A couple of days ago, The New York Post reported that NBC has rejected a Super Bowl ad from animal rights organization PETA due to its hypersexualized nature:
NBC pulled the plug on a PETA pro-veggie commercial planned for the Super Bowl because it "depicts a level of sexuality exceeding our standards," according to NBC Universal's advertising standards executive, Victoria Morgan. The ad, which carries the tag-line, "Studies Show Vegetarians Have Better Sex," shows lingerie-clad stunners getting "intimate" with vegetables.
In truth, I'd be the last person in the world to jump on the PETA bandwagon, but you almost have to admire the complete lack of subtlety that permeates from almost everything they do. (not that Super Bowl Ads are the pinnacle of subtlety)
Here's the spot. I'd say that it's NSFW (not safe for work), but you know the people I work with. Never-the-less, consider...
With my first couple weeks here over, I thought I would reflect on what’s been going on during this time.
Many meetings, many e-mails, many numbers, many terms I am unfamiliar with as of yet, and a lot of observations. I spent the better part of my first few weeks watching everyone around here doing what they do best - and wondering how they do it. I have seen everyone juggle a million different things and yet they seem to keep everything in order. It’s pretty amazing! Being able to see what goes on behind the scenes has given me a better understanding of the things that need to be done in order to get all the hard work out the door. There is a lot to all this stuff that I was unaware of, and a lot of things that are confusing to me still. But with everyone here being so helpful, I’m sure it won’t be too long until I get the hang of it.
Just when I though TV's best show couldn't get any better...
Chuck returns with a 3D episode on February 2nd at 8/7c
Super Bowl viewers who pick up a pair of free 3D glasses to see the first all-3D commercial break, featuring a 3D ad campaign for the upcoming feature film Monsters vs. Aliens, running during the big game on NBC, will want to hang on to them to watch an all-3D episode of Chuck premiering the next night.
The 3D episode, "Chuck vs. the Third Dimension," debuts Monday February 2nd at 8/7c on NBC and will feature a special guest appearance by NBC Sports analyst and Super Bowl champion Jerome Bettis. The episode has been specially produced to take advantage of the same cutting edge 3D technology being used for the Super Bowl promotions.
Of course, we Canadians will have to fend for ourselves, since in Canada, Chuck airs on Citytv, and naturally, the cross-promotion...
Facebook has decided to pull the plug on the Whopper Sacrifice application which I blogged about earlier this week. To remind you, the applet was a promotion from Burger King which enabled people to delete their fake friends in return for vouchers from the fast food outfit.
The software, developed by Refresh Partners and Crispin Porter and Bogusky, was popular. Over the brief time that the Whopper Sacrifice campaign was live, 233,906 friends were sacrificed by Facebook users in the pursuit of a free cow sandwich.
Facebook has clarified that it has not shut the app down - it still exists - but rather it has required the developer to remove its functionality for violating users’ expectations of privacy. Normally, no notification is sent when a user removes a friend on Facebook. However, the Whopper Sacrifice application posted a feed story letting others know the friend was being...
Fast food outfit Burger King is offering a free burger to anybody that removes ten fake friends from their Facebook site.
The 'Angry Whopper' sandwich promotion has been launched in New York under the title 'Whopper Sacrifice'. Basically you have to choose between your fake friends or ten bites of one of the outfit's products. Such choices are not meant to be placed on mere mortals. You have to download an application in order to carry out the cull, and your ex-friends will get the message 'You have been sacrificed for a free snack'.
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