Archive for the 'Great Men' Category
Another Net Relic: the Delta Ad
4 Comments Published by Jason March 20th, 2008 in Great Men, Uncategorized. Share ThisWow. I loved this ‘commercial.’ I used to sit in my office, back during the first DotCom boom, play this and laugh my ass off. I’m pretty sure the first time this was shared with me it was in the nearly lost .AU format. Almost as rare as leaded gas?
Internet History: RadiSkull and Devil Doll
3 Comments Published by Jason March 20th, 2008 in Great Men, Movies. Share ThisIt has been so long since I’ve visited my friends the RadiSkull and his pal Devil Doll. This stuff was so funny, I remember watching it over and over and over.
RadiSkulls no non-sense attitude. Devil Doll’s yearning to be loved. Joe Sparks delivered it all. Who can forget Devil Doll’s classic lyrics:
listen up y’all, I’m [...]
Another Internet Classic – Swearing RV Salesman
7 Comments Published by Jason March 19th, 2008 in Cars, Great Men. Share ThisAnyone know the story behind this one?
**THANKS to Jesse, Berylium and Daves561 for the link to the RV Salesman, Jack Rebney’s Wikipedia entry.
Great Men: Bubb Rubb, Proto-Internet Super Star
2 Comments Published by Jason March 18th, 2008 in Great Men. Share ThisIt began with an interview about whistle-tips. He became one of the very first INTERNET SUPER-STARS. Before Mike Arrington, before Robert Scoble — there was: BUBB RUBB!
He installed a noise-maker on his car, blew through a stop sign and the rest… Internet History.
Thanks Andre for reminding me about all these Great Men.
Great Men: Tom Vu, Infomercial King
1 Comment Published by Jason March 18th, 2008 in Great Men. Share ThisThere’s two kinds of work in America: hard work and smart work. Which one are you doing now?
Growing up I loved the TV — nothing was better and late at night the funniest thing I ever saw was an infomercial. Not just any infomercial — and I’ve seen some winners. This was special, this was [...]
Proof of an Alternate Universe
0 Comments Published by Jason March 17th, 2008 in Drugs, Finance, Great Men. Share ThisWow. From October of 2003, George W. Bush — Economic Super Hero.
More like the Bush Ka-BOOOM!
The Real-Life Indiana Jones?
2 Comments Published by Jason March 17th, 2008 in Great Men, Movies, Uncategorized. Share ThisI had never heard this! I’m doing a quick troll of Wikipedia to see if I can find anything — HOWEVER reading a quick blurb about a new series in production for the Smithsonian Channel entitiled True Story suggests the character is based on a real person.
The new series will explore the real-life history [...]
Gary Gygax, Co-Creator of Dungeons & Dragons, Dead at 69
2 Comments Published by Joel March 4th, 2008 in Games, Great Men. Share ThisI’ve posted an interview that Seann did with Gygax back in ‘03 on Boing Boing Gadgets.
Video: Bourdain at Google
3 Comments Published by Joel March 3rd, 2008 in Food, Great Men. Share ThisAn hour long discussion with Anthony Bourdain, moderated by Google Executive Chef Nate Keller. The story about Billy Joel is great.
Video: Paul McCartney with a lesson for the media
2 Comments Published by Jason February 26th, 2008 in Drugs, Great Men, Jobs. Share ThisThats just crazy talk!
3 Comments Published by Jason February 11th, 2008 in Great Men, Hair, Martial Arts, Survival, TV. Share ThisThe Mob: Down But Not Out
0 Comments Published by Jason February 10th, 2008 in Drugs, Family, Finance, Food, Great Men, Movies, Smoking, Sports, Uncategorized. Share ThisAt a news conference in Brooklyn, state Atty. Gen. Andrew M. Cuomo said the arrests served as a message that “organized crime still exits. . . . We like to think it’s a vestige of the past. It’s not. It is as unrelenting as weeds that continue to sprout in the cracks of society.
Seems the [...]


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