King Kong vs. Godzilla vs. Thor vs. Balder vs. Hogan vs. Freyja vs. Predator vs. Aliens vs. Terminator vs. Marvel vs. Capcom vs. Bambi
Remember if you would prefer to listen to this while looking at viking pigs, we still have the official site over at hourofthunder.podomatic.com
This week we discuss: The most 4th of July style American film of all time.
Transformers: Dark of the moon, Farmville, The book of mormon, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Josh Gad, Norse Mythology, Emma Stone, Spider-man, The amazing Spider-man, Spider-man: Turn off the dark, Andrew Garfield, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Werner Herzog, Sleep No More, MacBeth, Orgy, Macbeth orgy, silent theater, theatre, Musicals, The Hulk, Fingers too big, The incredible hulk, cellphones, wearing a car as bib overalls, venture bros. Venture brothers, The Ultimate Warrior, WWE, WWF, World Wrestling, Hulk Hogan, Michael Bay, Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, The Rock, Transformers, Transformers: Dark of the moon, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
And Hogan brings us a new tech section where we discuss google plus, google +, google circles, facebook, farmville, and the SEC,
Here is an ad that the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema plays in front of their R rated movies to remind their patrons that it is rude to talk or text during movies.
The voicemail is actually real according to the Drafthouse.
Between this ad and the fucking gorgeous posters they commission to promote repertory screenings, I want to marry this fucking movie theater. Never before have I wanted to take a vacation just so I could go to a movie theater.
Below are some of my favorites of the many posters created specifically for the drafthouse:
Here is a "sizzle reel" for the upcoming Food Network reality competition show "Extreme Chef." A sizzle reel is apparently like a trailer, except much longer and based on this one more XTREME!
You don't need to watch the whole thing, in fact please don't watch all 3 minutes of this, but be sure to at least watch from 1:10 to 1:20, where two blond childern react to a chef with expressions that are Xtremely staged. This is then followed immediately by one of the Chef's wandering out of a random homeowner's pool for no discernible reason.
Note that the guy wandering soaking wet out of the pool is not addressed at all. That segment was about them having to barrow ingredients from the neighbors, did this neighbor store all of his produce at the bottom of his pool for some reason? Maybe there was a fridge at the bottom of his pool?
In conclusion, all reality shows should involve the host exclaiming "Go milk your cows!" with the same bravado that Russel Crowe said, "At my signal, unleash hell!" at the beginning of Gladiator.
Ken Hitchcock was the coach of the Philadelphia Flyers from 2002 until eight games into the 2006-2007 season, when his ass was fired.*
Approximately thirty seconds before he was fired, this ad started airing late nights on some of the shittier basic cable channels in Philadelphia:
I was at school there at the time and even before Hitchcock got fired, I thought this was the greatest ad ever.
Its not as funny in the youtube version as it was on T.V., since it is grainy and hard to see, but watch the ad again and look at the expression and body language of the jeweler to Hitchcock's left at the begining of the ad, and that same man when he is standing in the center behind Hitchcock at the end of the ad.
That man is the most awkward man alive.
Sir, I understand that you clearly were nervous about being on camera, and I find it endearing and sympathetic that you chose to deal with this fear by standing rigid while displaying a closed mouth smile that doesn't look like something a human mouth should be capable of, but that still doesn't mean I don't find you hilarious.
Seriously, this guy looks like he was drawn by Chuck Jones for Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stood Around Looking Awkward As Fuck.
Footnote(s):
*For the record, I am not a Flyers fan, but am a fan of Ken Hitchcock, he was one of the folks who got the NHL to start doing 4 on 4 overtime. (He actually did a camp which experimented with 3 on 3 overtime, which I think they should add to the NHL this year, it makes more sense then going to a goddamned shootout.)
I like Hitchcock because he seems like a consistent, hardworking coach who has been used as the scapegoat and fired from 3 different underperforming teams. (Stars, Flyers, Blue Jackets. Yes he was fired from the fucking Blue Jackets, despite them being one of the worst teams in the league and Hitchcock somehow coaching them to their only playoff appearance ever in his short tenure there.)
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is: The Flyers will always be my cartoon villains in hockey.**
This footnote is about to be longer than the body of blog entry, and is not at all advertising related. So I will end it with my proposal for a hockey related Dentyne ad:
This is also my attempt to do something non-idiotic with the new Dentyne slogan "practice safe breath" which is a cute slogan but has been used only in painfully obvious ways in commercials so far. Like this gem:
It is funny, you see, because it is like he is looking for condoms. Exactly like he is looking for condoms, without any jokes in it. Just a condom search played out but with a different item in mind. Jesus Christ, someone actually got paid to write this idea down. I assume the whole script for this was a piece of toilet paper with the phrase: "This Gum is like condoms!" Sharpied onto it.
Dentyne, if you are gonna have a slogan equating gum to sex, a good start would probably be to put something even mildly sexy in your ads. Here's my idea:
Dentyne
Even during a riot it pays to practice safe breath
In terms of why I dislike the Flyers, no reason having to do with the current roster, they just are rivals of the Penguins, Capitals, and Devils, all of whom are teams I root for. In my defense, its not just I who think of Flyers as perennial assholes. The Flyers were such dicks in the 70's that the uniforms for the team full of convicted felons Paul Newman plays against at the end of Slap Shot were designed to look like the Flyers uniforms. (See Exhibit A, below).
The team from Slap Shot (left) was called the Syracuse Bull Dogs. And based on this photo they apparently had Rocco from The Boondock Saints on their team.
Rocco seems very perturbed by this accusation. Or perhaps his expression is based on him having a precognitive revelation about what an incredible piece of shit Boodock Saints II: All Saint Day would turn out to be.
We made it to 20 podcasts! And they said we couldn't count*
Thor's Hour of Thunder: Episode 20: The Podcast Walks Among Us
The south of france, 20 podcasts, Champange, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, University of Illinois Hockey Team, Kerry Stinson, John Scully, Jess Hoffman, Bear Suits are funny, Bears as Well, Christopher Walken, Saturday Night Live, The Continental, CAFTA, the treaty of versailles, The official Sports team of the podcast, Univesity of Illinois's Hockey Team is the official sports team of Thor's Hour Of Thunder. Doctor Scully, Journey Into Mystery, Dr. Scully, Walking Stick, Dana Scully, Tampa Bay Lightening, Peeing Fire, Computers on Fire, Ke$ha, Valhalla, Valhalla New York, New York State, LMFAO, Yes, Party Rock, Party Rock Anthem, Super Nintendo, 80's arcade games, Foo your penis is clean, Glenn Beck, Coupling, BBC, NBC, Friends, Steven Moffat, Watershed, Fuck, Cash 4 Gold, Cash for Gold, ragnarok, sean bean, first aid kit, first-aid kit, April Summers, GoldenEye, Game of Thrones, Smoking, Playboy, Sean Bean Stabbed, Stabbed, GIECO, car insurance, Rush Limbaugh, Breath Right nasal strips, Michael Moore, Fox News, NPR, Superman, Superman Returns, Kryptonite, Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Sam Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Lex Luthor, The Joker, Batman, Joker, Heath Ledger, Vancouver Canucks, X-Files, Fox Mulder, Die Another Day, Diamonds are Forever, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, James Bond, django unchained, ulysses s grant, Bryan Singer, Robert E Lee, Kill Switch, X-Files Epsiode Kill Switch, The Lone Gunman, Do they speak English in What. Say What again, Did I break your concentration?, Willy Wonka, WIlly Wonka and the chocolate factory, John Travolta, gene wilder, Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, Peter Ostrum, Charlie Bucket, Jack Albertson,, Grandpa Joe, Julie Dawn Cole, Veruca Salt, Paris Themmen, Mike Teevee, Denise, Nickerson, Violet Beauregarde, Michael Bollner, Augustus Gloop, Diana Sowle, Mrs. Bucket, Dodo Denney, Mrs. Teevee, Leonard Stone, Mr. Sam Beauregarde, Roy Kinnear, Mr. Henry Salt, Arthur Slugworth, Günter Meisner.
Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Vinnie Vega, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tom Jane, Quantas, Scientology, Tom Cruise, The Punisher, Bengal tiger at baghdad zoo, Sideshow, Barker, Step right up, Times Square, Robin Williams, Chico and the man, Freddy Prince, Freddy Prince Senior, Freddy Prince Junior, boys from brazil
Footnote(s)
*Yes, I stole the "And they said we couldn't count" joke from the slogan Maxim's 1000th issue.
I know I am about a year and a half behind on this, but LMFAO, are a pretty fucking awesome band. The 10 minute music video for "Yes" makes me very happy. Watch this right now, if you haven't: (sorry about the commercial in front of it. LMFAO's just trying to feed their robot families*)
The way RedFoo dances in this, and particularly the way he throws his curling broom after his verse, makes me so damn happy.
I don't think I mentioned this yet: THIS GODDAMNED MUSIC VIDEO IS ABOUT CURLING.
This proves my theory:
CURLING IS AWESOME.
Anyway. If you already watched this music video. Watch it again.
YES.
Footnote(s):
*Yes, just like the frenchman from "EuroTrip" was. I possibly use that quote more often anything ever.
Piping cold is a cute slogan. This ad does a good job of making me want frozen hot chocolate.
Its simple, but effective, proof that ads don't have to be hugley complex or mind blowing to be good. They just need to make me want the product while being clever enough that the consumer remembers it.
Look at the subway 5 dollar footlongs song. They probably spent downwards of 7 minutes wrtiing that whole song, and it was a huge success. The slogan is now being used for something like the 4th year in a row.
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