In yesterday’s blog I discussed blah, blah, blah. STAN: Why did he do that? Why did Goldenberg just start to talk about yesterday’s blog and then go, “blah, blah, blah?” HARRIETT: Because, Jack knows his Readers. They don’t want to hear about yesterday. They want to hear about today and tomorrow. That’s a trick a [...]
As I explained in yesterday’s blog, the 4 networks are rolling the dice this fall TV season and pinning their production budgets on weird TV. They hope that by emulating cable TV, they’ll be able to increase their ratings and thus charge more to show advertisers. ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox had to take some risks [...]
Weird TV is going to be big this fall. Actually, I should have said “Network TV is going to be weird this fall.” TV’s always been weird on cable. Weird TV has changed over time. Back in ancient times, the mid to late 70′s, the weirdest program on cable TV was Midnight Blue. Midnight Blue [...]
WARNING: STOP READING THIS BLOG! Well, not totally, of course. Continue reading the part in RED. But this is Part 2 of a 2-part blog, so if you haven’t read Part 1 yet, well, you’re going to become confused and disoriented. Your shoes will no longer fit and your pants may fall to the ground. [...]
Somebody’s house, not mine, in Westport, CT I used to live in Westport, Connecticut. You know what’s so cool about living in Westport, Connecticut? Just telling people, “I live in Westport, Connecticut.” Westport, CT is like an ultra-cool California town, without the phoniness and drive by shootings. Sorta like Malibu, but with more class and [...]
STAN: I can’t watch. Don’t make me watch! It’s too embarrassing. HARRIETT: What are you talking about? STAN: Goldenberg’s going to show his Readers a video. HARRIETT: So? What’s so bad about the video? STAN: Goldenberg. He’s on the video. HARRIETT: So what? STAN: Harriett, he can’t act, he can’t sing, he can’t blog, he [...]
If pop icon Charlie Sheen hadn’t called me last night, this blog never would have happened. There were so many other things for this prolific copywriter to write about. The successful revolt against the 30-year autocratic rule of Hosni ”Walk like an Egyptian” Mubarak. The popular revolt against the murderous regime of Col. Mohawk [...]
Because of the nature of my work (I am, after all, the Humorously Entertaining Prolific Proficient Copywriter), I get some usual assignments. Last November, a producer from a west coast TV production company saw my blog on Mad Men and hired me to find an ad agency who would agree to be profiled on a 14-week [...]
Back when I wrote my first blog, What’s the Difference Between Lady Gaga and Chocolate Cheerios, I didn’t really know what I was doing. STAN: And that would be different from now, how? HARRIETT: Stan, Stan , give the guy a break. It’s only his first sentence. STAN: Goldenberg is nothing if he’s not predictable, [...]
As a humorously entertaining prolific proficient copywriter, I like to come up with tasteful subjects for my Readers. And today’s blog is hopefully no exception, as long as you don’t consider wearing a dress made entirely of raw meat to be inappropriate attire when you’re being honored at an industry event. That’s the outfit pop [...]
When there was a mystery to be solved, Sherlock Holmes would turn to Dr. Watson and say, “The game is afoot.” That is, I think he said it to Dr. Watson. He might have said it to Dr. Scholl. I’m not sure. Nevertheless, changes are afoot here that are Guaranteed to Insult. Stan: Terrific. It [...]
Well, it’s been quite a year so far. First, Stan publishes someone else’s blog ON MY BLOG. Then I publish a blog before it was completed. Things happen in threes, so I’d better watch out! To recap (especially for those of you who aren’t wearing a cap), this is Part 2 of my REAR END [...]