Seems Gill has been out doin’ stuff and wants to tell us about it. Hello this is Agent 21 with an assignment for all of you readers out there. Your assignment if you choose to take it is to have fun! How do you complete said mission? I guess I’ll have to tell you, won’t …
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That DollarsDirect Commercial. So Damn Catchy
And now, I give you Payday Joe, the catchiest commercial jingle since Dan’s Discount Windows and Doors. It’s been around a while, but I’ve noticed lately that it’s had a resurgence thanks in large part to the Fight Network which seems to have given DollarsDirect a sweetheart deal on approximately 3 trillion ad slots. Anyway, …
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Please Stop Sending Money To Televangelists. They’re Ripping You Off And Killing You
I don’t know anyone who’s been conned to a dangerous degree, but I have known people who watch, believe and may have even sent them money a time or two though I can’t prove that last one, only suspect it. Even so, I hope that if hell is a real place, that there’s an extra …
The CRTC Wants To Help You Find TV, Internet And Phone Service
Over the weekend I was talking to somebody who mentioned that she was thinking about getting TV at her house again, but didn’t want to go through Rogers or Bell for it. She asked what other options were available around here, at which point I realized that I basically had no idea. Then it hit …
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The Long Mystery of the Ontario.Ca/Healthcareoptions commercial has been solved.
For a long time, this cute little commercial would come on TV telling people where they could go for various health care needs. It certainly caught my attention, and I thought, “who could possibly think of turning something as boring as health care options into a musical? but they’re smart.” But there was one line …
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Not So Live From New York…
The other night I was home alone flipping channels when I happened upon quite the old episode of Saturday Night Live. As I sat there watching it, it struck me that I never did put up any sort of so long for Don Pardo. He died in the summer of 2014 right when things were …
Look At Me, Son. You’re On Crime Stoppers
This starts out as basically your run of the mill Crime Stoppers segment, but stick with it. There are theories that this is some kind of viral ad for Coke, but the Coke folk have denied it. And as far as I can tell, I believe them. I might feel differently if this guy had …
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Lumosity Isn’t Looking So Glowing Right Now
When I first saw those Lumosity commercials on TV, there was something about them that struck me as wrong, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Steve would laugh at me because I would see a Lumosity commercial and immediately start picking it apart. Just look at
CKCO History
Ever since I linked to the 60th anniversary CKCO TV videos back in 2014, we’ve had a good bit of search traffic landing here looking for more information about the station and its history. So to help those folks out since I’m hardly an encyclopedia on this stuff, I give you CKCO-History.com. The site is …
Your Telecom Provider Is Going To Have To Tell You Lots Of Things You Want To Know, Such As The True Cost Of That Promotion They’re Bugging You To Sign Up For
You know when you’re talking to your cable company or your phone company or your internet people and they’re all like “I’ve got a great offer for you. It’ll only cost you $15 per month for the first 3 months” and you’re all like “what’s it going to cost me after that” and they don’t …