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Wednesday, March 05, 2003
IDEA #6
Momentous, meaningful books, etc. written in a trivial way.
1. The Bible:
"In the beginning was the Word. Words are what make up language. In fact, check this out: if every word in the English language were laid out end to end, it would travel about 2/3 of the way to the moon. Cool. So anyway, the moon. God created that. But he didn't put people on it. There are just a bunch of craters. About one per square half-mile, to be exact. In fact in 1963 an amateur astronomer took a photograph of an actual meteor explosion on the face of the moon. It was equal to about half a kiloton (100 times less powerful than the most powerful H-bomb). But I digress. So God created the heavens and the earth. The earth is the fourth largest planet in the solar system, behind Saturn, Jupiter..."
2. School science textbook full of nothing but trivia. "Our Wonderful Planet."
3. The U.S. Constitution written with trivia.
posted by upfreak at 2:53 PM
IDEA #5
Using trivia in inappropriate situations.
EXECUTIONS
1. Visual: courtroom setting. Defendant sitting on the stand.
Headline: Your honor, did you know scientists developed mice with beer bellies?
Tag: There's a time and a place for Trivia.
2. Visual: High school classroom. Student has her hand in the air.
Headline: Evolution's all fine and good, but can you believe Darwin's hometown is named "Shrewsbury?" I mean, get outta here.
Tag: There's a time and a place for Trivia.
3. Visual: Soldier next to tank in the Arabian desert.
Headline: Gerbils. Gerbils are native to the desert. There are more Gerbils than people in Somalia.
Tag: There's a time and a place for Trivia.
posted by upfreak at 11:22 AM
IDEA #4
Going from the meaningful to the trivial, in the shape of a TP pie piece.
Example:
Life is fleeting. Seize the day.
Life is full of surprises.
Life is like a box of chocolates.
Life Savers come in five surprising flavors: lemon, orange, cherry, butterscotch and coconut.
Another example:
Is God a spirit, or just energy?
Many religions claim to know the nature of God.
God is pretty scary.
George Burns played God in the movies.
posted by upfreak at 11:04 AM
IDEA #4
Going from the meaningful to the trivial, in the shape of a TP pie piece.
Example:
Life is fleeting. Seize the day.
Life is full of surprises.
Life is like a box of chocolates.
Life Savers come in five surprising flavors: lemon, orange, cherry, butterscotch and coconut.
Another example:
Is God a spirit, or just energy?
Many religions claim to know the nature of God.
God must be pretty old.
George Burns played God in the movies.
posted by upfreak at 11:01 AM
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
IDEA #3
Please stop sending us letters. For the love of god, who cares how many gargoyles are on Notre Dame.
posted by upfreak at 4:38 PM
IDEA #2
Position a stack of Trivial Pursuit cards in situations where one needs to know a lot. Examples:
• Inside the Actor's Studio
• Presidential Debates
• College exams
• Speaking engagements
• Jeopardy!
• School locker
OTHER IDEAS
pop-culture currency
Bribing a traffic officer with a T-P card poking out of your wallet
Tipping a concierge dude with a T-P card.
T-P card instead of a handkerchief in a tuxedo pocket.
Just a bunch of T-P cards stuffed in someone's wallet.
Outline of T-P cards in someone's back pocket.
T-P cards folded up with a rubber band, like mafia guys do.
Business cards
Rolodex
**Counterfeit Trivial Pursuit cards
how much do you know?
be a know-it-all
posted by upfreak at 11:19 AM
IDEA #1
Connect the dots. Handrawn pictures or scenes, some familiar and others not, with a connect-the-dots exercise to discover what's missing. Possible examples could include:
• The Eiffel Tower
• a can of beer
• The Great Pyramids
• Statue of Liberty
• Mount Rushmore
• Movies (Braveheart, etc.)
• Street signs
• Food items
The "dots" are numbered one to whatever, and each number is represented by a question (about the hidden object) on one side of the ad.
Possible Taglines:
Trivia Gives Us Meaning
It's the little things that give us meaning
Little things can mean a lot.
Trivia is life.
The little things are huge.
Big things are made from little things.
Trivia makes big things.
posted by upfreak at 10:58 AM
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