This is what birthdays used to be all about: cake and hot dames, baby. Oh, and fire inside a moving vehicle, yee-haw! Who is going to yell at Marilyn for her lack of fire safety skills? Certainly not me.
Well that was then and this is now. The unsuspecting birthday 'victim' can now expect to be bombarded with the hideousness that is e-cards. Everyone agrees that e-cards suck. Nothing says I couldn't be bothered like getting that little email greeting. Just what I wanted, a GIF of a dancing birthday present doing the Macarena! Wow, you are thoughtful aren't you? Okay, okay, so Jason over at Gorilla Sushi found some kick-ass funny ones but the majority of the ones you are receiving are still likely to blow.
Looming on the horizon are V-cards, like E-cards, only movier. Here is a brilliant young lad at the forefront of this phenomenon, first in a Happy Birthday Greeting:
and the card that says it all: you're awesome/get well/graduation/you're fired:
I'm guessing this market will eventually be flooded with epic talent. I'm seeing features like Brooke Hogan in: Your Clinic Test Results Came Back Negative! and Danny Bonaduce: Cheers! You just earned your 90-day Sober Chip.
But there could be some great ones. Personally I'd like Larry David to do one. "It's your birthday. Why should I care?!" And maybe Radiohead because Thom Yorke's lazy eye just SENDS me. Who would you love to see in a V-card?
4 comments:
Keanu Reeves on a Congratulations on your divorce card. Now that you're single... ;) With a phone number included.
Ooh that would be a good one. Every time I see him I start singing 'Ziggy Piggy' to myself.
I would like to get one from Hugh Hefner that says, "Whoops, I guess you are my son! Please stop by to meet your moms this weekend."
THAT's who you remind me of, it was on the tip of my tongue. I can just see you in a smoking jacket with drapes on each arm. I bet Hef would be game for my new V-card media blitz.
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