If you’re a meat eater, you’ve probably heard of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (P.E.T.A.) Wait…let’s rephrase. If you’re a human being, you’ve probably heard of P.E.T.A., which is an organization based out of Virginia and headed by Ingrid Newkirk. At 2 million+ members strong, the organization has most definitely left its mark [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 8:55 am
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This list was first published in 2008. Seems a good time to revisit it.
A good Mascot is a symbol of the spirit of the Olympics in general; while, at the same time, teaching the world something about the country where the event is taking place. I also feel that mascots should exude a positive and [...]
Posted by Tanya Bennett on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Filed under Advertising, All, Sports · Tagged with 2010 Olympics, athena, Athena and Phevos, cobi, design, Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat, fuwa, hidy, hodori, hosuni, Izzy, Jing Jing, mascot, mascots, millie, muk muk, mukmuk, Ollie, olly, Olympic, olympic games, Olympic mascots, olympic winter games, olympics, penis, penises, phevos, Rocky, seoul games, Sports, sports uniforms, summer olympics, syd, Underdog, uniforms, waldi, Winter Games, Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots
A live demo that fails is a personal level of hell that no one wants to experience, ever. Whether it’s your product locking up during a live newscast, or perhaps a shopping channel demonstration, or even a major corporate event, it’s something that can lead to an enormous amount of embarrassment…and a good amount of [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 6:55 am
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In the media hungry world, you need to stand out from the crowd to get attention. Publicity stunts are seen to be the answer for many individuals and organizations. The motive for a celebrity may be to resurrect a career or to give a boost to the latest project. For protest groups, it’s an opportunity [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 12:01 am
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Why do we love singer songwriters? There is something special about listening to a good singer, singing his or her own words. Often, it is a bearing of the soul. The romantic image is that of a tortured being, hunched over an acoustic guitar, lamenting a doomed love affair or the state of the world. [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 1:59 am
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Congratulations to our Steve Straub, 2nd place winner in our Top 10 List Writing Contest.
Not long after the television was invented, commercials were invented; soon to be followed by their bigger brother, the infomercial. Since then, our favorite television shows have transformed into a morphine drip of short intervals of satisfaction, followed by a seemingly [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 2:51 am
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This top 10 list is from a Top Tenz reader name Darius. I love getting submissions and I think this one is particularly entertaining. And while these rivalries may not be your top 10 they certainly are 10 interesting to read about. Thanks for the submission, Darius. I look forward to the discussions this may [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Friday, February 20, 2009 at 1:29 am
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From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell I am a big fan of comics. In today’s comic books you don’t see the advertisements you used to – no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 1:38 am
Filed under Advertising, All, Comics, Humor · Tagged with ads, advertisements, Charles Atlas, children, Comic, comic book, comic books, comics, D.C., dc comics, Dog, Dogs, Games, hypno coin, kids, marvel, marvel comics, minature dogs, monkeys, penis, sea monkeys, submarines, tanks, toy, toys, x-ray googles, x-ray specs
The best part of a movie is rarely the movie studio’s logo at the beginning, unless you are watching a really bad movie. But we all can admit to being a little excited when seeing some of the following logos because that means the movie will soon follow. Some of these logos were all but [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 10:52 am
Filed under Advertising, All, Movies · Tagged with 2oth Century Fox, Columbia, design, logos, MGM, movie, Movies, Paramount, producers, Rank, RKO, Selznick, Studios, The Archers, top 10 list, Universal, Warner Brothers
There are naysayers in every crowd. They are the people who hate Microsoft because it’s so ubiquitous. On the same page, there are people who loath Wal-Mart because it is a global company that is supposedly wrecking local retailers everywhere. But when most people think of operating systems or cheap shopping, they think Wal-Mart and [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 12:05 am
Filed under Advertising, All, Internet, Shopping · Tagged with afraid of Google, fear google, Google, Google Earth, google map, google maps, Mapquest, Microsoft, satellite images, Shopping, top 10 list, video, wal mart, Yahoo, youtube