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Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Monday, December 21, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Euro-PSAs: A Not-So-Happy Place
Something occurred to me as I was perusing AdFreak’s 30 Freakiest Commercials of 2009 –foreign countries produce far more effective Public Service Announcements than we do here in the U.S. Ours always seem to be heavy-handed or hackneyed, thus ineffective.
Even the most memorable American PSAs did not have an effect on me, well at least not the intended effect. The late-eighties “This is your brain on drugs” spot simply made me hungry. And then after multiple viewings, the engrained imagery actually encouraged the taking of drugs as I thought they would help inspire me to whip up a fancier egg dish. My brain often looked like a lopsided frittata. Yum.
The four Euro-ads that I’ve posted below are actually beyond effective. In fact, they are so disturbing that there are spill-over effects and unintended consequences:
The four Euro-ads that I’ve posted below are actually beyond effective. In fact, they are so disturbing that there are spill-over effects and unintended consequences:
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This one did indeed make me afraid for abused children, but it also made me afraid of dolls, backyard playhouses, and Finnish people in general.
Starts out with a buxom Dutch stripper and ends with a grisly knife-wielding fisherman. Note to self: no more lap dances at Neptune Nell’s down by the wharf.
Who will be crowned princess of the schoolyard?
Polar bears are so cute and cuddly. Not so much when their mangled carcasses are falling from the sky.
Starts out with a buxom Dutch stripper and ends with a grisly knife-wielding fisherman. Note to self: no more lap dances at Neptune Nell’s down by the wharf.
Who will be crowned princess of the schoolyard?
Polar bears are so cute and cuddly. Not so much when their mangled carcasses are falling from the sky.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Five Utterly Ridiculous Consumer Products
The Back Up – so you can kill somebody while remaining prone and semiconscious...
The Tiddy Bear – everybody wants a happy little guy sliding between their breasts...
The Privacy Scarf – totally inconspicuous way to watch porn in public...
The Tiddy Bear – everybody wants a happy little guy sliding between their breasts...
The Privacy Scarf – totally inconspicuous way to watch porn in public...
The SpeedFit – cause regular old running is just too damn simple...
Comfort Wipe – “toilet paper is really archaic…”
Monday, October 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
My Fellow Americans, Don’t Call Your Waitress a Cunt
Obama drastically scales back goals for America after visiting Denny’s (Video from The Onion):
Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Sex with Ducks
Pat Robertson says that legalizing gay marriage will lead to sex with ducks. Let’s hope so…
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The Harvard of Date Rape
Check out Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones as he uncovers the candid semi-coherent opinions of the ASU student body as they ponder why their university refuses to grant the customary honorary degree to a commencement speaker who happens to be a sitting U.S. President…
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Arizona State Snubs Obama | ||||
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Auto-Tune the News #2
Check out the Gregory brothers as they seamlessly fuse Hip Hop and mainstream media in their second installment of: Auto-Tune the News. In this video segment, they relay the latest on gay marriage, the legalization of drugs, global warming, and everybody’s favorite—pirates!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
A Wolfpigeon Ate Your Baby
Today, telecommunications giant Qualcomm announced a newly developed digital network convergence program: In order to provide the most expansive coverage possible, the convergence program has implanted tiny base stations into thousands of pigeons—wolfpigeons.
In addition to the video, be sure to check out Qualcomm’s official convergence website, complete with graphic illustrations of wolfpigeons, sharkfalcons, and more: Qualcomm Convergence
It’s nice to know that someone in corporate America has a sense of humor—especially in this economy.
Happy April Fools!
In addition to the video, be sure to check out Qualcomm’s official convergence website, complete with graphic illustrations of wolfpigeons, sharkfalcons, and more: Qualcomm Convergence
It’s nice to know that someone in corporate America has a sense of humor—especially in this economy.
Happy April Fools!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Forgotten Heroes of Airport Bathroom Sex
This week a Minnesota appeals court rejected Senator Larry Craig’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea in the now infamous airport restroom sex sting case. For most Americans, Craig, and his inappropriately tapping feet, became nothing more than a punchline. But to the growing number of us who enjoy performing sex acts with faceless strangers in airline terminal bathroom stalls, Larry Craig is an icon.
The following video, from 23/6, examines some of the lesser known warriors in the battle to legitimize anonymous airport sex:
The following video, from 23/6, examines some of the lesser known warriors in the battle to legitimize anonymous airport sex:
Friday, December 5, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Fowl News
You cannot beat the symbolism in this video: watch as a sassy smiling Sarah Palin rambles on aimlessly, completely oblivious to the carnage unfolding over her shoulder.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Dark Underbelly
If you have four minutes and forty-four seconds to spare, you may want to check out Bill O’Reilly as he pontificates, supposedly, on the degenerative effects of San Francisco values. He opens this segment, entitled the “Unresolved Problem,” with the question, “Where will the new Obama administration take the country?” The video ends with the following illuminating exchange between O’Reilly and his producer, Jesse Watters:
WATTERS: Well, I found in Central Park at night now, at least after Rudy Giuliani, you can go out at night and walk around and feel safe. But in San Francisco, you don't even go near some of these parks at night.
O'REILLY: No, you wouldn't go to the Presidio at night in San Francisco. I wouldn't. So you felt that New York, or you feel that New York is much more under control than San Francisco?
WATTERS: It is. In New York, you know, you have your pockets of bad places. But in San Francisco, it's prevalent throughout a lot of the city.
O'REILLY: So wherever you went, Fisherman's Wharf and all that, you saw these guys?
WATTERS: Almost every single neighborhood has this dark underbelly that seeps into their regular society.
Here are my immediate observations:
1) I’m confident that Jesse Watters would be raped if he strolled through Central Park at night, perhaps even in the late afternoon.
2) I have no idea what this broadcast has to do with San Francisco, Barack Obama, or values—of any kind.
3) Given the deliberately selected cast of caricatured stereotypes depicted in the video, if I was one of “these guys,” to borrow O’Reilly’s code, I’d be very pleased with my decision not to vote Republican.
WATTERS: Well, I found in Central Park at night now, at least after Rudy Giuliani, you can go out at night and walk around and feel safe. But in San Francisco, you don't even go near some of these parks at night.
O'REILLY: No, you wouldn't go to the Presidio at night in San Francisco. I wouldn't. So you felt that New York, or you feel that New York is much more under control than San Francisco?
WATTERS: It is. In New York, you know, you have your pockets of bad places. But in San Francisco, it's prevalent throughout a lot of the city.
O'REILLY: So wherever you went, Fisherman's Wharf and all that, you saw these guys?
WATTERS: Almost every single neighborhood has this dark underbelly that seeps into their regular society.
Here are my immediate observations:
1) I’m confident that Jesse Watters would be raped if he strolled through Central Park at night, perhaps even in the late afternoon.
2) I have no idea what this broadcast has to do with San Francisco, Barack Obama, or values—of any kind.
3) Given the deliberately selected cast of caricatured stereotypes depicted in the video, if I was one of “these guys,” to borrow O’Reilly’s code, I’d be very pleased with my decision not to vote Republican.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Political Strategery
As we bid farewell to another campaign season, I wanted to take a moment to review my favorite political ads:
Please don't annihilate my child
Picking up dog poop = Experience
Hosed
Dude, I'm the Peace Czar
San Francisco soiree, in Missouri?
Please don't annihilate my child
Picking up dog poop = Experience
Hosed
Dude, I'm the Peace Czar
San Francisco soiree, in Missouri?
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