General Critic

Video Test

Geoff — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:57:17 +0000

Classic A&W commercial.

Still Alive

Geoff — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:51:47 +0000

Posting from Windows Live Writer. Seems to work pretty good. Now I just need something to talk about.

Nerd alert

Geoff — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:56:28 +0000

This post comes to you by way of my new iPhone. Isn’t that special, mm?

Gimme a… whaaaa???

Geoff — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:36:06 +0000

I was reading the comments on this Consumerist post about Walmart’s new logo, and somebody pointed out the company’s own website has Canadian associates doing a Spanish-language cheer. That, in the parlance of our times, is some epic fail.

What happened here?

Geoff — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:15:37 +0000

Play along with Ernie and Bert.

Let the games begin (or, in this case, end)

Geoff — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:10:59 +0000

The gang at golden-road.net is abuzz about the retirement of not one, but two pricing games.

Joker, I can understand. I always hated it — it seems counterintuitive that you’re trying to DISCARD a certain card. It’s also pretty similar to Shell Game and Bonus Game, but with an ugly set.

Poker Game, I don’t have strong opinions about, since it was played fairly infrequently. The consensus, which may be wrong, is that it was killed by being limited to inexpensive prizes. What’s significant is that it’s the oldest game to ever be retired — it was introduced in 1975.

The last of the last

Geoff — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:16:51 +0000

39 years and roughly one thousand cartoons after “Sinkin’ in the Bathtub”, Warner Bros. Cartoons came to an end with an unfortunately titled short named “Injun Trouble.” Last fall I posted a link to this cartoon, with Matthew Hunter’s commentary.

For obvious reasons, it’s generally been kept off television, and is hard to find. But it was included in 1972’s syndicated “The Merrie Melodies Show.” And that series is now airing on Teletoon Retro. Incredibly, the episode in question aired this week. I marvel at this network’s ability to come up with rare stuff like this, and to air it in pretty much its original form.

Arrrgh!

Geoff — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:13:30 +0000

Further to my earlier rant, I found a victim: logo blog Brand New’s Ford logo stunt. Maybe I was a little hard on them in my comment, but that may be in part because a small part of me wanted it to be true.

Next April 1st, I’m staying off the Intarwebs.

For the love of Pete, make it stop!

Geoff — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:45:24 +0000

I didn’t use to be an April Fool’s Scrooge. But this year tears it. Every blog I read regularly has something that’s lame… but it also causes you to read the legit stuff carefully, even too skeptically. I’m just going to skip over all blog posts dated April 1st, from now on.

Except this one.

Saturday Morning memories

Geoff — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:09:12 +0000

Random title cards from the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show on CBS.