Week 4
----Spike Lee----
Did ya hear the
news? The cable station 'TNN' is changing its name to one that is targeted at the
'Maxim' reading, Pam Anderson loving, twenty-something, men of the country, and who better
to represent those men than Spike Lee?! HUH? WTF?!
Um....no, I think not, not even vaguely close, but according to
'Spike' he never gave Viacom (TNN parent company) permission to use his name for their station.
Um....I hate to break it to you Mr. Lee, but you don't own 'spike' and if ya do...then I think
you better get your lawyer and start serving the others who you will be naming in your law suit:
Spike Jonze, Spike the dog, spike the volleyball move, spike the thing that every senior does
to the punch bowl at prom...etc, etc. I mean come on! Here is a web discussion on TNN changing its name to Spike...
please pay attention to how many times you are said to be the first thing to come to mind when thinking
of 'Spike'....
Is it the money Spike? Is the cost of courtside Knicks tickets going up? Surely your 'buddy',
former Knicks player and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley can help you out? Oh, but he did! He even filed an
affidavit
on your behalf claiming that he actually DID think that Spike TV was directly associated with you! Well the
only thing I can say is that Bill must know something that the rest of us don't about you, Spike....
In all reality, the only network I would actually ever consider that it changed its name to
Spike to associate it with you is BET, which just happens to be owned by Viacom! Perhaps you just jumped
the gun too soon...errrr, or something.......
You know what Spike....damn it! I'm going to sue Ralph Lauren...no really I am, its obvious to me that in efforts to target the elite, preppy, chic, beautiful people of the world he has used my name! I mean sure I represent all those things, but I don't recall giving him permission to use my name. What a nerve! And then, you know what else? One of my nicknames is Elle....so I'm suing Elle magazine....and hey, while I'm at it, I'm going to sue FOX television on behalf of the animal (foxes) because I don't ever remember seeing them agree to it....
I'm a girl, Spike, and I look forward to Spike TV making its debut...I am a big fan of "The Man Show", I love Howard Stern, and I too can appreciate a beautiful woman.... The irony of this whole thing is that it NEVER would have even occurred to me that Spike TV had anything to do with you, never! Until now that is....and I also think that at the end of all this, Spike TV's PR people owe a big thanks to you for getting the word out about the new network. Either your suing Viacom is really just the result of an ingenious marketing plan where you are actually being paid by them (Viacom) to get the word out OR your ego is just so big that you're too blinded by it to realize that you have just done a much bigger disservice to yourself than had you kept your mouth shut.
As always, The Smoking Gun provides the BEST documentation out there...Enjoy!
Spike's Filing The court docs.
Ed Norton Yet another Lee friend who was in such utter disbelief after finding out that Spike Lee was indeed, NOT behind the TNN's new name, that he felt the duty to file an affidavit stating such....
Evidence? One of my favorite parts....The interview 'evidence'..... (#21 and up)
Oh..... you mean THIS interview? All I can say is that I hope for Lee's sake that this isn't what Lee's lawyers are referring to as 'Factual Evidence'
And in related news:
'Saving Silverman' Jonathan Silverman (of Weekend at Bernie's fame) has just filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures for the unauthorized use of his name in the movie "Saving Silverman". Mr. Silverman claims that he was never asked for nor did he ever give, Sony Pictures, permission to use his name in the title of the movie in order to boost ticket sales
Hoovers Viacom and its subsidiaries....sheesh, talk about a media giant...
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