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Not since the “I can’t believe it’s not butter” ads with Fabio have we seen such trickeration in the marketing of food. Pizza Hut has been running these commercials in which the surprise is that you’re eating Pizza Hut food and not the food of the restaurant you’re sitting in. The ad campaign started with [...]

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So two out of three ain’t bad, unless we’re talking about places that serve food and what happens two out of three times is miserable disaster. I didn’t go to be impressed.  I didn’t go with very high expectations.  But who cares why I went?  The point is that, not long after I left, I [...]

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Where is my Launchpad where is my Darkwing Duck where are Timon and Pumbaa where have all the cartoons gone? Where are my Gummi Bears where is my Kit Cloudkicker where is my Uncle Scrooge where have all the cartoons gone?¹ After an award-winning Saturday night, Miss Bianca and I started our Sunday recovery at [...]

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Last Thursday, thanks to a tweet by the Wicked Witch of the Web, I learned that Hulu might start charging. (I’ll wait for your blood pressure to drop to normal levels.) In the ensuing fallout, upset that cable TV would find it easier to compete, I twelled¹: And like Ken Jeong in The Hangover – [...]

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Michael Stipe wrote a song that fits this moment.  Well, sorta.  Actually, if you understand a single idea in It’s the End of the World as We Know It, please: share. But, right: our house.  Our American house is crumbling.  We’ve spent two centuries and a little more than a generation building our foundation and [...]

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For hefty compensation, I have leased this space to PepsiCo. today.  The following is a statement from its Senior VP of Marketing. _____________________________________________ Dear customer, By now, I’m sure you’ve seen Pepsi’s latest endeavor in the beverage-for-pleasure market.  But, to be sure, let me refresh you: That’s right, friend: Pepsi Throwback — a softer, more [...]

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Traditional media.  I hear too little about the consequence of choices. It makes me think of Lost Ones by Lauryn Hill: Consequence is no coincidence Hypocrites always wanna play innocent Always want to take it to the full out extent Always want to make it seem like good intent Never want to face it when [...]

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Based on the box office numbers, one out of every 4 beings in the universe saw J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek this weekend.  We were two of those. Four things stood out: 1. crystal-clear character distinction and development 2. special effects 3. the failure-of-conception (aka “accidental womb dropping”) in front of us who stood and screamed [...]

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I guess I was just in the right place at the right time. This is worth a party in and of itself.  Usually my timing is like finding out about a sale a day too late.¹  But last night, my timing was impeccable. I had a craving.  Me wanted french fries.  But I don’t believe [...]

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If you get caught between the moon and New York City, the best that you can do is fall in love. And when you get caught between fast food and an actual restaurant, sometimes the best that you can do is eat at Subway. Subway, You and I have had a rocky history.  This is [...]

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