Batman Viral Marketing

I tell you I'm a sucker for this stuff. And it looks like they creative team is going all out on this viral campaign for the next Batman movie.

Check this out: It's a viral site linked to the upcoming Batman movie. The site has you looking for clues all around different cities. There is a clue in Cleveland and I think I'll go check it out next week. I'm pretty sure I know where it is. If anyone else is reading these clues in the cities listed, let us know what you find. I'd be interested to see how this all fits together.

ON EDIT: It looks like the puzzle has already been solved with the photos. Pretty cool!

Carlsberg and Mentos

Looks Like Someone Took My Advice...

They probably aren't a Jawbone listener, but it seems like someone had the same idea I had regarding that loser at VTU. Link. There are a ton more on the sidebar too.

Like this one.

Hassling The Hoff

By now, I'm sure everyone has seen this video that is making it's way through the tubes of David Hasselhoff drunk and shirtless, eating a sandwich off the floor and being reprimanded by his daughter. But what I want to know is, does anyone else think he sounds like Chewbacca in this video?

UPDATE: Here is the link to the full version.

Marvel Vs. Dc

Apple and John Hodgman...can your influence reach out any further? I think no.

Zeroes

For fans of Heroes, you'll love this. I want to see more! More!

She's Back!

Remember the Code Monkey Dance from a few months ago? Well, Emily is back with a brand new dance to a Tom Chapin Song. How can you not love this girl?

And the Unsafe Driver Award Goes To...

...This 79 year old man from Oregon. What bothers me the most about this video is that sickening crunch of an accident happening. Makes my stomach turn. Anyway, thanks to Monica for the link!

Sunday Drivers!

What the hell is going on here? I don't know about anyone else, but I would be paralyzed to drive anywhere in this city. Thanks to Neil for the link.

Podsafe Christmas Song Video - Featuring US!

Mike "Spiff" Booth works his machinima magic once again with JoCo's "Podsafe Christmas Song". We feel honored to be turned into WoW characters. It's a Christmas miracle! Enjoy!

Ho Ho Ho!

Just for the record, I am usually not this brutal on talent in the studio. But you gotta get the magic while they're there. Happy Holidays!

Christmas Eve: 24 Style

Got this from Mr. X tonight. For those of you who are fans of 24, this should whet your appetite for the next season. I think this is perhaps the FOX Christmas card? Anyway, enjoy!

Link Dump: Round Up Of Random Weird Stuff Issue 14

Too...much...stuff...in...mailbox...must...dump...
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This disgusting flash game comes from Nephew Mark. It reminds me of a pretty funny story about a fellow podcaster, but I will let them tell the story for themselves one day.

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Chad sends this in: Peanuts as Marvel Characters. Simply awesome.

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IN ZOMBIE NEWS: Thanks to everyone who sent these stories in...

ZOMBIE CHICKENS!

ZOMBIES ARRESTED!

Then...ZOMBIES SUE!

ZOMBIE FLASH GAME!

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Matt sends us ZLAD!

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Mike sends us this photo. Could it be some sort of information from another dimension? We'll let you decide.

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Japanese cats teach you a new language.

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From Paul: Gots to love the YouTube. Lesser Superheros and who can forget Taco!?

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And finally Monica sends us all these wonderful colors of lobsters:

The Blue Lobster
The Calico Lobster
The Orange Lobster
The Yellow Lobster
And finally, The Albino Lobster

And with that...the mailbox can breathe again. Sorry some of these links took so long to get up here. It's...just...too...much...to...handle...

Ok, back to talking normal again.

Shane's Singing Lessons

Just in time for all your holiday caroling, singing teacher, Shane, gives us a wonderful lesson on how to sing up to 3 C's above middle C. Thanks to Dan for this wonderful find!

UPDATE: I couldn't let this song go unnoticed, either. Consider this our Christmas present to all of you! It's a Christmas miracle!

Whiteboard Art And Paper Roll

This first video is a short version of a stopmotion video animation done entirely on a white board. There's a really cool retro Tom-Tom/Genius Of Love feel to this video. Really good stuff. Thanks to Scott for the whiteboard link.


The second video is by the same artist, this time he took a roll of paper and drew a little each day for a few hours a day. The result is this:

Our Wikipedia Entry Is In Danger!

Apparently, we are up for deletion, in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy: Check it.

I would love to chime in to keep it, obviously. But I don't think that's right. If it deserves to be there, then I think fans of the show should say why. If we were to say anything about the show, I would say that we are one of the first podcasters in Cleveland, OH (not that that's a huge deal), we came on board at a very precise time in podcasting history: February 2005, when a lot of other popular shows came about. We just recorded our 141st show tonight (it will be posted next week) and we're not close to podfading. I feel that we have been sort of influential in the podosphere. Now, we're not as influential as a Dawn and Drew, a Bitterest Pill or a Coverville, but I feel we have carved out a sizeable niche in family-friendly podcast and I would have to say that we have infulenced the Couplecast podcasting genre. Nora is definitely a unique voice in the world of female podcasters. At the very least, Nora should be recognized for that fact alone. I mean, come on...we're mentioned by Mur Lafferty and Rob Walch fromPodcast 411 in his book Tricks of the Podcasting Masters, for cripes sake!

Sigh...I really hate to toot our own horn, but if we deserve to be on Wikipedia, then please let the powers that be know how you feel.

Thank you for your time.

ON EDIT: Mr X from Podcast Galaxy reminded me of my contributions to the podcasting world with my artwork from Summer 2005. I had forgotten how that helped put us on the map, so to speak. Not to mention that dozens of other popular podcasts are using artwork from Jawbone Radio. At the very least, Jawbone should be rememberd for that. And the Bill Watterson mom interview...

ON EDIT PART 2: Ok, apparently the Wiki people feel that I have stoked the fire and tried to get people to "vote" on our entry by telling our readers and listerners "let the powers that be know how you feel". I understand that the wiki discussion forum is not a ballot. But how else are people going to put forth good reasons to keep an article without asking someone to participate? Hence, discussion. My opinion, if you feel strongly enough about this show to go and state your case, then fine. Hey, it beats me signing on with hundreds of fake accounts to tell them to keep it, right? And if you do decide to state your case, be friendly. An angry Jawbone fan does no one any good.

Let me state for the record that this show has had much more longevity than other similar shows that started around the same time. And my art, while not a direct contribution to podcasting as a whole, has had an influence in the podcasting community nonetheless. Perhaps that doesn't make the cut on wikipedia with their WP:WEB guidelines. If it doesn't, fine. I'll let the wiki gods do what they will.

Anyway, I'm not pushing people to vote for this.I'm not out to bully the wiki. But I am encouraging people to state valid reasons to keep the article, for the very least, to remember my artwork and show as a footnote in this podcasting movement.

ON EDIT PART 3: Wiki Editor AlphaChimp has decided to remove this podcasts reference in the Calvin and Hobbes article on Wikipedia. Can anyone say vindictive?

UPDATE: Our friend, Alphachimp has backpedaled from his original threat to excise us from the Calvin and Hobbes entry. This was his orignal statement:

"Thanks for suggesting the Watterson article, however. I'll be removing the non-notable podcast reference."

He has since said this:

"For what it's worth, maybe you should actually check the history before making personal attacks against me on your blog. I could not find and therefore did not remove the reference. "

I guess he would also have to remove us from the Bill Watterson article, and deny the talk I gave on the podcast in the spring to Lakeland Community College. The talk that Watterson's former editor and Executive VP and Editor for Universal Press Syndicate, Lee Salem stayed to hear. It's one thing to get deleted for not meeting guidelines. It's quite another to decide that any reference to a deletion is therefore bad and not relevant simply because an original article doesn't meet criteria. Revisionism, anyone?

Oh, and as far as the personal attacks on this blog. I cannot, nor do I wish to control what our blog readers say. And anyway, this blog follows its own set of guidelines.

UPDATE: Oh well. We got deleted. Thanks to everyone who tried to help and make a valid case to keep us. Apparently we didn't counterargue well enough, although I think that Rob and Mur did a good job of stating their case. Like I said, what the Chimp wants, the Chimp gets.

Kramer Goes Insane

Wow...I knew Kramer was crazy, but not this crazy. Apparently, the former Seinfeld star went crazy onstage during a show at the Laugh Factory in LA over the weekend and started hurling racial epithets to some hecklers in the crowd.

Eep. See the video for yourself.