Weird News Of The Day Via Droga5
April 2, 2008
So, um… check this out, yeah? George Parker, the bullying, brilliant brute of a blogger, has been taking meetings with Droga5. Yes, David Droga’s, Droga 5. Why you ask? A little birdy (GP wouldn’t respond for comment) told us that George is the latest addition to a roster of consultants the shop employs. One has to wonder… how much does George charge for a bit of wisdom laces with sweet sticky vitriol?
We hope the Mr. Parker is telling them what shit Honeyshed has turned out to be. How the site tries so hard to be cool that it has completely missed the mark. How they should really think about revamping the entire site’s content to actually, you know, be cool. Oh wait, he already did that. That explains everything doesn’t it? Parker should just curse out everyone who he thinks can pay his bills. Surely, they’ll do like David Droga and pony up the cash.
April 2, 2008 at 8:57 pm
One way to nip a critic in the bud is to put him on the payroll.
Sad.
April 2, 2008 at 9:29 pm
hey what about FCB?
April 2, 2008 at 9:46 pm
That guy looks like a homeless, older, drunk version of droga.
April 2, 2008 at 10:05 pm
To paraphrase the old teacher thing: “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, blog.”
April 2, 2008 at 10:25 pm
comment number three is absolutely hilarious.
April 3, 2008 at 1:05 am
I am one of George Parker’s biggest fans… The guy earned a blog roll link from Tribble Agency
I find his blog entertaining and yet informative… I wish more people ran their site like he does.
April 3, 2008 at 1:10 am
that picture of Droga looks like a homeless, older, drunk version of Droga.
April 3, 2008 at 2:51 am
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be creatives.
April 3, 2008 at 7:10 am
Perhaps “Honeybucket” instead of Honeyshed? Heh.
April 3, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I wish I could comment on the site, but I’ve had the window churning for the last half hour and it still refuses to initialize. Guess I won’t be buying anything there today (is it even up yet?).
Is this concept supposed to be more palatable because Droga is behind it, versus Kathy Lee Gifford or Victoria Principle? I don’t care how “cool” or “transparent” you make it, hawking wares is hawking wares.
April 3, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Oh, and the guys who clean out porta potties and septic tanks are called “Honey dippers.”
April 3, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I think George is pretty damn funny. Anyways, I am sure he needed a few more bucks for his “fine Cognac and Scary women.”
Here’s to paying off that bar tab.
April 3, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Just proves we’re all prostitutes in this business.
April 3, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Thanks for the kind comments… Everyone else can fuck off… And “stokefactory” are you suggesting we shouldn’t work for money? Why else would anyone work in this fucked up business… And “Dorothy Mantooth” I don’t just blog. check out my Web site at http://www.parkerads.com and tell me your stuff is better…
Wanker… Or, if you are a lady… Wankette!
Cheers/George
April 3, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Does Parker’s site get more drop-ins than Honeyshed?
Maybe those people who prate on and on about belts and scarves and pants on Honeyshed should experiment with George’s style by dubbing his voice and synching it up with the on camera pitchmen.
April 3, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Mr. Parker
I consider myself a whore as well. It ain’t diggin’ ditches.
April 3, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I work in this industry for the free office supplies. Coupla huffs of white out and I’m right as rain. Only when some phony rebrands prostitution as sexual appropriation agents do we start to get in trouble.
April 3, 2008 at 7:32 pm
George, I don’t know who they are targeting, but finally after seeing the site (after having to download Firefox: Strike One) I assume it is something like 15 to 25. I see cultural references to old SNL, BET, Sesame Street, Fat Albert, H.R. Puffinstuff, so maybe it’s intended for Gen Y folks, too.
The interface is slow as molasses on regular broadband, they need to address that. Nothing was optimized for my small screen, I had to keep scolling around the window. Tabs like “my stash”, “kicks and lids” or “fun shit” is cool IF IT WERE 1995 AGAIN. I think they are trying waaay too hard to be cool and relevant, like when a bunch of 40 and 50 year olds try to talk to high school kids like best buddies. Just forced.
The lure of late night infomercials and the Home Shopping Network was that you could shop 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For people who grew up during the depression and through the years of Blue laws, or were the children of those people, this was a HUGE DEAL. Shopping via the Wish Book suddenly lost it’s luster. People under 40 today have grown up pretty much having what they wanted when they wanted it, whether that was via heading to the mall on a Sunday afternoon (40 years ago, you couldn’t) or clicking on Amazon (ditto). This is just another gateway to get junk — I don’t know how it advances the ball. But maybe it’s not supposed to.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around a comedy sketch sprinkled with a sales pitch for a pair of shoes, but I’m sure this has been researched out the wazoo. It may be cheap to put out there since it’s web based, but they have producers, wardrobe, videographers, set builders, talent, editors and programmers to pay before they sell anything. Then there’s fulfillment, so they need to make a lot of money.
They have a lot of work in front of them. And speaking of money, I hope this keeps you in Dewars and Guiness for quite some time.
Cheers!
April 4, 2008 at 1:36 am
Tom…
Wow… Wanna be my agent? Remember that edited audio clip “The Cartoonist” posted of my blog cast… Two minutes of me saying fuck-bollocks-wanker-fuck-shit-fuck-arsehole-fuck… We could use that as my audition tape. Too bad you didn’y have it before you did your Hollywood scene last week.
Cheers/George