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Our patience will achieve more than our force
Bitter Leaf Fan Page —
... Media News Our Blog Network: 11.12.08 2 hours ago Down Goes Brown Wendel Moment #9 - "You got to be a man to play this game!" 3 hours ago Romenesko Report Ex-NYTer Darnton fears the traditional labor-intensive news story is obsolete 3 hours ago Here Come the Bruins! Bruins vs. Blackhawks: Stuff To Look Out For 3 hours ago Maple Leafs Hot Stove Burke Update 3 hours ago Awful Announcing Have You Ever Wondered What ESPN REALLY Thinks About Your University? 3 hours ago ...
ESPN's epically failed commercial casting call
The Dagger —
... What's not so fair is the way they're going about casting the spot. Thanks to Awful Announcing,
who got his hands on the leaked internal casting call, we can see how
brutally stereotypical TV producers are. Some of these aren't so bad,
but some are, well, like this: ...
ESPN's epically failed college hoops commercial casting call
The Dagger —
... What's not so fair is the way they're going about casting the spot. Thanks to Awful Announcing,
which apparently got its hands on the leaked internal casting call, we can see how
brutally stereotypical TV producers are. Some of these aren't so bad,
but some are, well, like this: ...
Thursday 11/13 A.M. Quickie:Pats, Jets, Celtics, Lakers, Fight, Maddon
Dan Shanoff —
... the "J" first name, combined with the phoenetic advantage of the fine name "Drew," which was thrown out there very early on in the name discussions, but quickly dismissed by me because all I could picture was Drew Magary.) Did you see Gilbert's Obama tattoo? Yikes, that had to hurt. And whoever said that he probably should have done it in a different order on his fingers was right. It looks like "In Believe We Change," not the other way around. This was... Yikes. Complete SN column here. More later. -- D.S.
The Roundup: Sapp Calls Keyshawn a Female Dog; Writer Defends 4th Place Cy Young Vote for Lincecum
The Big Lead —
... Is the NFL Network overdoing it with the Favre love? (Boston Sports Media Watch)
NFL playoff ticket prices go down. (AP)
Eddie Royal’s strong rookie season has helped his Madden stats. (ESPN)
That Browns quitting talk last week may have centered around DT Shaun Smith. (Pro Football Talk)
The Jets and Patriots as the Hatfields and McCoys. (Boston Herald)
ESPN casting call chock full of gross stereotypes. (Awful Announcing)
Sports legacies that were altered dramatically ...
CURIOUS INDEX, 11/13/2008
EDSBS —
... Stereotypes are instructive and nutritious. It’s lovely when ESPN pulls back the curtain and reveals what they think. It’s even better when it’s conforms to reality. ...
The Retracted And Disavowed ESPN Commercial Casting Call
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... Yesterday, some anonymous hero forwarded a casting call to Awful Announcing, who in turn posted it. The casting call was for a series of school-specific ESPN college basketball commercials; the conceit was to have a call center representative call up fans and encourage them to watch basketball. It should be noted that ESPN wasn’t directly responsible for it - the project was outsourced. Shortly after posting this casting call, Awful Announcing was told by ESPN that it was being retracted. Why? Well, in short, the author of the casting call seemed to lack a basic grasp ...
Morning Link Dump - Arianny Celeste, Eddie Royal, Suns-Rockets Fight, A-Rod, Florida Panthers
TheScore.com Blog —
... Awful Announcing was forwarded this casting call email (which ESPN outsourced to another company, and has since removed and apologized for), which is for commercials featuring "fans" of different US colleges-- and is apparently being done in the most grossly stereotypical way possible. Like this! ...
Well, At Least It’s Not a Steelworker
Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue —
ESPN casting call for college basketball commercial . It’s time to stereotype. ESPN Promo SAG PAY RATE: SAG PROMO RATE Director: Matt Aselton Casting Director: ERICA PALGON Interview: Thurs 11/13 and Fri 11/14, Mon 11/17 Fitting: 11/21 Shoot: 11/24, 25 Location: New York SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY LIZ LEWIS CASTING PARTNERS EVERYONE MUST BE STRONG WITH COMEDY/IMPROV. PLEASE WRITE ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES, IN THE NOTES PAGE, ABOUT ACTOR’S COMEDIC/IMPROV EXPERIENCE/TRAINING, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN LOOKING THROUGH SUBMISSIONS All roles are ages 18-22 yrs old. WITH THE EXCEPTION of ...
ESPN to Villanova: After 2 or 3 beers no one cares you’re not Duke
The Sports Complex —
... of blacks (?!?!). [ MARQUETTE ] FEMALE. Marquette, on a scale of 1-10, she’s a six. A B-, C in every category you can define a person by. Her defining characteristic is you don’t really remember her. You’re not breaking your arm to get to her, but you’re not chewing it off to get away. She does have a winning personality though. Midwest, sweet girl. Hah. Marquette is a six. Full list available HERE, as well as ESPN’s disclaimer that it had nothing to do with the spot.
Miranda Kerr Loves MoonDog’s Links
The World According to MoonDog —
... Paris Hilton Set to Appear in New Film (Epic Carnival)
Former Vol Shuler to Run For Senate? (Hugging Harold Reynolds)
Sad Day: Miranda Kerr to Wed (On 205th)
Ball State Should be in the BCS (The World of Isaac)
Casting Calls for ESPN Commercials (Awful Announcing)
Florida ...
It’s Funny Because It’s True: The ESPN College Basketball Fan Casting Call
FRANK THE TANK'S SLANT —
... I’m normally not one for hyperbole, but the following find from Awful Announcing might very well be the most awesome sports-related story that I’ve come across since starting this blog: the ESPN casting call for college basketball fans representing different schools. Due to the fact that it’s so over-the-top in its stereotypes and littered with spelling and grammatical errors, you might think that this is an Internet hoax. However, ESPN contacted Awful Announcing to make it clear that the casting call was being canceled, which meant that the ...
ESPN Hates The Neighbors To The West
Mizzourah —
... Awful Announcing received a supposed casting call rundown for an ESPN College Basketball promo in their email. And how did the WWL stereotype kU? ...
WWESPND: What If The ESPN Casting Call Had Not Been "Leaked"?
Eye On Sports Media —
... test (where you have the person quoted in the statement say it verbally in public and keep a straight face). So kudos to Brian Powell of Awful Announcing for posting the casting call yesterday. Thumbs down to Michael Hiestand of USA Today for blatantly leaving out the male and ethnic stereotypes in his report of the incident today. After all, guys have feelings too! Related Link(s) Awful Announcing: Have You Ever Wondered What A Casting Call For An ESPN Commercial Is Like? ...
ESPN Drops Stereotypical Ad Campaign
FanIQ Blog —
... ESPN claims that they had no knowledge of this plan by Anomaly, but we all know what's going on here, they're just covering their butts. But hey, enough of that, courtesy of Awful Announcing, here's the complete memo filled with hilarious and offense stereotypes. Odds are your school is on here somewhere. ...
Your Friday Megalinks, Part I
Fang's Bites —
... Timberlake becomes the first non-golfer to endorse Callaway Golf products. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says the YES Network starts a series of sports business specials tonight. Larry Barrett of Multichannel writes that ESPN scored with the finale of the World Series of Poker. The great Christopher Byrne of the Eye on Sports Media blog looks at the migration of sports from network TV to cable. Thanks to Awful Announcing, ESPN stopped a casting call for a commercial full of ethnic stereotypes. Steve Lepore's Puck ...
ESPN Axes Ad Campaign For Obvious Reasons
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... (”Who were the ad wizards behind that one?”) AWFUL ANNOUNCING first broke the news days ago with a full list of the hilariously quasi-racist casting calls they were looking to “represent” a number of schools. Unfortunately, USA TODAY now reports the ...
ESPN disavows disturbing college stereotypes for ad
Sports stories from Newsday —
... It's not that I don't trust our friends at Awful Announcing, but their Thursday post about a casting call for an ESPN ad that featured amusing but insulting stereotypes of students at various colleges seemed too outrageous to be true, so initially I held off linking to it. ...
Around The Web: The Dodgers Put On A Show
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
... Awful Announcing: The skeptic in me still wants to believe that this is false, but it seems to be very true just based on ESPN's official reaction to it. ...
Friday Morning Open Thread
A Sea Of Blue —
... , and tells us why. It's a bit disturbing. He references this post at AwfulAnnouncing, and somehow this slipped past my radar. At least Barad Dûr had the good grace to back out of this thing before it actually happened. I have a hard time working up too much outrage, even though I would very much like to. Sometimes these things slip through the cracks at big media companies. ...
