Sometimes I think it is important to provide comic relief, especially during very serious situations. One example which comes to my mind is a hilarious Saturday Night Live sketch I saw which aired during the 2008 Election. President Obama makes a guest appearance and actually pokes fun at himself by wearing a Barack Obama mask (if you search hard enough, you can find it online).
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Mister Splashy Pants Prevails!
I thought that last week's TedTalks video was really entertaining as well as very informative. I think that it is great that by hosting a public online voting poll, Greenpeace was able to get people involved in their whale-saving campaign, and most importantly, they were able to get people excited about their cause. People were so eager to have the name "Mister Splashy Pants" win that they advertised and really fought for it. It is always cool to see people get so passionate about something, even if it may seem a bit silly at first. In the end, so much hype was generated around the silly name and it won! Most importantly, Japan called off their whale-hunting. This is proof that sometimes it does pay to take yourself less seriously and have a little fun.
Sometimes I think it is important to provide comic relief, especially during very serious situations. One example which comes to my mind is a hilarious Saturday Night Live sketch I saw which aired during the 2008 Election. President Obama makes a guest appearance and actually pokes fun at himself by wearing a Barack Obama mask (if you search hard enough, you can find it online).
Anyways, below is a video of our First Lady and president showing off their sweet dance moves!
Sometimes I think it is important to provide comic relief, especially during very serious situations. One example which comes to my mind is a hilarious Saturday Night Live sketch I saw which aired during the 2008 Election. President Obama makes a guest appearance and actually pokes fun at himself by wearing a Barack Obama mask (if you search hard enough, you can find it online).
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That TED video actually made me think of an instance where that kind of voting completely backfired. I believe that sometime last year, NASA started a vote to choose a name for a new piece of the International Space Station. The choices were four or five names they came up on their own (something like Horizon and Destiny), but then also included a "fill-in-the-blank" option.
ReplyDeleteWell, Stephen Colbert latched onto this and started encouraging people, through his TV show, to write in "Stephen Colbert." So they did, and he won. But then NASA rebuked it and went with the second highest voted name because they "couldn't name it after a living person." Instead, they named the space station's new treadmill after him.
Hey Captain Clark, your example for Stephen Colbert and NASA was great! I had no idea he did that but I can totally picture him doing something like that on his show... he is hilarious! Too bad they didn't actually use the winning name, though! That would have been really funny! :D
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