Best Board Game Ever, Part 1 [Think Tank]
Can you resist the siren song of the Dream Phone?
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Yearly Archives: 2009
Cowboys, Communists, and Capitalists in Stoli’s Wild Wild East
What do cowboys, communists, and capitalists have in common (aside from the letter C)?
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The Musical Coding of Pasta Sauce
In which we explore the bizarre underbelly of a recent Bertolli ad, and the strange persistence of an “exotic” melody.
“Superbowl” vs “Super Bowl”: An American Spelling Crisis
America can’t even spell “Super Bowl” correctly. Google Trends proves it.
Steelers and Steel: Sports Teams and Their Respective Commodities
Overthinking It salutes this year’s Super Bowl champions with some totally unnecessary Excel.
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The Puzzling Logic of Conan O’Brien’s Super Bowl Ad
One of the videos that made it into our Super Bowl ad roundup was the Conan O’Brien ad for Bud Light, in which his agent/manager/ambiguous guy in a suit convinces him to make an embarrassing Bud Light Ad by assuring … Continued
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Zombie Jamboree: Left 4 Dead’s Winning Formula
For the last six weeks, I have been trying to write something about Valve’s Left 4 Dead, unsuccessfully. This is because our site is about Overthinking stuff, and a post called “OMG ME PWN ZOMBIES!!” would not be appropriate.
Episode 31: Superbowl Minus Football
The Overthinkers tackle everything about the superbowl except, um, football.
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Pepe Le Pew is Now Sexting
Okay, first of all, do the kids still watch Looney Tunes?
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The “Thriller” Musical: Not As Dumb of an Idea As You Think
“Thriller a Broadway musical?” That’s how the Associated Press derisively reported plans to adapt Michael Jackson’s classic song/music video to a Broadway musical. It goes downhill from there; it seems the haters have written this one off about as fast … Continued
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