Last week, the National media broke the story of a woman In California who gave birth to octuplets. The doctors at the press conference spoke of how they were anticipating a delivery of septuplets and were surprised when there was another child delivered. Oh, it was a great feel good story, until the rest of the story unfolded over the past few days.
The unnamed mother, which has hired a PR firm since delivery, has not granted any interviews and her name hasn't been released. Over the course of the last few days, stories about how this woman has 6 other children, her parents bought her a house after the 6 children were born, the parents have filed bankruptcy and are living with the 6 year unemployed former psychiatric technician. The father has said publicly that he is returning to Iraq to go to work and her mother said she is moving out of the house once her daughter returns home with the octuplets.
I was immediately interested in this story the morning the story of delivery of the octuplets broke and the mother's name wasn't released. My septic nerve was inflamed in a mere few moments after listening to the story. In this day and age, with an event such as this monumental delivery will almost always be exploited for monetary gain. I must just be a jaded person who hasn't embraced the creation of life, there can't possibly be any ulterior motive, no money making issue, just a simple woman wanting to give birth.
Well well well, my septic nerve was correct last week. It didn't take long for the "unnamed mother" to hire a PR firm, and go on the hunt for the big bucks. This morning, the unnamed mother, trotted out a publicist on the Today show, stating that the mother was exploring all offers to find the best avenue to get her message out to explain her story. In other words, who is going to pay us the most money!!!!! Come one, come all, bring baskets of money. It is reported that this unnamed woman wants 2 million dollars to tell her story. She wants a book deal and wants to be hired my a major network morning show as a child consultant. In the current American Idol, Next Top Model, Dancing with the Stars climate, she'll most likely get it.
She'll most likely also get a reality tv show deal. I have come up with a few reality tv show ideas,
I dated a Turkey Baster-
Market this to the We/Oxygen lesbian network. She can detail how to get lots of children and never have a man involved.
42 mouths a day on the taxpayers dime-
This show will appeal to all those struggling mothers out there with 14 children on how to apply for federal, state and local aid to help pay for all the children on the backs of the greedy Republicans who don't pay anything in taxes. This will air on the Oxygen Network as well.
The Most Fecund Female in America-
This show could air on a few different networks. I could see the unnamed mother as the host of a 10 week show. Potential fecundity filled women would have to compete in a 10 week competition which involves a combination of American Idol and Miss America, however they would have to be unemployed and no boyfriend/husband.
And finally, I think the unnamed female should direct her publicist to get her a few endorsements. This unemployed, unnamed 33 year old woman who is reported to love children, should get an endorsement deal. Really, why shouldn't she get 100,000.00 for an Octuplet Sperm Bank Seal of Approval? After all, why should we judge her and her motives? We are in a new era America. Change you can believe in. While we are changing, hold on to your damn wallet while everyone else benefits for irresponsible behavior.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Official NFL countdown
221 days until the regular kickoff game on Thursday September 3rd 2009
224 days until the rest of the NFL starts their campaign. The Detroit Lions need to lose 11 more games to overtake the Bucs as the first team to lose 27 games in a row.
368 days until Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.
God I hope there will be a great Rays baseball season this year.
224 days until the rest of the NFL starts their campaign. The Detroit Lions need to lose 11 more games to overtake the Bucs as the first team to lose 27 games in a row.
368 days until Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.
God I hope there will be a great Rays baseball season this year.
500,000,000 Amercians out of work each month
My favorite Speaker of House, (pictured above) Ms Nancy Pelosi today made a statement to a room full of the National press corps that the Obama stimulus package must be passed as soon as possible because 500 million Americans are losing their job each month. Wow, I finally understand that this economic situation IS worse than the Great Depression. 11,000 people a second are losing their job. If this stimulus package is stalled in the Senate by those evil Republicans for two months, 1 Trillion Americans will lose their jobs. Let me get this straight, more than 3 times the number of the actual American population (300 million) will lose their job by the end of next month. Ms. Pelosi, go get a Botox upgrade and help stimulate the economy, the free market works, unless of course free Botox is in your stimulus package.
Calling PETA- another bird strike........
Ever since the Miracle on the Hudson US Airways flight a few weeks ago, the National media now is reporting each and every bird strike on a commercial airliner. Again this morning, the Today show had photos of a flight which departed Denver yesterday and had a bird strike, reportedly an "eagle", without documentation.
How much longer will it be before PETA starts protesting commercial air traffic and calling for an end of the airlines? Of course, PETA will have to fly in the airport protesters first.
How much longer will it be before PETA starts protesting commercial air traffic and calling for an end of the airlines? Of course, PETA will have to fly in the airport protesters first.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Madison Ave, you wasted millions today
The Super Bowl is over and the commercials have been aired. As someone who has never been a member of a focus group and annually reviews the latest offerings of the overpaid minds of Madison Ave, here is my review of what we watched this last Sunday of football.
Well worth 3 Million dollars for the viewership-
Budweiser- An annual top tier producer of top notch commercials. This year 2 of the top five commercials involved the Clydesdale's. One with the dancing horse and the other with the immigrant horse.
Doritos- Used slapstick comedy to sell the product and their two spots were funny.
E-Trade- They used the baby in advertising once again and they skirted the major money of game-time but still put up great ads. Kudos.
Average commercials-
Grease Monkeys from Castol oil
Pedigree-Get a dog
Coke Zero- remake of the Mean Joe Green Coke ad from the 70's. This ad connected with me and my friends however meant nothing to the 20 somethings watching.
Coca-Cola- ad where people morphed into cartoon characters from video games, and as the Coke Zero ad meant nothing to the 20 somethings, this ad meant nothing to me. Maybe it balances out? Maybe a waste of 6 million dollars.
Bridgestone- This company spent heavy this Super Bowl period. Obviously they are betting on folks putting tires on their old cars instead of buying new cars. The Mr/Mrs Potatohead ad was ok, they sponsored the halftime show, but the second half ad where astronauts were walking around a virtual Mars and then turned around to find their rover on blocks and the tires were stolen. Very funny, however, it wasn't Mars they where they were walking, it was Florida Ave. in Washington DC or downtown Detroit.
This year's Super Bowl saw a few shining lights in selected commercial spots, but once the Champion was crowned, the game was over, all the wings and 9 layer dip consumed, we have come to the giant waste of money list of commercials, and there are many this year.
Losers-
The worst commercial this Super Bowl was without a doubt, brought to you by Pepsi. Pepsi had several ads hawking their new "manly" diet drink and they crossed over the line to the stupid by wasting 3 million dollars to stage a faux McGyver episode, named Pepsuber in the commercial. Obviously Pepsi didn't run this ad past focus groups before signing the 3 million dollar check. Perhaps one of the worst Super Bowl ads I've ever seen.
Overstock.com- Carlos Boozer- Loser ad
Careerbuilder.com- Loser
Land of the Lost movie promo/faux Today show ad- Sucked
Cars.com- Sucked out loud
Hyundai- major loser
Hulu.com-
I don't know what this company is or does, but after trotting out the fat Alec Baldwin who quickly advertises himself as a TV star, does nothing to make me want to search for hulu on the net. The Baldwins disgust me. Every last one of the non talented members of the clan. Hey Alec, weren't you going to move to France in 2004? Are you still here? Your weight gain in the past few months is making Jessica Simpson look like Paris Hilton. Please speed up you exit of this country and take the rest of your non-talented family with you. Bye-bye now.
GE-
Oh, the parent company of NBC, MSNBC, CNBC decided to jump into the advertising realm. I don't believe they paid 3 million for 30 seconds. The advertisement in the 4th quarter, showing a likeness of the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz singing, If I only had a Brain, while touting their website for ecomagination, was just sick. If I only had a Brain was a great music selection for the advertisement because no one at GE, or for that matter at any NBC associated networks has a brain. Go Green, GE wins. Current unlucky shareholders of GE have lost however because no one running the company has a brain.
Cash 4 Gold-
Half way through this ad I thought it was a spoof, once I realized it wasn't, I felt very sorry for those folks involved.
Well, I'll wrap up the commercials here. I've not gone to any websites yet to see who texted in which commercials folks enjoyed the most or been involved in any survey. You read my posts here, and it's raw, as I feel it, I post it. Regular readers know about my affinity for animals in advertising. I've not gotten to figure out how many ads involved animals just yet, but I was in a room with over 100 people today and when the Castrol ad "Grease Monkeys" came on and the guy kissed the monkey at the end of the ad, there was a collective, aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh, from all the women in the room. So lesson learned here for free, once again, you have a product to sell with advertising budget for TV, involve an animal and if you can kiss it and escape local felony charges, put it on TV.
Well worth 3 Million dollars for the viewership-
Budweiser- An annual top tier producer of top notch commercials. This year 2 of the top five commercials involved the Clydesdale's. One with the dancing horse and the other with the immigrant horse.
Doritos- Used slapstick comedy to sell the product and their two spots were funny.
E-Trade- They used the baby in advertising once again and they skirted the major money of game-time but still put up great ads. Kudos.
Average commercials-
Grease Monkeys from Castol oil
Pedigree-Get a dog
Coke Zero- remake of the Mean Joe Green Coke ad from the 70's. This ad connected with me and my friends however meant nothing to the 20 somethings watching.
Coca-Cola- ad where people morphed into cartoon characters from video games, and as the Coke Zero ad meant nothing to the 20 somethings, this ad meant nothing to me. Maybe it balances out? Maybe a waste of 6 million dollars.
Bridgestone- This company spent heavy this Super Bowl period. Obviously they are betting on folks putting tires on their old cars instead of buying new cars. The Mr/Mrs Potatohead ad was ok, they sponsored the halftime show, but the second half ad where astronauts were walking around a virtual Mars and then turned around to find their rover on blocks and the tires were stolen. Very funny, however, it wasn't Mars they where they were walking, it was Florida Ave. in Washington DC or downtown Detroit.
This year's Super Bowl saw a few shining lights in selected commercial spots, but once the Champion was crowned, the game was over, all the wings and 9 layer dip consumed, we have come to the giant waste of money list of commercials, and there are many this year.
Losers-
The worst commercial this Super Bowl was without a doubt, brought to you by Pepsi. Pepsi had several ads hawking their new "manly" diet drink and they crossed over the line to the stupid by wasting 3 million dollars to stage a faux McGyver episode, named Pepsuber in the commercial. Obviously Pepsi didn't run this ad past focus groups before signing the 3 million dollar check. Perhaps one of the worst Super Bowl ads I've ever seen.
Overstock.com- Carlos Boozer- Loser ad
Careerbuilder.com- Loser
Land of the Lost movie promo/faux Today show ad- Sucked
Cars.com- Sucked out loud
Hyundai- major loser
Hulu.com-
I don't know what this company is or does, but after trotting out the fat Alec Baldwin who quickly advertises himself as a TV star, does nothing to make me want to search for hulu on the net. The Baldwins disgust me. Every last one of the non talented members of the clan. Hey Alec, weren't you going to move to France in 2004? Are you still here? Your weight gain in the past few months is making Jessica Simpson look like Paris Hilton. Please speed up you exit of this country and take the rest of your non-talented family with you. Bye-bye now.
GE-
Oh, the parent company of NBC, MSNBC, CNBC decided to jump into the advertising realm. I don't believe they paid 3 million for 30 seconds. The advertisement in the 4th quarter, showing a likeness of the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz singing, If I only had a Brain, while touting their website for ecomagination, was just sick. If I only had a Brain was a great music selection for the advertisement because no one at GE, or for that matter at any NBC associated networks has a brain. Go Green, GE wins. Current unlucky shareholders of GE have lost however because no one running the company has a brain.
Cash 4 Gold-
Half way through this ad I thought it was a spoof, once I realized it wasn't, I felt very sorry for those folks involved.
Well, I'll wrap up the commercials here. I've not gone to any websites yet to see who texted in which commercials folks enjoyed the most or been involved in any survey. You read my posts here, and it's raw, as I feel it, I post it. Regular readers know about my affinity for animals in advertising. I've not gotten to figure out how many ads involved animals just yet, but I was in a room with over 100 people today and when the Castrol ad "Grease Monkeys" came on and the guy kissed the monkey at the end of the ad, there was a collective, aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh, from all the women in the room. So lesson learned here for free, once again, you have a product to sell with advertising budget for TV, involve an animal and if you can kiss it and escape local felony charges, put it on TV.
Did you make money on my suggestions?
I said take Arizona and the points- you won
I said take the over on total points-you won
Take the over on the first punt over 41.5 yds-you won
Take the over on Warner passing for more yards than Big Ben-you won
Take the over on total kickoffs at 9.5-you won
And I have to take a moment here with the final successful suggestion, take the over on Larry Fitzgerald of 83.5 yards. I specifically wrote that Larry would get 127 yards receiving and 1 touchdown. Larry ended the game with.........127 yards and 2 scores. And there are you folks out there paying 900 numbers to get the "betting line" from so called experts. You might likely be the same folks buying the ShamWows and the razor blade sharpener at 4am, but I give this information for free because as a public service I'm trying to stimulate the economy. Anyone with a computer Internet connection could have made serious jing this final Sunday of the NFL.
If you missed out on today's game, return in 8 months once the start of the next season starts up and the quest for the Champion of Super Bowl 44 starts once again. Have I mentioned how much I despise basketball and NASCAR? Maybe once or twice.
Congrats to the Steeler fans.
I said take the over on total points-you won
Take the over on the first punt over 41.5 yds-you won
Take the over on Warner passing for more yards than Big Ben-you won
Take the over on total kickoffs at 9.5-you won
And I have to take a moment here with the final successful suggestion, take the over on Larry Fitzgerald of 83.5 yards. I specifically wrote that Larry would get 127 yards receiving and 1 touchdown. Larry ended the game with.........127 yards and 2 scores. And there are you folks out there paying 900 numbers to get the "betting line" from so called experts. You might likely be the same folks buying the ShamWows and the razor blade sharpener at 4am, but I give this information for free because as a public service I'm trying to stimulate the economy. Anyone with a computer Internet connection could have made serious jing this final Sunday of the NFL.
If you missed out on today's game, return in 8 months once the start of the next season starts up and the quest for the Champion of Super Bowl 44 starts once again. Have I mentioned how much I despise basketball and NASCAR? Maybe once or twice.
Congrats to the Steeler fans.
Super Game-Sad Day
After 4 weeks of preseason, 17 weeks of regular season and a month of playoff games, we've finally arrived at the climax of the season. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals are the final teams standing. The two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl are usually filled with all sorts of news surrounding the game, but this year, it has been a very quiet period. No player arrests, no hookers, not much of anything.
The line on today's game hasn't moved at all after opening at Pittsburgh -6.5 and the over/under is 47.0 pts. I've taken Arizona and the points. I'd take the over if I bet the points.
For the Super Bowl, Vegas takes bets on every aspect of the game. Who wins the coin toss, who scores first, how many field goals will be made, even how long it will take to sing the National Anthem. Many of the wagers are on player performance. Odds makers are saying Kurt Warner will throw for more yards than Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger. The over/under on that wager is 23.5 yards. I'd have to say take the over. Warner needs 364 yards to over take Joe Montana's career Super Bowl passing yardage record of 1142 yards. I can't see Kurt putting up 365 yards against the Steelers defense. A few other over/under wagers:
Total yards by Willie Parker. 75.5 take the over
Total receiving yards by Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald 83.5 yards. Take the over. Fitz gets 127 yards and a score
Total distance of the first punt. 41.5 gross yards. Even though the Cardinal's punter has injury issues, I'd take the over. There is little wind in Tampa and it's a friendly kickers stadium.
Total kickoff returns by both teams. 9.5 kicks. Over, I suspect 11 total kickoffs.
My prediction for the game is Arizona 27 Pittsburgh 21
Outside of the game, many will be the commercials. Last year's showing was weak and I'm hoping for some improvement this year. Although, some of the efforts coming out of Madison Ave in the playoffs have been wretched. If the Geico eyeballs and the myopically challenged dingbats from H and R block are any indication, there will most likely be alot of wasted money this year as well.
This is also the saddest day of the year because when the final gun sounds sometime after 10pm at Ray Jay, football fans will have to wait another 8 months until the toe hits leather once again.
Bucs fans will be facing uncertainty this upcoming season with many new faces leading the squad. We can hope for a successful free agency period and solid draft because next years schedule looks tough on paper at this time. Go Bucs!
The line on today's game hasn't moved at all after opening at Pittsburgh -6.5 and the over/under is 47.0 pts. I've taken Arizona and the points. I'd take the over if I bet the points.
For the Super Bowl, Vegas takes bets on every aspect of the game. Who wins the coin toss, who scores first, how many field goals will be made, even how long it will take to sing the National Anthem. Many of the wagers are on player performance. Odds makers are saying Kurt Warner will throw for more yards than Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger. The over/under on that wager is 23.5 yards. I'd have to say take the over. Warner needs 364 yards to over take Joe Montana's career Super Bowl passing yardage record of 1142 yards. I can't see Kurt putting up 365 yards against the Steelers defense. A few other over/under wagers:
Total yards by Willie Parker. 75.5 take the over
Total receiving yards by Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald 83.5 yards. Take the over. Fitz gets 127 yards and a score
Total distance of the first punt. 41.5 gross yards. Even though the Cardinal's punter has injury issues, I'd take the over. There is little wind in Tampa and it's a friendly kickers stadium.
Total kickoff returns by both teams. 9.5 kicks. Over, I suspect 11 total kickoffs.
My prediction for the game is Arizona 27 Pittsburgh 21
Outside of the game, many will be the commercials. Last year's showing was weak and I'm hoping for some improvement this year. Although, some of the efforts coming out of Madison Ave in the playoffs have been wretched. If the Geico eyeballs and the myopically challenged dingbats from H and R block are any indication, there will most likely be alot of wasted money this year as well.
This is also the saddest day of the year because when the final gun sounds sometime after 10pm at Ray Jay, football fans will have to wait another 8 months until the toe hits leather once again.
Bucs fans will be facing uncertainty this upcoming season with many new faces leading the squad. We can hope for a successful free agency period and solid draft because next years schedule looks tough on paper at this time. Go Bucs!
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