1) In NPR’s Planet Money podcast from last Wednesday, the featured segment was an interview with an exectuive from Crazy Eddie’s Electronics, regarding the financial crimes perpetrated by Crazy Eddie’s top management which ultimately led to the companies downfall in the 1980s.
The interview is a good listen, but mostly the piece just made remember the ridiculous advertisements that Crazy Eddie’s had on television when I was a kid. As Crazy Eddie’s was a chain in the greater-New York Metropolitan area, these crazy commercials were always on the local TV stations, especially Channel 11, the old WPIX. The video above captures the frantic and, well, crazy pace and tone of a Crazy Eddie’s ad. Enjoy. 2) Watched Liverpool lose to Aston Villa today, 3-1. Unexpected result surely, but I was more curious as to what happened to the face of baby-faced ‘Pudlian striker, Fernando Torres. Apparently, he got clocked in the face in Liverpool’s previous game versus Stoke City while going for a header.
He did score the lone Liverpool goal. This picture really doesn’t capture how strange his face looked. I’m sure he’ll be ok, but it was pretty strange looking on high-definition TV.
