The Cliche Family in Television Land (via MichaelMartinTheShow)
A parody of 1960s commercials, made in the 1960s.
Posted: November 23, 2010 at 2:38 pm.
Nov 23
2:38 pm
Sep 1
11:05 pm
These aren’t just words or phases. They are incendiary slogans that, whether spoken or billboarded to the nation as word pictures, convey that much more weight, recognition and resonance to terms, finely-crafted for cultural wedge-driving and linguistic repetition, that otherwise aren’t justified either coming off the lips of a TV talking head or floating around Main Street for a week in large, black-and-white type.
Now, the obvious reply to my complaint is that these terms are being used tongue-in-cheek. And yes, that would be justifiable if the irony was obvious. But, it’s not. Instead, just like the Muslim and terrorist stereotypes were plain to see in the ‘08 New Yorker “Obama bin Ladin” cover, but the irony wasn’t, the fact Newsweek recognized the need for the asterisk meant they fully understood that some number of these loaded phrases required not just explaining, but actually on-the-spot undoing.
Posted: September 1, 2010 at 11:05 pm.
Jul 6
4:20 pm
The Saturday Profile - Icelander’s Campaign Is a Joke, Until He’s Elected
Last month, in the depressed aftermath of the country’s financial collapse, the Best Party emerged as the biggest winner in Reykjavik’s elections, with 34.7 percent of the vote, and Mr. Gnarr — who also promised a classroom of kindergartners he would build a Disneyland at the airport — is now the fourth mayor in four years of a city that is home to more than a third of the island’s 320,000 people.
Posted: July 6, 2010 at 4:20 pm.
Jun 28
1:00 pm
An iphone app to bring to design degree shows. The app was created by design students as self-effacing humor / satiric commentary on the design school experience. Fun!
http://www.clichespotting.com/
Posted: June 28, 2010 at 1:00 pm.
May 7
12:06 pm
Times New Roman may be funnier than Arial, but why does Comic Sans make me want to kill myself? | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
Emotional and persuasive perception of fonts.
Posted: May 7, 2010 at 12:06 pm.
Apr 26
3:27 pm
Rejected Fortune Cover by Chris Ware
A satire in miniature on the structure of the global economy.
Posted: April 26, 2010 at 3:27 pm.
Apr 21
11:25 pm
Dec 22
7:23 am
Nov 24
5:29 pm
Sep 7
11:36 am
Satire fail from The Onion Store: “My friend went to Thailand and all I got was this lousy kidnapped prostitute.” The product description for this item reads “Prostitute not included.”
Human trafficking is funny? Really? Where is the punchline here?
Onion Store > My Friend Went to Thailand and All I Got Was This Lousy Prostitute - NEW!
Posted: September 7, 2009 at 11:36 am.
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