tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25861342675973464182011-04-21T20:14:22.401-07:00Impossible deadlines. Cranky clients. Inept vendors and media reps - the ad business is inherently stressful. At Spark, humor is the frequent salve for the ills this business inflicts on each of us. The internet has blessed us with a bounty of material ranging from mildly funny to piss-your-pants hilarious. These phrases, videos, audio clips and images have become part of our culture. We’ve catalogued our favorite nuggets on this blog so their impact can be shared with new employees and old.Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-53051762001468321752008-10-20T06:59:00.000-07:002008-10-20T07:45:25.750-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kD5baAnejMA/SPyTo8GJSGI/AAAAAAAAAAU/QzQgcn-FvNc/s1600-h/Creative+Resume+Him+(3).jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kD5baAnejMA/SPyTo8GJSGI/AAAAAAAAAAU/QzQgcn-FvNc/s320/Creative+Resume+Him+(3).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259240796397848674" /></a><br />This is a resume we received at Spark several months ago. Sadly enough, we believe the applicant honestly thought this masterpiece was going to land him a job in an ad agency. If you saw his Myspace page this resume would make a lot more sense. However,names have been masked to protect the stupid.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-5305176200146832175?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-48566221808337130742008-10-08T08:32:00.000-07:002008-10-08T08:35:14.505-07:00Courtesy of Maddox from The Best Page in the Universe. This guy hates everything and everyone. <a href="http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone"><span style="font-weight:bold;">This rant on the iPhone</span></a> is a favorite.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone">http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-4856622180833713074?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-21664851798538051322008-10-08T07:24:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:36:44.212-07:00NOT SAFE FOR WORK<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swf" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" flashvars="file=http://www.theonion.com/content/xml/81809/video&amp;debugging=true&amp;autostart=false&amp;image=http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/DEATH_PENALTY_article.jpg&amp;bufferlength=3&amp;embedded=true&amp;title=Supreme%20Court%20Rules%20Death%20Penalty%20Is%20%27Totally%20Badass%27" height="355" width="400" ></embed><br/><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/81809?utm_source=embedded_video">Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass'</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-2166485179853805132?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-60978371192170462912008-10-02T17:03:00.000-07:002008-10-02T17:06:05.526-07:00<embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mediaplayer.swf" flashvars="pageurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/24417/&file=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/videos/2007/06/1181974658-81015-WillFerrellNeilDiamondStorytellers.avi.flv&mediaid=24417&title=Neil Diamond Storytellers&tags=funny&description=Will Ferrell SNL&displayheight=325&backcolor=0x0d0d0d&lightoclor=0x336699&frontcolor=0xcccccc&image=http://media.ebaumsworld.com/thumbs/2007/06/24417-1181974658-81015-WillFerrellNeilDiamondStorytellers.avi/0000000.jpg" wmode="transparent" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="425" height="345" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-6097837119217046291?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-75081036905394727292008-10-02T16:34:00.001-07:002008-10-02T16:35:28.197-07:00Let Chris Rock show you how.<br /><br />NOT SAFE FOR WORK<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7FPokZXLoI4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7FPokZXLoI4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-7508103690539472729?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-63404380568331765972008-10-01T16:31:00.000-07:002008-10-01T16:36:26.841-07:00A dramatic reading of a breakup letter. Be sure to read along with the audio.<br /><br />NOT SAFE FOR WORK<br /><a href="http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/"><br />http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-6340438056833176597?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-68412568731022386042008-09-30T17:23:00.000-07:002008-09-30T17:28:42.512-07:00NOT SAFE FOR WORK<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JGrGwhoN0K8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JGrGwhoN0K8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-6841256873102238604?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-41385272163466425272008-09-30T17:00:00.001-07:002008-09-30T17:29:00.087-07:00NOT SAFE FOR WORK<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=6183509562772621943&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-4138527216346642527?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-48885384856347266942008-09-30T16:36:00.000-07:002008-09-30T16:40:26.252-07:00<a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/hey_where_did_all_my_stuff_go">http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/hey_where_did_all_my_stuff_go</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-4888538485634726694?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-8888468719412772992008-09-30T16:29:00.000-07:002008-09-30T17:29:14.616-07:00NOT SAFE FOR WORK<br /><br /><embed width="448" height="365" src="http://www.spike.com/efp" quality="high" bgcolor="000000" name="efp" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="flvbaseclip=2770006&" allowfullscreen="true"> </embed> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px; background-color: #000; width: 448px; padding: 3px 0; color: #fff;"><a href="http://www.spike.com/video/jack-palance-burnout/2770006" style="color: #ffcc35; margin-left: 5px;">Jack Palance: Burnout</a> | <a href="http://www.spike.com/channel/viralvideo" style="color: #ffcc35">Viral</a> | <a href="http://www.spike.com/" style="color: #ffcc35">SPIKE.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-888846871941277299?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586134267597346418.post-40644987139210868852008-09-30T14:54:00.000-07:002008-09-30T16:35:29.293-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0JGSKjvpfBY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0JGSKjvpfBY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2586134267597346418-4064498713921086885?l=sparkpopculture.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Spark Pop Culturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895870624195268743noreply@blogger.com0