David Tanklefsky

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Super Bowl Ad Expert Surveys the Field

Clydesdales and Dalmatians will not pull on your football-loving heartstrings during this year’s Super Bowl. Bob Horowitz, president of Juma Entertainment and executive producer of CBS’ Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2010 has had a peek at quite a few of the Super Bowl XLIV ads and says there is a lot of frat house humor in this year’s ad roster-something that... More

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Super Bowl-Bound Brees Wowed on ‘Sport Science’

By now most NFL fans are aware of the pigskin power of Super Bowl-bound New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, but not many have seen his incredible accuracy up close like John Brenkus and his staff over at BASE Production’s Sport Science , as I wrote in my Fifth Estater on Brenkus for B&C ’s Jan. 18 edition: A 2009 episode explored the mechanics behind throwing a... More

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“Hipsters’ Bible” Launches Web-Only Series on CNN.com

Renowned film director Spike Jonze and indie-rock haven Sup Pop Records are overseeing two new online video series to be featured on CNN.com as part of a new content partnership between the web site and Vice’s VBS.TV . The two series, “VBS.TV on CNN.com,” and “Indie Asia: On Tour with Handsome Furs” will launch on the CNN web site and on the CNN app for... More

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McGwire Finally Steps Up to the Plate

Sitting down with Bob Costas for an MLB Network exclusive interview Monday night, Mark McGwire decided it was finally time to talk about the past. The former Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals slugger who captured America’s collective passion in the summer of 1998 by breaking Roger Maris’ single-season home run record, looked nothing like the colossal hero of yore.... More

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1986: ‘Dave’ Drops in on the New Bosses

NBCU employees looking to impress their new head honchos at Comcast may (or may not) want to check out this Late Night With David Letterman clip from 1986, after General Electric acquired NBC from the organization’s longtime parent, RCA. The premise is simple enough: Dave wants to ingratiate himself with his new bosses by delivering a fruit basket to the GE board of directors. But he... More