Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Carol Burnett Show: Wrong Number

The Carol Burnett Show was a television smash success for years.  The video, below, is one of her many brilliantly hilarious skits.  This one features Carol and Tim Conway interacting after Tim answers the phone only to find it was a wrong number.  Check it out.



[My thanks to Edna Oeth for forwarding this]

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

United Airlines Messes With the Wrong Guy

United Airlines did it again!  This time their abysmal customer service department stonewalled a musician whose $3500 Taylor guitar was damaged by baggage handlers.  This is just another of the countless incidents involving terrible customer service by the airline (see my previous articles, Flying the "Unfriendly Skies": A Despicable Story and Flying the "Unfriendly Skies": The Pilots Step Up).  But this time, they messed with the wrong person.  After being stonewalled by United customer service for OVER NINE MONTHS, singer and songwriter, Dave Carroll, wrote a song, created a video and posted it on You Tube.  It was an instant success.  As I write this, nearly 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE have viewed the video, leaving thousands of comments and personal horror stories on the site.  After the huge success of Dave's video, United, allegedly, contacted him to offer a settlement if he would agree to remove his video.  Dave refused.  He has subsequently appeared on several major TV networks to tell the story in his own words.  Check out his video, below.



You can view one of Dave's network TV interviews and his sequel video with the following links:

[My thanks to Rick Douglas for forwarding this]

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Holiday Humor: Beware of the Doghouse

This clever video clip shows what happens when a man gives his wife or girlfriend the wrong gift for the holidays.  I posted this JC Penney video last holiday season.  I enjoyed it so much, I thought I'd show it to you, again, this year.



Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season and a healthy, prosperous New Year!

Ralph