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This is Why I Never Let My Kids On YouTube

October 17, 2011 Advice for Dads
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My oldest daughter is 10 years old and she’s at that age where the celebrities that she likes are growing up and making their transition into grown up stars. That transitional period always scares me. Case and point: My daughter was a HUGE fan of the wildly successful Disney franchise High School Musical. Not only did we [...]

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Disney Is Going To Re-Release ‘Little Mermaid,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ and ‘Finding Nemo’ In 3-D

October 5, 2011 Business
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Fresh off of seeing the amazing success of the recent release of “The Lion King” in 3-D (which grossed around $80 million in just over 2 weeks) Walt Disney Studios has announced today a few more Disney classics which will be released next year in 3-D.  To be honest, I initially wasn’t a fan of [...]

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“Being Elmo” – The Movie Trailer

September 28, 2011 Business
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This trailer intrigued me immediately and it explores something you would never even to think of making a movie with. As an avid watcher of Sesame Street while growing up, I will definitely be checking this movie out. The limited opening is not wide spread but check HERE to see if it will be in [...]

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Funny Parent Commercials – GEICO Edition

September 22, 2011 Media
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GEICO is known for pretty funny commercials and it’s amazing how many campaigns thy actually run at one given time. I thought this spot hits home with many parents as we think about ways to pay for future college bills.

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Netflix Becomes More Kid Friendly to Keep Families From Jumping Ship

August 16, 2011 Business
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Ever since we became Netflix customers, we have primarily used it for the kids. My wife and I have never been disciplined enough to keep a steady queue of movies coming to our mailbox and the streaming section never had enough good content. But they’ve always had an OK sprinkling of kids’ movies and shows. [...]

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Pixar Unveils Poster for Brave

June 24, 2011 Business
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Cars 2 hits theaters this weekend and viewers will get their first peek at the Brave trailer before the movie. Pixar also released the movie poster this week showing that Pixar is going a little darker with teh content of this film. Brave is scheduled for a June 2012 release.     (via EW)

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Father’s Day Gift Idea’s: ESPN 30 for 30 Complete Series on Blu-ray

May 30, 2011 Business

ESPN’s 30 For 30 series is one of the best things to come to television in a long time. The set of sports documentaries are genius with directors taking a slice of sports history and going deep on the subjects to surface fantastic looks into the importance of sports in our world. ESPN had released [...]

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Chrysler Town & Country Hockey Dad TV Spot

May 30, 2011 Business

I’m a fan of Chrysler’s latest TV spot from its “Imported From Detroit” campaign. The ad, “The Quiet Ones” features Michigan’s 2011 high school state hockey champions, the Novi Wildcats. In the background of the commercial looms a proud dad who helps to get his son back and forth to those early morning practices. Parents of hockey players are [...]

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The Minivan That Makes You Almost Want To Have Kids

May 17, 2011 Business

I thought Dodge put an interesting spin on “Minivan Marketing” with this relatively new spot called “Silence is Golden”:

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Yiayia on Stay-At-Home Dads

April 11, 2011 Business

A bit late to this one, but was sent this video over the weekend. Commercial is for Athenos Hummus. I’m not a big hummus fan, but I hear it’s good stuff. The traditional Greek YiaYia is confused by the couples “untraditional” working arrangement.

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