No Einstein left behind in Bush’s address

Clark Apropos of nothing, the Baby Einstein Co. got a valuable plug in last night’s State of the Union address. President Bush praised gallery guest Julie Aigner-Clark (r.) of Centennial, Colo., for launching the kids video company and cashing out by selling to Disney Corp. Aside from its entrepreneurial roots, some bloggers and pundits wondered why this product earned placement in an address normally reserved for mysterious aluminum tubes and yellowcake. “Huh?” says Time’s James Poniewozik. “Clearly she’s a canny businesswoman and believes in her product. But what did Baby Einstein do, other than convince nervous yuppie parents that it was educational to buy mesmerizing video crack for babies—replete with product placements—by vaguely linking them to art, literature and questionable research on the brain-building benefits of classical music for infants?” Maybe Bush wishes he had been a Baby Einstein.

—Posted by Richard Williamson

January 24, 2007 | Permalink

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Sing Brahms lulllaby everynight, even if you can't carry a tune.
Tell them a story.
Give them a hug and a kiss.

Who would have ever thought that formula would be worth anything? Or cost you a dime?

The memories are priceless.


Posted by: | Jan 24, 2007 4:11:43 PM

what did Einstein watch..play with...do..? Just wondering, what his fav. puppet was...

Posted by: ray | Jan 24, 2007 4:34:17 PM

His first wife that went crazy? Was she a puppet?

Posted by: | Jan 24, 2007 4:49:24 PM

My sister's four kids literally cannot sleep if there's not a TV on in the same room. It doesn't have to be showing something (although they prefer that). It just has to be on, emitting its eerie hum. They also have almost no social skills and gnat-like attention spans.

I'm not a luddite, but that just creeps me out. I'm about a year out from my first kid. Anyone have any encouraging tales of raising children without the TV being a central part of life? Or should we just buy a dairy farm and start making our own clothes?

Posted by: CorruptedJournalist | Jan 25, 2007 10:11:11 AM

I smoked a bowl of colombian hash and watched this shit and it blew my mind...I reccomend you do the same.

Posted by: J-Broccoli | Jan 25, 2007 10:48:47 AM

If you want to keep the wife and keep her from going crazy. Good luck.

I know a story. Buy a TV. Let it be a babysitter. The wife can work on crocheting or physics, if there is a difference. You could work on mobility or the nobelity prize, if there is a difference.

Then you can get divorced when the kids are grown and the wife can become homeless.

Seems like a fairy tale but I know it to be true.

Posted by: | Jan 25, 2007 12:03:55 PM

Nancy?

Posted by: CorruptedJournalist | Jan 25, 2007 4:37:56 PM

Yes, corrupted?

I don't try to hide it. On more smart sites I do try and fit the crowd, though, and type and correct my work.

and it's not like I am that technologically stupid that the owners of this site havn't an electronic clue where the posts are coming from...

Add to that I am that blogginly cynical (or as some would have it: conspiracy oriented) that I can guess that some posts are generated from within.

Nancy

Posted by: | Jan 25, 2007 5:08:42 PM

I would attempt to reply to ... um ...that, but I'm too entertained by the fact that someone addressed me with "Yes, corrupted?"

Posted by: CorruptedJournalist | Jan 25, 2007 5:43:29 PM

Well, answer the question. Don't be dumbfounded, no?

It's so difficult to tell my writing style and lack of punctuation care? I swear the folks online at MSN and elsewhere, saints coming or not, had me studied and imitated. That's just one of the conspiracy theories i entertain myself with while sitting in my lonely girl room so people can call me paranoid.

For the record, and not off the record as has actually been requested of me... concerning my lack of punctuation. In advertising where you have minimal space to get your message across in the most clever or creative way, it's best to adhere to the low punc rule / low spell rule which foster my creativity. Whereas if i were writing, Anna Karenina I might take a different initial approach.
Nancy

Posted by: | Jan 25, 2007 5:58:14 PM


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