Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Top Video News Buzz Today: Steak & Ale and Chili's Founder, Norman Brinker Dead at 78

Norman Brinker was one of those legendary leaders who didn't need the celebrity that today's CEOs seem to crave. He just did good work, created great restaurant chains, and cared about people. Who knew he had that Susan G. Koman connection?

RIP, Norman, and thanks for the good service! (The ad at the beginning of the video might be for one of his restaurants!)




Top Video News Buzz: Cop Uses Taser On 72 Year-Old Woman In Road Side Stop

This is like a bad Saturday Night Live skit... Is this policeman going to claim that he felt threatened by this 72 year-old woman on the side of the road? The video is kind of dark, so maybe she had a hat pin in one hand and a knitting needle in the other. Using a taser on a senior citizen is kind of like using a machine gun on a gopher.

Can we say "excessive force?"




Top Video News Buzz Today: Party Like A Robot With These Japanese Robots That Cook Food and Serve Drinks

Watch out Jetsons... Rosie's got some rivals in Japan. I think these engineers could use a little bit of help from the Disney Imagineers, though. The robots in this video seem less sophisticated than the animatronic birds in the Tiki-Tiki-Tiki- Tiki-Tiki Room.

The traveling tray of drinks is cool. If they can make an affordable robot vacuum cleaner, surely the drinks on wheels can be mass-produced too. (The video report is worth the viewing of the ad at the beginning!)




Top Video News Buzz Today: Locavores Stay Green While Eating Their Greens

I think the macrobiotic people might feel a little bit upstaged by the self-proclaimed "locavores," but who really cares as long as the outcome is good for everybody?

Just reducing the consumption of food that's created in a factory and packaged in plastic would be a HUGE improvement in North American diets... (The ad at the beginning is only 30 seconds... it comes with the video...)




Top Video Celebrity Gossip: Fergie Pees On Stage, Lindsay Lohan Gets Engaged, Miley Cyrus Breaks Up, Amy Winehouse Turns Missionary?

Wouldn't it be fun if Lindsay Lohan got engaged to Miley Cyrus while they were on a missionary trip and they pee on themselves because they're so happy? Then Amy Winehouse, Fergie, and Paul McCartney could play at the "commitment ceremony" in St. Lucia, which Jennifer Anniston would attend in order to have a secret rendezvous with Brad Pitt. Hey - If everything in this video is true, then it could happen... (The ad pre-roll is the price we pay for good juicy gossip!)




Top Video News Buzz Today: Picasso Sketches Stolen from French Museum Without Security Cameras

Three questions... #1 - No surveillance cameras? #2 - Inside job? #3 - What in the world is the thief going to do with it? It's not like anybody's going to believe that the thief just found a book full of Picasso sketches in his grandmother's attic. I guess it's just about the thrill of the take...




Top Video News Buzz Today: Best Job in the World, If The Company Has A Good Health Plan

There's definitely worse jobs, but wouldn't this get old? What is the cholesterol count for this man? I hope the company's health plan includes good long-term disability for him after he gets his quadruple bypass. Yikes! (Ad at the beginning comes with the video...)