Retro edition. From Johnny Ola (played by Dominic Chianese, who also plays Junior Soprano in the Sopranos) in Godfather II:
One by one, our old friends are gone. Death, natural or not, prison, deported. Hyman Roth is the only one left, because he always made money for his partners.
I thought of this quote when I read about the NFL trying to trademark the phrase “The Big Game.” It also generally reminds me of how stupid it is to try to control an idea once it’s taken on a life of its own, and that people who do so (like someone at SoCon said) are usually people who don’t have very many ideas of their own.
Ridiculous. The battle brings to mind the phrase “Nailing jelly to the wall.” But the most ridiculous, short-sighted part it all is that the advertisers will figure something else out. They’re just going to say something else like “The Game” or “The Football Game”, and until the NFL controls the entire spectrum of possible references to the Superbowl, it is an exercise in utter futility.
Who was it that tried to copyright “Shock and Awe” a while back?