Pay attention True Believers – it’s clobberin’ time. For years the criticism, such as it was, of Disney’s marketing was that it missed boys. It is a fair criticism, though this doesn’t seem to have hurt the bottom line all that much. Disney knows how to connect with girls and women just fine. They are [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Disney buys its way into the boy market
Posted: August 31, 2009 in Disney, Disney Land, Disney World, Disneyland, Ironman, Marketing, Marketing to girls, Marketing to kids, Marvel Comics, spiderman, Stan Lee, Walt Disney WorldTags: Disney, Marketing, Marvel, spiderman, X-Men
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New Orleans, where they’re still very angry
Posted: August 14, 2009 in FEMA, Hurricanes, Katrina, New Orleans, T-shirts, Bourbon St.Tags: FEMA, Katrina, New Orleans, t shirts, Tourism
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past." Forgive me this Faulkner quote that’s used every time someone wants to sound profound about the South. It’s just that I found it particularly appropriate as I toured the t-shirt shops of New Orleans. \ Heckuva job, Brownie!
Join the Penguins of Irony Fan Club on FB
Posted: August 10, 2009 in Irony, Penguins, Penguins of ironyTags: Fan Club, Irony, Penguins, Penguins of irony
Go here NOW! National Association of The Penguins of Irony fan club
Fight at health-care forum leaves anti-reform protester with big medical bills
Posted: August 10, 2009 in humor, Irony, Penguins, Penguins of ironyTags: Health Care, Health care reform, humor, Insurance, Irony, Penguins, Penguins of irony
Kenneth Gladney, 38, of St. Louis, claims he was injured when union members attacked the politically conservative Gladney last Friday. The union denies says this and says Gladney started it. Both sides are preparing the traditional “I’m made of rubber, your made of glue defense.” Whoever’s fault it was, the melee ended in six arrests. [...]
Break out the dumb animal stories ‘cuz it’s media silly season
Posted: August 7, 2009 in Dogs, Journalism?, Media, Silly seasonTags: August, Dog days of summer, Dogs, Funny, Media, Silly season
August is when the media collectively takes a nap (tho’ individually it’s not always so), as a result this is the time of year when animal stories (shark gatherings, etc.) take over. They take the phrase dog days of summer very seriously. Man arrested for barking at Michigan police dog Pelican at Idaho zoo swallows [...]
A moment of silence for one of the greats … Budd Schulberg
Posted: August 6, 2009 in A moment of silence for one of the greats, Hollywood, SatireTags: Budd Schulberg, Hollywood, Satire, What Makes Sammy Run
“The first time I saw him he couldn’t have been much more than sixteen years old, a little ferret of a kid, sharp and quick.” Thus begins Schulberg’s novel What Makes Sammy Run? A satire of the movie business so accurate Hollywood is afraid to make a movie of it 68 years after it was [...]
