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Old 02-09-2006, 07:17 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I hate to break it to you Keith but Lost is on ABC along with Desperate Housewives which also has the stupid video iPod thing going on.
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Old 02-09-2006, 07:54 PM   #22 (permalink)
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iiirc the store launched with lost and desperate housewives, so ABC+apple seems more logical.

Although you do have a point about hte iPod product placements. The start of one scrubs (NBC) episode in the new season is an iPod on its dock/speaker thingy playing some sort of chicky music, the frame pulls out as you see candles, rosemary etc and a bubble bath. In the bubble bath is of course: JD!

Not the first iPod in scrubs I can remember, either.
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Old 02-09-2006, 09:40 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I just wanted to mention that Keith's voice sounded hot on this show, due to his husky voice from a cold/hangover/whatever.
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Old 02-10-2006, 02:51 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Next time just get the waitress to give you change for your "buddy's" bills. Then you can still pay separately and show him up for the cheap asshole that he is (and stop him from tip-ganking).

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so, it's been a couple years ago but it bears repeating..
I'm out with my buddy and his girl and my girl at a bar having some drinks.. Now at this point I need to say that it's not just an acquaintance. Me and this guy have been painting houses together all through undergrad. Anyway, he's got his check and I've got mine.
I lay down my money (on the table) and, since we got really good service, a 25% tip... I'm feelin good and I think the waitress should feel good too. Well, my buddy says "hey, I don't have correct change. you don't mind if I combine our checks, do you?".
eh, of course not.
Well, he picks up my bill and my money... puts the two bills together and leaves enough money for the total and maybe a 15% tip.
I'm staring at the table and I'm so shocked I just don't know what to say. He looks at me... looks down at the table.... looks back at me and says "WHAT... you got a problem? nobody deserves more than 10%"
ya know... I don't know.... I was speachless. Last time I ever let that fucker combine a bill with me though.
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Old 02-10-2006, 05:51 AM   #25 (permalink)
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iiirc the store launched with lost and desperate housewives, so ABC+apple seems more logical.
abc=disney
apple=pixar
disney recently closed the deal on buying pixar, and steve jobs will probably be able to have his say up there as well. they simply are bff.

on lost they actually had the perfect opportunity to incorporate an ipod, since hurley definitely had enough cash to buy one. instead, he's sitting there with a $20 discman. what a missed opportunity.
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Old 02-10-2006, 09:28 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Although you do have a point about hte iPod product placements.
C'mon folks, lighten up, it happens to be the most popular device of the last two years and will most likely define this decade as the "walkman" of this generation.

Have you been to a college campus or high school lately? There isn't a single student who doesn't have one.

If you're an Apple fanboy like me you would have seen the Macworld keynote where I think Steve Jobs said that during the last quarter of 2005 Apple was selling iPods through it's retail stores and online at something like 7 units a minute for 3 months straight.

If you're a TV producer and you want to put an MP3 player into your scene do you think you'd really go with the Casio or the Creative Labs? Or the one that nearly everyone on the planet has or wants?
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Old 02-10-2006, 09:40 AM   #27 (permalink)
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If you're a TV producer and you want to put an MP3 player into your scene do you think you'd really go with the Casio or the Creative Labs? Or the one that nearly everyone on the planet has or wants?
Producers Want people who will PAY THEM TO ADVERTISE on their show. Casio, Creative, Archos will be the next ones you will see, because they WILL PAY them for product placement. NOT because they are popular.

That is the point of advertising showing people a newproduct so they will want the new one
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Old 02-10-2006, 10:39 AM   #28 (permalink)
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There's more to it than that. Some products are placed with the logo obscured. In these cases, I have to imagine that the producers wanted a certain product in the shot, but they weren't getting advertising dollars for it, so they covered the logo.

And let's face it. Apple products just look better than other similar products. Their computers are hands-down the nicest looking machines out there. Some tv producers might actually want their products in their shots just because they look better than others, whether they are getting paid to show the product or not.
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Old 02-10-2006, 12:31 PM   #29 (permalink)
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I foresee a long-ass reply to this post coming from william.
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Old 02-10-2006, 12:32 PM   #30 (permalink)
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I had a great time at the screening. Keith and Chemda were very approachable, gracious hosts and friendly to everyone.

Dekk’s down on Reede Street and whenever I’m around there I can’t help thinking about New York’s largest drug store chain. Their original store was located between Duane and Reede Street and they adopted the street names as their own – Duane Reede.

Dekk’s screening room is a sectioned off area in the rear of restaurant. There’s a sizable bar in the middle with tea-candles all about. I sat at the bar and made a few call; I saw our hosts getting drinks and then Spooky and I recognized each other from our photos on the forums. Three beers and a few conversations later I went into the screening room where Spooky was gracious enough to ask me to join his table. Seated with Spooky were IAMjoCanadian, Matt, a girlfriend of Matt’s (apologies for not recalling your name), Adam, and Young.

Conversations abound from theology to Final Cut Pro, Dinosaur Restaurant, private schooling in New York, Amway, Cryonetics, [not so]intelligent design, Atheism, construction techniques, compassion for living things, vegetarian choices at Dinosaur, having your mind uploaded to a machine and the consequences of then lacking hormones, the Korean alphabet, … I had a few more beers and Calamari.

Children’s Party Songs came on and it was sweet to see Keith acknowledge all of those who helped him out. Kudos to Chemda for giving everyone a five minute bathroom warning before the show started. I went to the downstairs bathroom and it turns out there’s this huge party room down there.

When they said that Dekk was crowded, they weren’t kidding. It was standing room only. Our table was near the back and we had to push it forward to accommodate everyone. Looking back I was surprised to see BrotherLove and Soccer Girl there. Podcasters supporting each other. I thought Chemda had invited BrotherLove. I got to meet Mona who was supporting by wearing a KATG t-shirt,

If you’ve never seen Keith perform, you MUST get this DVD. Even if you’ve seen his stand-up, get Children’s Party Songs now! Warm up with your favorite KATG episode (I recommend the last half hour of show 57). Grab a brew – or two. Turn off the lights, pop on the DVD and enjoy! Ten years from now when they’re trading on eBay for $500 you’ll be glad you bought it for cheap. (Hey Keith – you should individually number them.) And if Keith holds true to his quest never to repeat a joke, you’ll never see this material anywhere else.

From the very start you’ll find yourself draw into the Malley world. Matt deserves a lot of credit for the amazing job he did. I dabble in DVD production and I was blown away by the professional quality of the work. The movie menu is a short film (“Hurt”) and it alone is worth the price of the DVD. I would have loved to have Keith and Matt come up on stage afterwards and talk a little about it and take a few questions from the audience.

Dekk’s audio was a little too loud for my tastes, but otherwise everything else was fantastic. For those of you who were at the screening and were wondering why sometimes Keith’s head shots were cropped, Matt explained to me that they were projecting widescreen while the DVD was produced at the standard 4:3 ratio.

After the screening I got to meet Patrice - it’s always great to put a face behind the voice. I also met Teerts and two brothers from Argentina. The night was young so it was decided that those of us without a curfew would go over to Nice Guy Eddie’s. Teerts told me he was going to go help Chemda and Keith pack up their stuff – I was like “Stuff? What Stuff?” I had no idea they were selling stuff in the back!

Spooky and I wound up sharing a cab together and of course neither of us knew the address. We had to call Keith to confirm. We were the first to arrive at Nice Guy, followed by Teerts, the Argentinean brothers and others. I’m sorry I didn’t catch everyone’s name – brews, you know.

A sizeable amount of people showed up at Nice Guy. Conversations abound: the rise and fall of the comic book industry, who owns the original drawings made for a comic as opposed to the reproduction rights, what you call someone who comes from Argentina, what are your obligations towards an artist if they give you permission to play their work on your podcast… Teerts and Spooky had a long conversation on “what is Art?” I was buzzed by then so I can’t recall everything that was said. I would have loved to have mingled more; I never had an opportunity to talk to either Keith or Chemda but I did get to speak a little to Patrice. We both shared the same hang-over cure – two aspirins, water and a vitamin before you go to bed. You’ll still feel tight in the morning but you won’t wake up with a massive head-ache.

BrotherLove and I talked for a while. Soccer Girl, Emily (?), and Ryan showed up. Soccer Girl and Emily brought one of those cheap porn three-pack magazines to share with the crowd. There was another Podcaster there, a guy with a headband – sorry dude - don’t recall your name - and other fans. (Could someone offer up his name and that of his Podcasts?)

Three guys in suits showed up later on, one ofwhom arm-wrestled Spooky. I had a brief chat with one of them - he said he owns a trucking business and also did a Podcasts. I was too drunk to ask but if you’re the owner of the company, why are you wearing a suit? But then again I find that in smaller companies they tend to dress up, while the big players are for the majority casual. When I first started working I hated hypocrisy of suits (and still do). I was barely making enough to survive and yet I had to go out and buy a suit, shirts, and ties. Why? So I could pretend to be a “business man”? What fucking year are we living in? 1820? As if wearing a suit makes a difference in the quality of your work. Saying that you wear a suit because you’re a professional is bullshit. I get paid for what I do and therefore I am not am amateur. There are no amateurs in business – just people who are less competent than others. Anyone can wear a suit but not everyone can do a good job. Anyway I’ll save that rant for another time.

As the night wore on I poured a brew for Spooky and watched him in amazement as he downed the whole thing in one gulp. A few minutes later he downed another. Later on he turns to me and pointing to his nose, utters the word, “Numb!” One of the Argentinean brothers turns to me and asks, “Why is he telling us that his nose is numb?” He was probably wondering if Spooky was taking part in some sort of American bar ritual, like saying the next round is on him or something like that.

There’s a pool table at the back of Nice Guy Eddie’s and BrotherLove wound up playing pool with Soccer Girl and others. I wonder how he made out for the evening? And I don’t know why I noticed this but the men’s room in Nice Guy Eddie’s doesn’t have a mirror. How am I supposed to check out how drunk I look?

I kept to a liquid diet and wound up having about three beers at Nice Guy before I decided to call it quits - I needed to be up by 7AM and I must have had at least eight brews in total by then.

Everyone was very friendly and I would have loved to stay later but I would up cabbing it home around 1 AM. Spooky (and everyone!) was great to meet and hang with.

It sucks that the tab was short. I knew that was going to happen and I should have thrown in a few more bucks (I’ve since remediated that). $80 means that a lot of people baled on the tab. What were people having?? All I saw was one chicken parmesan dinner and pitchers.

Rule of thumb – always contribute double (or at least a third more) of what you think you spent. Whatever’s left over goes to the waitress as a great tip.
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