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February 28, 2008

Frog vs. frog in comedy blog

Dave Saldana teaches journalism at Iowa State University. He also just launched a comedy blog called Killing Frogs. That's right. Killing Frogs. That sounds awfully familiar, doesn't it, Todd Jackson? Do they have Google in Iowa? What would Saldana's students think? And why must frogs die for comedy to thrive, anyhow? I never understood that. Especially when we still have truckloads of rubber chickens left over from yesteryear.

Feb 28, 2008 11:02:48 AM

4 Comments

corn is funny

Posted by: keith h. | February 28, 2008 at 11:36 AM

The explanation is in the quote on Saldana's blog!

Posted by: Charles | February 28, 2008 at 01:07 PM

I just wanted to say Dave seems like a great, smart guy from my interaction with him so far, so I wouldn't call this anything like plagiarism. More like "parallel thinking"

Posted by: Todd Jackson | February 28, 2008 at 05:59 PM

Just as gracious and deferential as I would imagine you to be, Todd. First thing I ever do when producing a show, etc. is google the name / premise. Lesson learned I suspect.

Posted by: Kambri Crews | February 28, 2008 at 09:06 PM

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