Monthly Archives: August 2008
Oscar doesn’t wear a Sombrero !
General Motors announced yesterday that it’s dropping the Oscar and Emmy ad campaigns that have been a fixture of those ceremonies for over ten years. Personally, I couldn’t be happier. The Oscars are a glittering celebration of a uniquely American … Continue reading
A Banquet of Banality…
Just in case you were under the quite understandable impression that “Reality” shows couldn’t get any dumber or their creators more desperate, our friends at The Food Network would like to prove you wrong. The formerly respectable channel has decided … Continue reading
Who’s the real fraud?
The Chinese government is taking a lot of flack recently over the Olympic opening ceremony. It was discovered that the young girl who sang at the event, Lin Miaoke, was actually lip-synching to the voice of another girl, Yang Peiyi, … Continue reading
Bravo is not the word I’d use…
Clearly as short of ideas as most of its current slate is of viewers, Bravo is now trying to persuade the few brave souls who still watch Project Runway to throw ‘viewing parties.’ The idea is that fans of the … Continue reading
The Reality is….Horrific!
In news that hits rather too close to home for my taste, and which may also be a harbinger of oncoming doom for the US market, the news is coming in that the British commercial broadcast network, ITV, might be … Continue reading
Klaatu, barada….Nix this!
It’s widely acknowledged that those in charge of ‘Tinsel Town’ are out of ideas. In such a position, the overwhelming temptation is to do something that was already successful. And it’s always an overwhelming mistake. The 39 Steps, Brief Encounter, … Continue reading
