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Imponderable #66: Michigan

26 Oct

October 26, 2012

Tonight’s Imponderable is beautiful in its simplicity. Unlike many of the items the Imponderable has featured, this is one I wished I thought of myself.

I wonder what the American Restroom Association’s position is on this? I write about toilets all the time here at bmj2k.com. Just put “toilet” into the search bar atop the page and see what I mean. From tribal villagers who choose cell phones over toilets to little children who dream of commodes for Christmas I’ve covered it all. But for once, I am all aboard on one.

This is a great business model. The owner of the restaurant/arena/building gets free toilet paper, thus saving money. The advertisers pay based on the distribution, which is the same model that the free newspapers at your local grocery store use. It is a proven successful model. And probably likely to be more successful. While you can stroll past those freebie papers at the end of the checkout aisle, sitting in the bathroom stall you are a captive audience. And who doesn’t read on the toilet? While I certainly want to spend as little time as possible on a public toilet, there have been time when I would have been bored enough to read the toilet paper. Sure, I am always complaining about rampant advertising and the fact that it is getting impossible to avoid dumb ads, I think this is too perfect a marriage to object too.

And who would not want to wipe their ass with a picture of one of the guys running for President?

Why didn’t I come up with this idea?
The Question is Imponderable.

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Late Night Movie House of Crap: Bat-Surfing

24 Oct

October 24, 2012

I have a confession to make. Not everything I post in the Late Night Movie House of Crap is crap. I have a lot of affection for much of this stuff. Sure, King of Kong Island is garbage no matter how you look at it, but I absolutely love the old Superhero Serials. I’ve seen them all and watch them from time to time. True, there is more than its fair share of crap here (Konga, Paul Lynde as Superman, and A*P*E come to mind- why are there so many bad giant ape films?) but there are also some things I really like- the cheesiness of Mr. B Natural always makes me laugh and I love Doctor Who.

And then there is this.

The Batman TV show is unabashedly goofy and silly. Is it crap? To be honest it straddles the line, especially in the third and final season when the budget was slashed to none. But the first two seasons? I love it. I call it- and you can argue- genius.

But here is the pr0blem. This episode is my all-time favorite. It is HYSTERICAL from start to finish, yet also amazingly silly and, yes, dumb. Just look what happens in the span of 30 minutes, minus commercials:

Batman and Robin get turned into surfboards.
Batman and the Joker don their specialized surfing trunks.
Batman whips out his handy Bat-shark repellant for only the second time (the first was in the movie.)
The Joker has some strange plan to take over Gotham by winning a surfing championship.
And I repeat- Batman and Robin get turned into surfboards.

There is more, much more. I love the soundtrack to this one, and Batgirl is in the mix too, but the highlight is the surfing championship. I could tell you who wins but why spoil the fun?

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