Judgment Day wins peabody? Sifting through the coincidences
April 3, 2008 – 12:25 am by William WallaceSo Panda’s Thumb is pleased that Judgement Day won a Peabody award. Judgement day is a documentary about the Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School District court case.
Let’s rain on the parade, and juxtapose certain facts (some of which are just coincidences).
- The film was produced by Vulcan Productions.[1]
- Vulcan Productions was founded by and is chaired by Paul Allen.[2]
- Paul Allen is a billionaire founder of Microsoft, and owns the monster yacht Octopus, complete with doomsday submarine capable of holding eight people submersed for two weeks.[3]
- PZ Myers has an octopus on his hat in Age of the Darwinian Machine.[4]
- Vulcan Productions also won a Peabody in 2004 for Black sky: The Race for Space a film that incestuously documents Paul Allen’s effort to create the first privately-funded spacecraft.[5]
- Expelled is disqualified from winning a peabody as it is set for release in movie theaters, and “programs produced and intended for general theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for a Peabody Award”.[6]
- Microsoft announced a Peabody smartphone in 2005.[7]
- Another spectacularly bad program, The Office won a Peabody award in 2006.[8]
Well, that’s all for now.
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7 Responses to “Judgment Day wins peabody? Sifting through the coincidences”
Very funny. By the way there’s a question for you at Panda’s Thumb regarding your understanding of a post at Uncommon Descent. A response would be appreciated.
By ellazimm on Apr 3, 2008
Ellazimm, thanks. I think you mean this comment. Unfortunately, PvM is not the most trustworthy source and I have not yet had a chance to check into his or her claims and consider his or her reasoning.
By William Wallace on Apr 3, 2008
Fair enough. I’ll look forward to your response.
By ellazimm on Apr 3, 2008
How is the Office connected with all of this, LOL?
By zoltan on Apr 3, 2008
Zoltan, I don’t know, but it won a Peabody.
Example of another bad show winning a Peabody?
Microsoft Office?
I think the former.
By William Wallace on Apr 3, 2008
You don’t like the Office? US or UK version?
By zoltan on Apr 4, 2008
Coincidentally, I just watched part of another episode last night (U.S. version) while on the treadmill. The Office was pure torture, so I had to change the channel and watch the end of Coffy and the beginning of Foxy Brown staring Pamela Grier instead.
Much better.
The Office is just grating.
By William Wallace on Apr 4, 2008