January 22, 2006Why is SNL charging for Lazy Sunday?
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As I fast forwarded my way through last night's SNL, I saw a really good skit of the Lazy Sunday ilk - it was a music video of the chronic-what?-cles of Chuck Norris. A period piece of the origins and birth of the cult legend that is Chuck Norris, with 70's style haircuts and facial hair (can't wait for the Hoff version)
So I took a stroll over to both iTunes and youtube to see if it would be there waiting for me. It wasn't. And on top of that, I see that Lazy Sunday plus other skits such as Schwetty Balls or Chandeliers are being charged for at $1.99 a pop.
Exactly when did Lorne Michaels and his cronies at NBC lose the plot and go from a great idea (distributing their clips to the masses for FREE as a primo tune-in driver or upsell tool perhaps for DVD's etc) to a crappy one.
I'm not going to pay $2 anytime soon for 1.53 minutes of Lettuce. And neither should you.
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Re: "Why is SNL charging for Lazy Sunday?"
Outside of the usual union issues, network redtape, etc...Lorne is prbably betting, as am I, that many people will pay for such content. Infact, my company is currently negotiating deals to create this type of downloadable entertainment through a myriad of entertainment based properties and genres.
Send me the 'More Cowbell' sketch for 2 bucks! It would be great to simply create our own selection of the bits we love, rather that pay $40 for their version of a 'Best of...'
Regards,
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin September
I have to agree with Kevin on one thing - people will, in some way, "pay" for content that is good. That's pretty clear re: satellite radio (once you get it, you usually love it). I'm a bit surprised that they're charging for this one particular thing, because it had been out there for free for so long, frankly. It's just that the masses are probably not going to quickly adopt to that level. What sucks particularly about this case is that the "early adopters" and "viral-heads" out there all saw "Lazy Sunday" a lot (73 times, at least for me, sez iTunes, plus all the YouTube views), while people who didn't catch up on it quickly (such as my mom) would have to pay.
In any case, what I really wanted to say that when using "myriad" in a sentence, you need not have an "a" before it or an "of" after it - "myriad" is all good on its own.
Posted by: Tom
