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There's Cookie Monster's alter ego, Trekkie Monster, who is addicted to Internet porn, and a pair of sexualized Ernie and Bert characters, Nicky and Rod, who room together but don't sleep together, much to Rod's dismay. On shabby, outer-borough Avenue Q, they sing jaunty little songs about racism (Everyone's a Little Bit Racist) and depression (There Is Life Outside Your Apartment) while falling in love, getting evicted and coming...
...jerk defenses to his critics: "I don't do conflict resolution." At times the musical even makes you care for these sad, dysfunctional guests, who can justify their messed-up lives only by acting them out for the TV camera. "Dip me in chocolate/Throw me to the lesbians," they sing. "This is my Jerry Springer moment...
...know from listening to the song. In a cluttered marketplace, advertisers need to be different. Traditional ads repeating a brand name 30 times in 30 seconds no longer stand out. So European advertisers are turning to stealth crossover techniques - creating radio and TV shows, and teaching the world to sing songs like Chihuahua - that invade culture in fresh ways. "Every marketer's dream is to transcend marketing and become a cultural phenomenon," says Nastia Orkina, a European marketing manager for Coke. "That's when you're connecting with consumers." The Chihuahua craze began in spring 2002. Coca-Cola's marketing...
Although Jordan’s teasing stands out as one of my most unforgettable camp moments, my summers at Hillard gave me non-harassing memories as well. I won the counselors’ crazy dive contest, and watched two dozen off-key 8-year-old girls sing Simon and Garfunkel’s “Feelin’ Groovy.” I recommended that Lily read The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and the very next day she said she’d gotten it from the library, read it and loved it. I told...
...days later, Coffin's body was back in Bethlehem, Pa., where Betsy was staying with her family. The funeral was held in the church where he and Betsy had renewed their wedding vows two years earlier. Two-thirds of the choir rearranged their schedules so they could come to sing, and the organist took the day off in order to be there to play. A college professor, a drama teacher and a fund manager helped the rector trim hedges; an elderly parishioner spent the night before the funeral freezing lemonade and ice rings because the day of the funeral...