playbill.com annoyance

[nycdncr]

playbill.com annoyance#0

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:29pm

does anyone find the martin short pop-up ad a little annoying? i emailed playbill to complain.

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."

[Yero]

re: playbill.com annoyance#1

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:31pm

I do, but you can hover over it and X it out.

"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee

[broadwaybelter]

re: playbill.com annoyance#2

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:31pm

oy yes I find that very annoying

[mabel]

re: playbill.com annoyance#3

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:34pm

It is annoying. He's popping up on telecharge too, or at least he was a week or so ago. It's really making me not want to see Fame Becomes Me!

ETA: Not that I had that much interst in it in the first place.

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Updated On: 7/23/06 at 10:34 PM

[pushdabutton]

re: playbill.com annoyance#4

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:37pm

Very annoying.

[junglered]

re: playbill.com annoyance#5

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:41pm

Agreed. Terribly annoying. Playbill.com and telecharge.com should be ashamed.

[CapnHook]

re: playbill.com annoyance#6

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:54pm

I actually like it. But if it were for any other show, I'd be pissed.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[ILoveMyDictionary]

re: playbill.com annoyance#7

Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:59pm

I found it ammusing. I was on telecharge and all of a sudden I heard this voice and I look down and it's a mini Martin Short, and I got excited and waved and went "Hi Mini Martin Short!"

Yeah. I'm wierd.

[little_sally]

re: playbill.com annoyance#8

Posted: 7/23/06 at 11:00pm

YES! I thought it was irritating on Telecharge but playbill.com is just much, much worse.

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[suzycat]

re: playbill.com annoyance#9

Posted: 7/23/06 at 11:00pm

It was funny the first time, but now I'm just sick of it.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

re: playbill.com annoyance#10

Posted: 7/23/06 at 11:04pm

They've now removed it, thank God. Looks like they got a lot of complaints.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

re: playbill.com annoyance#11

Posted: 7/23/06 at 11:06pm

Really? I was on there like, two minutes ago and he popped up.

If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....

Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)

[The Distinctive Baritone]

re: playbill.com annoyance#12

Posted: 7/23/06 at 11:48pm

It's no longer popping up when I go to it.

[courtnyj]

re: playbill.com annoyance#13

Posted: 7/24/06 at 1:25am

Thank god!

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

re: playbill.com annoyance#14

Posted: 7/24/06 at 3:28am

I was on Playbill and that came one. IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!

[muscle23ftl]

re: playbill.com annoyance#15

Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:03am

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=904819#2351160

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[codyjo88]

re: playbill.com annoyance#16

Posted: 7/24/06 at 4:04am

It is still there, you have a cookie on your IP so you will only see it once a session. Keep the complaints coming if you want them to stop that kind of invasive advertising.
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[James885]

re: playbill.com annoyance#17

Posted: 7/24/06 at 7:35am

Yeah, I find it very irritating

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[nycdncr]

re: playbill.com annoyance#18

Posted: 7/24/06 at 8:22am

i'm with codyjo. voice your complaints to playbill if we want things to stop. that is the most irritating advertising i've seen.

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."