Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: You Knew It Was Coming...

[Kevin M.]

I found myself in Hollywood on Saturday for the first time since pre-Covid.
I was walking in the rain from the Farmers Market to Canters Deli for
lunch, and was inundated outside CBS TV City by people wanting me to
participate in “the Trials.” The kicker? They wanted me to pay to play. I
told them I’d consider it if they paid me $1,000 upfront. They were puzzled
by the very concept.


Kevin M. (RPCV)


On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 7:50 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Speaking of said freezing conditions, a UK personal-injury law firm has
> taken on at least a few contestants who claim they weren't aware of them...
> https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/23/squid-game-the-challenge-contestants-threaten-legal-action-against-netflix-and-producers
>  (link)
> B
>
> Moi, Nov 22nd:
>
> The THR interview with ...*The Challenge*'s execs addresses things like
> the freezing conditions, why one game was omitted, and the whole process of
> boiling down footage of hundreds of contestants into hour-long-or-less
> episodes...
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/squid-game-challenge-interview-1235647920/
>  (link)
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[TV orNotTV] Re: You Knew It Was Coming...

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

Speaking of said freezing conditions, a UK personal-injury law firm has 
taken on at least a few contestants who claim they weren't aware of them... 
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/23/squid-game-the-challenge-contestants-threaten-legal-action-against-netflix-and-producers
 (link)
B

Moi, Nov 22nd:

The THR interview with ...*The Challenge*'s execs addresses things like the 
freezing conditions, why one game was omitted, and the whole process of 
boiling down footage of hundreds of contestants into hour-long-or-less 
episodes...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/squid-game-challenge-interview-1235647920/
 (link)

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[TV orNotTV] Re: You Knew It Was Coming...

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

The THR interview with ...*The Challenge*'s execs addresses things like the 
freezing conditions, why one game was omitted, and the whole process of 
boiling down footage of hundreds of contestants into hour-long-or-less 
episodes...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/squid-game-challenge-interview-1235647920/
 (link)
B

Moi, to Mark Jeffries, Oct 23rd:

It's done, it's scheduled to drop in a month, and... have a trailer!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-squid-game-the-challenge-reality-show-trailer-1235624402/
 (link)
or directly: https://youtu.be/O61C8zc8Znk (link)

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[TV orNotTV] Re: You Knew It Was Coming...

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

It's done, it's scheduled to drop in a month, and... have a trailer!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-squid-game-the-challenge-reality-show-trailer-1235624402/
 (link)
or directly: https://youtu.be/O61C8zc8Znk (link)
B

Mark Jeffries, in part, June 15th 2022:

Netflix has announced "Squid Game:  The Challenge," with 456 
English-speaking contestants from around the world competing for $4.56M US, 
but with no one getting killed (so they say)--it's from the producers of 
"Undercover Boss" and SCG's game show "The Hustler" and will shoot later 
this summer in the UK:

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[TV orNotTV] Re: You knew it was coming ... BK got Back protest

[Mark J.]

On Apr 16, 12:35 pm, M-D November  wrote:
> I never thought I'd see the day I agree with the Bonzell Brigade,
> but...well, I don't exactly have the utter revulsion to the ad that
> they do, but I do find it to be in bad taste.  The only thing I can
> say in BK's defense is that I haven't seen it air before 8 or 9 at
> night, but still - of all the songs they could use to promote kids'
> meals...

Which is my question--does it air before 9 p.m. and does Nick, n...@n or
NickToons air the ad?  I know they won't air it around "SpongeBob,"
for obvious reasons.
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[TV orNotTV] Re: You knew it was coming ... BK got Back protest

[Tom Wolper]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:35 PM, M-D November  wrote:
>
> I never thought I'd see the day I agree with the Bonzell Brigade,
> but...well, I don't exactly have the utter revulsion to the ad that
> they do, but I do find it to be in bad taste.  The only thing I can
> say in BK's defense is that I haven't seen it air before 8 or 9 at
> night, but still - of all the songs they could use to promote kids'
> meals...

I had the opposite reaction while watching the commercial. I thought
the square shape of the booties desexualized it. It was so
over-the-top that the original context of the song isn't there.

Tom W

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[TV orNotTV] Re: You knew it was coming ... BK got Back protest

[M-D November]

I never thought I'd see the day I agree with the Bonzell Brigade,
but...well, I don't exactly have the utter revulsion to the ad that
they do, but I do find it to be in bad taste.  The only thing I can
say in BK's defense is that I haven't seen it air before 8 or 9 at
night, but still - of all the songs they could use to promote kids'
meals...

On Apr 15, 10:32 pm, "Thomas Heald, Esquire" 
wrote:
>  From the American Family A**hats:
>
> What do rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot, his tasteless song "Baby Got Back," and
> the popular cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants have to do with
> selling hamburgers and Kids Meals? ... Absolutely nothing!
>
> But Burger King (BK) obviously thinks the rapper/cartoon combo is a
> great marketing tool, as evidenced in the restaurant's new vulgar and
> lewd commercial.
>
> The commercial features new sexualized lyrics being sung to the tune of
> the Grammy Award-winning rap song "Baby Got Back." Provocative young
> women dance and shake their backsides while wearing square shapes in the
> seat of their tight shorts. The square shape is representative of
> SpongeBob SquarePants. The ad ends with Sir Mix-a-Lot saying, "Booty is
> booty."
>
> BK is using sex and a popular cartoon to target kids and sell food. BK
> is corrupting our children's minds to make a buck.
>
> This commercial is appalling and unacceptable. This is not the first
> time BK is in hot water for its marketing choices.
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