Posts Tagged ‘turn of the century’

Let The Madden Curse Reign Supreme

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Just prior to the turn of the century, John Madden, the former Oakland Raiders coach and jolly, fat man analyst plastered his own rounded features on to the cover of his product. Perhaps marketers felt an NFL athlete’s star power sold more copies than Madden’s portrait ever could. Beside, if you look at Madden, he’s [...]

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BumBot To Move To Hollywood?

Friday, April 25th, 2008

All it needs is a tophat, monocle, and bulletproof coating. Then this would be the perfect crime fighting weapon. Maybe a snooty turn-of-the-century cockney accent. God, his bar is really called “O’terrills”? He loses points for that. Cockney’s not snooty, it’s actually “low-brow”. I think they used the term Cockney because Whitechapelbonics was too long. [...]

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