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 Tuscani [...]
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a dish best served fraudulently
Posted in f.B's Worst in Industry Award, food, tv, tagged commercials, Diff'rent Strokes, Pizza Hut on October 22, 2009 | 18 Comments »
and still i see no changes¹
Posted in f.B's Worst in Industry Award, food, out and about, tagged food poisoning is a sin on August 17, 2009 | 19 Comments »
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 was [...]
where have all the cartoons gone?
Posted in f.B's Worst in Industry Award, i am Bugs Bunny, i too was a teenager, keepin it Disney, tagged cartoons aren't just for 1996, don't even act like you didn't love Rugrats on July 6, 2009 | 27 Comments »
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 Wendy’s… around 4pm. Our local Wendy’s has televisions [...]
service i didn’t demand
Posted in celebrity, f.B's Worst in Industry Award, tv, tagged Chris Brown, Comcast, Rihanna, Twitter interruptions on June 9, 2009 | 18 Comments »
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 – except without any [...]
the end of Americentrism as we know it
Posted in f.B's Worst in Industry Award, tagged America - oh America, help! i'm wearing skinny jeans and my legs are shaking on June 3, 2009 | 22 Comments »
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 now [...]
a note from Pepsi
Posted in evil-doers unite, f.B's Worst in Industry Award, satire, video, tagged it tastes just like it kills on May 18, 2009 | 19 Comments »
For hefty compensation, I have leased this space to PepsiCo. today. The following is a statement from its Senior VP of Marketing.
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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 [...]
consequence is no coincidence
Posted in f.B's Worst in Industry Award, tagged i believe in newspapers - just not the conglomerates who produce them, it's my blog and i'll rant if i want to on May 12, 2009 | 16 Comments »
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 it’s time for punishment
I know you [...]
the final frontier…
Posted in f.B's Worst in Industry Award, movie, tv, tagged deadbeat dream-gardeners, one last chance, Star Trek, the final countdown on May 11, 2009 | 14 Comments »
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 for [...]
golden gloves at the golden arches
Posted in DC, NaBloPoMo, evil-doers unite, f.B's Worst in Industry Award, food, out and about, video, tagged have it your way? how 'bout "make my day?", there's a Network reference in there, this post could be a police report, would you like a fight with that? on April 29, 2009 | 17 Comments »
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 in commercialism [...]
Subway: eat mess.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, f.B's Worst in Industry Award, not a food blog, tagged is that a chicken-bacon-ranch in your pants?, not all's fair in lunch and sandwiches, so many lyrics - one little post, Subway on April 13, 2009 | 17 Comments »
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 mostly because [...]
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