September is now officially known as ‘Cable TV Month’ and we couldn’t think of a better person to discuss campy television and trash TV as we chose American film director and screenwriter John Waters to be our quote for this month. Waters began studying film at New York University but ended up leaving and returning to his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Waters (along with his acting group called ‘The Dreamlanders’) would distribute trashy and campy films that often pushed the envelope of public decency and censorship. Waters would often taken an unconventional route to casting for his films as he has given starring roles to known criminals such as Patty Hearst or to adult film actresses such as Traci Lords. Waters went on to direct more mainstream flicks such as ‘Hairspray’ which was turned into a Broadway musical and then redeveloped into a successful mainstream film that made over 200 million dollars at the box office. In addition to ‘Hairspray’, Waters directed mainstream films such as ‘Serial Mom’, ‘Cry-Baby’ and ‘Pecker’. Waters is a known book collector and has a collection of over 8000 books. Furthermore, Waters creates photo-based artwork and comical fine-art collections that have appeared at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York and the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles. In 2012, Waters hitchhiked from Baltimore, Maryland to San Francisco, California and went on to write a book about his journey entitled ‘Carsick’. Even though Waters has appeared as a host on several television series, Waters is not a fan of television as a medium and has openly discussed his dislike of television sets. In this month’s quote, Waters discusses why he doesn’t like television all that much…

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August’s quote of the month is from American comedian and actor Buddy Hackett. He began his career by performing in nightclubs in the Catskills Borscht Belt resorts. He then performed in the Broadway show ‘Lunatics & Lovers’. His Broadway performances caught the attention of TV producer Max Liebman who cast Hackett in two television specials. Hackett would be a frequent guest on many talks shows and would often upstage the hosts thanks to his brand of off-color and racial jokes. He made the most appearances of any other guest in the history of ‘The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson’. In addition, Hackett was a frequent guest on the game show ‘Hollywood Squares’. Also, Hackett had a successful film career and appeared in several hit movies such as ‘It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World’, ‘The Love Bug’ and ‘Scrooged’. Hackett grew up in Brooklyn, New York and would often discuss his early childhood and upbringing in many of his acts. In this month’s quote, Hackett discusses his choices for food at the dinner table at his family’s home…

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It’s usually hot and humid in the summer. Hot weather means sweat and lots of it. There’s nothing better to help block perspiration if you own a good old deodorant stick. This month we bring to you an ad slogan from the grooming product manufacturer ‘Old Spice’. Old Spice was founded in 1934 by William Lightfoot Schultz. The company made aftershave lotion and shaving soap for men but would later expand to include deodorant, body washes and sprays under the ‘Old Spice’ brand. In 1990, Shulton Inc. was acquired by Procter & Gamble. Much of the success of the company’s products can be attributed to the successful viral marketing campaigns that the company has created in partnership with media personalities. The company has partnered with the NFL, Nascar and actors Neil Patrick Harris and Bruce Campbell for successful ad campaigns and found success with TV commercial actor Isaiah Mustafa with viral videos that were promoted on YouTube. In February 2012, Old Spice launched a new campaign called “Smell is Power”, bringing back Terry Crews for the ads. Their newest campaign is centered around motivational tapes for men who want to become achievers, running on television, digital, press and outdoor media and is being marketed for the company’s newest ‘Champion’ brand of grooming products. The new campaign’s goofiness this time extends to the tagline which is…

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Tucker Max is an American author and public speaker. He chronicles his drinking and sexual encounters on his personal website. He wrote a New York Times bestseller entitled ‘I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell’ and has made the list from 2006-2011. The book was turned into a feature film of the same name but received generally negative reviews from viewers and critics alike. After the success of the first book, Tucker went on to write three more books that have sold considerably well. In addition to writing, Max worked on a TV pilot for Comedy Central that was cancelled due to a dispute over feature film rights. Max went on to create an online media company named ‘Rudius Media’ to help publish new content for new artists but the project was cancelled after one year. Max has been the center of controversy surrounding much of his published online content. He was sued by an ex-girlfriend and has had the ACLU step up to defend his right to free speech on many occasions. Tucker has been successful at defending his right to free speech as many of his cases have been dismissed under the Communications Decency Act. In this month’s quote, we take a quote from his best selling novel where Tucker helps to describe the joys of alcoholism…

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We’ve reached a milestone as this will be the 100th quote of the month on this website. The 100th quote will come from the comic strip ‘Dilbert’. Dilbert is a comic strip written by Scott Adams that takes a satirical look at office culture in America. The comic strip appears in over 2000 newspapers worldwide and in over 25 different languages. The strip focuses on many themes lacking in corporate America such as mismanagement, low morale, corporate bureaucracy and peer pressure. In 1999, the strip was turned into an animated series that aired for two seasons on the UPN network. Technology and inventions also play a central theme in the strip. The month of May is officially ‘National Inventions Month’. In this month’s quote, Dilbert discusses how a work environment can help to play a lead role in creating an innovative new piece of technology…

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