In the spirit of today’s theme–namely, that corporate America is all about getting the customers to do the work for you–let’s turn it over the mic to commenter C. Brown: James, how much tv do you watch in a day? I’m just curious is all. Because I think my job is just so tremendously fascinating, [...]

Of all the things David Letterman has given us–the Top Ten list, Stupid Pet Tricks, the Alka-Seltzer suit–maybe the most influential is the mainstreaming of absurdist humor. Back when Letterman was working as a local weatherman in Indiana, it was a truly weird thing for a weathercaster to talk about “hailstones the size of canned [...]

Speaking of Super Bowl ads, a few days ago in a post about big advertisers sitting the game out, a reader commented that the commercials have been less effective because the games are less interesting: Coaches challenges suck the life right out of a series. Players can’t celebrate naturally whenever they make a good play [...]