Category Archives: advertising

caca’s groundbreaking pizza

my latest youtube video is a parody of a papa john’s pizza ad starring denver broncos quarterback, peyton manning. unlike the original ad, caca asks peyton about his neck, which was successfully repaired via several surgeries before this season. a groundbreaking … Continue reading

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t-town got ripped off

during the last two super bowls, chrysler commercials featuring the imported from detroit slogan have made a big impact. last year, eminem was featured this year clint eastwood delivered a halftime pep talk to the american public that sounded to … Continue reading

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wimp

on my show last week, we discussed a clip from the movie no strings attached where ashton kutcher and natalie portman call each other wimps. natalie portman is disgusted with ashton kutcher’s wimpy jacket wimp (wimpy) is an insult that is … Continue reading

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did marquez get ripped off?

last saturday manny pacquiao defeated juan manuel marquez in a majority decision to stay the welterweight champion of the world boxing organization. in my classes here in mexico the overwhelming opinion was that marquez got ripped off and pacquiao’s strong charisma … Continue reading

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shine on, shiny shine

shine means to transmit brightness like sunshine sunshine makes flowers grow a shoeshine shining a shoe makes it shiny or the shine easy off bam can provide around the house muse‘s song shine sees childhood as a time when we … Continue reading

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i am very good conference caller

i like this tv spot for open english a lot. the actor who struggles with english gives a brilliant performance. however, you shouldn’t believe the calm, confident english speaker in the commercial got his ability from an open english course … Continue reading

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rappers & wrappers

rappers are recording artists who use spoken word vocals as opposed to singing.  kanye west and common have recently been a focus of discussion here on richyrocks.com. kanye & common:  two of chicago’s finest rappers rapping in this interview with russia today new york rapper immortal … Continue reading

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yuri gagarin & sausage

this week marked the 50th anniversary of yuri gargarin‘s orbit of the earth.  gargarin was the first human in space.  smiling,but a little worried about his postflight celebration sausages in space sounds like it could be the title of a porn … Continue reading

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filling

 filling (a synonym of stuffing when talking about food) is used to fill something up.  like the lemon (not lime) filling in this hostess fruit pie.  real artificially flavored lemon filling  filling a tooth is a common solution for a cavity. a filled tooth filling … Continue reading

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edges

last week hsbc chief economist stephen king, commenting on the effect the rising price of petroleum will have on the global economy said “there are enough warning signs around for investors to feel a touch edgy.” a diamond has many edges edgy or on … Continue reading

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