There was a time, only a few years ago, when I had a pretty low opinion of Saturday Night Live. I've never been fanatical about the the show, but I remember it fondly from back in the days of Kevin Nealon (Mr. No Depth Perception anyone?). We know all the big names from SNL in the 90s, and to me, those were the glory days of the show.
Like I said, I never really watched the show religiously, but I remember well when Will Ferrell left the show, and I thought to myself things were going downhill. I don't think I watched the show at all between about 2002 and 2006.
Unless you've taken residence in a cave for a few years, you probably saw Lazy Sunday, which I thought was... kind of funny. Then, along came more digital shorts, and as soon as I saw all this great stuff, I was convinced that SNL was still good. When my brother linked Dear Sister for me, I laughed so loud while my roommate was talking to his mom that he had to leave the room. (By the way, what's up with hulu.com and nbc.com not having that video on their websites?)
I remember watching Sloths at some point and reading the viewers' comments. I was surprised to see a few people that were very critical of it and one person specifically of Kristen Wiig. Now, however, I realize that those are mostly bitter old people that think it's still the same show it was back in World War I, or whenever it was that it started.
Face it, SNL haters. Saturday Night Live is as good as ever. Of course the digital shorts have been genius. But there's some pretty good other stuff too. Kristen Wiig is pretty dang funny (way better than Molly Shannon ever was). Bill Hader, Jason Sudekis, and Andy Samberg hold it down pretty well. (The show really needs a new black guy though. Ugh. Can someone please "fix it"?)
I guess what I'm trying to say to all the SNL haters out there is: You're not going to win. These guys are making movies now. And they're pretty dang funny.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
How to Make Money on the Internet
I'm a smart guy. And it's my understanding that if you're smart you just get money. Isn't that why people go to school? So they can get smarter and make more money? In the words of Michael Bolton (the Office Space character, not the singer), "How is it that all these stupid, neanderthal mafia guys can be so good at crime, and smart guys like us can suck so badly at it?" Except instead of "crime" I mean "making money".
Take, for example, whoever it is that started that swoopo.com site. (If you haven't seen it, it's worth a look.) Of course they're totally exploiting people, and I don't know if I'd feel very good about myself even if I were them. But I'm sure they're making a ton of money. My most recent favorite example is failblog.org. I'm not knocking them, because they are pretty entertaining, but whoever is in charge of that website does next to nothing. They get people to send them funny things and just post them and reap that sweet, sweet ad revenue. I don't know how much that is, but I want a piece.
And that's why I've got Google ads on this website. As soon as someone besides me starts looking at this website, I'm gonna be rollin' in it.
Take, for example, whoever it is that started that swoopo.com site. (If you haven't seen it, it's worth a look.) Of course they're totally exploiting people, and I don't know if I'd feel very good about myself even if I were them. But I'm sure they're making a ton of money. My most recent favorite example is failblog.org. I'm not knocking them, because they are pretty entertaining, but whoever is in charge of that website does next to nothing. They get people to send them funny things and just post them and reap that sweet, sweet ad revenue. I don't know how much that is, but I want a piece.
And that's why I've got Google ads on this website. As soon as someone besides me starts looking at this website, I'm gonna be rollin' in it.
Civic Musical Road?
I feel like I'm crazy because there should be more outrage for this, maybe even uppermost outrage.
I would like to submit that this Civic Musical Road that I keep seeing on that commercial is not very impressive. It plays music the way my mom sings; yes, it goes up and down at the right times and keeps time, but I don't think it ever gets the right intervals. I feel like those people congratulating themselves at the end of the commercial should rethink what they've done.
You'd think if Honda is going to shell out the money to make a commercial and buy the airtime, they would do it right. Is it really that hard to figure out how to get the right notes? I know it depends on the car and the speed and all, but why didn't they just make a test road with grooves at all the different intervals so they have a whole range of sounds? Run through that once with your Civic, record it, use a tuner if you need, then make your road and play the right notes.
Another thing that bugs me is that the people that describe it online keep saying it's the Lone Ranger theme song. That may be the case, but it's been the William Tell Overture a lot longer.
I would like to submit that this Civic Musical Road that I keep seeing on that commercial is not very impressive. It plays music the way my mom sings; yes, it goes up and down at the right times and keeps time, but I don't think it ever gets the right intervals. I feel like those people congratulating themselves at the end of the commercial should rethink what they've done.
You'd think if Honda is going to shell out the money to make a commercial and buy the airtime, they would do it right. Is it really that hard to figure out how to get the right notes? I know it depends on the car and the speed and all, but why didn't they just make a test road with grooves at all the different intervals so they have a whole range of sounds? Run through that once with your Civic, record it, use a tuner if you need, then make your road and play the right notes.
Another thing that bugs me is that the people that describe it online keep saying it's the Lone Ranger theme song. That may be the case, but it's been the William Tell Overture a lot longer.
The Writing Bug
Sometimes I just get that bug where I want to write something. I've thought maybe I'll write a poem or a short story, but then I realize that I don't have any idea how to write creative things. And that's why I started this blog.
A quick word of explanation about the name of this blog:
When I got an xbox live account, I tried to put in a name that I was pretty sure would be taken. Naturally, they suggested some variations on the name I had put in. As soon as I saw it, I realized what I was looking at, I snatched up the one that just stuck "uppermost" in front of it. Seriously, what a great adjective. Why use words like "awesome" or "stellar" or "sick" or any of those words Bill and Ted might use when you can choose "uppermost"? It's definitely an underused word. I would even say it's an uppermost word.
A quick word of explanation about the name of this blog:
When I got an xbox live account, I tried to put in a name that I was pretty sure would be taken. Naturally, they suggested some variations on the name I had put in. As soon as I saw it, I realized what I was looking at, I snatched up the one that just stuck "uppermost" in front of it. Seriously, what a great adjective. Why use words like "awesome" or "stellar" or "sick" or any of those words Bill and Ted might use when you can choose "uppermost"? It's definitely an underused word. I would even say it's an uppermost word.
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