Yesterday, we wrote about Animal Planet, which is owned by Discovery Communications, green-lighting a scripted series about zombie-animals. Here are 3 pitches we have for Discovery Communications: 1. Zombie Island Medium – Based on Discovery’s TLC show “Long Island Medium,” this… Read More ›
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Finally, A Scripted Animal-Zombie Series!
Variety reports that Animal Planet is developing a scripted zombie-animal series to be called the “Other Dead,” scheduled to debut in 2016. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. Are these scripted talking animals or bleating animals? Just wondering how… Read More ›
Red Bull Gets Wings Clipped In Legal Settlement
BevNet reports that Red Bull GmbH has settled a false advertising U.S. class action lawsuit for $13 million, which is to be distributed to customers who purchased a Red Bull in the past 10 years. From the article: “The suit argues… Read More ›
Microsoft Apparently Thought You Wouldn’t Like “Windows 9,” Introduces “Windows 10”
Reuters reports that Microsoft is following up “Windows 8” with “Windows 10,” skipping releasing something called “Windows 9” completely. 3 Comments At To Why This Makes Sense To Us 1. Skipping from 8 to 10 automatically is something Office seems… Read More ›
Thank You For Visiting This One-In-A-Billion Web Site
Yahoo News Digest reports that the number of web sites in the world surpassed one billion yesterday. And you still came to this non-stop humor-based-on-real news web party, so thank you. And as the number of web sites grows, .gov,… Read More ›
“Chapter 11 Bankruptcy” Is A Lousy Title For A Book Chapter!
The AP reports that Radio Shack announced yesterday that if it does not find new financing, it may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 3 Book Chapters Titles We Would Rather See Radio Shack File For 1. “The Chapter… Read More ›
3 More Vice-President Titles We Propose For Goldman Sachs’ 10,000+ Vice-Presidents
Yesterday, we wrote about how Goldman Sachs argued in Court that “Vice-President” is a “courtesy title” it gives to about a third of its employees. Since it must be hard to come up with names to differentiate all of those… Read More ›
Pop-Up Ad Inventor Apologizes In Atlantic… Instead Of In Pop-Up Ads Which Would Have Been Funnier
CNN reports that the person who created pop-up ads on the internet has said “I’m sorry” for his creation. Citing an interview with the Atlantic, the ads were originally created with good intentions. Specifically, a car maker did not want its… Read More ›
3 Reasons Not To Marry A Hipster: A List-Poem
Recently blogger MikkiAaron nominated us for the “Very Inspiring Blogger Award.” Which we totally deserve because we used subliminal messages to inspire her to do that! As readers of this blog, or its FAQ know, we always decline these award nominations,… Read More ›
3 More Boring In Flight Movie Titles Than Titles About A Seven Hour Train Ride
Yesterday, we wrote about a new inflight viewing option on British Airways entitled “The Seven Hour Train Journey to Oslo.” Here are 3 more boring titles we’d like to see: 1. “The Ryan Seacrest top 25,200 Train Second Countdown, narrated… Read More ›