The King Mango Strut, Coconut Grove’s satirical end of year parade, didn’t plan to ‘punk’ Channel 7, but when the TV station received a press release that said ‘Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’ will appear as the Grand Marshall, they had to cover the news, not realizing it was another in a long long line of […]
Hot Pockets munch time or punch line?
OK students, everyone have a seat. Let’s open this discussion with a question. In our re-branding exercise, which product would you rather work with? 1, the Yugo 2, United States foreign policy 3, ‘Hot pockets’ What does the slogan ‘Irresistibly Hot’ tell you about the product? A, warning! you’ll probably burn your mouth B, they […]
Leno to purchase cheap Chinese humor as budget is cut
Jay Leno has taken a pay cut to save the jobs of staff writers working on The Tonight Show. 20 of his staff lost their jobs on Friday, as broadcaster NBC reduced the show’s costs by about 25%. “This doesn’t mean that the show will be 25% less funny” said Bruce Bobbins, a spokesman for […]
Is pasta the answer to Italy’s financial woes?
Eurozone countries Greece, Portugal and Spain have now been joined by Italy in proclaiming ‘hey, we’re not totally broke, but we can’t loan you gas money’. ‘Go see Germany’. The amount of Italian debt held by foreigners is nearly 800 billion Euros. If they do what Zimbabwe did; produce a 10 billion dollar banknote, they […]