Late Night Feud Story Revived By 60 Minutes Interview and White House Correspondents Dinner Dan Koelsch, May 3, 2010May 3, 2010 It seems this story never goes away. The NBC Late Night Feud that erupted in January made a big comeback this weekend. This year’s annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner had on Jay Leno as a guest speaker, and the President himself cracked some jokes about the situation. Also, 60 Minutes had Conan O’Brien’s first interview since the scandal. Check out both videos after the break. Watch CBS News Videos Online Both videos are getting a lot of views, and are quickly popping up on a lot of blogs as well as mainstream news sites. As a side note, in true Fox News Channel fashion, I saw a clip from one of their morning shows in which they claim Conan calls Leno “morally bankrupt.” As you can tell from the video above and the transcript at Deadline, he may imply it, but never says anything like that. Viral Marketing 60 MinutesConan O'BrienCorrespondents DinnerJay LenoNBCObamaViral videoWhite House
Zombieland goes Viral-ish August 10, 2009June 6, 2010Sony has released a video on YouTube for Zombieland, in which Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg (in character) give Zombieland Rule #15: Bowling Balls. Watch it below: Apparently there are 47 tips in all, so maybe we’ll see all 47? That would seem way excessive, so I’m guessing Sony will… Read More
Surviving The Economic Crisis… There’s An App For That February 18, 2010February 18, 2010One of my biggest problems with the work of Michael Moore, especially in his recent film, Capitalism: A Love Story, is that it often feels as if Moore is talking down to the audience. The experience for me of watching a film by Moore is akin to listening to someone… Read More
“Cedar Rapids” Viral Website Goes Live, BrownStar Insurance To Have Office At Sundance January 21, 2011Last week we told you about Fox Searchlight dabbling in some viral for their Ed Helms-starring comedy Cedar Rapids, which is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. I was a bit harsh in my assessment of the endeavor, and it looks like it wasn’t a one-off thing. Read More
When it came to Leno calling Conan and Conan saying no that Leno hadn’t called him since he went off air, yeah, I lost all respect for Leno. What little I had left anyways.