Top 5 People Who Need To Just Go Away

Here are 5 people I've seen way too much of for one lifetime.First is Ralph Nader. Is there a bigger egomaniac dick anywhere outside of Hollywood?Next is Hugh Hefner: Hef, you ain't hip no more, you're pathetic. Do us all a favor, lose the girls and get yourself a cat or something.Third is Whoopi Goldberg. Has she ever said anything funny? Ever?Number Four is Pat Buchanan. Would someone please

Who's Responsible for This?

Thanks to guest blogger Roger Lewis for this advertising report from spring training.Saturday in Southwest Florida was beautiful, and we were spending the day in Hammond Stadium watching the Twins play the Red Sox. After the third inning, most of the players you'd ever heard of were on the bench and the pitchers were having a hard time finding the strike zone.It was then that the announcer said

Very Funny Comment

This comment by Jimmy Cabral about yesterday's blog is so funny I had to post it. Be sure you look at this web film/implement of torture before you read it."I thought I was going to see a wild (blueberry pie filled) 3-way with the suicidal blonde, the Armenian cab driver and "Moron" the Bell Boy? Did it happen? I fell asleep."

This Film Is Rated T For Torture

Memo to the CIA: You can now confidently put an end to waterboarding. Just make your prisoners watch this excruciating Ritz-Carlton web film. They will quickly break.Back in December, when we wrote Ritz Bits, and Web Films vs. Bagels we had a feeling the Ritz-Carlton had lost its mind. But, honestly, we had no idea it was his bad.

Don't Ya Love Research?

On the same day last week I read the following two research findings:1. A poll by We Media/Zogby Interactive showed... "Nearly half of the 1,979 people who responded to the survey said their primary source of news and information is the Internet, up from 40 percent just a year ago. Less than one third use television to get their news..."2. "According to the survey, which Hearst-Argyle president

Still Fawning Over Obama

Since my political instincts are hopeless, and since today may turn out to be the last day of the Democratic party's race for the nomination, with any luck this will be my last political post for a while.Months ago, we commented on how the media was fawning over Obama (see Words and Pictures.) Now even Democratic insiders are noticing it and expressing outrage.For some good laughs, and an example

Best Performance By A French Moron

One of the unfortunate aspects of working in advertising is that every now and then you have to come into contact with actors.Watching the Academy Awards last week (for the first time in about 25 years) it struck me that these idiots really think they're doing something important. The way they talk about their "art" you'd think they're busy developing polio vaccine. Their skill, for god's sake