I read about this in BrandFreak. Talk about product placement… Check out this bit of embedded branding! ###
Muppets do Queen’s Rhapsody
November 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
It’s All Thing’s Digital’s Kara Swisher who we need to thank for this one. In her pre-Thanksgiving post, she pointed out that on YouTube, there is a video of the Muppets doing Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.
One Heck of a Dream… Twilight Author on Oprah
November 17, 2009 by 1 Comment
I was aware of the Twilight series and knew it had a young adult following. But this interview of author Stephenie Meyer on Oprah that I caught purely by accident while I was stretching after my workout was a true eye-opener.
Who is that Guy and Why Should I Care?
September 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
During a commercial break between the games I was watching (bouncing between football and baseball) an ad caught my eye. Not because it was particularly well done or funny. I watched a guy in a suit walking around talking about car stuff (clearly I wasn’t paying too close attention), and… more »
When Smoking & Ads Ruled…
September 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I recently came upon a Packaging Digest story that referenced a Flintstones commercial for Winston cigarettes. I guess that shouldn’t be too surprising now that we’ve been exposed to AMC’s Mad Men where smoking was pretty much ubiquitous at the offices of Sterling Cooper (circa 1960). The Flintstones (1960-1966), much… more »
