Category Archives: Video

"May I watch "Captain Kangaroo" instead, please?"

Back in olden times, Channel 11 (WPIX) used to air this rather sad-sack cartoon, “Clutch Cargo.” In order to cut down onĀ animation costs, it used real human mouths where the cartoon ones ought to be. I swear, this gave me nightmares as a child. And now, thanks to youtube, it’s BAAAAAAAACK! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBzkNchB0p0

Could an Ad be Made to Work With Tivo/DVR Content?

courtesy: Mediabistro.com While reading a piece in The Economist today about how advertisements can work in fast forward, an intriguing thought popped into our mind. See, researchers found that when a person fast forwards through an ad, he/she focuses intently on the picture in order to know when to stop fast-forwarding. Ultimately, the report found, […]