April 14, 2009 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

Seeing spots

By Earl
April 14, 2009
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Just for fun, a couple of the interstitial spots that I worked into the looping DVD display shown lasy weekend at OEGE.

theLogBook.com 20th Anniversary Spot
Phosphor Dot Fossils Brown Box Spot

They drag on a little bit longer than you’d expect a normal TV spot to, but they’re kinda there to grab the eye without vanishing the next time that eye blinks. Given that not many DVDs wound up selling, maybe they didn’t do what I wanted them to.

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Television & Movies

Review: Red Dwarf – Back To Earth

By Earl
April 14, 2009
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Carbug! This review contains major spoilers for the just-aired-in-the-UK Red Dwarf three-parter Back To Earth which are unsuitable for folks who haven’t seen the show yet and people of a nervous disposition.

You have been warned. … Read more

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