09/24/2005 Entry: "WHO Let The Dogs Out?"

Another Saturday, another All Day Saturday Thread. Chat away. When this baby hits 88 comments per hour...blah blah blah.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/24/2005 11:43 AM EST

That game(?) looks cute, too bad I will most likely never play it. I went with the PSP instead of the DS. Love the PSP but it would be nice if they put out some GAMES FOR IT INSTEAD OF PUMPING OUT MOVIES! Deep breath....relax.

Chestnuts roasted by MissKitty @ 09/24/2005 11:52 AM EST

I was just lloking for something good to do on Halloween and then I began to wonder if Paramount Canada's Wonderland was gonna do anything good this year. And then I found this: http://canadas-wonderland.com/fearfest/index.cfm
It looks simply amazing. Any other Canucks planning on going?

Chestnuts roasted by Phil @ 09/24/2005 11:54 AM EST

Oh shit, I meant to get this in on the last one. Has anyone seen that Stewie Griffin DVD? I just watched it last night - it's hilarious. And while we're at it, and since it's the season, has anyone seen that Russian horror movie that came out last year, Night Watch? It's out on DVD now. Pretty cool.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/24/2005 11:55 AM EST

The Family Guy movie was good, best part was David Bowie at the beginning. Now I will stop spoiling. I went to Canadas Wonderland for Halloween a few years ago when I lived in Brampton, it was quite awesome. Would love to go again if I had tons of cash to buy a plane ticket!

Chestnuts roasted by MissKitty @ 09/24/2005 12:05 PM EST

I've been meaning to go to Paramount for awhile just for the Italian Job ride.. Maybe I can make it there for Halloween?

Chestnuts roasted by Jade @ 09/24/2005 12:06 PM EST

I think that they have most rides running but i have to double check. I know the main ones (Top Gun, The Mighty Canadian Minebuster, etc) are certainly running.

Chestnuts roasted by Phil @ 09/24/2005 12:09 PM EST

Matt - do you get to test a product before working on its commercial?

Both were really good. I especially love the dog scooting his ass across the floor. I had to replay that part just to make sure I saw it right.

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 09/24/2005 12:31 PM EST

The pug dragging his butt across the floor in #2 is a riot!

Chestnuts roasted by Z-Man @ 09/24/2005 12:50 PM EST

Time for a pun. The ass-dragging pug was a bone of contention during this project. I'm glad he was able to stay.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/24/2005 12:55 PM EST

Matt, I know you're not a pro wrestling fan, but I really you should get ahold of WCW's old "Halloween Havoc" PPV's they used to do. They did "scary" matches like "Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal" and the infamous "Chambers of Horrors" match. Plus, the old Dungeon of Doom angle is wrestlecrap classic.
Also, WCW-wise, Chucky the Doll made an appearence on Nitro taunting Rick Steiner for some reason.

Also, the Undertaker alone deserves an entry. Great theme music, plus he occaisionally does "scary" matches like casket matches, buried Alive matches, Hell in the Cell, plus an inferno match with his "brother" Kane.

Nintendogs seems like a high-tech version of those Digipets that were briefly popular a few years ago.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/24/2005 01:18 PM EST

I have these cards in a box some where from the early 90's that have pro athletes dressed up for Halloween on them. Some of the costumes are pretty stupid looking and since I've never really been into sports I have no idea who any of the guys are. Does anyone have any clue what I'm talking about.
And those commercials are great Matt. Pug= awesome

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 09/24/2005 01:33 PM EST

Is this game even worth the money?

Chestnuts roasted by Gene @ 09/24/2005 01:34 PM EST

Matt, Nintendo should have come to you first instead of them releasing those two god-awful Nintendogs commercials with the 12 year old kids. "Play on playas." *shudder*

Chestnuts roasted by Toad64 @ 09/24/2005 01:53 PM EST

JLA -- I AM a wrestling fan! Though not much of one as of late. I actually did buy some old Havoc matches...but they turned out to be PAL format. Thanks for reminding me, though -- there were two in particular I wanted to cover in Oct.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/24/2005 02:02 PM EST

Okay...so these commercials sound sweet...God my boss needs to walk away long enough for me to watch them.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/24/2005 02:09 PM EST

Nice new commercials. They do have the same sort of feel as the Furby spot. You should have embezzled some of the project's money though and produced an X-E commercial. I liked the car-driving dog too (and of course the pug....)
I actually got a DS and Nintendogs earlier this week. I was never too into virtual pets before (no Tomagoshi or whatever) but it's a pretty great game. I give it my seal of approval.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 09/24/2005 02:33 PM EST

Linkies no workie. I suckie.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 09/24/2005 02:34 PM EST

I think your ads just sold me on nintendogs, btw. Can you really interact with other dogs? That's so -cool-.

Chestnuts roasted by Jade @ 09/24/2005 02:41 PM EST

Nintendogs is a cool idea but definitely something that looks like it would get boring after a while. I besides the fact I don't think I'd shell out the money for a DS anyways. Both Nintendo and Sony and their licensees aren't doing much to support the systems and most likely will die shortly. There is just too much of a market for home consoles rather than a hand held system that probably demolishes batteries. Now don't take this as a dis on the systems themselves for they seem capable of playing cool games i just think they will suffer a demise similar to that of the Dreamcast. Dreamcast in my opinion was one of the best systems made with really good games but the system was marketed horribly and died. On top of that it can run lots of fun emulators!!! Definitely worth the $15 price tag i see it selling for at used game shops around here...

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/24/2005 02:41 PM EST

I was referring to the PSP when i mention Sony in my last comment. Just so people don't think i'm brain dead...

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/24/2005 02:45 PM EST

Sony and THEIR licensees aren't supporting PSP,but I have to disagree with you on DS.
Wario Ware Touched,Nintendogs,whatever the Kirby game is called,Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow,whatever the surgery game is called,Advance Wars Double Strike,Pac Pix,Trackball Pac-Man,Bubble Bobble DS,Atari Retro Classics,Yoshi Touch And Go,the Princess Peach side scroller................
I won't go on,but there's a whole bunch of good games out/coming out.
Plus I'm pretty sure it charges like a cell phone,so no batteries.
Plus there's a ton of good GBA games it can play.

Chestnuts roasted by kid nicky @ 09/24/2005 03:03 PM EST

Those were Coca-Cola's "Monsters of the Gridiron" trading cards I believe Darth Poop is talking about. I've got six from '94. I think that was the last year they had them. I haven't see any since. Worth it to see Cornelius Bennet made up as a weird bear-werewolf thing.
Hmmmm.... X-E inspired virtual pets. I like the sound of that.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/24/2005 03:05 PM EST

I am sickened by the "ass-dragging pug" in your otherwise nice commerical, Matt. A groomer friend explained to me a few months back how she has to relieve dogs with that problem of the pressure on a regular basis; think rubber glove scene from Fletch.

Chestnuts roasted by BBB @ 09/24/2005 03:45 PM EST

Dogs let you put Halloween costumes on them. Cats do not.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/24/2005 03:51 PM EST

Ummm, I just saw Catwoman, and that is one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and not in the good bad way, either. It sucked.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/24/2005 03:56 PM EST

Matt's cat Lenox LOVES wearing costumes as we discovered in last year's Halloween countdown. By the way how is Lenox doing Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/24/2005 04:06 PM EST

Hey thanks for the message, Matt

Chestnuts roasted by Mike Fireball @ 09/24/2005 04:11 PM EST

This has nothing to do with anything other than the fact that I spotted our old friend Spidey-Bum in Times Square yesterday. And not just one Spidey-Bum. Oh no. This time, there were TWO of them. They're multiplying.

Chestnuts roasted by Pirate7L @ 09/24/2005 04:21 PM EST

Pirate: Yeah, and now we've got the Naked Cowgirl a block away from the Naked Cowboy. It's getting out of control.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/24/2005 04:24 PM EST

Holy crap finally he left. And yes, those commercials are great. That pug needs a series. Matt, if this were Myspace, I'd give you the maximum amount of kudos possible. Two. That's it.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/24/2005 04:27 PM EST

Okay, I'm sorry - I keep forgetting things that I'd meant to say. But this idea came to me last weekend, and I was just reminded of it again today - are any of you on Myspace? We should all be "friends." Click on my name for my page!

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/24/2005 04:29 PM EST

By saying, "they're mine" Does that mean you wrote, or did all the producing as well? Either way, I am jealous of your job(s)

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 09/24/2005 04:50 PM EST

Wrote/produced/loved.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/24/2005 04:53 PM EST

Cool Matt. Can't wait for Oct. RD at Wrestlecrap also does his annual Halloween edition in Oct.

What exactly does a producer do here though? Direct? Make the graphics? Pick the tip?

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/24/2005 05:15 PM EST

Just got back from picking apples at the local orchard and took a side trip to pick up some jones soda and was gonna send you a pic because I thought I was going to be the 1st to see it! Guess I should have read my blog faster. Thanks for all the halloween ideas! At wal-mart here in ohio we have the popcorn balls you have for 3.94 for 20! So I bought 4 boxes to give out and target had full size candy bars for the kids in a pack @ .25 cents per bar! They are going to by way excited! I am looking for the gummie bears you had an artical about but can't find them anywhere does anyone have any good ideas? And one last thing Matt have you ever thought of going to cedar point? There halloweekends are the best! They have to walk through fright zones that are out of this world and I think 4 or 5 good haunted houses not including all rides are open and they have creepy music through the whole park and they change all the food to include hot made to order caramel apples, popcorn balls, hot chocolate and more! If you can check it out here http://halloweekends.cedarpoint.com/

Chestnuts roasted by brookelynn @ 09/24/2005 05:39 PM EST

Are we going to see anymore pet costumes this year? Or did your cats declare war on you?

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/24/2005 05:43 PM EST

Hey Matt forgot something else too! I found carvable decorative pumpkins. They are like a foam core material and look like a real pumpkin and last forever and you can carve them like a real pumpkin without all the slime and mess and no animals or bugs can eat them! And no little bastards can ruin them and you can light them up too. If you want a pic let me know Im carving one right now!

Chestnuts roasted by brookelynn @ 09/24/2005 05:56 PM EST

i have a psp so i'm a bit biased but man i gotta say they have some tite stuff comin out.. i actually like burnout legends more than burnout 3 on ps2 cuz it mixes up the gameplay more, but still has some of part 3's content.. tony hawk, hot shots golf, need for speed, fired up, darkstalkers are all good releases.

but what will really set it off for me is grand theft auto, socom and infected comin out this fall.. sorry i'm hi as fuck.

oh and those commercials were tite man! your talents work well for marketing.

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 09/24/2005 06:39 PM EST

Are these commercials also airing on Nick?

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 09/24/2005 07:05 PM EST

hey kneg, check out the imdb movie of the day! awwwWWWW YEAH!!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/24/2005 07:06 PM EST

Ever think in twenty years these commercials will be a part of some (currently seven year old) kid's website on nostalgia?

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 09/24/2005 07:14 PM EST

Happy Saturday thread to all.
Kyle, your idea is interesting, but in general I try to avoid Myspace like the plague that it is If anyone is on LJ I'm hip to a friending exchange...in fact the few LiveJournal "friends" that I have that I don't actually know IRL have been mostly met through this blog here

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/24/2005 07:17 PM EST

I consider myself a Friend of Squee.
Speaking of HALLOWEEN HAVOC, yesterday was a big school spirit day. Click the name to and check out the last picture entitled "Who's the Manimal???" and guess which one is me AND explain your answer.
HAPPY SATURDAY!!

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 09/24/2005 07:47 PM EST

I love Nintendogs! But why does Nickelodeon require their own Nintendog commercials?

Chestnuts roasted by Anne Packrat @ 09/24/2005 07:54 PM EST

Manimal,

I will go ahead and guess that you're the one on the left - because, seriously, The Manimal must be married. It would be ridiculous to think that he hasn't been snatched up yet. However, the one on the right has an "x" on his chest - for x-entertainment? Possibly just a trick of the light. I don't know. I'll stick with the one on the left.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/24/2005 08:03 PM EST

WOW, good observation Kyle!!! You are a much better detective than I am...I agree with Kyle.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/24/2005 08:17 PM EST

Friday is on VH1. I so love that movie.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 09/24/2005 09:30 PM EST

Saturday night...drunk at a house party.....and visiting XE. Happy times!!

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 09/24/2005 09:39 PM EST

I loved the music for those spots that you did.

Chestnuts roasted by super_dex @ 09/24/2005 09:52 PM EST

I hate hurricanes.

I hate having huge ass limbs in my front yard and on my roof.

I hate not having power for 20 hours.

I hate 75 MPH winds ripping things off of your house and flinging them down the street.

That is all.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 09/24/2005 09:57 PM EST

Hey Matt, I wanted to comment in the "Print Ads of the 80's" article, but I couldn't as it seems to have been closed to commentary.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that HOLY MOTHER OF FUCKING CRAP that article was the bestest! Pogo balls? Battle Beasts? Visionaries? Fruit Slush? Jello Pops? FUN FRUITS!??

Fruit Slush and Jello Pops were on the verge of being expelled from my memory completely, yet thanks to you I can taste and feel them in my mouth as I just reminisce about them.

Oh yeah, and Transformers Pretenders sucked hairy dick.

Chestnuts roasted by Al @ 09/24/2005 09:57 PM EST

Sorry to hear about it Wukong. Good luck to you and all victims of all the recent hurricanes.

Chestnuts roasted by Phil @ 09/24/2005 10:01 PM EST

I'm watching Justice League on CN, and it got me to wonderin'...who does everybody favor in the centuries-old "Superman vs. The Flash footrace" debate? The Flash gets the nod from me, because, frankly, that's all he's got. Superman is fast and strong and can fly and a dozen other wonderful things, but all the Flash can do is run. So, you'd figure he'd be the best at it.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 09/24/2005 10:09 PM EST

Superman loses the race but beats the everliving shit out of Flash to remind him of the fact that no one cares about the Flash. Oh man I remember the short lived Flash TV series on CBS. Sucked big time!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/24/2005 10:16 PM EST

Flash can also steal speed, which means if you shoot him or punch him, he can essentially negate the velocity of the bullets or fist.

Also, he has the Speed Force. And the cosmic treadmill.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 09/24/2005 10:19 PM EST

Is there anything good on that I'm just not seeing while I go through the channels? (EST) I need bad horror, or even a bad cooking show. Someone?

Chestnuts roasted by Ugh @ 09/24/2005 10:25 PM EST

Um. On SciFi right no there are fighter jets firing missles at an electric cloud. Can't make that shit up.

Matt, you made Nintendogs sounds XTREME. That's...different.

Chestnuts roasted by Warx @ 09/24/2005 10:31 PM EST

Ugh, I think the night is void of bad horror on cable. I'm resorting to DVD.

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 09/24/2005 10:32 PM EST

Whoops. Sorry about that. Must've crossed the line! Seriously, sorry about that.

In other news: I got a Mountain Dew Pitch Black II on my lunch. It was okay.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/24/2005 10:35 PM EST

im looking forward to that new sonic rush(ds)game and that new super mario game for the ds also

Chestnuts roasted by tru adam3000 @ 09/24/2005 10:57 PM EST

sup nintendogs!

I'm also remembering the Flash show, the costume was pretty good, but that's all I remember. My family didn't watch too much CBS when I was a kid.

My nephew just got his Halloween costume, for $5 from the Family Dollar cheap-ass store.....Jar-Jar Fucking Binks!! Cheap ass costume, the mask looks like shit on a rubber band, and the "tunic" is like shiny paper. Fucked up piece of shit.

RE: Corey Haim, whoever said he larded up, well that's just cruel. Have some fucking tolerance for the master!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/24/2005 11:56 PM EST

Tolerance is all fine and well, but Haim is looking like he ate both Feldman and Hart. And then absorbed their powers to transform into The Corey Triforce.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 09/25/2005 12:17 AM EST

heh, the only thing good on right now is Eddie Murphy Raw on the Secret Stash. I don't get Showtime, so I can't watch Cube Zero.

I don't give a fuck.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/25/2005 01:21 AM EST

OMG Chucky smilie?!?!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/25/2005 01:24 AM EST

im confused matt. i thought you worked for nippleodeon? how are you doing commercials for nintendo? also if you guys didnt know the big N's head honda mr. miyamoto (creator of mario, zelda, etc.)is going to be signing autographs tomorrow morning at the nintendo store in times square. i'd go but i think you would have to get there pretty early and wait in line for awhile.

Chestnuts roasted by mikey @ 09/25/2005 02:08 AM EST

head honcho^

Chestnuts roasted by mikey @ 09/25/2005 02:09 AM EST

Thats pretty neat that he does commercials =D.
Matt, do you do the idea and make it? or are you just implementing an idea? or what?

Chestnuts roasted by Rutir @ 09/25/2005 02:33 AM EST

Has anybody heard of this? Check out the link in my name. I found a site that is about Silence of the Lambs: The musical. The songs are ok, and you can tell they are very serious about it. My favorite songs? Put the f.cking lotion in the basket and if I could smell her cunt. Weird, lame, and wacky stuff. Onto the soda article.

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 09/25/2005 03:48 AM EST

dude, i love that pug rubbing it's filthy tapeworm ass on the floor. awesome.

Chestnuts roasted by Sara @ 09/25/2005 11:11 AM EST

Tolerance is all fine and well, but Haim is looking like he ate both Feldman and Hart. And then absorbed their powers to transform into The Corey Triforce.

Posted by The Wukong Effect @ 09/25/2005 12:17 AM EST

Oh dear this made me laugh so hard I started choking on my smoke. Well done!

Chestnuts roasted by MissKitty @ 09/25/2005 03:11 PM EST

Resident Evil is coming out for DS... gonna own noobs. Heres the official site... http://www.capcom.co.jp/ds_bio/ Its in like half japanese so like... yeah all you can see is the screens. They have a couple previews for it on gamespot. Cool thing about the DS is the touch screen. When blood gets on it you have to whipe it off with your hand.... oh god yes i need this game

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 09/25/2005 10:19 PM EST

Can I Just Say That I Would Seriously Have Matt's Babies If He Asked Me To After Perusing This Site? Whoever this man is, he's quite a man! Matt, you have rocked my mostly intoxicated but still relevant world! LOve ya!

Chestnuts roasted by Nat @ 09/26/2005 05:19 AM EST

Just got back from picking apples at the local orchard

Well, there goes MY idea for my Migrant Worker Fantasy Camp.

And the Corey Triforce becomes unstoppable when it wears his sunglasses at night.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 09/26/2005 02:10 PM EST

But the only wish the Corey Triforce can grant is to bring back the 80's.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/26/2005 06:24 PM EST

Goob: Yeah, I stumbled across that site during my quest to compile every song from The Silence of the Lambs (meaning, even the ones that play for like 2 seconds in the background). I found all but one, which I don't believe had ever been released.

Yeah, I go on lame quests. Link I'm not.

I can't believe it's being turned into a real musical after all this time. I'd love to see it, the song are hilarious.

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 09/27/2005 01:44 AM EST

I have to catch up, even if no one will read this for years to come.
I just wanted to say I used the Corey quote as my msn name I enjoyed it so much there, Wukong Effect.

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/03/2005 06:12 PM EST