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Video of Reporter Injured While Covering Manhole Power Problems in New Jersey

Check out the footage of a reporter getting injured while covering a power problems in New Jersey, and exploding man holes. The surly YouTubers didn’t think it was as funny as me. I laughed out-loud. But then… I need a stupid pill.

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Smirnoff’s “Tea Partay” Music Video

This is pretty funny. It’s Smirnoff’s viral ad featuring rich Northeastern guys rapping… in top siders and circa 1980 preppy clothes. Again- subtle with the branding so it will probably get viralicized. But not pretending to NOT be an ad. Good balance. Tea Partay by Prep-Unit Raw Tea Records Director: Julien Christian Lutz

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Google, Ads and Distribution! “No One’s Ever Done This Before.”

Another online video article by WSJ: “Google to Distribute MTV Clips: Deal for Ad-Backed Videos Could Bolster Revenue, Broaden Viacom’s Reach” by Matthew Karnitschnig. How’d you like to have that last name and have to spell it to people 4 times in a row every single day? The Highlights Google will distribute video programming from…

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Al Gore’s Penguin? You Have a Right to Manipulate Me. As Long as You Tell Me You Are.

One of my wife’s tabloids featured an ad for Vitamin Water featuring American Idol star Kelly Clarkson (I guess she lost enough weight that the campaign is live). The ad is made to look like the cover of the tabloid and uses its masthead. Since it appears upsidedown and is marketed by tiny 10-point type…

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America Online Spoof Video: “AOL Privacy Cam”

This is the video I did last night to spoof the recent news that AOL released private data from 650,000 of its customers. I was getting the shakes last night because I hadn’t made a video in about a week (new job). So I cranked this out after reading a TechCrunch article about this AOL…