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Shel Israel Show Needs A New Sponsor

June 23, 2008 – 11:56 am

The video thing and SAP isn’t working for the real Shel. The Shel puppet is another story. Get your brand aligned with a winner! Contact the real Loren Feldman for details.

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  1. 38 Responses to “Shel Israel Show Needs A New Sponsor”

  2. Loren,

    I’ve been a huge fan of your videos for over a year now. You’re a very funny guy.

    But this stuff with Shel Israel has gone too far now and has to stop. You’ve done some real damageby making fun of his sponsors. This causes them to not want to work with him, eg:

    http://www.1938media.com/shel-israel-in-second-life-2/

    This kind of video is damaging to SAP’s brand, which they spent millions developing.

    How would you feel if other people went after your key sponsors/partners/clients, eg Zong, Dan Farber and your video production clients? If every person who worked with you knew they were going to be attacked and have their brand damaged?

    You’re being nothing but a savage bully by attacking a guy who is on his way down. Retire the Shel Israel puppet/show and give him the domain. Leave him alone and go after bigger targets. There are many guys worthy of your humor and intelligence.

    FYI: You’ve never heard of me, and I have no relationship with Shel or anyone else involved. I’m an outside observer who is tired of seeing someone’s career being badly hurt.

    Adrian

    P.S. I also voiced my feelings to the CEO of Zong because I think you represent Zong badly now too.

    By Adrian Bye on Jun 23, 2008

  3. Adrian — Go smoke a zong, NOW!

    By silvrstar on Jun 23, 2008

  4. Web 2.0 eats itself.

    Yum.

    By DJ on Jun 23, 2008

  5. Adria,

    You are entitled to your opinion. You are free to write letters to try and harm me. You will never squash satire or my freedom of speech.

    By Loren Feldman on Jun 23, 2008

  6. Adrian. GFY.

    Loren, nice roundup. Great laughs. :)

    By Aaron Brazell on Jun 23, 2008

  7. Adrian,

    You’re exactly the kind of namby pamby little douchebag that fucks the internet up for the grownups. Head over to Yahooligans and enjoy the fun free coloring pages and leave the adult content for the adults.

    kthxbai.

    By Vinny on Jun 23, 2008

  8. Why don’t you go fuck off Adrian? It’s called satire. The finest satirist cannot bring down the president. Loren is not to blame for Shel’s downfall, the facts are his videos were shit. If you produce shit content, sponsors will go elsewhere.

    By Mark on Jun 23, 2008

  9. Look at Adrian with his little Google PR 2 site telling you how to run your site. Hey, Ade, nice About page: http://tasmaniaconsulting.com/about/

    By Frank on Jun 23, 2008

  10. Hey, CEO of Zong, if you’re reading this, I want you to know that Adrian is just a frustrated little man and doesn’t represent Loren’s audience. I have use Zong to buy content…and will for 1938 Media and for other buys. Know why? Because of Loren and him introducing me to the technology.

    By Frank on Jun 23, 2008

  11. I love the tense music. This is really funny dude.

    By veronicaromm on Jun 23, 2008

  12. Say it isn’t so Shel :(

    Half the reason I watch these damn videos is to hear the latest “S-A-P The FINEST [insert product here], [random location]!” at the end!

    By Tim on Jun 23, 2008

  13. Are you saying the ” Rally is Over’???

    ~To Be Continued~

    By Dr.Who on Jun 23, 2008

  14. Haha, funny to see you people attack Adrian, it’s like you have Mac-style fanboys now, Loren.

    OMG leave LoReN aloNe! ShEl sUcks LoRen RuLz!!1!1

    By kevan on Jun 23, 2008

  15. Can you blame them, he is a bit of an asshole isn’t he? They aren’t defending me, they are defending freedom of speech. That’s why they are pissed, it’s not about me Kevan.

    By Loren Feldman on Jun 23, 2008

  16. Hilarious!! and that little puppet can really act!

    By Warren on Jun 23, 2008

  17. See, this quote is the thing that always baffles me…

    “This kind of video is damaging to SAP’s brand, which they spent millions developing.” – Adrian

    Who are these customers who are supposedly being corrupted against SAP? Do you really think there’s someone in their office saying…

    “Hmmm…I was planning to continue buying SAP products for my fortune 500 company but after seeing this video of a puppet in a virtual strip club in second life I’ve chosen instead to give all my business to IBM”

    People throw “brand damage” around way too often and it never seems to make much sense.

    The reality is that the only way SAP damages their brand because of Loren Feldman is if his criticism actually holds some weight (aka if Shel really does suck). But if that’s the case then they are employing an incompetent consultant to act publicly on their behalf which is far more damaging than anything Loren did. So the reality is their damaging their own brand (if any damage is happening at all)

    Also, I have to point out the limited intelligence of people who accuse a person of something they think is bad (e.g. Loren getting Shel in trouble with his sponsors) and then turn around and do the very same thing they disapproved of (e.g. writing the CEO of Zong).

    By Tom on Jun 23, 2008

  18. Loren, bro,

    I don’t say this to a lot of men, but I totally love you, man. This episode cemented it for me.

    Seven minutes, 44 seconds of hilarity and bliss.

    Go get ‘em, cap. We’ve got your back, always.

    –ADM in Prague

    By Adam Daniel Mezei on Jun 23, 2008

  19. ADM,

    That comment means the world to me. I need some bros to cover my back for me. One day I might ask a favor of you guys.

    By Loren Feldman on Jun 23, 2008

  20. I love the interaction between the Scoble and Shel puppets.

    By Tyler on Jun 23, 2008

  21. Loren,

    I think you picked the right industry to point the satire glock at. It’s like a barrel with infinitely replicating fish all mouthing “web 2.0.”

    Keep up the good work, you magnificent bastard.

    By Jared on Jun 23, 2008

  22. Can we all pool our money and get 1938 Media as the sole sponsor for his show?

    It would be worth every penny to watch a little piece of him die every time he has to plug your site.

    I’ve got $14.37 on me right now… With his production values it should sponsor at least 3 episodes right?

    By Kevin on Jun 23, 2008

  23. yeah..like 1938ads~ Oh geesh!!

    By Someone in the Valley on Jun 23, 2008

  24. I like Kevin’s idea. Sponsor one show. It’d prove you were the bigger man, and make him eat his own cupcake at the same time

    By Robert on Jun 24, 2008

  25. I wish I could have seen the Shel/Scoble conversation being shot. Brilliant.

    By Kevin on Jun 24, 2008

  26. I watched most of these videos without knowing who the real Shel Israel was.

    If anything this has made me more aware of Shel and SAP.
    I am so gonna get out there and buy some business software right now.

    And it’s all thanks to Lo’ren.

    By MatthewRudy on Jun 24, 2008

  27. Adam Daniel Mezei, you are very hot looking. I think maybe you could get used to telling men you love them. I’m told that I’m very hot too.

    If you would like to explore this new region of manly love, I’ll give you a shout.

    By the way, I assume you’re Jewish. If not, are you circumcised? It’s very important to me.

    Don’t be afraid, it’s a brave new world, mate.

    By Vince Williams on Jun 24, 2008

  28. I forgot to add:;-)

    By Vince Williams on Jun 24, 2008

  29. Funny funny funny. Unless your name is Shel Israel perhaps! Great talent you have there LF, fabulous injection of personality into those puppets. Don’t kill the puppet!

    By rob on Jun 24, 2008

  30. holy fuck that was good, Sir. Don’t ever stop.

    back to the honeymoon.

    By Dick on Jun 24, 2008

  31. Shel Puppet’s nostalgia reel… ah, good times… so powerful that a man [and not just any man, but Richard] would put his honeymoon on hold to watch it.

    By MsInformation on Jun 24, 2008

  32. Cracking production Loren, and I’m guessing none of that is scripted right?

    By Andrew Eglinton on Jun 24, 2008

  33. Andrew - Yeah, you are right.

    By Loren Feldman on Jun 24, 2008

  34. it is not funny that shel is gone. we will miss him. We talked at fastcompany.tv about keeping him on workfast so not to make robert look bad. it’s all about robert looking good. we will exit shel off the workfast show in a few weeks. we’ll hang on to him for a while til all this blows over.

    robert is a puppet and what’s funny he thinks that he is the muppetmaster.

    what a dope my brother robert is.

    By Michael Scoble on Jun 24, 2008

  35. Stepping Right Over the Bodies~

    By Dr.Who on Jun 24, 2008

  36. ROFLMFAO!!! Never mind the details of this whole affair, this shit is FUNNY! Strippers and Poles, S-A-P! Flyfishing equipment! SAP! Oh, lord, there’s the fuckin’ tea messing all over the keyboard… Jesus!

    By Mario Olckers on Jun 24, 2008

  37. Brilliant! had me in stitches… you sir are a puppet master!

    By Anonymous on Jun 25, 2008

  38. Loren,

    While I imagine you don’t care, I’m very impressed you gave Shel his domain. You’re pretty bull headed but you did the right thing in the end. :-)

    Please keep up with the right kind of satire, I look forward to seeing many more funny shows and seeing what else you can produce.

    Adrian

    P.S. I am emailing the CEO of Zong to congratulate him for supporting you.

    By Adrian Bye on Jul 9, 2008

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  • June 23, 2008 at 9:14 am Tim Finucane
    An absolute masterpiece.
  • June 23, 2008 at 9:43 am loren feldman
    Thanks Tim
  • June 23, 2008 at 9:48 am Rob Safuto
    What actually happened is that Scoble snagged Shel's seat on the gravy train. SAP dropped Shel but now sponsors the show Workfast TV, where Shel Israel is relegated to sidekick to Robert's anchor role. I do hope that Shel stops by a drug store to pick up some SPF 50 soon as he appears to be burnt to a crisp in the latest episode.