Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Time for Dick Clark to Hang It Up

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Nothing against the ageless one, but it is time for him to step down from public broadcasting.

I checked in on the former Bandstand guru a few minutes after midnight. Frankly, it was painful to watch. While the recovery from his stroke has been remarkable, watching him try to enunciate unsuccessfully made me want to change the channel immediately. I can’t imagine that anyone else watching was equally disturbed.

We’ve loved Dick’s Rockin’ New Years Eve for years, but there isn’t a need for him to be on the air himself any more.

Of course it will be on FOX

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

According to the AP, Fox will create another reality show that invovles kicking someone off. But this time, it will be based around the economic climate.

The Fox network is making a reality show titled, “Someone’s Gotta Go,” out of the troubled economy, and lets co-workers decide who gets the axe.  Each week, a different company lays off an employee.

Uh, isn’t this show just called “CNBC”??

Big Bang Blunder

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Ok, so this is nitpicky, but since it popped into my head, I figured I’d share it.

What are a bunch of professional nerds doing with composite video running to their LCD? Where’s the component and HDMI connection that any self respecting hi-fi nerd would have? I smell a Monster Cable sponsorship opp.

Will.I.Am Hologram

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Oh, jeeez. Do we really need this much technology in our news? Sure its cool, but c’mon. NBC doing the green screen columns with Ann Curry walking around 3-D graphs is just ridiculous, but this hologram crap may be a little too much.

Awesome Camera Work, MSNBC

Friday, October 17th, 2008

This fantastic camera work definitely highlighted the seriousness of Rachel Maddow’s top story tonight on MSNBC.

Olympic Opening Ceremony…How many people live in China?

Friday, August 8th, 2008

If Costas or Lauer say “China’s 1.3 Billion people” I’m going to puke.

Robin Sparkles

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Sandcastles in the Sand

Funny Moment at the Grammys

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Why is it that the country singers have the most fun?

Academy of Country Music Awards

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Lets not dwell on the fact that I’m actually watching this, and get to the even worse thought running through my head.

The original American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, was completely shown up by a more recent Idol, Carrie Underwood.

I’d be embarrassed to be Kelly tonight. Performing a duet with Reba McEntire didn’t help Kelly grab any of the spotlight, which is probably a good thing, because she looks like shit. Not only does Carrie look better than Kelly, but even Reba looks better.

I’m changing the channel now.

Greatest 6 Minutes of Red Sox Baseball

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Simply unreal. No matter what else happens for the rest of the game, this was the most fun any Red Sox fan could possibly have without a World Series Ring. Boston strings together their own home run derby, hitting four home runs in a row.

Ed Note: Sorry folks, but we were asked to remove the clips and are going to comply 100%. Our apologies to MLB and ESPN.

DL Hughley on the credibility of the President

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

DL Hughly commenting on the President’s credibility – 4 out of 5 Dentists……

Dallas Mavs Loose. Cuban Pissed. Worth a Chuckle

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Don’t we all just love it when Mark gets a little wound up? Hey, they lost in double OT, but we can still laugh, right?

Tough loss, Mark. Tough loss.

Prince at the Superbowl – The Smoking Gun dishes

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

The Smoking Gun published some of the complaints to the FCC regarding Prince’s halftime performance at the SuperBowl. Frankly, I’m just bored with this. I just don’t think that 150 complaints is even worth blinking about when you consider that more than 90 million people tuned in.

I can see how some gestures could be misinterpreted and twisted into some kind of right-wing artillery, but give me a break. How many people complained two years during Gretchen Wilson’s performance.

Terrible Sponsorship

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Wow. It is no wonder than Sirius and XM are in need of a merger. Despite splitting their potential customer-base through exclusive deals, the money spend on raising brand and programming awareness has been a near waste. Integrated sponsorships like this just crack me up. I’m going to run out the door and get a satellite radio right NOW!.

Red Sox Win – Brightcove Wins

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Across a number of blogs, I’ve been testing different methods for posting video. After many attempts and many different plug ins, CMSs, and beta products, ad serving products, and custom products, I’ve finally found the easiest way to incorporate video into your blog. Brightcove offers a free solution where you can upload any type of video content and they provide you with an easy to embed player with tons of functionality. More than $60 million in development costs certainly is worth something, but adding video like this is as easy as adding an attachment to an email, and copying code.