Let's say you're in charge of promotion for the The Last King Of Scotland, a film based on the regime of Idi Amin? Where do you spend your ad money? Sure, you could blanket TV and Radio, but think about all the people you'd inadvertently reach who aren't into brutal dictators. No, your ad needs to appear alongside something you know the target demographic is watching.
E!Online has a section called "Casting Couch" which reports on who's been cast in what. I know, they're probably not using cute innuendo to imply these people slept with producers to land their roles. But what if they are? What if three older actors would do anything (anything) to revive their careers and connect with younger audiences?
From E!Online: "Star Trek's George Takei, That '70s Show's Don Stark and Desperate Housewives' Lupe Ontiveros get ready to hang with Cory. The trio is set to guest star on Disney Channel's spinoff of their popular comedy That's So Raven. Cory in the House premieres on the family network Jan. 12."
My Lil' Reminder Infomercial - In English & French
Here's an informercial for a voice recorder called "My Lil' Reminder." It's perfect for people who have trouble writing something on a piece of paper and consulting it later. If you can sit through 1 minute and 37 seconds, grandma uses her My Lil' Reminder to remind herself to buy two more My Lil' Reminders.
Every time you recieve an e-mail with Gmail, Google displays ads that are supposed to be relevant to the text. After a series of creepy ads derived from phrases taken completely out of context, I decided to send myself an e-mail to see how Google would react. Here's what I wrote:
Wow, Yahoo.com
is really the best search engine. It blows everybody else out of the
water. If I was stranded on a deserted island and could only bring one
search engine, it would be
Yahoo.com. Yahoo.com rocks my world. Yahoo.com!
Not surprisingly, Google tried to sell me camping gear.
Can't Decide On A New Years Resolution? Use This Generator.
Yeah, I guess I kind of slacked off toward the end of the year. Stuff at work was hectic, I was looking for an apartment. My heart just wasn't in it. But 2007's going to be different. I already called up the guys from my old seance crew and everyone's in. We've got candles, a talisman - it's gonna be awesome.
I'll admit, I'm enough of a Scrabble dork to find a way to play with friends long distance. But that's not why you should check out Scrabulous. Do it for the user profiles. It's really a diverse community - a single mother of two from South Africa, a single mother of one from Spain, a single mother of three from Kentucky. Ok, it's basically all single mothers, with bad pictures. I like to pretend it's a dating site for people with digital cameras from 1996.
Soon you'll be able to get your Saturday Night Live fix Monday mornings, Tuesdays at 4:30, whenever the hell you want. As part of "SNL Mobile," Cingular customers will be able to access
content from the show, including episode clips, original video,
ringtones and wallpaper.
via IGN, On
Thanksgiving Day my co-worker's daughter injured herself while
playing Wii Sports tennis. Apparently she dislocated her knee while
wearing heels playing the game.
Finally! Wii-related injuries! And this is just the beginning, especially with the new Zelda coming out (think swords).
Amazon.com has a service called "So You'd Like To." The idea is that people can create guides for other people who'd like to do something (using products available on Amazon). Take this list for example, "So You'd Like To Find A Gift For The Hard To Buy For." Makes sense, you're thinking its a varied assortment of unique presents. Wrong, it's a 33 item list that leads you to the conclusion the guy needs to build a shed.
The folks at NPR have taken a short break from asking for money to host their First Ever Holiday Craft Contest. To enter, design a menorah or Christmas ornament (like this Colbert-elf) that reflects the news of 2006 in a quirky and/or funny way. The winner wins a bunch of NPR swag (which you should donate back if you have a heart)!
"In a particularly saucy move [in response to Stephen's Second Green Screen Challenge and accusations that the band stole his contest idea], our folk-prog monsterpiecers have issued not one, but two Colbert counterchallenges!!"
In the end, after the headache of trying to figure out who's challenging who subsides, it's the fans that win. Here's what you're going to get: 1. More Colbert Green Screen videos 2. The Decemberists 'mulching' Stephen set to their song "O Valencia!" 3. A healthy portion of guitar shredding
Why this man stayed up for 5 days waiting to buy the Nintendo Wii (in his own words):
"I stayed up for 5 days cause I just couldn't sleep I wanted the Wii so badly I'd do almost anything for it and well I got hopped on my Demerol and grape soda so that's what kept me up for 5 days."
Let's say I'm someone who has trouble using Facebook and MySpace to accumulate a list of people I barely know to call friends. Thankfully, there's a new service that caters to my needs.
"An exciting new service allows users of MySpace and Facebook to
purchase hot models as friends for only 99 cents a month. For only 99
cents you receive 2 customized messages per week, totaling 8 per
month. Fake Your Space offers all different kinds of ethnicities,
sexual preferences, and body types."
I was recently solicited to purchase an Xtreme Party Pass for spring break in Acapulco. Normally I'd ignore such an offer, but this one didn't seem skeevy at all, with the promise of a Disco Beach Bikini Blowoout!, tanning by the wave pool, and the Largest Club featuring Rock, Pop & Hip Hop!! Now, I like the smell of sweat, Axe, and tequila as much as the next guy, but this package seemed to offer something else. Perhaps, the opportunity for openly condoned sexual assault? Yes! And if the rest of the pictures are any indication of the trip's awesomeness, it's something you won't want to miss. See you on the beach!
From The Age: "A US company that shut down its website because it was
overwhelmed by millions of people looking for YouTube has sued the
online video-sharing portal. Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation said the
cost of hosting its website - utube.com - has grown significantly
in the last two months."
I'm actually kind of surprised YouTube's server can handle the number of tube & rollform equipment customers who visit the site by mistake.
"Consider the body of the body in question. After a quick shake of the head right and left, she leans backward to begin her rotation around the pole. Her pivot points include her right hand, held fast to the pole, and her left foot (disastrously clad, we will soon learn, in three-inch heels). She now has a sizeable amount of angular momentum moving counterclockwise around the pole, and this can be halted only by an external force."
Boyfriends of the world, take note! A new study explaining the neurological basis of some paranormal phenomena has yielded an unexpected advancement in the field of spooning. Summary: You don't have to actually be there. The only catch is you have to stick an electrode in her brain, but those wires are getting smaller and smaller every day.
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