this become the Tostitos National Spelling Bee sometime soon?). For the last couple years, the finals has aired on ABC, and before that, the finals were on ESPN.
The announcers, however, are even worse [...]
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