Jetpacks bemoans that he was late to the party on this one, as over 500,000 people have already viewed this great video mash-up of William Shatner (aka "the Shat"). Well, I was too...but laughed my ass off when I saw it last week.
And, dig those rad shoes he's wearing as he proclaims his lust.
Have a great weekend!
But adults? Ummm, yeah. News out of Seattle has it that a man who thought he was a ninja impaled himself on a fence after failing to clear said obstacle.
Best line of the story: A police spokesperson said that the man was "overconfident in his abilities," and that alcohol likely played a role.
It always does.
Thanks to Rob McNealy for the catch.
I'm not sure it needs to cost the budgeted $20 million...but Strategic Name Development's Bill Lozito is on it when he opines that Australia has ridden the Crocodile Dundee image long enough.
However, it sounds (at least from Bill's post) that this is more of a nation branding initiative to spur investment than a tourism marketing initiative. And that probably makes a lot of sense.
But, I gotta scratch my head at the concepting behind the idea of launching the new brand in February alongside an advertising campaign that channels the Jackman-Kidman movie "Australia."
Which a) didn't do well at all at the box office (though it seems to be picking up steam as a rental) and b) seemingly offers up a stereotypical (if not highly stylized) image of Australia in the days before World War II.
And that communicates the present-day investment opportunities in Australia, errr, how?
40 years ago tomorrow, something simply amazing was about to happen on Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York.
40 years ago next Monday, my Mom was gloating because she had heard about Woodstock before her Rock n Roll son (but, then again, my Mom was pretty hip...and still is).
And 40 years ago next Monday, the picture on the left was taken among the carnage of the single biggest rock n roll event to date. And the photo ended up on the cover of the 3-disc soundtrack of Woodstock.
Which meant the woman in the picture had to admit to her Mom that, uhhhh, yeah, she was there.
Great story about the couple that had no idea they were about to be the iconic image of the iconic cultural event of the Summer of Love.
What is it with screenwriters in Hollywood?
A few years ago, the counter-terrorist agents of 24's CTU lost track of a stolen nuclear warhead in "the mountains" of Iowa. And now, in the new Star Trek movie, young Kirk bails out of his car just before it goes over a cliff...in Iowa.
I'm not sure what they're teaching in California schools these days...but it sure ain't geography.
But, in the meantime, the Iowa Department of Tourism might as well go with it...'cause perception is reality.
Great catch by Gadling of a Time-Lapse video of Abbey Road. While I've recreated this iconic cover art twice in my life (once during my days in radio and once a couple years ago for an ad agency), I never realized how freaking tiring it must be for the people that drive that street every day.
I can hear them way over here, screaming "Stop It! It's not bloody funny anymore! Aaarrrgh!"
Yeah...that's me as Sir Paul
Don't have video on your site? You are so missing the boat.
New research from Comscore indicates that 77% of all internet users watched online videos last year. 40% of all videos viewed were on Google sites (which includes YouTube).
Which is another reason why you should not only post videos on your site...but on other aggregators as well.
Thanks to Guy Kawasaki for the catch.
Anyone who has been to Punxsutawney PA knows that the Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day wasn't filmed there. But that shouldn't keep you from going next February 2nd.
And those who have been to Woodstock IL (where the movie was filmed) are usually saddened to learn that the B&B in which Phil Connors keeps waking up isn't a B&B. It's just a house the producers used.
Until next summer. Gadling reports that the house has been purchased and the new owners are petitioning the City for the proper zoning to turn it into a B&B.
I'm sure they plan to...but if every alarm clock doesn't play "I Got You Babe" every morning, they've missed a huge a-ha moment.
One of the finest actors in history has left the building. But, Paul Newman was much more than a gifted performer. His philanthropy was simply outstanding.
And to think that he wanted to be an executive at a large department store. That's what he wrote on his application to attend Kenyon College. Drama was an "extracurricular" interest. Football and drinking were far more important.
Until he and members of the football team got into a bar brawl with some townies. After getting thrown off the team, he needed to fill his afternoons with some other activity. He tried out for a play.
The rest is history. The picture above shows Newman leading a class discussion on campus at Kenyon in 1978. The bearded student is my classmate and friend Doug Ballard, who went on to have rolls on countless TV shows including "Northern Exposure" and was recently a key character in "The Dark Knight."
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