Oh Snap, guess what I saw

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I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

I’ll decide to laugh. After all, it is Biz taking care of biz.

But to keep the smile I’ll always remember this one:

Of two minds on Sesame Street

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I look at this classic Sesame Street clip and I’m of two minds:

1. It’s kind of a shame that (my) kids can’t sing this song (or act like the baker falling down the stairs as I used to); at the same time,
2. maybe Yo Gabba Gabba isn’t so off-base after all.

Move over, Wayne Brady

Move over, Wayne Brady, there’s a new candidate for “Whitest Black Man in America.”

It’s Shout from The Fresh Beat Band.

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(On a You Tube note, I was surprised by the lack of quality of uploaded Fresh Beat Band videos …)

Know this guy?

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Here’s this cutesy-wootsey AT&T commercial about a little girl and her lost dog and how technology comes in and saves the day.

Recognize anyone? For the majority of the population, probably not. The big guy at the end is former UNC All-American Tyler Hansbrough. Does anyone else find this a little weird?

In effect, it seems, the ad tells us that tall people find dogs better with their phones than others? I’m finding it a little hard to reconcile the sports athlete with the dog finder. I know I’m overanalyzing, but there’s something there that I can’t quite put my finger on.

I think it’s interesting that the first sponsorship available to this guy is a telephone campaign. You’d think that most athletes would get a shoe or sports clothing or sports drink or something like that. But Tyler Hansbrough gets a national phone commercial.

What does this mean? Not sure, but if most people don’t connect the guy giving the dog back as some famous basketball player, was it worth AT&T’s money? And if people don’t make the connection here, would they make the connection with other products?

It seems Hansbrough’s handlers would have tied him with something that would guarantee a connection and success. With this, though, it seems to have the potential to lessen his spokesman prospects in the future.

Of course, if he goes on to make his mark in professional basketball, it’s all a moot point.

Farley, Spade commercial: Who benefits?

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Heard three radio shows talk about this commercial today, so you may already be tired of it.

The words “creepy” and “bad taste” and “so what” have been bandied around.

I’m not sure what I think. On the one hand, the part where Spade is talking to the camera (“I’m here with Tons-of-Fun …”) with the Farley body double dancing in the foreground seems a little tilts it to the creepy factor.

On the other hand, ending with “Never gets old” seems to redeem it a bit.

Either way, I do know one thing: Direct TV is LOVING this … (By the way, that’s the answer to the question asked in the title, in case it was too subtle.)

You Tube note: there may be clearer versions of this online, but this one was posted by welcometofarleyville.blogspot.com, so I thought it was appropriate to use it.