L-M-freakin-A-O!
in lieu of a description on today's events in boston, i will just list some of the headlines and captions:
"Suspicious packages cause alarm in Boston"
"Sullivan Square object neutralized"
"Police are investigating another suspicious incident at Fenway Park"
"Bomb squad removes suspicious object that closed I-93 north"
"Breaking News: Suspicious Devices Believed To Be A Hoax"
"Boston devices were cartoon marketing ploy"
"A Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad officer removed a "Mooninite," from a support column of the Monsignor McGrath Highway."
"Suspicious packages part of Turner Broadcasting marketing campaign"
that's right. the mass state police "neutralized" ignignokt...from the adult swim cartoon aqua teen hunger force...a perenial favorite here at the annex.
in short, the city of boston was shut down today because of...an ad campaign. one that has been running in several american cities for WEEKS.
i will leave the comments to truly try and capture the enormity of this hysterical event.
wow.
"Suspicious packages cause alarm in Boston"
"Sullivan Square object neutralized"
"Police are investigating another suspicious incident at Fenway Park"
"Bomb squad removes suspicious object that closed I-93 north"
"Breaking News: Suspicious Devices Believed To Be A Hoax"
"Boston devices were cartoon marketing ploy"
"A Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad officer removed a "Mooninite," from a support column of the Monsignor McGrath Highway."
"Suspicious packages part of Turner Broadcasting marketing campaign"
that's right. the mass state police "neutralized" ignignokt...from the adult swim cartoon aqua teen hunger force...a perenial favorite here at the annex.
in short, the city of boston was shut down today because of...an ad campaign. one that has been running in several american cities for WEEKS.
i will leave the comments to truly try and capture the enormity of this hysterical event.
wow.
posted by cade at 2:49 PM
25 Comments:
personal faves:
-"police are investing a website that posted pictures of some of the locations of the devices. they are interested in talking to the author of the website who seems to know an awful lot of information about this. a newschannel 7 crew is on its way to his house."
-"tonight, the police are deciding what, if any, legal action should be taken toward the ill-advised hoax."
and of course...
they freakin' detonated a couple of them. they detonated a plywood mooninite.
Well...they did attach ELECTRONIC Flashing objects to BRIDGES. I'm just saying that maybe post-9/11 this wasn't the smartest ad campaign in recent memory. (Or maybe it is because look at me commenting on it).
Can you imagine... A) being the guy who had to climb on the bridge at 3am putting the sign up and praying that some cop didn't see him and blow his bum to smitherines. I mean this isn't the Lou where you can park an unmarked Uhaul in front of the Arch for hours on end w/o anyone noticing (as Channel 4 so appropriately pointed out this week.)
or B) being in the marketing meeting where the big wigs said "Hey, I know...lets attach flashing, electrical devices on bridges in major cities promoting our CARTOON show."
well hey, they really had to make sure it wasn't lethal. No one can stop the Quad Laser
Dude, i'm laughing just thinking about how long it took the bomb squad to figure out what an "Ignignokt" and "Err" were. "Okay guys, it's got a battery pack, and it lights up. Is that thing givin' me the finger?"
"the manager of the cask 'n flagon saw the device a WEEK ago. he seemed to think this was some kind of joke."
classic
shepard smith just did an expose on "what is a mooninite?" on fox news.
a fair and balanced question if i have ever heard one.
if this is not...(pauses to regain composure) this is better than any post-911, pre-apocalyptic, Americana absurdity that anyone could write.
you CAN'T make this shit up.
at what point does someone (a cop, a fireman, city employee) stand up and confess to watching ATHF and let everyone else in on what these things are?
i want to hear the conversations going on with the response teams...
like the one where the nerdy tech guy is running around trying to convince everyone that these things are simply posters. then when everyone realizes he is right i want to be there for that gloat.
seriously, WTF?
i guess if you think about it, our cities have to do this kind of thing. otherwise they wouldn't be able to justify the shit loads of cash they are getting for "homeland defence."
i wonder if the threat level was raised to red for "alien"?
oh and how awesome is it that the cartoon is flipping the bird on fox?
...and they arrested the kid with the website.
unbelievable.
oh, and i can't believe that i forgot to mention that the 3rd pic, the one that is a close up of the "device" was taken straight from our nbc affiliate's website.
it's title?
"070131_sponge_bob_suspiciou.jpg"
Seriously. This kid who got arrested? Turner broadcasting is telling the police exactly where all these light-up mooninites are (we're up to 38 of them now). Shouldn't there be more discipline toward Turner instead of the guy they asked to place them there to begin with?
Oh and boston.com had this to say about the show:
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force" airs late at night and involves animated characters that are depicted as fast food products, including a ball of ground meat, French fries, and a milk shake.
no they got it all wrong. sponge bob is the gay one. not the terrorist.
wrong threat to american way of life
What I don't get is why these people got arrested for causing parts of Boston and surrounding highways to be closed down, yet the Mayor of Boston can close down the entire city for a week for the Democratic National Convention and get off scott-free.
There's a MONKEY on the left side of your blog! Has he always been there?!
Wowser Shaggy!
scarily perceptive, beck.
alright, if the media doesn't stop refering to this as a "hoax" i am gonna lose it.
it wasn't a hoax. it was a (some would argue, ill-conceived) marketing campaign.
hoax - n. 1. An act intended to deceive or trick.
why in the world am i so fired up about this? yesterday it was hilarious. today, i am borderline angry.
Too much material for a comment. My own post is on its way.
I see no monkey. Is it the sock-puppetesque thing?
I always get distracted by Paris. And ice cream. Oh, Chocolate PB Cup, I love you.
You may want to remove Carl, for fear of being an accomplice to a massive hoax.
Ok, and ignignokt wasn't there a minute ago, was he?
You're going down, dude. Menino's not effing around.
Wait! There's the monkey! It's like every time I refresh, something new appears! Do it again!
Well at least this girl had some common sense about it.
She even freakin told the police what the character was!
same girl that 7 interviewed. she's like the only voice of sanity on all of the boston news channels.
"she's like the only voice of sanity on all of the boston news channels."
therefore she will be ignored
i may or may not have just purchased this t-shirt.
boston.com does another bang up job in informing the masses.
article here
favorite quote: "My friends and I have been saying it's the start of the geek uprising," Milligan said. "Striking fear into the hearts of people who go to bed at a reasonable hour."
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