Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics? Incredible.
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Hockey, Olympics, Vancouver 2010 on 28. Feb, 2010 | View Comments
It started off horribly. The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. The disaster which was the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. The weather wreaking havoc on the events. Our Canadian athletes failing to meet those lofty expectations, expectations I said we should have reconsidered and lowered. How wrong was I? How wrong were so many of us? [...]
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies? Bust.
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Olympics, Vancouver 2010 on 12. Feb, 2010 | View Comments
We had a chance to show the world who we were, we had a chance to showcase ourselves, we had the world’s attention…what did we do? We effed it up. Well to be more precise, David Atkins effed it up by making what I like to call the Debbie Downer Olympic opening ceremonies. I was [...]
The Best Superbowl Ads According to Me
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Advertisements, Commercials, FuddyTV on 07. Feb, 2010 | View Comments
Alright, I’m not going to wax poetic about the Superbowl Ads because there are a million people out there who will take that prize, but I do want to share my faves from this year’s lot. Before I do, how craptastic is it for us Canadians? We get regular ol’ commercials and every four second [...]
Tim Horton’s Finally Gets It Right
Posted by Ryan Northcott in Commercials, Hockey, Tim Hortons on 06. Feb, 2010 | View Comments
I have pretty much lambasted Tim Horton’s on this blog because of their terrible “shove it down your throat” wholesomey goodness commercials which just plain suck. Yet as much as I throw the book at them, I have to give them gold stars where deserved, and the latest Sidney Crosby/Tim Horton’s ad is awesome. In [...]
