Down to the Night Club...Bump...Bump...Bump...

Ok, question: what do you do when you have an inferior product?

Answer: imitate Mac stores.

Another question: what do you do when still nobody thinks you're more hip than the competition?

Another answer: SO LETS DANCE!!!!

Misfit Phones...Awwww

Using an iconic movie like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in a commercial is a gutsy move. Screw up and you horrify your customers. Its definitely an 'all-in' move. Well, this Verizon commercial knocking AT&T is great - perfectly in the spirit of the movie, without going too far. And definitely makes the point! Judge for yourself:



Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JgrBtn8XdU

What is this, 1992?

Great commercial for the new PS3, highlighting the fact that there is apparently more to PS3 than just playing video games (huh?). The funny/ironic thing about this is that I've had a Wii for a few years now, and just recently realized I could hook it up to the net. Sheesh. Someone should start a new blog - MyKidsDontKnowAnythingAboutElectronicsEither.com. Enjoy the commercial - love the guy - he's great.



Link - http://www.youtube.com/v/o5lOrwqUxi0&hl

Howie Long's smugness is ugly...

If you watch football on FOX, you are forever entertained by the banter between Howie Long's hair-helmet (do you think he even needs haircuts?) and Terry Bradshaw's what-will-he-say-next insanity. However, outside the studio, Howie is not quite as entertaining. I want to go on record saying I'm sick of his smug little smile in the Chevy ads bashing Ford F-Series. Did someone not tell him the train he's hitched to ran off a cliff and is now a ward of the state? The worst example is this little dig at the F-150's 'man-step'.



What's ironic about this is the idea that Howie Long is at Home Depot/Lowe's picking up some building materials for a DIY project. Yeah.

Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGI8IRXRqpo

FOX has gone too far with the commercials...

Is nothing sacred in baseball anymore?? Its bad enough that the first 20 minutes of every postseason game is a plug for something - the "Home Depot Tools to the Game" or the "Budweiser First Pitch" or the "Preparation H Crotch Scratch of the Game." Ok, the last one was made up, but just wait. Good thing only us Hobbs read this. I think we crossed some line, though, tonight, with the entire game intro intermixed with audio and video from a stupid sci-fi movie 'Avatar.' Seriously, if you missed it, you missed out.



Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIRejSdIaFY

My jaw dropped as the serious voice talked about how each team wanted to 'make a statement' tonight, and then some clip from the movie with the characters saying 'We need to send a message!' Come on. Can all baseball fans pay some FOX tax of a buck a game to not have to hear that?

And don't even get me started about Buck and McCarver spending an entire at-bat talking football. Apparently the WORLD SERIES isn't interesting enough. But I digress.

On a good note, I really like the MLB 'Beyond Baseball' stuff, photos and video of the players when they were kids. Very cool.