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Mitsuharu Misawa Dies in the Ring
06/18/09, 21:05
I would hope so. It's more artistically and physically satisfying to tell a great story and not get hurt rather than throw yourself through plate glass, thumbtacks, and exploding gimmicks for no reason at all. |
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Mitsuharu Misawa Dies in the Ring
06/18/09, 20:41
NO FUCK THAT PUSSY SICK NICK MONDO TOOK A WEED-WHACKER TO THE STOMACH |
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Opposition dissolves from Flood of Ki
06/18/09, 20:30
COLD shower, amirite? |
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Tutorial - World Quester 2
06/18/09, 20:15
"CHOMP, CHOMP, MILORD!" |
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More Rocko's Modern Life Innuendo
06/18/09, 12:56
8:10 was the best running gag the show had. If I recall correctly, they even had a 'future' episode, where Heifer's illegitimate son is belittled by his siblings for that specific reason. |
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Silicon Dream - I'm Your Doctor
06/18/09, 06:18
Even Max Headroom had an awkward mid-life crisis. |
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Inside the Creation Museum - What's the Matter with Kansas?
06/17/09, 07:27
SUBDUE THE EARTH
HAVE DOMINION
RUSH WITH ZERGS |
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For Better or For Worse- Three and Sympathy
06/16/09, 18:56
Someone is masturbating to this as we speak. |
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The Muppet Glee Club sings 'Temptation'
06/16/09, 07:38
Five for Muppets. Always five for Muppets. |
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Mark E. Smith reads Lovecraft
06/16/09, 07:35
Fun fact: Lovecraft's speaking voice was like Tiny Tim singing. |
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Mark E. Smith reads Lovecraft
06/16/09, 01:26
The perfect voice for the perfect writer. |
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O'Reilly Rages Against Joan Walsh Over Dr. Tiller Murder
06/13/09, 21:09
The preload images says everything. |
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Obama writes an absence excuse for a girl
06/12/09, 14:36
Five for you. Oh, and for Obama. |
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Professional Debut of George Foreman III
06/10/09, 08:28
"Not in the face, not in the face!" |
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Stewart Skewers Scarborough's Sarcastic Starbucks Sponsorship
06/10/09, 08:23
Memedumpster: In the very specific hypothetical scenario you just posed, I don't 'Morning Joe' could get away with not mentioning a situation that important. Typically speaking, companies run away from scandals, and that includes news/opinion companies (e.g. Don Imus). So, if Joe Scarborough pissed off his corporate sponsor, the show would just go back to the way it was prior to the Starbucks sponsorship. Either that, or Dunkin' Donuts would make a bid.
Bubsy: Why should I care if advertising is brought into the show? They did a segment acknowledging the change and talking to someone from Starbucks, and now we'll just see the logo every now and then. If the show devolves into frappe fappery, I can simply change the channel. Furthermore, Scarborough throws everybody under the bus; that's kind of his gimmick. Half of the show is him collaborating with Pat Buchanan and Willie Geist to make Mika Brzezinski's life miserable.
Michael Houser: You have an excellent point, and one form of advertising is significantly less pleasant than the other. However, I don't think people are going to tune into their morning opinion-analysis program to see people continually shill coffee. However, if a big corporation invests ten million dollars in some show, I don't think tweaking the logo and showing a cup invalidates the show's ability to function. |
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Stewart Skewers Scarborough's Sarcastic Starbucks Sponsorship
06/09/09, 21:29
I'm honestly not trolling, here. I figured I better mention that prior to my next response.
Scarborough is news, but he's opinion news. He gets a panel of various conservatives, liberals, and independent thinkers to talk about their ideas regarding various news stories. He gets people like Pat Buchanan, Peggy Noonan, Terry McCaullife [spelling possibly incorrect], Howard Dean, and Jesse Ventura to talk about various issues. How does holding a fluff piece about his newest corporate advertisers detract from the more serious news stories? That is, of course, unless you count his roundtables on celebrity scandals and 'American Idol' news as stories with equal gravitas.
Artistically speaking, it's the same as saying, "Jon Stewart's show is subsidized by Pepsi, so his sarcastic comedic comments really don't have so much bite as someone without the same sponsorship." Why does corporate sponsorship have more veracity when it sponsors the news than it does when it sponsors a program that criticizes the news? |
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Stewart Skewers Scarborough's Sarcastic Starbucks Sponsorship
06/09/09, 20:59
I normally like Jon Stewart. I don't get what he's saying here. 'Morning Joe' is somehow less of a news show because it lists its corporate sponsors at the outset and hosts a segment explaining it's latest corporate alliance? How is acknowledgment of sponsors detrimental to the program's core message?
To wit, does 'the Daily Show's breaks for commercials take away from its observations as a comedy program?
Pot, meet kettle. |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Safety Fart
06/09/09, 18:40
Absurdist comedy means fart jokes! |
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Stewart Skewers Scarborough's Sarcastic Starbucks Sponsorship
06/09/09, 18:39
Phony outrage over advertisers subsidizing programs. I guess Jon Stewart's comedic bona fides are undermined by the fact that his show enjoys corporate sponsorship. |
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Capt Lou Albano, WGBS PSA 'Don't Do Drugs'
06/09/09, 11:08
"Sorry, bud, I don't do that stuff anymore: a wrestling manager with pierced cheeks playing a stereotypically Italian video game character told me I'd go to Hell if I did." |
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