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Wednesday, Dec 28
Ellen in New York: Pizza, rice cream and her trusty American Express
Which is kind of a crazy moment, because here she is pimping the rice puddding place on behalf of NBC, and in the middle of it she sneaks in a promo for her other employer, American Express. Which really made me want to see her contract with NBC. How does that work? Is that considered product placement? Does NBC get a cut? Does Amex pay extra for that or is it a freebie? What if MasterCard had purchased the 30-second spot right after this segment? Who thinks they'd have a right to be miffed? As usual, I have no answers, just observations, and also, opinions: because later she had Billy Joel on and I'm sorry, music snobs, but I freakin' LOVE Billy Joel. An American poet, just like Bruce (sez this Canadian). He played "Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway" (who remembers how often that was used in headlines after the blackout?) and he was amazing - his voice is still so clear and strong. I must confess I got a few goosebumps. I love Billy Joel. So he married a 22-year old. Who cares, clearly she's always a woman to him. I guess she's got a smile that heals him. Which is good, because we need him well to keep on making beautiful music, or at least go on playing his old stuff on TV shows. Then he held up a slice of pizza from Lombardi's and a bottle of rosé and said "Meet you anytime you want...at Lombardi's, where they accept the Amercian Express One card!" Just kidding but that would really have been egregious. UPDATE: Oh, that's hilarious. A helpful tipster just wrote to point out that I was watching a rerun. Duh. Apparently the Ellen-fest was last month. No wonder that rice pudding place is still in business! Whatever, excuse to put up Billy Joel soundclips, and the advertising question is still current. So there. UPDATE to the UPDATE: Aha - mystery of how the rice pudding place stayed in business solved! Apparently it had another source of income: a $21 million-a-year sports gambling ring. Hm. You can pay off one heck of an Amex bill with that! Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) [Billy Joel] Other Billy Joel Audioclips after the jump, just because. Random and lovingly-compiled list of Billy Joel songs. I'm so ambitious for a juvenile.
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