Things I Learned By Watching the DWTS Results Show

They play the Hum song "Stars" in one of the Cadillac commercials where they tell you you shouldn't buy a car based on mpg's or reliability (or the solvency of the car company) but instead on how sexy the car makes you feel.
Great song, moronic commercial.

When the Diamond is Forever ad used Landon Pigg's "Coffee Shop," I couldn't get it out of my head for weeks. Now it's back. I suggest YouTubing it. It's gooood.

It's okay that you don't like DTWS, James. In fact, I'm in the opposite predicament--I tuned in to make fun, and ended up actually liking it. [hanging head in shame]

The Cat Power take on "Major Tom" in another bad car commercial. Lincoln? Tin Can?

OT, but no Fringe recap? I thought last nights was by far the best episode yet. Had all the feeling of a good episode of Lost, which I think was emphasized by the Lost style background music. And the first time I saw the little kid, I had a huge urge to say "red rum, red rum!"

[...] Posted by James Poniewozik | Comments (0) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This Apropos of songs being appropriated for commercials, my colleague Sean Gregory writes about that Toyota [...]

I don't "like" DWTS either -- but it much more watchable than American Idol.

The problem with all "reality competition" shows is the same -- they're only really worth watching in the "middle" weeks; the early weeks are all about condensing events into a forced narrative, and the last weeks are always a desperate attempt to maintain interest in a limited number of competitors.

I've even come up with a formula -- two weeks after the competitor who is popular but has no business being on the show is gone, the show stops being worth watching (Sanjay, Cloris, etc)