Top 10 Loved Yet Forgotten Childhood Shows(Of the late 80s and early 90s)

Not every childhood TV show is as memorable as Double Dare, TMNT, or Sesame Street, but once you watch these intros you might be surprised how familiar they are to you. This list is a product of reminiscing with family a couple of nights ago. Enjoy!?

10 Nick Arcade

Bringing video games to life!

9 Wienerville

Remember this one? crazy..

8 Roundhouse

They made being good cool!!

7 Today's Special

Here's the real proof that mannequins come to life when little mice say "hocus pocus malimocus"

6 The Adventures of the Little Koalas

My brother-in-law loved this one so much I had to put it on the list...

5 Fred Penner's Place

Even if you don't remember this one, just watch it.

4 Eureeka's Castle

The one and only. Definitely a forgotten one because this is the only video we could find..

3 Legends of the Hidden Temple

Olmec. ha!

2 Hey Dude

It's a little wild and a little strange...

1 Land of the Lost

Yes. :)

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Mitt Romney 3rd On Blogosphere Poll

With the midterm elections behind them, Republicans and Democrats alike are looking ahead to the 2008 presidential campaign. As speculation of who is being primed for the candidacy unfolds, the prospects for Governor Mitt Romney are looking good.

On a popular conservative news blog, Hotair.com, I took a poll on likely GOP candidates in 2008, and among the pool of likely candidates Romney was high on the list. Of the 8,100 or so submissions - blogosphere wide - Romney came in third. Barely behind Giuliani and about 5 percentage points behind the leader, Newt Gingrich. For those of you who may want to take the poll or see the results here are the two links: Poll Rankings

While browsing for a picture of Mitt, I stumbled onto an economist article that's a couple of months old but even more intriguing after the midterms. In the article Romney is described as a "scarily perfect presidential candidate," yet he has one major hurdle to overcome, his religion.

A strikingly high percentage of voters said that they would not vote for Romney based on his affiliation to the LDS church (37% to be exact). However, the article reminds us of the following tidbit from our political history:

... 37% is certainly not an encouraging figure. But back in 1960 35% of people told pollsters that they would have qualms about voting for a Catholic, and in that year a Catholic reached the White House.

So, despite the odds Romney is still a likely candidate, who in my opinion deserves a shot at the white house. I think he is at least a viable Vice-Presidential candidate. But, let's put the question to the public... what is your opinion of the man they call Mitt?

Rutgers fans rushing the field against Louisville

Now watch as the final seconds unfold, and the Rutgers fans prematurely rush the field. Then finally, as the last two seconds expire watch the aerial shot of Rutgers fans turn the the field into an ant hill.

Rutgers Winning Field Goal Over Louisville

They're calling it the biggest win in Rutgers history. Well, it was a great comeback win for Rutgers to put off the #3 ranked Louisville. It came down to the last seconds of the game and a second chance field goal. If you missed the game or just want to watch the drama unfold again here's a clip.

Online Political Ad Spending Goes to Email, Not Ads

From a MarketingVox article:

Though online spending by political advertisers is up from the levels of the 2004 national election, the portion going to online ad placements is actually down.

A report by research firm PQ Media on political media spending claims that email accounts for 80 percent of the $40 million spent online by political advertisers leading up to this year's midterm elections, ClickZ reports. The shift can be explained by a need for candidates to focus more on geotargeting during the midterm, whereas during a national election advertisers can move more toward mainstream political websites. (Italics added)

"Is there more online advertising than there was in 2002? The answer is 'yes,' but compared to 2004 there is much less [online] advertising because it's missing that national component," said Dr. Leo Kivijarv, VP and head of research at PQ Media.

So, even though the use of online ads are down from levels in 2004, this doesn't mean that advertisers ignored the internet. Their focus merely shifted to a more targeted method, email. There are other mediums that may have seen increased attention during this election. The biggest one probably being online video.

As Jimmy Zimmerman mentioned on his blog yesterday, online video is another ad medium that politicians need to pay attention to, especially in the coming years. He states:

With online video streaming still being so young, I bet we will see online video making more of an impact in the future.

In the years to come, political candidates will need to stay on top of new Internet trends including online video, blog networks, and social networking.

As an absentee voter for Texas I relied on political commercials from Youtube and other sites to make informed decisions. Since I couldn't see the geotargeted commercials on Utah television or recieve the geotargeted direct mail at my Utah address, I had to do my own searching. I wonder what happened to those geotargeted emails though?

I imagine online video was a big influence on absentee voters, who had to research their candidates from afar. Are there any other absentee voters who would agree with that?

Judge Lewis Under Fire In Utah

Last night, I checked the ABC 4 website for more information about President Hinckley's story, and I came across another story that had some personal relevance.

Leslie Lewis, a Utah criminal court Judge, has come under the scrutiny of the media for her controversial statements and rulings.

About 3 weeks ago I attended an afternoon of public hearings where Judge Lewis laid down the law on several substance abusers and even one murderer who she gave a life sentence to. She reminded me of Utah's version of Judge Judy. She was opinionated, firm, and frequently interjected personal vignettes into her decisions. For this reason it came as no surprise when I read the ABC 4 report on Judge Lewis and her taped comments about the LDS practice of baptism.

The tape comes from a hearing addressing problems between a divorced couple on arranging parent time. At the end of the discussion Judge Lewis asks if there is anything else to discuss, and the father's attorney brings up that he would like to baptize his daughter in the LDS church, but the child in question had told her father that her mother didn't approve.

Then came Judge Lewis' opinion:

Judge Lewis stated that a decision of this nature must be made jointly between parents. Then she added, "And may I add my own personal story. That same thing was done to me and I have resented it lo, these many years."

Judge Lewis continued, saying that people are too young at the age of eight to make a decision of the magnitude of baptism. She then ruled, "The child is too young. The child will make the decision when she is twelve."

I tried to reason why this story was coming out now, almost a year later, and it appears that the media is following up on other negative reports about Judge Lewis (See report, ABC.com)

Being LDS I found her comments mildly offensive, mainly because they were somewhat unwarranted. On the other hand, it was the father's attorney who brought the whole religion issue to the forefront. Should a judge have a right to rule on such matters when they are brought out by the attorneys? I don't know, but having sat in her courtroom and listened to how she judged I think she handled her cases with a fair amount of justice and wisdom. Nonetheless, there seems to be a lot of controversy over her opinionated interjections.

What are your thoughts about Judge Lewis? How should Utah and the LDS population respond to her public comments? Or, should this issue just be dropped completely?

President Hinckley's Longevity Record

I don't normally blog about the news outside of marketing, but tonight I watched ABC 4 and one story seemed relevant to my blog readers. President Hinckley of the LDS church is soon to surpass the longevity record for the oldest living LDS prophet.

A little after 12 a.m on Friday President Hinckley will be 96 years and 133 days old, and will surpass David O. McKay as the oldest LDS prophet ever.

On Tuesday, I had the chance to attend the Prophet's address at BYU where he shared some of the many landmark experiences he's had in his long life. This is yet another notable event that somehow I think President Hinckley won't give much second thought too, considering his respect for those who have gone before him. Nonetheless, it is a considerable achievement, especially for someone with a prophetic calling such as Hinckley's where the "weight of the world" has been his to bear for more than 10 years.

For those of you who may read this and have no idea who or what I'm talking about here's a link to President Hinckley's wiki and a few other LDS church sites:

Learn More
President Hinckley's Wiki
LDS.org
Mormon.org