The thing that got me thinking about the local news is the current run of television advertising for the Nintendo Wii.

As before, you have two people. But only one of them ever speaks. The other guy just stands there, smiling, while his traveling companion barges into someone's home and forces them to play video games, holding the Wii controller in a vice-like grip borne of pure terror. Or joy. Sometimes I just can't tell. Yeah, it's probably joy. Still, creepy.