Life Imitates Art (and Art Gets Sued)

Mexican "Duff"

Duff is the fictional beer from the Simpsons. No licensed version exists but several breweries have created a real "Duff" beer to fill the gap. As a result the Lithuanian publisher of the Simpsons comic was sued for "advertising alcohol".

D'Oh.

Not so Wonderful...

Alas Poor WW

It seems the pilot for NBC's new Wonder Woman series landed at the feet of test viewers like a large star-spangled turd.  The series appears to have been canceled before it even got a chance to air.

Fashion by the Book

Phone Book dress by Jolis Paons

Golden Books dress by Ryan Novelline

Newspaper dress by Yuliya Kyrpo

Romance Novel dress by Evey 

Fairy Tale Book dress by Jennifer Pritchard

See also:
Recycled Fashion: Beautiful Newspaper Dresses

This is the cover of the Billy Joel memoir that is now not going to happen. Joel said:

"It took working on writing a book to make me realize that I'm not all that interested in talking about the past and that the best expression of my life and its ups and downs has been and remains my music." 

Apparently one of the things he didn't want to talk about was his three marriages.  generally the press referred to them as "failed" marriages.  But if everything that ends is a failure we are all pretty much destined to be mammoth failures eventually.

Fringe -- Ford, Massive Sellout

My mind was partly on making cookies over the kitchen counter, but I knew Fringe should be on.  I looked up and saw some random family in a car for an extended period of time. I thought, that's not Fringe, that's a car commercial.

Then the car is almost struck by spooky lightning.  So I think, what a minute.  Maybe that is Fringe.

The the family escape with conspicuous use of a rear view screen, and a close up on the 'Ford Contour' logo on the back bumper.  So I think, no, this is a car commercial.

Then the scene changes to the hospital and Walter Bishop is watching over his unconscious son.  So, wait, what? This is Fringe.

Then there is a commerical break and the very first ad is for the Ford Contour.  And I think: you bastards!

Don't tell me that the overly long scene with throw-away characters and stunt driving  that did very little to advance the plot wasn't bought and paid for by Ford as much as the commercial that followed it.

A new low for product placement and right in the middle of what used to be my favorite show.