No worries, everyone - Scamper has all its parts in working order. Last night, we finally got together after a long holiday break and played some rock and roll in the cold, bug-ridden basement. And while the actual music was a little on the rusty side, I'm happy to report that we are arguing at an eighth grade level once again. In other words, everything is back to normal. All systems go for the TT's show tomorrow night. Get your tickets, pooh bears!
And now on to the funniest thing I read on the internet yesterday, this time courtesy of the AOL page that pops up when you log in to instant messenger. It has all sorts of news and entertainment stories to read. So yesterday, a picture of Tom Brady appears on my screen with the headline:
"Tom Brady: 3500+ yards and counting"
Fine for a sports story so far, until we reach the sub-headline:
"Is he some kind of robot? A sexy robot!"
This is an actual headline for a story about football and the playoffs. I just love it when marketing assholes try to play to different demographics. I can just see the meeting:
"Okay, we know that men are into sports. So a picture of Brady will rope them in. But how can we appeal to women? I know - talk about how sexy he is! Women are idiots! They couldn't possibly like football for anything other than Brady's sexy buns. Okay, and... BREAK!" (In my fantasy, the marketing people have all their meetings in huddles.)
More importantly, to me there's something inherently funny about putting the words "sexy" and "robot" together. Come to think of it, if you add pretty much any adjective to the word "robot," it becomes funny. Let's try a few:
"angry robot"
"creamy robot"
"Jewish robot"
I think I've found an airtight formula for comedy. Can anyone disprove me?
And now on to the funniest thing I read on the internet yesterday, this time courtesy of the AOL page that pops up when you log in to instant messenger. It has all sorts of news and entertainment stories to read. So yesterday, a picture of Tom Brady appears on my screen with the headline:
"Tom Brady: 3500+ yards and counting"
Fine for a sports story so far, until we reach the sub-headline:
"Is he some kind of robot? A sexy robot!"
This is an actual headline for a story about football and the playoffs. I just love it when marketing assholes try to play to different demographics. I can just see the meeting:
"Okay, we know that men are into sports. So a picture of Brady will rope them in. But how can we appeal to women? I know - talk about how sexy he is! Women are idiots! They couldn't possibly like football for anything other than Brady's sexy buns. Okay, and... BREAK!" (In my fantasy, the marketing people have all their meetings in huddles.)
More importantly, to me there's something inherently funny about putting the words "sexy" and "robot" together. Come to think of it, if you add pretty much any adjective to the word "robot," it becomes funny. Let's try a few:
"angry robot"
"creamy robot"
"Jewish robot"
I think I've found an airtight formula for comedy. Can anyone disprove me?
7 Comments:
'Indestructible white supremacist robot' isn't very funny. 'Broken robot', not funny.
"White supremacist robot" isn't funny? I think that's the funniest one so far.
In fact, I'd say the more horrible the qualifier, the funnier the robot. Example:
"Multiple Sclerosis-causing robot"
Coal-mining robot.
You don't think they're just taking advantage of the popularity of our sexy robot dance, do you?
I alway predicted 2006 would be the year robots would take over.I just didn't think they'd be sexy.
Robots suck.
Nate and I once gave the following art direction to a graphic designer who was crafting our album cover:
"The mood should evoke creamsicles and robots."
Matt Yu, thanks for making our vision a reality.
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