Anyone see 'Making It Big'? Hey AdFreak nation, did anyone see the premiere of the Linda Kaplan Thaler reality series Making It Big on Oxygen Sunday night? Can you tell us what you thought about it if you did? We didn’t see the Apprentice-style show since it would have required signing up for digital cable, a development that would lead us further down the road to couch potato-dom. Still, we found ourselves scouring the reality TV sites for reaction to the first episode, and, well, we didn’t see a word, though Kaplan Thaler is doing weekly podcasts about the show. All we know about the first episode is that it was a contest featuring some chefs, making it unlikely there was an appearance by the Aflac duck or discussion of how women can have orgasms merely by the act of washing their hair. —Posted by Catharine P. Taylor Photo credit: Gideon Lewin

April 26, 2005 | Permalink

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Wait? You write an ad blog, but don't have cable? How does that make you a credible source for what's going on in the ad world? You just shot your credibility to hell. Get cable or get a new gig.

Posted by: Voice of reason | Apr 26, 2005 1:59:48 PM

Hey,

I have cable. What I said I didn't have is digital cable. There's a difference. I think having 84 channels is plenty.

Posted by: Catharine P. Taylor | Apr 26, 2005 2:06:33 PM

What's happening in the ad world is not on TV, no matter how many channels one has.

Posted by: David Burn | Apr 26, 2005 5:10:48 PM

An annoying duck.
Women having orgasms over a hair conditioner.

How does an agency that does such grating, "ring-around-the-collar", beat-the-consumer-to-a-pulp hamfisted work merit so much press?

Posted by: confused | Apr 26, 2005 6:31:27 PM

Comment withdrawn. Thanks for the clarification. 84 channels is plenty. Carry on!

And David--if you think you comment on what's going on in advertising without taking TV into consideration, you obviously haven't seen the media spend numbers for TV vs. every other form of media.

Posted by: Voice of reason | Apr 27, 2005 2:43:11 PM

And I agree with 'confused'...I'm not a big fan of Kaplan Thaler's work either. But you can't deny her success. She certainly on a roll of late.

Posted by: Voice of reason | Apr 27, 2005 2:44:50 PM

Is making it big anything like the Canadian show Thrill of a Lifetime?

Posted by: Stephanie | May 1, 2005 3:48:34 PM

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