The Ping Pong Bitches

Electroclash band from my hometown. Next time I'm in London I will see if I can get hold of them. Them and Boris Johnson. You'd pay to watch that match wouldn't you?

Thanks to Stefan for the spot.

Who killed the Ping Pong?

Royal Society for the Preservation of Ping Pong from James Cooper on Vimeo.

I got sent this from Andrew, a film maker and Creative Director from Amsterdam Worldwide. The film is purely fictional of course, but pretty cool. This is what Andrew had to say:

" ....we imagined a dark time when the sport had been outlawed, and could only be played on the sly."

I like the idea of a dirty Ping Pong death match, although I guess that's sort of what Balls of Fury was all about. Maybe we could make it more like Fight Club? The two table tennis "actors" were ex-pro's from the Dutch Table Tennis association.

Judah Friedlander is a Winner.

Over the weekend I played in the Westfield, New Jersey, official tournament. It was a pretty good standard with some good players, including comedian Judah Friedlander from 30 Rock and stuff. He and I both teamed up with one of the Belle twins to play the u3100 doubles. Judah and Brad beat Brendan and I in a close game for the trophy. Previously Brendan and I beat Bill Mack + partner, so I didn't feel too bad about missing out in the final.

I played OK in the singles, but I fear my rating might have slipped a little..I'll blame it on the drinking the night before and lack of food. At the F.I.T. they had apple pies everywhere, where were the applie pies when you needed them? Hmmm?

It was a fun day. Made all the more fun by the ride I caught back to the city with Judah. I had just missed my train so he offered me a ride in the snow. We had a good chat, he's a very cool guy. Find out more in issue two of Celebrity Ping Pong.

Shoe Designer Stuart Weitzman challenges YOU. Win a trip to NYC and Free Shoes.

Today I was contacted by the team behind the Stuart Weitzman and Zappos.com ping pong challenge. I am a big fan of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh who first mentioned the challenge on his twitter.




This is the deal. Visit the Zappo's You Tube page, upload a little video about why you think you can take Stuart down and if successful you win a trip to NYC and some shoes. And I have to say some of those boots are looking very sweet indeed. (Mrs CPP would certainly like a pair, I might just enter myself).

Stuart looks like a pretty decent player. It's always hard to tell when someone is playing fairly weak opposition (no offence Zappos posse!) but I reckon I can take him.

Anyone else?

'Life' star Damian Lewis reckons he's a player

When asked what he would do if he wasn't an actor this is what he said:

“I’d be a professional Ping-Pong player. I’m not that good. I’m not Chinese good. But I hold (the paddle) like a pen. I hold it orthodox Western style. And that’s all I’m prepared to give up about my game, in case anyone reads this. ... I don’t want people winning.”

Ok, let's call him up!

From the Fort Wayne Gazzette - whatever that is.

Nice Pong game from Grow

I'm not sure how I feel about 'Pong' vs real 'Ping Pong' or 'Table Tennis' - this probably deserves a whole new post. But for the time being a nice piece of interactive work from Grow. If the pong game doesn't come up click on the light grey tee with the large 'Grow' on the front.

Thanks to Stuart from Google for the spot.

Ping Pong Porn

Well, this promo for a DVD from the Table Tennis Master is about as close as we'll get to actual Ping Pong Porn until the Naked Ping Pong boys film some of their friends playing with no clothes on (which I'm sure is going to happen fairly soon).

Ping Pong at Miami Art Fair