kerble wrote:

Don't Walk.....RUN!!!!

Um, there's some guys here what would like to have a word with you...
dunno, call themselves 'The Ventures' or some shit...

Opening of AS last night:

"We apologize to the citizens of Boston that part of a marketing campaign was mistaken for a public danger. We appreciate the gravity of this situation and, like any responsible company would, are putting all necessary resources towards understanding the facts surrounding it as quickly as possible.

As soon as we realized that an element of the campaign was being mistaken for something potentially dangerous, appropriate law enforcement officials were notified and through Federal law enforcement channels, we identified the specific locations of the advertisements in all ten cities in which they are posted.

We also directed the third-party marketing firm who posted the advertisements to take them down immediately.

We appreciate the commitment demonstrated by the Boston Police Department and other law enforcement agencies, as well as the Massachusetts Governor's Office, and deeply regret the hardships experienced as a result of this incident."


Also, two charges of "placing a "hoax device" in a way that results in panic" are filed against two cats who placed the ads.

From CNN.com


"Sean Stevens, left, and Peter Berdovsky are charged with placing a hoax device that causes panic. They told reporters they would only answer questions about hair."


Well done, Sirs!

“What we really want to talk about today — it’s kind of important to some people — it’s haircuts of the 1970s,” Berdovsky said.

That's really quite amazing. These guys are going to get so much sorority tang from this.

On a slightly serious note:

“It’s almost too easy to be a terrorist these days,” said Jennifer Mason, 26. “You stick a box on a corner and you can shut down a city.”

I wonder how long it's gonna take someone to point out that the point of terrorism isn't to kill people, but to instill terror? The fact that a bunch of Mooninite Lite Brites closed down a city is most definitely proof that "the terrorists" are winning.

There's alot youcan do with a box on the corner.

Angus Jung wrote:I bet it's nonstop high-fives for all the "creatives" at the xxxtreme marketing firm right now. Awesome!

definitely. couldn't have gone any better for them or comedy central, who of course are going to play the apologetic card publicly, but deep down they knew this was a very real possibility and banked on it. think of the market penetrability of this stunt, if it just "worked as planned" - it would have only hit the major urban markets - as it "blew up" (no pun intended) going "all wrong" - now every asshole from bumblefuck to europe knows about the show.

i bet the city of boston will seek damages from comedy central, which they'll be happy to pay with from the massively increased DVD sales they're about to rake in....

so even though we're sposed to feel like taxpayers money was wasted, fuck that - they're gonna get thiers and in the end everyones gonna make money on this, except a bunch of college freshmen who until now didn't know about the show. or rather, thier parents who they're still leeching from will be losing their long saved tuition money cuz of the stunt.

well played players. well played.

Three pages in, and I'm still awaiting word from Clocker Bob as to what actual serious development this is diverting attention from.

Nope. I doubt the Daily Show will have any fun with this at all.

Ladies and Gentlemen, swallow your extacy pills.......now.

alandeus wrote:Three pages in, and I'm still awaiting word from Clocker Bob as to what actual serious development this is diverting attention from.

It's not a diversion nor is it an amplification of the ever-present terror hype ( if it is, it's a terrible one ). It is what it is, a publicity stunt gone awry. Sometimes things is what they is.

The elitists' next major diversion is cooking right before our eyes- the frame up of Iran for nonexistent nukes. This is yet another series of Oceania wars meant to distract us from the cannibalization of the US internal economy and the subsumation of our crippled sovereign republic into the new world order.

nick92675 wrote:

Angus Jung wrote:I bet it's nonstop high-fives for all the "creatives" at the xxxtreme marketing firm right now. Awesome!

definitely. couldn't have gone any better for them or comedy central, who of course are going to play the apologetic card publicly, but deep down they knew this was a very real possibility and banked on it. think of the market penetrability of this stunt, if it just "worked as planned" - it would have only hit the major urban markets - as it "blew up" (no pun intended) going "all wrong" - now every asshole from bumblefuck to europe knows about the show.

i bet the city of boston will seek damages from comedy central, which they'll be happy to pay with from the massively increased DVD sales they're about to rake in....

so even though we're sposed to feel like taxpayers money was wasted, fuck that - they're gonna get thiers and in the end everyones gonna make money on this, except a bunch of college freshmen who until now didn't know about the show. or rather, thier parents who they're still leeching from will be losing their long saved tuition money cuz of the stunt.

well played players. well played.

I couldn't have said it better.

Xxxxxtreme marketing is simultaneously the new conceptual art and the new punk rock, except with exxxtra awesomeness and not as fucking boring, you know?

It holds a middle finger (literally!) up to everything not-awesome in society. Ha ha Boston, how stupid are you? You deserved this shit.

It's like, finally! You have an edgy cartoon like Aqua Teen, and you get the edgy marketing to go with it. You know what I mean? It's edgy, but with an edge to it.