Dear Karma,
Thanks for making this superb mash-up ad. Now please follow-through with tonight’s result (CLE over MIA by double-digits). Thanks.
Thanks to Dooney for reminding me the genius/irony/Ron-Jeremy-ness of this PSA
Yes? or No? If you don’t remember the “Yes, We Can” video from 2008 or didn’t see the end of the House debate before the HCR vote Sunday night, this video may not completely resonate with you, but it makes a great point.
Right Choices
With mgp’s shot across my bow, I figured this is a good time to point out something in my life about which I made the right choice: college. This video reminds me why I refused to consider attending a certain University in CT, despite it’s quality reputation and its crew coach’s pursuit of my (once upon a time) rowing abilities:
To be honest, when I first saw the video, I thought it was made by The Lampoon or The Onion. Or maybe even some kind of weird response to this prank:
But then I read the accompanying New Yorker article. Man, oh man. Yale really does suck.
Also, Brian Williams…I’m just shaking my head.
This is pretty clever: The Eph You Phone by Google.
In all seriousness, though, there isn’t (and likely never will be) an iPhone-killer. Because Apple was first and the most innovative (and they have the cool rep), they basically established a pricing umbrella that makes it impossible for other companies to compete on a “gotta have it” basis. Palm/RIMM/Google can’t price at $299 or $399 (thus keeping the phone as a “high-end” device) because you can get an iPhone for $99 or $199. They can’t price for free to lure people in, because that pricing has shown to destroy brand value. They can’t price exactly the same (the Pre launched at $199) because people say, “shit, for that price I can have an iPhone.”
What they are left with instead is to try to market the crap out of their devices (see weird Palm Pre adds and lame-O BlackBerry ads) trying to push smart (or now for some dumb reason, “super”) phones as a category in general.
Oh, and the pricing logic totally ignores that they iPhone has a gajillion apps available in the store as compared to 1,000 for the Pre and like 100 for the Android O/S (and I think 3 for BlackBerry O/S). If Apple ever figured out the enterprise email app, RIMM would be out of business.
One last thing: the Nexus One is a fucking HTC phone with Android…just like the Droid, the Droid Eris, the Motorola Sholes, the Motorola Cliq and a bunch of other Android phones. Yes, it will be marketed differently (sold directly by Google, available unlocked, etc.), but it’s not anything new to get excited about.
I almost feel like this would have worked as a series in the 80’s. Certainly would have been much better than the Christmas Special. It has all the good stuff about Star Wars (Han/Chewy, fights, some irreverent humor, etc.), without all the crappy stuff (Han/Leia). Certainly, under this premise, there never would have been a Jar-Jar Binks.
Jason Segal is Super Talented. I had tickets to see The Swell Season when they were in Boston earlier this year, but ended up traveling for work and missed the show. I’m glad to see that they are still touring. Apparently, at a recent LA show, Jason Segel came up on stage and performed. Pretty good stuff.
I stand by my earlier contention that Jeff Zucker absolutely destroyed NBC and its long-term future and it’s absurd that he a) still has a job and b) is likely to get some kind of major pay-day from the Comcast/NBCU/GE/Vivendi deal. Horrrrrrrrrrrendous.
Prop 8, The Musical.
Love Andy Richter in the Fred Flinstone top in back.
I Love Science.
Thank you, Soup. Thank you.
We’re Ephing Ephed - Debt Edition.
