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Lessons from tacky Heath Ledger jokes, Day 1

24 January 2008 in Internet, Marketing by Stilgherrian | 6 comments

[Update 30 January 2008: More analysis of this has been posted since this article was written. Look for items tagged "heath ledger".]

Screen grab of Google AdWords advertisement: Heath Ledger jokes. Only just dead, but the tacky jokes have begun. Outrageous! stilgherrian.com

Just 24 hours ago, actor Heath Ledger died. Before most people even knew he was dead, I’d set up a web page asking for jokes about his death and I placed an advertisement (pictured) on Google. Tasteless. But there was a porpoise. This was Science!

Here’s what I’ve learned so far. If you have any questions as you read this, please ask them. I’ll be exploring the data more deeply over the next few days.

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Heath Ledger dead: jokes here please

23 January 2008 in Film, Humour, Internet by Stilgherrian | 176 comments

Photograph of Heath Ledger

Yes, Australian actor Heath Ledger is dead, possibly from a drug overdose. So now it’s time to collect all the jokes, ‘cos he can’t sue you for libel. Please add them in the comments.

Tasteless? Yes. Exploitative? Probably. Too soon for this? Yeah probably that too.

So why do it?

It’s an experiment…

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