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    Image of Dancing Milkcarton Dancing Milkcarton
    02/01/09

    In reply to MacGruber Shills for Pepsi, Changes Name to 'Pepsuber'
    That was the most un-funny collection of videos I've seen in a long time.


    Every SNL has ~ 8 minutes of genuinely funny stuff in it. These clips do not belong in those 8 minutes.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/01/09

    @Dancing Milkcarton: There's a reason they keep moving around when "Weekend Update" is aired. And why all the truly horrible sketches get aired after the second musical performance.


    For over a decade, I've sort of imagined Lorne Michaels standing by the camera giving the "cut" sign to every sketch. Personally, I think that every sketch should have a hard limit of 2.5 minutes and the order of performance should be randomly drawn from a hat.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    02/01/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Honestly, the funniest thing I saw on SNL was when I tuned in and Amy Poehler was saying goodbye. Not her saying goodbye, but that whole Weekend Update was chock full o' funny. Especially the Patterson sketch. I'm so pissed they got yelled at for that, b/c I still laugh when I think about it. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go pay for 50 dollars worth of circus tickets.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/01/09

    In reply to MacGruber Shills for Pepsi, Changes Name to 'Pepsuber'
    So what's the alternative?


    Thanks to DVRs, people fast-forward through commercials. Thanks to YouTube, many people don't even watch the show when and where it's originally shown.


    The shows still cost money to make but because people viewing habits have radically changed, the ability to sell commercial airtime through traditional means has waned. And no, smirking referential product placement is not funny. It was a cute gag in Wayne's World. It was overhyped and mistaken for clever writing on 30 Rock. It's an old gag and proof of weak writing.


    Keep laughing, keep whining. It won't be long until the annoying TNT-style bottom-third popup ads become the norm.

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    Image of HDC HDC
    02/01/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Those Outback Steakhouse references in 30 Rock this week were disgusting. NBC is the biggest culprit of this kind of sellout. And network television wonders why they're losing viewership. I'll take the TNT style lower pop-ups any day as they're easy to ignore. Stitching that effluvium into show dialogue is however not easy to ignore and only serves to aggravate.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/01/09

    @HDC: That's the vicious cycle. They throw in product placement and drive away viewers. Which lowers ad rates. Which leads to more product placement. And worse writing. And worse viewership.


    The solution to getting people to watch ads is simple - make better ads. Here's one of my favorites, with Peyton Manning, who is consistently in well-written ads.


    And here is another ad, from Verizon, also funny.


    Make good ads and people will watch them.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    02/01/09

    @HDC: Well, since NBC is eliminating their 10pm shows/dramas due to cost, they should be good money wise for a little bit longer.
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    Image of Franknbeans Franknbeans
    02/01/09

    In reply to MacGruber Shills for Pepsi, Changes Name to 'Pepsuber'
    Anyone besides me think that Richard Dean Anderson got way fat since the last time we saw him on television?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/01/09

    @Franknbeans: The "last time"? He's been on Stargate: Atlantis for years.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    02/01/09

    @Franknbeans: Yeah, unlike Adam Savage who has gotten a little chunkier since he got the Mythterns(Dump Grant and Torry, just leave me Kari), RDA seems to have relaxed a little too much by his pond with no fish with some six packs.
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    Image of Rick Austin Grime Rick Austin Grime
    02/01/09

    @2Legit2Quit_GitEmSteveDave:


    I curse you all to a retirement age of constant angst over your naturally aging, fattening bodies. He's one year shy of 60 for chrissakes.

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    02/01/09

    @Rick Austin Grime: Mine was a Stargate reference!
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    Image of NightBlade NightBlade
    02/01/09

    In reply to MacGruber Shills for Pepsi, Changes Name to 'Pepsuber'
    Oh, my stomach, it's aching...
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/01/09

    @NightBlade: Soothe it with a Pepsi.


    ;)

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    Image of ERIFNOMI ERIFNOMI
    02/01/09

    @BeautifulAgony: Pepsi isn't even good.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/02/09

    @ERIFNOMI: Pepsuber's gonna kick your ass for saying that...
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/20/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Accessorize Your iPod/iPhone Like MacGyver
    I just want one of the cool aluminum docks from the Apple store. Not enough to make one myself mind you...
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    Image of linuxidiot linuxidiot
    11/20/08

    @Lizard_King:


    What aluminum dock are you talking about? I searched the Apple store and I do not see anything like that

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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    11/20/08

    @linuxidiot:


    I think he means the display stands for the ipods (that are bolted to the table)


    can't buy those anywhere

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/20/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Accessorize Your iPod/iPhone Like MacGyver
    The only iPod accessory I purchased was a three pack of those neoprene cases. I'm still using the first one..
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    11/20/08

    In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Accessorize Your iPod/iPhone Like MacGyver
    I would think Mac would make a lamp out of that cylindrical object.
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