July 26, 2006
I'd rather (not) be blue -- than happy with some blog like this....
Some how, some way, some very clever art director managed to convince the powers that be that "fanifesto" was a word, and that "All of Detroit and Chicago goals are belong to us" would add "some edge" to the St. Louis Blues Blog.
I've never seen such a trite marketing ploy in all my life.
Oh, yes.
I have.
Wal-Mart's recent marketing pitch to teenagers is equally insipid, as far as I'm concerned.
You cannot co-op what's cool (or what used to be cool), folks.
It's like Rick Dees' Disco Duck. You can take a good thing and make it cringe-worthy.
Hockey is about white men behaving badly and Wal-Mart isn't about style.
And Rick Dees...well...judge for yourself.
have you seen the Wal-Mart ad for their pharmacy? The one where all the colorful, candy-like pills are floating around making fun shapes like butterflies, a glass of lemonaid and a tennis ball. Look how fun these pills are!
I have always disliked Rick Dees immensely. There is just something about that man that irritates me on a visceral level.
That being said, I, of course, had to watch Disco Duck and I shuddered.
So, audience participation at the end tells us that the steps of the Disco Duck (which everybody is doing) is bouncing in place and looking confused?
One good turn deserves another... go to www.youtube.com and then query "Mr. Pregnant."
OY