Comments on: Muppet-astic Viral Marketing http://news.tubefilter.tv/2008/07/29/muppet-astic-viral-marketing/ The leading source for web series news and coverage of the world of web television. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:25:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: BradOFarrell http://news.tubefilter.tv/2008/07/29/muppet-astic-viral-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-23801 BradOFarrell Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:48:50 +0000 http://www.tilzy.tv/?p=2334#comment-23801 Man, you make it sound so sinister. "Viral marketing," really? It's some branded characters, how could they possibly <I>not</I> be marketing their brand? "Viral marketing" automatically has a connotation of something douchey and subversive, which isn't going on here. Whatever the reasons were involving their parent company, The Jim Henson Company's foray into the Internet is totally welcomed and benign. The muppet's aren't trying to drive you somewhere, they're just on YouTube, astutely parodying YouTube and Internet culture. No harm no foul. Oh yeah, the Beaker video's huge jump in views because it was featured. Man, you make it sound so sinister. “Viral marketing,” really? It’s some branded characters, how could they possibly not be marketing their brand? “Viral marketing” automatically has a connotation of something douchey and subversive, which isn’t going on here.

Whatever the reasons were involving their parent company, The Jim Henson Company’s foray into the Internet is totally welcomed and benign. The muppet’s aren’t trying to drive you somewhere, they’re just on YouTube, astutely parodying YouTube and Internet culture. No harm no foul.

Oh yeah, the Beaker video’s huge jump in views because it was featured.

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