Archives for the 'TV & Movies' Category
Sick and Wrong: the parental advisory in front of Sesame Street DVD
I’m glad that I’m not alone in hating the parental advisory in front of “Sesame Street Old School,” the new DVD set of the first two seasons. In the New York Times on 11/18, Virginia Heffernan rightly satirizes this move.
Speaking as a media guy and a father, I wonder why we are so interested in [...]
Not quite misquoted, but…
It’s always interesting when I get interviewed by mainstream media about the internet and the broader media universe.
A few days ago, a reporter from MarketWatch called to get my opinion about next week’s launch of the new Fox Business Network, a wannabe competitor to CNBC. I spent a long time chatting with him about how [...]
The Paradox of Scooby-Doo
My daughter, son and I are all sick this weekend and therefore spending a fair amount of time beached on the couch vaguely paying attention to cartoons. There’s a whole lot of “Thomas the Tank Engine” in rotation because that’s the 2-year-old boy’s obsession, but we took a break to watch an old episode of [...]
Looking back at the last scene of Pooh (Winnie, that is)
My two year old son has a fever, and so I’m up with him this morning as he watches TV and I work quietly at our dining room table. These days, he’s obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine, but I thought he might enjoy a little variety so I put on “The Many Adventures of [...]
The Advertising Clutter Continues– “Desperate Housewives” pollutes parking
Don’t miss Kevin Roderick’s post about and link to the new “Desperate Housewives” marketing campaign that puts a logo and message on the white stripes between parking spaces saying, “Parking for Desperate Housewives. They’re back Sunday 9 p.m.”
Does the world really need this? I work in marketing and I’m revolted by this. Why won’t somebody [...]
