With the posts I’ve done in the past showcasing some of the more egregious television advertisements out there, I thought it only fitting to follow them up with a post highlighting some of the more prodigious commercials in recent history. Instead of my usual routine, in which I go into great detail about exactly why… [Read more…]
In a continuing effort to better the television industry, I submit to you, the internet, four terrible commercials and detailed breakdowns of what makes them so bad. My hope is that advertisers can avoid amateur mistakes like these in the future, which some may interpret as being rather insulting to their audience. These ‘contributions’ are… [Read more…]
Proper Television aired the Season 07 premiere of Canada’s Worst Driver on the Discover Channel earlier this week, and being my first time watching the program, I am honestly surprised the show has made it this long. I’m not talking about the quality or entertainment value of the show. I’m talking about a much more… [Read more…]
As I write this, Somalia is facing a famine. Aside from the obvious, I’ll come around to why I think that’s an important point. But first, let’s take a brief moment to actually think about what a famine is. When it comes to food scarcity, the United Nations and many aid groups use a classification… [Read more…]
May 25, 2012
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