More Horrible Local TV Promos: “Here’s 2 St. Louis” From Fox 2

More Horrible Local TV Promos: “Here’s 2 St. Louis” From Fox 2

 Posted on February 5, 2009  |  The Editor


picture-5I’m sure most of you remember this one: “Here’s 2 St. Louis”  the promo when KTVI tried to make us feel warm and fuzzy about a place that has “the class of a city and the heart of a town” so we would forget about the mess that was the “channel 12 is now channel 2 and channel 2 is now channel 12” mess a few years back. 

Before you click over the jump to view the video, check out my favorite still frame from it:

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Dick Ford and Dave Murry sitting out on a riverboat or something enjoying the day, pointing out the sites.  Are we to believe that this is what they do on their days off?  They hang out like an old gay couple?  God I hope thats true.

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fox2  ktvi  promo 

Local Magazine Death Watch 2009: The Beginning

Local Magazine Death Watch 2009: The Beginning

 Posted on February 4, 2009  |  The Editor

We at PunchingKitty love magazines. The numbers, however, say the the rest of the world doesn’t. To that we ask: Don’t you people poop? That however is beside the point. Right now, by our count St. Louis has 4 magazines that are worth counting. We’re thinking no matter how many they give away for free all four can’t survive to see 2010, so now starts PunchingKitty.com’s Local Magazine Death Watch 2009. [Read More]
death  magazines  research 

Emmis No Longer Paying for Employee Parking

 Posted on February 4, 2009  |  The Editor

Updated! See below original post… We hear Emmis, the radio company that operates 105.7 the Point, 97.1, KSHE, and KHITS, has stopped paying for their employee’s parking passes at their Union Station office. What does this mean? Yup. Emmis’ poor underpaid jocks now have to pay to park at work. Lame and sad. Well, at least they have all those fabulous shops in Union Station to hang out at…oh wait. [Read More]
emmis  radio  the point 

Commenter Paints a Sad Picture of Working at the Post Dispatch

 Posted on February 3, 2009  |  The Editor

In a recent post about the Post Dispatch and their financial troubles, I put a call out for anyone that works there to tell us what its like. That call was answered by a commenter and after reading it, I felt it needed the attention a full post brings. The question posed was “What’s the vibe like there?” The vibe is not knowing…a numbness that has you just fulfill your duties and go home. [Read More]
comments  post dispatch 

Carol Thinks the Post Dispatch Jumped the Shark, and SuperDave Concurs

 Posted on February 3, 2009  |  The Editor

I’m not 100% sure that Carol knows what “Jumped the Shark” means, but I am sure she must lead a sad little life to have this bug her so much. From STLToday’s Letters to the Editor blog: I think the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has finally jumped the shark. I knew they were biased against Republicans, but to not have put Michael Steele’s picture on the front of Saturday’s newspaper was a major gaffe that spoke volumes. [Read More]
morons  politics  post dispatch  superdave 

Post-Dispatch the Latest to Beg Their Employees Not to Come to Work

 Posted on February 2, 2009  |  The Editor

Add the Post-Dispatch to the list of bleeding old-media companies that are forcing everyone they can [read: non-union employees] to take a one-week unpaid furlough. From BizJournals.com: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has ordered all 300 of its nonunion employees to take a one-week unpaid furlough. The newspaper also suspended all 2009 merit raises for nonunion workers and the company match for its 401(k) program. The Post’s parent, Davenport, Iowa-based Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE), is $1. [Read More]
fail  newspaper  post dispatch 

Local News: Tune in at 10 to see the Best of the Super Bowl Commercials!

 Posted on February 2, 2009  |  The Editor

Oh yes, its that time again. Super Bowl means one thing: A change for our local TV news anchors a chance to loosen their ties, after sports and the weather of course, to talk about their favorite Super Bowl commercials and giggle away as the lights dim and they pitch to a Seinfeld rerun. Screw that. You don’t actually watch the local news do you? Of course not. You get your weather and news online, so just go to Hulu. [Read More]
commercials  News  tv 

Ladies Night on St. Louis Craigslist

 Posted on January 30, 2009  |  The Editor

PunchingKitty is scanning Craigslist again and here’s what we found! My Illinois lover – w4m – 40 (your bed) I had a great time with you, and hope that this is more than a physical relationship . . . because I want it all, and I want it with you. I can’t wait to be in your arms again, waking up next to you was wonderful. Link Location: “Your Bed” Damn baby. [Read More]
craigslist  ladies  sad  weird