Episode 219: Hucklebug business – no show next week, the Shout-Outs Situation, shout-outs, happy Valentine’s Day and happy President’s Day, movies (Stennie: Toy Story 3, Somers Town), Pet Story, Public Service Announcement, ukulele, What’s Up With That? x2, Bet’s highlight, fuck offs and you rules.
Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by Sierra Rein and Frank Sinatra.
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You certainly can use your electronic kazoo with your computer. It’s no different than any microphone. What you need, though is an adapter for the 1/4 plug. (Can’t remember if they came with them.) Of course, I haven’t checked to see if it would interfere with Skype.
Hey ladies!!! Happy “Mr. Sackerson Weekend” to you, as well as the President’s Day Weekend.
Finally caught up with the Hucklebug episodes! Yay! I agree with your Elton John hate, save for some good musical numbers in Aida and The Lion King…he knows how to write a commercially catchy tune.
And I don’t have the artistic werewithal to draw Bet’s Google image, but imagine the word “Googlebug” in cursive “movie reel” font, with a comfy chair in one “o” and Milo’s face in another “o”. That’s my initial image for starts. Maybe write “fuck off” vertically in the “L” and encircle it with images of jars of puke. Too gross?
Now, it’s shameless plug time!!! Marquee Five CD Kicstarter campaign – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marqueefive/marquee-fives-debut-cd-8-track-throwback $25 gets you a CD, and more if you pledge more. Hope you can give me a good Hucklebug bump to your listeners. http://www.marqueefive.com for more info on our group.
My favorite part of the new, bump-less format? It says on the podcast description “Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by Sierra Rein and Frank Sinatra.” Boy I wish that were true, and that I’d still get top billing 😉
-Siskita
Hey ladies!!! Happy “Mr. Sackerson Weekend” to you, as well as the President’s Day Weekend.
Finally caught up with the Hucklebug episodes! Yay! I agree with your Elton John hate, save for some good musical numbers in Aida and The Lion King…he knows how to write a commercially catchy tune.
And I don’t have the artistic werewithal to draw Bet’s Google image, but imagine the word “Googlebug” in cursive “movie reel” font, with a comfy chair in one “o” and Milo’s face in another “o”. That’s my initial image for starts. Maybe write “fuck off” vertically in the “L” and encircle it with images of jars of puke. Too gross?
Now, it’s shameless plug time!!! Marquee Five CD Kicstarter campaign – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marqueefive/marquee-fives-debut-cd-8-track-throwback $25 gets you a CD, and more if you pledge more. Hope you can give me a good Hucklebug bump to your listeners. http://www.marqueefive.com for more info on our group.
My favorite part of the new, bump-less format? It says on the podcast description “Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by Sierra Rein and Frank Sinatra.” Boy I wish that were true, and that I’d still get top billing 😉
And I agree – any of those pre-packaged teddy bears or pajamas are horrible excuses for Valentine’s Day gifts. The best gifts are experiences – good food, a single flower to smell nice for a night, and loving company.
-Siskita
There is a song with all the states in it. I learned it in grade school. Unfortunately, I only remember the part that goes “Alabama, Arkansas”. I don’t suppose this is very useful.
OK – when you all started talking about the vagina spa, I believe you said something like “All you need is a stool.” Oh good lord. I just about spit my coffee out. I’m not sure I can handle talking about vaginas and stools in the same sentence. I did realize you were referring to the type of stool you sit on, but still… there was a coffee spitting moment (from laughter) for me on that one.
Stennie – the Darth Vader commercial is really awesome. I love the kid. Great mini movie…bad commercial. Loved the story, didn’t make me care about the product. I know its for a car, but honestly, I don’t even know what kind of car and we watched that commercial about 30 times. (My kids think it’s hilarious)
Michelle – Fifty Nifty United States Song – You have get almost a minute into the song before you get to the list of the state. I learned this in grade school and it has come in handy many times! 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb0eOmX7ZGw&feature=player_embedded
I’ll miss you next week!
Hey remember me? I am the multi-tasking crazed woman this week, I had three projects in a row, and Sunday (oscar party for the PFC) is the last one (for a while.)
after I catch up on my sleep (which I plan to do most of Monday morning) i will catch up on my listening…I miss you!!! (and I still have a present for you that is NOT yet, in the mail, but will be before the Ides of March.
but for now, I just wanted to send you both (all) some love and say hey….
MarlaMarlaMarla
Stennie, while your aversion to advertising is reasonable and well-founded, I think there are some times where an exception is worthwhile. The Darth Vader spot is such an instance, in part because it continues Volkswagen’s nearly 50-year-long tradition of creating iconic ads that transcend mere hucksterism and become part of the pop-culture zeitgeist.
What also impresses me about their ads is that they are executed so pitch-perfectly; they get away with exploiting cultural sacred cows that, if done badly, would invoke the ire of their audience. Think of the “Pink Moon” spot for the Cabriolet, and now this Darth Vader spot, which draws upon the holy of pop-culture holies–Star Wars. Talk about enormous potential for alienating your prospective market. But they pulled it off. One reason is that it’s not just about touting some feature or spec; they strive to to forge a powerful emotional connection between consumers and the brand. It helps that they’ve done their homework and know exactly whom they’re speaking to. They know what we value and will respond to.
Ostensibly, the mini-Vader ad was just a charming way of demonstrating VW’s remote-start feature. Big deal, lots of cars have those. But it goes beyond that by leveraging the emotional investment viewers have in the Star Wars mythology and the pleasure they take in passing it on to their kids. Even though they might not move a lot of Passats with that ad, they’ve still built their brand and made it valuable to people (except Lindy) who now associate the good feelings about that ad with Volkswagen.
Understand, I’m not an apologist for VW, per se. I’ve owned two ’70s-vintage Beetles and an early Jetta. They were by no means faultless cars. But I have to give them props for consistently producing effective ads that appeal to my heart and my head.