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Thursday, June 27, 2013
HBO OD (Joke Ad)
HBO is advertising their On Demand services with a logo that says: "HBO OD". But does this sound like something you'd want, an overdose of HBO? Maybe their ads should feature some CSI-type scenario where someone is found dead in front of their TV set, which is showing HBO programming, and then the investigator on the case says: "Just as I suspected: He died of an HBO OD! It's an epidemic of senseless deaths from amazing programming that's so compelling, people are forgetting to eat and even to breathe!" And then some doctor comes on the screen in what looks like a PSA, and she's urging HBO OD viewers to please remember that your body needs nourishment, oxygen, exercise, and so forth, and that she understands how wonderful and fascinating HBO programming is, but that you've got to be sure you take care of the rest of you too, and not just glut your pleasure centers all the time. In fact, if you watch enough HBO programming, no other entertainment will even work on you anymore due to a tolerance you've built up to only quality viewing.