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Cereal is a man’s food – no women allowed

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 3, 2013

A good bowl of cereal and Saturday morning cartoons were a rite of passage for many growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. Today’s kids don’t know what quality kids-oriented TV programming was, since everything now has to be sanitized to ensure that nothing is directly marketed towards kids.

Remember McDonaldland and all the fun characters that Ronald McDonald used to hang out with? Don’t see them much on TV anymore, do you? It’s a surprise that they still show up at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, considering the promotional aspect of having a clown as your spokesman.

Cap'n Crunch Cap’n Crunch

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The real names of fictional characters

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 18, 2013

As you get closer to the birth of your new baby, you may start to wonder whether you should stick with a name from one of those baby books, or whether you should go off the beaten path and name your child after, let’s say, your favorite character.

Some people have done this successfully, such as Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller who (with his wife’s blessing, we assume) decided to name his daughter Moxie Crimefighter. Who can’t say that a crimefighter isn’t a favorite character somewhere along the way?

But let’s say that you have more personal favorites from the world of books, games, food products, or other marketing. Why wouldn’t you want to name your child after one of those characters… if ONLY YOU KNEW WHAT THEIR REAL NAMES WERE?!?!?

Poppin' Fresh - the Pillsbury Doughboy
Poppin’ Fresh – the Pillsbury Doughboy

Tags baby names, business, food, marketing, Monopoly, Party Talk, Penn & Teller, Pixar, TV, Video

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The definitive guide to The Sopranos final episode (“Did Tony Die?”)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 23, 2013

THE SOPRANOS was, as everyone who’s seen the show has said, a milestone in television history. There are very few television series that can get that amount of water cooler talk going these days, although some have tried (*cough* The Red Wedding *cough*).

But with The Sopranos, it really did hit its peak with the final episode, which is widely considered THE BEST FINAL TV EPISODE EVER, even though Entertainment Weekly said it was only worth the #10 spot on their list. Go figure.

Sopranos: The Book: The Complete Collector’s Edition

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How much does it cost to book a band?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 10, 2013

A while back, Web Watch told you HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO BOOK THE DAN BAND, as seen in The Hangover. Or, if you really want to relive the entire HANGOVER movie trilogy, Web Watch mentioned how much it would cost you to BOOK ZACK GALIFIANAKIS or KEN JEONG.

But maybe, just maybe – you’re a bit more sophisticated than that.

Maybe you have $20,000 burning a hole in your pocket and you don’t know what to do with it.

Tags 10 Things, business, Celebrity, How To, Miley Cyrus, Movies, Music, star wars, TV, website

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Who is that hot ad girl?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 3, 2013

So you know how you’re sitting around, watching TV, and you see a commercial come on that has that really hot chick in it?

Doesn’t it make you wonder, sometimes, just who the hell that girl is?

Tags advertising, Blog, commercials, How To, TV

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Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Oscars

Post author By web gangsta
Post date February 22, 2013

The Academy Awards are an interesting concept.

It’s not unusual for participants in an individual industry to receive awards for outstanding work in their respective fields. Web Watch is no stranger to this, having received a few well-deserved (if we do say so ourselves) awards ourselves over the years.

But the Academy Awards – the Oscars – and its brethren the Emmys, Tonys, and to a lesser extent the Grammys – that EGOT quad-award — are as unique an award presentation as any.

Not because there is such a thing as recognition of an acting job done better than others, but it’s the sheer over-the-top spectacle of a single industry celebrating the “art of making movies” (or TV shows, or Broadway productions, or music) where they believe that the entire world wants to see them present each other with awards for being able to cry convincingly on camera under a set of hot lights.

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Year in Review: 2012’s most popular Web Watch articles and searches

Post author By web gangsta
Post date January 1, 2013

Thanks to all of you who took the time to visit WEB WATCH in 2012.

For those of you who weren’t able to read Web Watch every day, here’s a quick look at what everyone took a look at while they were here.

Tags 10 Things, clowns, Disney, Disney Princess, food, football, How To, Internet, Jeff Probst, justin bieber, Music, playboy, reality tv, recipe, sports, survey, survivor, TV, website, youtube

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The Stupidest Game Show Answers, Ever

Post author By web gangsta
Post date December 29, 2012

Game shows can run the gamut from educational (Jeopardy) to family challenge (Wheel of Fortune) to just plain silly (Double Dare).

And game shows have led to a number of common catchphrases that we still use today in other aspects of life:

Come on down!
X gets the square!
Big money, no whammies!
In the butt, Bob

Yet while we’re sitting at home watching and playing along with the contestants who are competing under-pressure, we KNOW that we always get the answers correct.

But under the pressure of the TV cameras, sometimes the contestants on the shows just get things a bit wrong.

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