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Happy 250th everybody! When people create entertainment products, they often use formulas to feel safer about their efforts, and those formulas can be a big help. But sometimes, if we misunderstand the formula, we can end up creating something that does the opposite of what we intend. And let's talk about that on this Independence Day by looking at a classic disliked cartoon character.
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Happy 250th everybody! When people create entertainment products, they often use formulas to feel safer about their efforts, and those formulas can be a big help. But sometimes, if we misunderstand the formula, we can end up creating something that does the...
Open this video on StoryBrainWe frequently hear about huge failures in business and investing, and for many reasons, including a bit of guilty pleasure in the failures of lofty people. And last decade we had three major questionable companies, Theranos, WeWork, and Juicero, go belly up...
Open this video on StoryBrainThe world doesn't always seem fair, and one of the least fair things about it, at least in entertainment, is that people who seem to not be great at acting often end up raking in the most money in box office and their paycheck. But I don't think that happen...
Open this video on StoryBrainIt's no secret that entertainment for girls and women includes LOTS of stories about princesses and royalty. And of course, stories about royal families and their love lives are incredibly popular in the real world. This is often labeled as being shallow, b...
Open this video on StoryBrainThe Titanic is undoubtedly the most famous shipwreck in the world. It's also led to one of the most profitable movies of all-time, decades of press coverage, and even other tragedies like the implosion of the OceanGate sub. In this video we'll dig into all ...
Open this video on StoryBrainHulk Hogan recently passed away, and like many 80's kids, I grew up a huge fan of his. I even remember being teary-eyed when he lost the WWF Title in 1991. But as much as I watched him, I never really noticed that he was bald. And neither did all the villai...
Open this video on StoryBrainThe world has become rife with cheating. Fake art, computer assistance in online games, and performance enhancement in sports are everywhere. This has led some people to suggest that we should just legalize these things where we can, particularly in athleti...
Open this video on StoryBrainHi everybody! Clowns are a time-honored comedy tradition. But they've also become a time-honored horror tradition. The fear of them is so common that it even has a term, coulrophobia. In this video we'll talk about what makes clowns funny, and how that same...
Open this video on StoryBrainHi all. There've been some incredible changes in the world lately with the development of AI technology. And we now have to seriously consider the century-old idea of robots or AI causing an apocalypse. Or do we? Is it another Y2K hysteria? Do they have to ...
Open this video on StoryBrainEverybody is talking about the latest PR kerfuffle, Disney's Snow White, which finally entered theaters after a long delay, only to find that the people who dislike it were waiting for it like cats outside a mouse hole. I happen to be from the same part of ...
Open this video on StoryBrainPeople devote large amounts of their lives to doing activities like chasing trophies in sports, climbing mountains, and speedrunning video games. In some cases, they make lots of money, or get exercise, or confidence, but they seem to do it even when there'...
Open this video on StoryBrainHi everybody, I haven't done a video on humor theory in awhile, so I decided to whip-up another meme round-up, covering four things that made me laugh my butt off lately. We apply the humor theory to each one and discuss some of the things about them that m...
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