All right, all right. I apologize. The last pop quiz about music videos stuck in between television programs (what some people insist on calling “commercials”) apparently disappointed some people who expected the question to deal with the product, rather than the lyrics themselves. Still, there are plenty of golden oldie pop singles—okay, “jingles”—whichContinue reading “REVENGE OF THE JINGLER”
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Right Back After These Melodies
A while back, we spoke of the sitcoms which have been neglected in narratives on television history because they lasted a minute or less and were called “commercials” or “ads”. Well, the folks in charge of television have, in their unending quest to keep us entertained, also pioneered the very short music video. Continue reading “Right Back After These Melodies”
Bygone Bywords
That blog about the sitcoms some people call “Commercials” generated some interest, and a couple of complaints. Some people expect quizzes about TV commercials to involve slogans or jingles, while other people complained I said next to nothing about the products involved. Well, we CAN do something about that. Of course, every productContinue reading “Bygone Bywords”
Neglected Sitcoms
Last week, we touched on some of the problems for me in assessing comedy of the middle of the twentieth century, as I have occasionally threatened to do in a series called “Is That Even Still Funny?” One problem was that there was so MUCH of it. Except when the news was on, andContinue reading “Neglected Sitcoms”
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