Morning Don't Archive

The Morning Don't: Olivia Returns, Geoff Complains

We actually shot this Tuesday, but the colds Mr. Lacy and I complain about (in the clip) got far worse, delaying publication...

Morning Don't, Episode 9 from sarah lacy on Vimeo.

Morning Don't: The NYE Recovery Edition

Here's today's Morning Don't-- actually filmed and posted in the morning for once! It's my last guest host appearance on the MD so enjoy!

Morning Don't, Ep. 8 from sarah lacy on Vimeo.

Morning Don't: The Birthday Edition

Olivia is still out of town so I'm still guest hosting The Morning Don't. Or more appropriately, I'm forgetting to guest host The Morning Don't. In this episode, we take you along for a birthday of fun. Guess how old I am using the hint in the photo below...

Morning Don't, Ep. 7 from sarah lacy on Vimeo.

Morning Don't: The Christmas Morning Edition

Miss Olivia is living it up with Mimi and Grandad and CoolPops and the rest of the Hines in Memphis, so it fell to me to co-host the Wednesday's Morning Don't. And I forgot. So we did a Thursday edition! Merry Christmas everyone!

Morning Don't Episode 5: Descent into Madness

So, I've been in my hometown approximately 10 hours, and I've already agreed to drive out to the suburbs, to the MALL to buy new clothes with my Papa Bear, and then head out to the ninth layer of hell known as Sam's Club to gather supplies for a holiday party. Two days before Christmas. Yay Memphis!

Although my head did spin around a bit, I'm actually fully prepared for this horrorshow. How? Mr. Lacy and I already had a little Costco  adventure this past weekend. I think he suckered me into joining him by mewing all cute and doe-eyed "Well I can't possibly go alone...Think of the choice people watching!" Those @sadkids. Two hours later, this is what had transpired...

Morning Don't Episode 5: Holiday Edition. Subtitle: All I want for Christmas is some sanity.

Morning Don't 4: A Dose of Cheer

So, Mr. Lacy and I have been doing our homework so as not to bore our small viewership with Morning Don't. And by "homework" I mean forcing Mr. Lacy to sit through an episode of Regis and Kelly, so Sarah's claim of "reverse Regis and Kelly" makes sense. Seeing as how Regis is either completely clueless or bored out of his mind, and Kelly is perpetually cheery, Mr. Lacy was not too amused, among other things. So I made him some bacon, and wove in some artful censor beeps, and we started our day.

MD4- NSFW- ish.... from sarah lacy on Vimeo.

Morning Don't Episode 3: We Have Crabs

More feedback sent in from assorted viewers about Morning Don't: very "niche" but amusing, reverse Regis and Kelly may be a stretch, but still "cute", and "Why on earth would you put a video of you on the world wide web with no make-up?! Wear sweats, fine, but AT LEAST do your hair!" (Bonus points if you can guess which one is a quote from my yaya sisterhood mother)

Mr. Lacy is still concerned that we're too boring and/or idiotic for most attention spans, but I counter that we somehow have a blast at 7 am, which is no easy feat considering we're both freezing cold and he doesn't drink coffee. Sarah's still keen on the idea, so much so, that she decided to up the show's ante by getting star animation designer Howard Kim -formerly of TechTicker- to design a Morning Don't intro. Mr. Lacy's art direction: think cheesy 70's morning show. We think Howard outdid himself. His intro alone is worth clicking the play button.

MD3- A Little Crabby from sarah lacy on Vimeo.

Another Dose of "Morning Don't"

Wherein Mr. Lacy and I discuss Littlejoy, Katharine Heigl, and my choice in bedroom attire.

Thanks to some outspoken friends at dinner last night, we received excellent feedback about Episode 1 regarding length and content, so Episode 2 is our attempt to streamline things. Mr. Lacy also showers! Unfortunately, I can't say the same. Somewhere out there, my poor Southern belle mother is clutching her chest in horror. Sorry, Mom.

Episode 2 Here We Go from sarah lacy on Vimeo.

Your Favorite New Morning Show! (Or at Least a New Three-Minute Time Kill)

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays I wake up at 5 a.m. in order to make it down to Yahoo by 7 a.m.
Mr. Lacy usually wakes up when I do, and occasionally makes me coffee. At some point Olivia-- who lives in the back of our house-- staggers out of bed. And then neither of them seem to do any work until about 10 a.m.

As the proliferation of inside jokes has increased, I find myself wondering what it is they do during this twelve-hour-a-week period. We asked you, readers, if you wondered too, and for some reason, you said yes. So "Morning Don't" is our way of finding out together.

It's also a commentary on the morning show genre. You know, the one where people are made up, perky and totally unreal? Yeah, none of that here. The name of the show is a parody of our least favorite name for a coffee shop in San Francisco: Morning Due. That's a store name so cheesy one of those perky morning people probably came up with it, right? Boooooooooooooooooooooo.

I know it's a little off topic for a site geared towards entrepreneurship and tech, but I have to put them to work somehow in the mornings right? I hope you enjoy. Without further "a-due," (booooooooooooooooooo!) I give you Morning Don't, Episode 1:

Morning Don't is a Do! from sarah lacy on Vimeo.