Have you ever seen the Lending Tree commercial where the loan officer goes into her boss at the bank to tell him what a great rate she just got on her home mortgage… through another company. He says, “But Joan, you work here.” To which she replies… “I know… awkward.” It’s one of my all [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Awkward
August 22, 2008
Revolving Door
August 21, 2008
Have you ever noticed how people on t.v. tend to just disappear before your very eyes. It’s a phenomonon I’ve noticed since I got into television 15 years ago. Reporters and anchors decide to move on, the station throws a party (sometimes), but no one ever bothers to clue the viewers in to the fact [...]
Tight Budget Times
August 9, 2008
Seldom does an afternoon news meeting pass at Channel 4… without someone making a crack about these “tight budget times”. We never use it on air, but It’s become the catchy cliché that precedes the rundown of all the stories we’re doing that day on what has become the most recent economic meltdown. It’s not [...]