I was watching MSNBC and they were doing a teaser for a story coming after the commercial break, going on and on about the dress Michelle Obama was wearing for the inaugural ball. They were all, “Oh, is she the new fashion leader? Move over Paris and Milan!” For about two whole minutes! They also managed to suggest that the Obama children were also fashion leaders (?). Then, without any segue or other transition, they went to commercial by saying “This is MSNBC, the place for politics.”
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What I Saw On TV Today
January 21, 2009America’s First Black Family
January 20, 2009You know, this day isn’t really that special or historical. Sure, we elected a black president and now he’s all official, but whatever. I mean, you heard what Karl Rove said on Election Night, right? That this isn’t that significant because we already had a First Black Family, like, twenty years ago:
Yeah, I guess somehow I see today as a little different from a television show.
Look At How Much They’ve Grown!
January 5, 2009My mind has been blown today.
In late 2004, I was at a party. Someone said, “Come over here, Art. I want to show you this internet video.” The video was called “Just 2 Guyz” and it went something like this (mildly NSFW):
I lost my shit watching it. We must have played it five times in a row at that party, and at subesquent parties and other social gatherings for months and years.
This video was produced by an internet comedy trio called The Lonely Island. I checked out some of their other stuff in 2005 and thought “Yes, this is pretty good. I hope they get picked up somewhere.”
Well, as I discovered from their YouTube page, you may have seen some of their other work:
That’s right! The Lonely Island was taken onto Saturday Night Live to create their Digital Shorts segments. And Andy Samberg (one of the three dudes, and “Steve” in the Just 2 Guyz video) was even brought onto the full SNL cast. This is yet another example of the blurring line between Main Stream Media and New Media. Score one for talent being justly rewarded.
Guess Who’s Coming to Twitter
December 23, 2008Last night I got an unexpected email in my inbox:
Hi, artallen.
thecosbyshow (thecosbyshow) is now following your updates on Twitter.
Check out thecosbyshow’s profile here:
This is really neat! What the Tiwtter feed gives you is little updates on what the actors are doing. For example:
thecosbyshow Phylicia Rashad (Clair) Nominated for Best Actress SAG Award for playing Lena Younger in “A Raisin in the Sun” – http://tinyurl.com/9tclts
This might seem kind of pointless and stupid, but I actually really like it. I actually wish some other shows would do this. Like, if Star Trek TNG or M*A*S*H had feeds like this I’d follow them.
Oh, and then there’s the question of how the Cosby Show knew to follow me on Twitter. A quick search.twitter.com excursion finds one two three tweets that contain the word “Cosby.”
Also, if you’ve spoken to me in the past month and a half you know that it’s all I can do to wait until Christmas Day to get some Christmas Monies so I can go to Best Buy and buy each of the eight seasons of the Cosby Show for $20 each. Heckuva deal! But getting this email connected for me (for some reason) that I could buy this show on Amazon, and it’d probably be even cheaper. And it is! The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (1984) $89.99
I cannot wait.
