BoomTown has finally gotten used to the silly gee-gaws television networks use on election night, like touchscreen maps and drawing all over the screen and jump-up numbers.
But one used by cable network CNN last night–a hologram of a various people beamed into the studio to look like they were right there with Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper–was downright freaky.
We had this video hidden away in Voices today, but BoomTown had to let it run free some more!
Why?
Can you say Wookie dancing to “Footloose” and Darth Vader to “Thriller”?
Frankly, that’s all I need to achieve nirvana.
And we are not even going to explain why Princess Leia dancing to “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” is simply divine.
The ubiquitous puppet interviewer (not) Shel Israel–who BoomTown has definitively determined is powered by the hand of the very funny Loren Feldman of 1938 Media–came to ATD HQ (a.k.a., the cottage behind my house) yesterday for a lovely chat.
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