I know that it makes an interesting headline and all, but methinks the Chron could have been a tad more sensitive when it ran 10 tons of chicken spilled in fatal Houston crash as the headline for a story about the death of a man driving a truck full of frozen fowl. A rental truck crashed on an elevated freeway… Read more →
Category: News/Media Rants
Wild Turkey & Ovaltine: Same Ad Agency?
I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve heard and furrowed my brow (and harumphed!) at radio ads for Wild Turkey. They are pretty much stupid and deserve scorn. However, I noticed a very strange thing today. Those ads seem to be remarkably similar to ads for “rich chocolate” Ovaltine. In the WT ads, you have a bunch of guys… Read more →
Obsession by Fox News
No, not a haunting and seductive fragrance but the stench of fear. This weekend, join host E.D. Hill as FOX News examines, “Obsession: The Threat of Radical Islam.” They are the most vital questions of our time: How deadly is the Islamic terror threat to the world and especially to the United States? Do terrorists really want to destroy our… Read more →
Cash is Too Damn Slow
I just saw a Visa ad that I really found funny. Ok, it was for the Visa checkcard, so it isn’t credit or anything, but the fact remains that it was all about le plastique. That’s French for “in debt up to your asshole.” In the ad, a group of people dance around some sort of eating establishment that looks… Read more →
There’s Stupid and Then There’s Limbaugh
I was going to say, “and then there’s Rush,” but I don’t want there to even be the slightest hint that this fat douchebag might remind you of the band. Apparently, gasbag Limbaugh is suggesting that Michael J. Fox went off his meds to look sicker in an ad for a democratic candidate simply because Limberger has “never seen him… Read more →
And the Winner of the Most Morbid Radio Ad is…
Stellar Laser Institute Heard this ad on the way back from the store… [cue organ music] Little Girl: Daddy, do they have cigarettes in heaven?Father: No, sweetie, I don’t think they do.Little Girl: I guess mommie IS in a better place. Me: Are you f***ing kidding me??? Read more →
Fran Blinebury’s Random Metaphor Generator
I cannot, sadly, claim that title as something I pulled from the vast storehouse of completely worthless knowledge within my cranium. That brilliant description of the Houston Chronicle sports writer’s penchant for verbal embellishments in stories came from the pen (or keyboard) of Richard Connelly of the Houston Press. But, I happen to agree and this article about Shane Battier… Read more →
Tofu + Hummer = Balance
I’d like to thank the makers of this gas-guzzling turd of a vehicle for explaining to all of us pussies out there that in order to be a real man, we must either eat enough red meat to cause a coronary or drive a hummer. I’m guessing if we did both, it would be nothing more than a demonstration of… Read more →
The Worst Chronicle Photo Ever
There was a car chase in Clear Lake today. I guess the Chron couldn’t get a photographer down there quickly enough to get photos, so they posted this on the web… What the hell? Not only is it a picture of a TV screen (which they describe to us in the pullquote), but it is tilted to the side and… Read more →
Whatever, Clear Channel Spokesperson
Recently, a billboard near downtown with a blonde Jesus on it proclaimed “King of Jews. King of Beers.” Obviously, a joke. Someone had hijacked the board for hijinks – or shenanigans if you prefer. Anyway, the Chron did a follow-up on it saying how the phrase on the billboard has become a popular internet term, although it has yet to… Read more →