Idea: Show the first 12 minutes of The Dark Knight Rises or the Spider-Man reboot during halftime of next year's Super Bowl. The problem: People skip ads on television, but television ads fund television shows. Idea: A permanent advertising ticker at the bottom of every…
Date Archives February 2011
Like a Citizen Eco-Drive watch
February 10: Charlie Sheen went to UCLA for batting practice with some Major League Baseball heavy hitters — (from left) Coco Crisp, Eric Davis, Brandon Watson and Milton Bradley. Charlie Sheen practiced batting with Milton Bradley. After batting practice, UCLA's head [baseball] coach John Savage…
Give it a chance
It's like early 80s Bruce Springsteen music turned into a TV sports drama. [source] There were better written dramas on television over the past five years, but none with a world that I enjoyed spending time in more than Friday Night Lights. "Sports drama" sells…
Gratuitous Film Clip Wednesday
Russia: What a country! #gfcw
Function is the key
Consider: Touchdown Jesus, but RoboCop, and in downtown Detroit. Tourism would skyrocket! Forget Chicago's giant bean. Come see Detroit's giant RoboCop! Huh. Peter Weller's recommendations for graduate school were written by Woody Allen, Gore Vidal, and former mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan. • Part…
My time is water down a drain
Super Bowl XLV was the most-watched television programme in American history. It posted a 46.0/69 rating. In comparison, the most-watched programme on television, American Idol (Wed), posted a 13.4/21 last week. • Super Bowl XLV ratings by media market 1. New York – 42.6/63 2….
Get Off My Lawn: An Ongoing Case Study
January 2011:
Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week
5. Skins (UK), S05E02 (feat. Napalm Death!) Rich meets the "Angel of Death" Honourable mention: » Trying to play a CD (Portlandia, S01E02) » Youth MMA Finals (The Onion SportsDome, S01E04) » Krieger rubbing his nipples (Archer, S02E02) #clipoftheweek • Everything is a Remix Part…