Continuing my end-of-year wrap up ...
Here are what I consider to be some of the "best" media and entertainment posts from 2007. Again, some of these posts are academic, some are trivial, some just link to what other people say, and some are a little random, but they do represent what interests me and what I have posted on this blog in 2007.
Television:
- Several posts on Big Brother, including You must watch Big Brother!, The latest Big Brother controversy, Australian Big Brother is news in the US, and (tragically) It's time to go ... Gretel.
- The best of the Logies - videos of Dave Hughes from 2007 and Joan Rivers from 2006.
- Sunday morning television - celebrating ABC's Insiders.
- Jessica Rowe boned - the Channel Nine saga comes to an end.
- Reconsidering Al-Jazeera - arguing that Foxtel should reconsider its position and offer Al Jazeera to Australian households.
- FoxNews always seem to attract attention with The 1/2 Hour News Hour and Get ready for the Fox Business Network, not to mention the critical FoxNews Porn!.
Film:
- Reviews of This Film is Not Yet Rated and Idiocracy.
- The delightful Billy Crystal - reliving some of Billy Crystal's finest moments as an Oscar host.
- Movies in 5 seconds - a great series of videos, although unfortunately the creator's account has been suspended.
- Pulp Fiction parodies on YouTube - from the Muppets to animation.
- More clever movie marketing - The Simpsons Movie had some innovative promotional techniques.
Online video:
- Valentine's Day videos - a few Valentine's Day videos.
- Muslim Mickey - the only surviving child of Walt Disney called Hamas "pure evil" for using Mickey Mouse to teach Islamic radicalism to children.
- Happy Mother's Day - some original videos to mark Mother's Day.
- Clark and Michael - this clever and funny mockumentary skewered Hollywood beautifully.
Other (including some videos):
- Journey's Don't Stop Believin' - this song seemed to be everywhere this year.
- The M rated ad from Quit - a controversial anti-smoking ad.
- The Eulogy Song from The Chaser:
- Bill O'Reilly covers Bill O'Reilly:
