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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.

Posted July 26, 2006 10:43 PM

Comments

One good turn deserves another... go to www.youtube.com and then query "Mr. Pregnant."

-- posted by: NuggetMaven on July 29, 2006 04:17 PM

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?

-- posted by: Aaron on July 27, 2006 10:33 PM

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.

-- posted by: Dragonlady on July 27, 2006 09:19 PM

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!

-- posted by: Jim on July 27, 2006 07:43 AM