Finally got around to writing a new piece and sent it off to WH, and they went for it. It actually is another in my occasional series "Live Tweeting" which started over at The Big Jewel, here and here. We reached Toy Story Land and the first ride the kids want to go on is the Slinky Dog rollercoaster, over my vote for Spinning Martians... (the rest of it)
Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of them on X (Twitter) and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. I always hesitate when this kind of topic is offered, titillate. I'm a prude. I don't like working blue. And when people dive into this opening, it always feels kind of crass. But, in for a penny, in for a pound. I try to go for clever over crude, the double entendre or pun on the title, not that I always succeed. I managed to grind out 15 or so and 10 got picked, so I guess that's a victory. WH posted it over that their (ad-heavy) site, so check it out! Meanwhile, I have to start submitting some legitimate articles to them again. It seems that brokerage house, Oppenheimer, put a lot of money earlier this year into a new slogan, “The Power of Oppenheimer Thinking.” Then Hollywood released the movie “Oppenheimer” about the creation of the highly destructive WMD and the company had to put it all on the back burner. In fact, they had to issue a FAQ to help explain to customers any connections between the movie and the company (spoiler alert: there aren’t any). They even felt the need to address Barbenheimer, in a sidebar. After the fuss over the movie faded, the company started to roll out the new slogan anew. Now, award season is gearing up and the movie about the atomic bomb is back in the news. Frankly, the company missed a real opportunity by not trying to piggyback on the success of the motion picture. So, we had the focus groups come up with some new slogans: “The Nuclear Power of Oppenheimer Thinking” “Oppenheimer: Getting you results faster than a missile.” “Giving you the ammunition to succeed, that’s Oppenheimer!” “We’ll detonate your future: Oppenheimer” “Opening an account with Oppenheimer? Dyn-O-Mite!” “Oppenheimer: Making cash is a blast.” “Open an account with Oppenheimer and watch the fireworks!” “Oppenheimer: Watch your investments blow up!” “Investing with explosive results; Oppenheimer!” “Oppenheimer: We da bomb!” I'm very happy that this piece found a home. It's been a prose piece, a radio sketch and a version of it is in my screenplay, "Merry Broadcast." And now it's a prose piece again. Hope we get some eyeballs on it As we are aware, the holidays are not always a season of cheer for all people. It’s beyond the “holiday blues” that we’ve all heard about. And it’s a bit beyond medical science. Let’s look into the holiday’s maladies and try to steer clear of Sickmas and resist the general feeling of no wellness. Find out how on Weekly Humorist!
There used to be a time when TV shows would go on hiatus in December to be replaced by Christmas specials. That doesn’t happen much now, and people lament it because they only remember the good specials. Hey, they all can't be Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol! So check out Lesser Known Holiday Specials, now up at Weekly Humorist.
Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. WH is keeping with their spooky season vibe for this week's contest. And again, I was all in, submitting 18 and getting 6 listened on their website. A lot of solid entries, even though there was some overlap with previous games like "Silly Cereals" or "Terror Toys." I don't care for the way WH features their own "entries" on the "winners" list and I swear they add some after the game starts, because I swear I read what they posted, and I wind up duplicating some of their jokes anyway. Well, you should check out the punnery at: Weekly Humorist, a humor magazine I often submit to and occasionally get in, runs these Hashtag Games on Twitter (X), where they name a topic and we submit humorous responses. These games play right into my gag reflex, so I always throw up something. I've taken to setting my calendar to get online every Wednesday to "play" (and by "play" I mean submit content to their website for free--I like to think of it as pun bono work). I always submit a bunch of entries and some of them get selected for inclusion to their online site. Another cereal-based topic this week, Silly Cereals. Now people went two ways with this, like me, some went with synonyms for silly. Others just did random cereal puns, so making any cereal sound silly. To each his own. I got 3 out of 12 in. And not even my favorites, which you'll see on X (Twitter). But, in I am: Elon Musk, the world’s richest rich person, in his attempts to stop the cash hemorrhage that is the site formerly known as Twitter, is once again floating a plan to institute fees for all tweeters, er, I mean, X-ers (???) to pay to use the site. Sure, it’s easy to dismiss the ideal flat out without seeing what the fees will look like. So, The Weekly Humorist has published my latest article to show you what the fees will look like so you can dismiss them, here.
Hurray for Hollywood? As the industry enters its 2nd century, they have a lot of issues to work out. And to see how they're handling it, The Weekly Humorist just posted my comedic piece, "Hollywood Memo: I.P. Daily" over on their website! Movie parodies are better than ever!
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