Tag: Wheel of Fortune
Pizza Hut to become known as “The Hut”. Lonestar not available for comment.
UPDATE (6/21/09): Pizza Hut is not changing their name.
From pizzahut.com:
“Pizza Hut is not changing its name. We are proud of our name and heritage and will continue to be Pizza Hut. We do use ‘The Hut’ in some of our marketing efforts,” said Brian Niccol, CMO, Pizza Hut, Inc.
“To the loyal fans of Pizza Hut and pizza lovers around the world, we’re happy to tell you that nothing is changing, we’re still Pizza Hut, America’s Favorite Pizza.”
Here’s the previously-posted, but not entirely accurate information…
Stupid news of the day…
From msn.com:
Pizza Hut is reportedly slicing the “pizza” from its name. The fast food chain will now be known simply as “The Hut.”
The chain, which has recently expanded its menu beyond pizza to include pasta, could not immediately be reached for comment Friday. Media and advertising trade publication MediaWeek characterized the name change as an attempt to transform its stores into hip hangouts. There are more than 10,000 Pizza Huts worldwide.
The new “hut” stores will be more than simply places to place a delivery order, according to MediaWeek. They will include televisions that broadcast CBS programs such as “Wheel of Fortune” and “Entertainment Tonight.”
Great. Now I have even more reasons never go to Pizza Hut. Or “The Hut.” Or whatever they’re calling it a week from now. I can stomach their pan pizza and their breadsticks are sometimes good (when they remember to put the seasoning on them), but as an Italian who is quite fond of good, homemade Italian food, I definitely don’t ever want to eat pasta from anywhere called “The Hut.” And I certainly don’t want to do it while watching “Entertainment Tonight.”
Too bad Dom DeLuise isn’t around to reprise his “Pizza the Hutt” role from Spaceballs. It would have made for a great commercial.
TweetWEDNESDAY WHINE: Inconsistent HD Switching on TV
After being sick a week, I’m playing a bit of catch-up here, so I’m going to post this and five more posts in rapid succession today. I was reminded of this/last week’s whine last night while watching Wheel of Fortune. Regularly, on this and many other primetime television shows, I find myself annoyed by networks’ ability to have…
Inconsistent HD Switching
If a TV show is available in high definition, I watch it in HD. In fact, I try to avoid standard definition whenever possible. At least once a week, however, the choice between SD and HD is out of my control as a show that is supposed to be aired in HD is inexplicably broadcast in SD. Sometimes there will be a message scrolling across the bottom of the screen letting viewers know that there is some technical difficulty that is preventing the network from displaying the HD feed, and I can live with it in these situations. However, more often than not, it’s obvious that someone at the local network office has simply forgotten to flip the magic HD switch.
Last night’s episode of Wheel of Fortune was the one that I attended a SeaWorld Orlando taping of back in December. There, I had a chance to interview Pat Sajak and Vanna White and walk amongst the camera crew for the duration of the taping. I had a wonderful time at the taping and really looked forward to seeing the final product on TV. Unfortunately, WFTV, the local ABC affiliate, forgot to flip the HD switch last night, even after Jeopardy was shown in HD. It left viewers like me stuck with watching the SD feed instead. It even said that the show was in HD at the beginning of the show, despite the truth. Very frustrating.
Even more annoying are times when part of a show is broadcast in HD, it goes to commercial, and then returns in SD, only to flip-flop between SD and HD throughout.
Some day, all programming (including commercials) will be in HD and this won’t be a problem anymore. But until then, if anyone out there works for a television station, can you please stop forgetting to flip the HD switch?
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