Let’s make something very, very clear. Just because you can throw a football, or catch a football, or run with a football, does not mean that you are or are not a person of quality. The Pittsburgh Steelers had a quarterback for twenty years; and although he guided the Steelers to three Super Bowls and…
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I bet Karen Parker of Schenectady, New York wished she NEVER filmed that commercial …
You gotta love the YouTube algorithm. Thanks to it, I’ve had a bit of a deep dive into classic television commercials, including a series of ads for a 1980’s-era diet supplement. And in this commercial, several svelte, easy-on-the-eyes women offer their own personal testimonials about losing a lot of weight with a specific diet caramel…
Read MoreAll right, choose your weapons. Toilet plungers at 10 paces!
At one point in time,ESPN aired a series of competitive matches involving timber sports. Competitors were challenged with chainsawing logs, rolling logs in water with their feet, and everything short of singing “I’m a Lumberjack, and I’m Okay.” It was a fun little diversion, and I have to say that the program itself was quite…
Read MoreTwo more big wins for the Albany Patroons this week, now 3-0!
You never look past your opponents. I know that the Albany Patroons faithful have Thursday, March 13 on their calendars as “The Big Game,” when Albany faces the New York Phoenix in the “Route 5 Rivalry” game. But first, the Pats have to get past two other TBL opponents; a Friday night contest against the…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 8, 2025
Remember everyone, tomorrow begins Daylight Saving Time. So what does that mean? Well, you don’t have to reset your cell phone, that will happen automatically. Pull out your vehicle operations manual to change the clock on your car dashboard. And as for the clock on your microwave … leave it alone, it’ll be fine in…
Read MoreThe “I Am Canadian” commercial returns!
In 2000, prior to the Stanley Cup playoffs that year, Molson Beer produced this one-minute commercial, in which a man named “Joe” – actually Canadian comedian Jeff Douglas – extols the virtues of life in the Great White North. No, it’s not all Dudley Do-Right and Bob & Doug McKenzie and people spelling Canada as…
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Redscale Shooting in the Pentacon Six TL
After I had it tuned and cleaned and buffed and waxed by my camera tech Allan at CameraWorks in Waterford, my new-to-me Pentacon Six TL – which at this moment does NOT have a nickname – is ready for its first roll of post-tune-up film. And for this test run, I’ve packed a spool of…
Read More“Sweet Purge” – a digital short about the crisis of eating disorders
About a dozen years ago, I worked with Tabatha Beshears on the Bottle Service webseries. But while Bottle Service never saw the light of day … Tabatha went on to create some other videos and media projects. Including this extremely important digital short called “Sweet Purge.” And I will preface this with a trigger warning…
Read MoreWhen It Played in Albany: March 5, 1981
There’s a specific reason why I picked this date. There’s a reason why I’m traveling back 44 years in time. But we’ll get to that in a moment. On occasion, I’ll pick a specific date in Albany’s history, and then I’ll find out what movies were playing at the local theaters and drive-ins on that…
Read MoreAnd Hamilton College returns to the NCAA Championships!! (2025 Edition)
Back when I was a student at Hamilton College in the early 1980’s, we were part of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), and although we were a powerhouse in men’s basketball, we were prohibited from participating in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Why? Well, back then, NESCAC forbade its college members from…
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