“Canadians Tired”
Shortly after Canada votes Paul Martin’s Liberals to the sidelines in the wake of their AdScam fiasco; the Canadian Tire Corporation quickly trashes its long running, and equally annoying Canadian Tire Neighbour Guy ads campaign.
Tag Archive: Awards
Jan 01
Movie of the Year 2006
A relatively unadvertised documentary that is “electrifying” and a must see story that will “shock” you (not because you did not already hear enough rumours to relegate the story to, at worst, mass paranoia and, at best, urban myth but) because you have never seen the facts through, any of the fair and balanced media outlets that we have come to rely on for the “reality” that surrounds us. Who new the cars actually existed, looked like any other car (and not the flimsy solar energy death traps we regularly see in most alternative energy news bites) and were sharing the streets (from 1998 to 2003) with your average gas guzzling variety (until they were repossessed at the end of their leases and summarily crushed by the automakers). This is a must see for everyone, in spite of the fact that I guarantee you will not like what you see.
Runner Up: “Happy Feet” – an animated family story with a message that both entertains and touches young and old alike – “dare to be different or nothing will change and bad things happen to those who can’t change.”
Honourable Mention: “Click” – a (reverse engineered, special effects version of the “It’s a Wonderful Life” theme) comedy about a man who uses a universal remote control from God to mute, fast forward and otherwise get what he wants from life without paying much attention to the details; also “Snakes on a Plane” for pure mindless entertainment that appeals to all the senses; and “Lucky Number Slevin” an action mystery with enough character twists to keep everyone guessing.
Jan 01
Book of the Year 2006
I haven’t written it yet.
Worst book of the year century millennium EVER!!! Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini order a hit on its author? Was it to save the unsuspecting reader from hurting their heads trying to read such crap? Or maybe it was a subliminal act of psycho-terrorism designed to entice people to purchase a book that is pure torture to read. Whatever the reasons, BEWARE! Do not go there!!!!!
Jan 01
Song of the Year 2006
“Steady as She Goes” by The Raconteurs.
Honorable Mention:
“You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt
“Keep Holding On” by Avril Lavigne
“Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol
Jan 01
Joke of the Year 2006
News agencies.
If it bleeds it leads and the rest is strictly entertainment. The National Inquirer frets as World News agencies, including the venerable Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, trip all over themselves to include the drunk driving escapades of Mel Gibson and then Paris Hilton in their international news reports. I realize that I should be thankful and pass this off under the heading of “No news is good news” but…?
Jan 01
Commercial Blooper of the Year 2006
Ford Motor Co.
What’s the message being imparted – subliminal or otherwise – when a quasi bobble-head guy and girl with dumb empty-headed looks are driving some brand of trendy new car (Hey stupid! Buy this and you too can drive like a bobble-head)?
Jan 01
Statistic of the Year 2006
Canada spends $62,588,441 removing 15,000 Lebanese with dual Canadian citizenship from Lebanon. Months later as many as 7000 return to Lebanon.
Jan 01
Revelation of the Year 2006
Google records your computer’s IP address, tracks all of the internet sites you visit and keeps this information until 2038 (much longer than other web browsers). Google has also pioneered a mechanism in its free Gmail service whereby they can scan your email, understand its content and provide contextual advertisements based on what you have written.
Honorable Mention: Scientists claim that the routine use of acetaminophen (e.g. Tylenol) is a leading cause of liver damage. Kind of makes your head ache, doesn’t it?
Jan 01
My “Most Boobs on an Award Show” (or “What is it about Booze and Nova Scotia”) award goes to… the Juno Awards held in Halifax Nova Scotia.
Although the 2006 Juno Awards master of ceremonies, Pamela Anderson thought the boos were actually a quaint Nova Scotian method of ordering drinks (and/or expressing awe for her perfect set of… airbags), the press swallowed the Music Industry’s line that the rolling catcalls were directed at Pamela Sue’s anti-seal hunt comments from the previous night. Nova Scotian, insiders who incidentally love their booze and prefer boobs to seal hunters (regardless of what the same sexers say) are aghast that no-one could understand (or admit) that they were actually expressing their contempt for the music that was being served up as being worth mention let alone an award).
Related Story: In an attempt to sway public opinion to the musician’s side, Sir Paul McCartney took his wife out on the ice for a photo-op that turned sour when she was attacked by a baby seal. Greenpeace apologists say the cute animal probably mistook her wooden leg for a club. Later in the year, Heather would say “I don’t need this or you anymore” thus sealing Paul’s fate in divorce court (and answering his musical question, “will you still need me, will your still feed me when I’m 64”).
Jan 01
My Too Stupid to Evolve award goes to… Google (and most any other web browser) users.
Especially stupid are the Google users who have issues with telemarketers and/or how much information their governments have on them. See my Revelation of the Year.