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Sea Salt in Wound
I’ve become rather adept at viewing TV shows that I’ve recorded on the DVR. I’ll zip through commercials at the two-little-triangles speed, or if I’m in a big hurry, three little triangles. So it’s all the more impressive when an advertisement catches my eye, forcing me to be kind (to sponsors), rewind, and watch at […]
Salt Not in Wounds
We’ve had a bit of snow and ice here in the Northeast of late, so there’s a container of rock salt inside my apartment building. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised that the manufacturer was the Morton company. What with their association with salt and all. I looked at the label and thought, “Oh, […]
This Guy Can’t Win
It’s bad enough that he’s the long-suffering, inferior-product-offering cable guy in the Verizon FIOS commercials…. But now, apparently, he’s dropping a pancake on the kitchen floor in an Egg McMuffin ad. Sigh.
Even Though TVGuide.com Suggested This Book to Me While I Was Browsing NBC’s Thursday Night Lineup….
…I’m fairly certain that Tina Fey didn’t have anything to do with it.
Who Are You, Third Guy on the Pineapple Express Poster?
You’re not Seth Rogen. You’re not James Franco. You’re not Jason Statham, I know that. So, who are you? Oh, it’s a rhetorical question. I could go to the official website and learn your identity. I could read the credits on the poster and see three additional names and figure it out by process of […]
Team Silbert
I like Facebook. I still heavily rely on MySpace to follow my favorite bands. But for my overall social-networking and time-wasting needs, I’ve appreciated Facebook’s much cleaner look and smarter, less sleazy feel. Still, Web sites need to make money. Facebook has tried to stay innovative with social ads (“your friend is a fan of […]
Portmanteau, Part Deux
We love our portmanteau words here at Salt in Wound. But with great power comes great responsibility. So I believe we must also serve as Portmanteau Police, seeking out infractions of the form. Case in point: A radio commercial for the Subaru Forester that I’m guessing is not airing in the greater Topanga area. The […]
I Am Allowed to Say "Super Bowl"
But advertisers aren’t. Unless they are somehow officially connected to the Super Bowl. Hence, this is just about my favorite week to pay attention to commercials and print ads. I just love all the euphemisms for Super Bowl. “The Big Game” is the most common. (“Stock up on soda and snacks for the Big Game!”) […]
Jack Silbert, curator