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Dear Touchblue Familia,

Circle up, Guys and Gals… really lean in on this one. We need a team huddle. Stat.

It has been brought to my attention that Carl’s Jr. is currently running a commercial for their chili cheeseburger that is strikingly similar to our sketch, “Knight School.” Before I say anything more, take a look at the videos… and judge for yourself:

Here is the Carl’s Jr Ad, which premiered during the Academy Awards last Sunday, entitled “Did I Get It?”:

Now here is “Knight School” (a sketch that we shot & posted to the web in April 2005):

Have I been plagiarized? What do you think? Personally, I’m not comfortable saying that I have been outright stolen from. I understand that this kind of parallel thinking can exist when dealing with messy treats. It would be unfair for me to suppose that no one else on this planet could arrive upon the same comedic conclusions as mine. That’s just silly.

But.

I will say… that when I first saw the ad, I felt like pile-driving something.

Two days later, my top buckle instincts have subsided… and it’s now time to begin the healing slash revenge process. Any ideas? Hollerback.

**UPDATE
The situation is up on Digg.com… check out the article, and let’s Digg this thing up:
http://digg.com/television/Newest_Carl_s_Jr_Commercial_was_ripped_off_Videos

Please give it a viewing. It is so funny, my fingers tremble with glee as I type this. Comedy is tragedy, and these young men demonstrate this notion on so many levels.

It’s the kind of viral video that keeps on giving. Please soundoff w/ some of your favorite observations:

Off the dome, here are a few of mine:
1. Why does this dude only deal with giant photography?
2. I can’t wait to see what the other two guys’ aparments look like. I’m sure their couches are evocative of the same anguish over love lost.
3. What kind of liquor induces hallucinations of Hmong crooners? Because I am down.

PS.
While you’re on the Tube.. please take a moment to subscribe to the new and improved Touchblue YouTube channel. We’ve been in kitchen, cookin up some heat… you’ll get some soon.
http://www.youtube.com/touchblue

Let’s face it. The Information Age–with all of its mystical wisdom and inexplicable, electric sound boxes–has pretty much been a bust. The Internet… yawn. Granted, it has and continues to revolutionize every human interaction we have ever known; at the end of the day, I am still left to kick around the same age old question:

Where’s the beef?

Specifically, where is the carne? Engulfed in flames asada style. Where is that carne that I love so much? Well, Ladies and Gents of the World Wide Web… the answer is here. I give you, MyBertos.com.

Growing up in the burbs of Rancho Penasquitos, I remember having to literally pick up a rock and blindly throw it in order to locate a Mexican taco shop. Never again, San Diego. Leave those burrito locators where they lie. The advent of MyBertos.com means that Taco Shop pinpointing has gone digital… with the accuracy of a Hawk-Tiger. Don’t you fucking ask.

Simply enter your zip code and every taco shop, within a radius of your discretion, is laid out like your very own virtual buffet. Google Maps integration means that phone numbers and directions are very to easy get to. Clickable even. Carne Asada enthusiasts can even rate and comment their favorite shops. Right now the website only serves the San Diego area, but I am told that Los Angeles is next.

I cannot wait. My blind rock throwing technique has yet to locate a proper plate of Carne Asada Fries in this town; unfortunately, I have nailed many a Mexican in the back of the dome. I am sorry, Mexicans.

Touchblue will be holding another workshop at AB Samahan’s 2007 HSC… Here’s a little workshop description:

Join the Touchblue camp for a seventy-two minute power session that will alter the course of your life forever. We will play games. We will respond to various Q’s with appropriate and succinct A’s. At some point, we will plant seeds, each of us with a unique tree species. Thirty-two years later we shall return to this exact spot to find a glorious forest of hope and strength. Of course, due to climate restrictions, select tree species will not survive. Those of you who planted said trees will be asked to leave. But those that remain will each receive a commemorative key-chain. Some of you will have to share a keychain. I sure hope the workshops are being held outdoors this year. Palms up for the Touchblue Movement.

Hope to see you.