Archive for the 'Television' Category

Beatles of the Caribbean

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Remember the Halloweens of yesteryear when you couldn’t throw a mini snickers bar without hitting a gay pirate?
I never thought I’d miss those days until this video of George Harrison resurfaced, like the Ghost of Halloween Past but with shiner hair and an awesome mustache, to remind me what being a gayish pirate [...]

conan o’brien visits intel - hilarity ensues…

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Conan -”First of all Don I like what you’ve done with the grey here, this grey works well with this grey and (points to carpet) it all works well with this greyish-blue.” And after getting the Intel explanation about having workers in the cube farm - “It’s good. It makes people feel that they’re all [...]

the end of the cd and the end of cd retailers….

Monday, October 8th, 2007

I wrote the opinion piece below for our local paper, The Oregonian, but it didn’t run so I thought I’d expand on it here so that you, the infinitely wise and more-intelligent-than-me reader, can leave your comments. I wrote this because it dawned on me that as the CD disappears so too does that CD [...]

Set your tivo on More to love

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Has anyone heard of this show, Saturday Night Live?
Me either.
But I guess Jonah Hill is “hosting” it on November 17th. Yay!
I once “hosted” my Grandmother’s 80th birthday party but I got a little drunk on the chardonnay and don’t even remember passing out on the Murder She Wrote Board Game™ so I really [...]

“We must love each other or we must die.”

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

The daisy advertisement was way before my time. Its an excellent example of how a simple message can be strikingly effective. The juxtaposition of the military countdown with the girl’s counting is chilling.
Very detailed info about daisy….
And the advertisement here….
Maybe we’ll see some imaginative ads next year?
Josh k

r kelly has a hit cable show

Friday, August 17th, 2007

flight of the conchords

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Ok, so call me late to the party but I just saw my first episode of Flight of the Conchords tonight on HBO and I have to say it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages. Maybe because the premise of 2 Kiwis in a band of the same name, arriving in New York City [...]