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Best in Blogs: Super Bowl Action Recap - Tweets, Ads & More

The fans have gone home, the refs have put their whistles in their pockets, and Danica Patrick has finished getting dressed, but the Super Bowl XLIV postgame carries on. The most talked-about commercial during the game was a Chrysler spot with surprise narrator Clint Eastwood. It was about how industry in Detroit has begun recovering, and it had the tagline "Halftime in America," suggesting the best is yet to come after these commercial messages. Now "the left and right are having their fun goofing on it" reports THR. Rush Limbaugh's writing staff decided "halftime" sounded too much like a suggestion that Obama needs a second term, so they got a Clint voice-impersonator to do a parody that said "It's halftime in America ... People are out of work and they're hurting. And they're all wondering what Obama's gonna do to them next." Another parody from the Second City Network "appears to be a subtle attack on GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney." (The original and parodies are gathered here). According to Politico, Limbaugh claimed Eastwood "got scammed" into doing the ad.

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February 10, 2012 No Comments

Technology

Best in Blogs: Facebook IPO - Groundhog Day for the Internet Bubble?

The rumors are true. Before Watchmen is a "great movie." LOL - actually, what we meant to say was: Facebook is going public! "The day that technology watchers have salivated over for more than a year finally arrived on Wednesday," says The Wrap. "The wait is over: Facebook has just filed for its IPO," says TechCrunch. "Facebook is looking to raise $5 billion - and will mint hundreds (perhaps even thousands) of employees as millionaires in the process." Get ready for a crazy high-tech ride in 2012. Hang on to your hats and your personal data. "This is being viewed as the much-awaited catalyst for the technology industry and is expected to set off a flurry of activity," writes the guy who writes GigaOM. "I have been here long enough to cover the IPOs of both Netscape and Google," he brags, "and on both occasions, the tailgate effect was enough to pull even the clunkers (read: marginal startups) to the proverbial finish line." (The only question now is: dude, what's the "proverbial finish line?" Insolvency?)

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February 2, 2012 No Comments