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Show us your pearly recesses

After chewing on tooth whitening gum for about three minutes one soon realizes that they are pretty much just whitening their back four molars.

Posted by Aaron R. Deutsch on February 22, 2005 | Comments (0)

Made You Look...

Sure it's tabloid television, so one could say that all bets are off, but here is the formula for Entertainment Tonight: Fill the show with "when we come back" hooks that are outright lies to inflate their advertising viewership. For example, just a week ago the show featured a spot on Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child. They showed shots of her in a wedding gown with the teaser "Did Kelly Rowloand get stood up?" (at the altar).

No, silly -- if you just watch through these nice commercials you'll see that the wedding dress was for a photo shoot for Bride magazine long before her wedding, but that the wedding itself had been put on hold. What a relief!

Posted by Aaron R. Deutsch on February 21, 2005 | Comments (0)

Belated Seasons Greetings from Flatbush

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Though late (as always, it seems), 2004's Greeting Card is uniquely Brooklyn. You can see the following 'hood necessities in this photograph (taken a block from the Haus Interactive offices:

• "Flatbush Ave" - Flatbush Avenue runs pretty much the length of the entire borough
• "Entry Level" SUV (Cadillacs are the #1 choice at this time)
• City Bus with badass American flag (the subways now all have these as well)
• "Dollar Van" (Blur in front of city bus -- Dollar vanes are like taxis, except that they are $1.50 and run up and down Flatbush. They are driven by maniacal maniacs)
• Unmarked police car
• Ambulance
• Brownstone Buildings

Other observations one might make while strolling down this famed stretch might include:

• A regular (alternating) patrol of Police and thugs
• Pirated DVDs and CDs for sale on blankets on the sidewalk (for a limited time only!)
• Baby Mammas with strollers
• Fried Chicken shacks every 1.5 blocks
• Junk, trash, furniture and dog droppings on sidewalk

Happy Holidays!

Posted by Aaron R. Deutsch on February 02, 2005 | Comments (0)