Scared in Boston
Saturday, February 03, 2007
What was an advertisement campaign by one of the leading Ad firms (Turner Broadcasting), turned out scaring the hell outta Bostonians. Well, I was at work when I heard the news, glad that I was inside one of those buildings and not on the road; for all the major bridges in the city were closed as traffic piled up. Although this happened on the 31st of last month, I could hear people talk about it on talk shows, on the train, Radio, Blog etc... etc... even yesterday.
The campaign was allegedly for the popular cartoon Aqua Teen Hunger Force, for its 5th season scheduled for a release on Feb 23rd. Bostonians had the right to get scared for the gadget consisted of magnetic blinking lights and had wires protruding out from them. Turner ended up apologizing and has agreed to pay ~ $1 million for causing a security alert.
Two men were arrested by cops and were later released after placing a cash bond of 2500 bucks. Here's what they had to say at the press conference ...
Lol - "Thats not a hair question"
Labels: Boston, Cartoon, Funny, Hair, Interview, Scare, Turner, US
Posted by Rajesh @ 2:13 PM; PERMALINK,
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At February 05, 2007 5:45 PM,
ammu said...
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A cartoon causing a city to shutdown?!! It's just ridiculous...the heights of paranoia...jeeez.
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At February 06, 2007 8:57 PM,
Rajesh said...
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@ Amrita - they were scared alright, probably 'cause of the places where the gadget was found and the way it was designed. But yeah bostonians were scared ;)
