Tag Archives: humor

Was SyFy’s Sharknado really the big deal that Twitter made it out to be?

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

That would be a definite NO. Some of you may have noticed last week when the SyFy Channel showed the over-the-top silly original movie that Twitter absolutely exploded with talk about the movie.  Everyone from Lost/Prometheus/Star Trek scribe Damon Lindelof … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

What if a student pretended to have a Mexican accent for an entire semester of a speech class, and then revealed his real San Diego accent on the last day of class? What kind of stories spread the fastest on … Continue reading →

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Ch. 14 Link – Commentary Through Impersonation

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

You can learn more about Ian Murphy’s punking of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and about the Food Lion case here. SPJ scolds Buffalo Beast for call to Wisconsin governor Food Lion fraud award against ABC thrown out

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Link Ch. 14 – When is a headline offensive?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

There’s a heartwarming story that’s been up on the Interwebs this week about President Obama giving a speech on energy policy at St. George Community College.  Stephon, a deaf student had front-row seating for the event, got to shake the … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been so busy putting up links to go with the upcoming 4th edition to Mass Communication: Living in a Media World that I haven’t had time to question anything lately.  So here we go: Does Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander pay … Continue reading →

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Aliens on Ice!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it.  Aliens on Ice! (Yeah, an amateur ice show based on the James Cameron film….)  Thanks to Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing for this.  

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CTV Profiles Hark A Vagrant’s Kate Beaton

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

One of my favorite web comic’s is Kate Beaton’s Hark a Vagrant.  While many of the strips deal with Canadian history, Nancy Drew, Victorian literature, and Mystery Solving Teens also make frequent appearances. Her collection of comics has hit the … Continue reading →

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‘Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince’ as a Comedy Trailer

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Suppose for a minute that Warner Brothers wanted to promote Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as screwball teen comedy.  The trailer might look something like this: Thanks eBookNewser! And here’s the actual trailer:

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Will the iPad 2 Blend?

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Ralph Hanson
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Team Coco on the iPad2

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Ralph Hanson
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