Publicity Stunts?

So....
What is your favorite publicity stunt?

I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of late,
but has Utah ever had a good one?
Pam

Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote:
> So....
> What is your favorite publicity stunt?

> I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of late,
> but has Utah ever had a good one?
> Pam

Two words: Cold Fusion.

-klaus

That is exactly what I was thinking! lol

"klaus" <klaus@deuce.xmission.com> wrote in message
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> Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote:
> > So....
> > What is your favorite publicity stunt?
>
> > I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of
late,
> > but has Utah ever had a good one?
> > Pam
>
> Two words: Cold Fusion.
>
> -klaus
>
>

"daftpunk7202" <daftpunk7202@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> That is exactly what I was thinking! lol
>
> "klaus" <klaus@deuce.xmission.com> wrote in message
> news:behgcm$6lp$1@terabinaries.xmission.com...
> > Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote:
> > > So....
> > > What is your favorite publicity stunt?
> >
> > > I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming
Cloning of
> late,
> > > but has Utah ever had a good one?
> > > Pam
> >
> > Two words: Cold Fusion.
> >
> > -klaus

This is the one that came to my mind immediately. It took a couple of
seconds to come up with the Olympics. Anywhere else I consider them and
honor and tradition. Here I think they were meant to act as a tool for
worldwide exposure and an attempt to give some credibility to a fringe
organization and government with NO credibility (IMO).

I've stumbled onto www.exmormons.com recently. Good reading sometimes.

I guess that's supposed to be
exmormons.org
Pam

"pigo" <pigopowderNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "daftpunk7202" <daftpunk7202@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3f0c4a13_3@corp-news.newsgroups.com...
> > That is exactly what I was thinking! lol
> >
> > "klaus" <klaus@deuce.xmission.com> wrote in message
> > news:behgcm$6lp$1@terabinaries.xmission.com...
> > > Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote:
> > > > So....
> > > > What is your favorite publicity stunt?
> > >
> > > > I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming
> Cloning of
> > late,
> > > > but has Utah ever had a good one?
> > > > Pam
> > >
> > > Two words: Cold Fusion.
> > >
> > > -klaus
>
> This is the one that came to my mind immediately. It took a couple of
> seconds to come up with the Olympics. Anywhere else I consider them and
> honor and tradition. Here I think they were meant to act as a tool for
> worldwide exposure and an attempt to give some credibility to a fringe
> organization and government with NO credibility (IMO).
>
> I've stumbled onto www.exmormons.com recently. Good reading sometimes.
>
>

pigo wrote:
> This is the one that came to my mind immediately. It took a couple of
> seconds to come up with the Olympics. Anywhere else I consider them and
> honor and tradition. Here I think they were meant to act as a tool for
> worldwide exposure and an attempt to give some credibility to a fringe
> organization and government with NO credibility (IMO).
>
> I've stumbled onto www.exmormons.com recently. Good reading sometimes.

This'll come as no news to you, but I disagree. We "used" the Olympics
just as any other 2nd or 3rd-tier (or worse) city uses them, as a chance
to shine. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this if the games are
executed well. AND the honor and tradition.

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--
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our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security."
--Microsoft VP in charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.

[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]

Raptor <me@attbi.com> spake the secret code
<3F0C7688.1020608@attbi.com> thusly:

>[...] There is absolutely nothing wrong with this if the games are
>executed well. AND the honor and tradition.

Like the tradition of bribing the OC?
Like the tradition of fixing the gold medal in figure skating?
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ:
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/>
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In article <behgcm$6lp$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>, klaus <klaus@deuce.xmission.com> wrote:
>Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote:
>> So....
>> What is your favorite publicity stunt?
>
>> I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of late,
>> but has Utah ever had a good one?
>> Pam
>
>Two words: Cold Fusion.
>
>-klaus
>
>
Too bad that damaged fusions rep. We need some type of clean fusion power
source. Too bad Philo T Farnsworth wasnt able to refine and pursue his fusion
reactor late in his life. TV wasnt the only life changing thing he invented

Read this for a good read.

http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/fusion/index.html
http://www.farnovision.com/chronicle...assilatos.html
http://www.farnovision.com/chronicle...on_future.html

That guy was pure genius!!!!!!!

In article <bei3g1$g87$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>, (Rich) legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com wrote:
>[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
>
>Raptor <me@attbi.com> spake the secret code
><3F0C7688.1020608@attbi.com> thusly:
>
>>[...] There is absolutely nothing wrong with this if the games are
>>executed well. AND the honor and tradition.
>
>Like the tradition of bribing the OC?
>Like the tradition of fixing the gold medal in figure skating?
And how the hell was that ANYTHING to do with Utah or its olympic organizers
or staff?. It was all the fault of the eurotrash national judges from
france and Russia and organized crime etc that had to do with that!!!!!

"Raptor" <me@attbi.com> wrote in message
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> This'll come as no news to you, but I disagree. We "used" the
Olympics
> just as any other 2nd or 3rd-tier (or worse) city uses them, as a
chance
> to shine. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this if the games
are
> executed well. AND the honor and tradition.

My problem is the way the city/church changed their face from the one
we, as residents, have to put up with. And when the games were over,
changed back.

It seems to me that if you really believe in what you're doing and are
proud of it, and it's right, no need to modify it for when people are
watching.

Not that its not something I'm used to and is really a common part of
"church" history. So it wasn't unexpected.

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:26:24 -0600, "Pam" <dontmailhere@invalid.com>
wrote:

> So....
>What is your favorite publicity stunt?

I'd have to go with self-proclaimied radio pranker "East Coast Bob"
leading psycho talk-show host Michael Savage into full-blown meltdown
on his MSNBC program, resulting in his firing from the network.

Absolutely brilliant. That will go down in the annals of talk radio
history.

"Dirty Sanchez" <thanks@butnothanks.com> wrote in message
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> Absolutely brilliant. That will go down in the annals of talk radio
> history.

Why would a TV show "go down in the annals of _talk radio_ history"?

I did not hear the actual deed.

Do you think it was a hoax and not your typical everyday radio call in?
Pam

"Dirty Sanchez" <thanks@butnothanks.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:26:24 -0600, "Pam" <dontmailhere@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>
> > So....
> >What is your favorite publicity stunt?
>
> I'd have to go with self-proclaimied radio pranker "East Coast Bob"
> leading psycho talk-show host Michael Savage into full-blown meltdown
> on his MSNBC program, resulting in his firing from the network.
>
> Absolutely brilliant. That will go down in the annals of talk radio
> history.

Thanks for the link, Pete.

OK, let me get this straight. (no pun intended)

Mike Savage has a TV show that started fairly recently. The ratings,
according to that link, are not so hot.

Then a guy who is known to do pranks comes on the show, taunts Savage into
saying something that gets him fired?

Come 'on! haahaa, we will stay tuned and see the protesting fans demand he
be put back on the air??? And then MSNBC puts him back on the air, right?
With much better ratings since the entire US knows that he HAS a show
now................

STUNT!
Pam

"Pete Ashdown" <pashdown@xmission.com> wrote in message
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> "Pam" <dontmailhere@invalid.com> writes:
>
> >I did not hear the actual deed.
>
>
http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...s-savage_x.htm
>
> Savage claims now that he didn't know he was on the air. TV must be a
hard
> concept for him to understand.
>
> >Do you think it was a hoax and not your typical everyday radio call in?
>
> The individual who called in does pranks.
> --
> Pneumatic tubes are killing the Internet.
>
> Pete Ashdown pashdown@xmission.com ICQ:5717723 Salt Lake City,
Utah
> XMission Internet Access - http://www.xmission.com - Voice: 801 539
0852

"Pam" <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:igjQa.459$qx1.52198@news.uswest.net...
> Thanks for the link, Pete.
>
> OK, let me get this straight. (no pun intended)
>
> Mike Savage has a TV show that started fairly recently. The ratings,
> according to that link, are not so hot.
>
> Then a guy who is known to do pranks comes on the show, taunts Savage
into
> saying something that gets him fired?
>
> Come 'on! haahaa, we will stay tuned and see the protesting fans
demand he
> be put back on the air??? And then MSNBC puts him back on the air,
right?
> With much better ratings since the entire US knows that he HAS a show
> now................
>
> STUNT!
> Pam

Funny how limited that free speech thing is.

Haven't the liberals been complaining about their free speech because
people are choosing not to patronize that anti USA folks in Hollywood
(among others). Are those same people now protesting Savages' right to
free speech?
OH CRAP! I forgot. It's free speech for the people they agree with.

	#1
Pam	Publicity Stunts? So.... What is your favorite publicity stunt? I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of late, but has Utah ever had a good one? Pam

	#2
klaus	Re: Publicity Stunts? Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote: > So.... > What is your favorite publicity stunt? > I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of late, > but has Utah ever had a good one? > Pam Two words: Cold Fusion. -klaus

	#3
daftpunk7202	Re: Publicity Stunts? That is exactly what I was thinking! lol "klaus" <klaus@deuce.xmission.com> wrote in message news:behgcm$6lp$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote: > > So.... > > What is your favorite publicity stunt? > > > I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of late, > > but has Utah ever had a good one? > > Pam > > Two words: Cold Fusion. > > -klaus > >

	#4
pigo	Re: Publicity Stunts? "daftpunk7202" <daftpunk7202@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3f0c4a13_3@corp-news.newsgroups.com... > That is exactly what I was thinking! lol > > "klaus" <klaus@deuce.xmission.com> wrote in message > news:behgcm$6lp$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote: > > > So.... > > > What is your favorite publicity stunt? > > > > > I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of > late, > > > but has Utah ever had a good one? > > > Pam > > > > Two words: Cold Fusion. > > > > -klaus This is the one that came to my mind immediately. It took a couple of seconds to come up with the Olympics. Anywhere else I consider them and honor and tradition. Here I think they were meant to act as a tool for worldwide exposure and an attempt to give some credibility to a fringe organization and government with NO credibility (IMO). I've stumbled onto www.exmormons.com recently. Good reading sometimes.

	#5
Pam	Re: Publicity Stunts? I guess that's supposed to be exmormons.org Pam "pigo" <pigopowderNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message newsTudndMxa9OJypGiXTWJhw@comcast.com... > > "daftpunk7202" <daftpunk7202@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:3f0c4a13_3@corp-news.newsgroups.com... > > That is exactly what I was thinking! lol > > > > "klaus" <klaus@deuce.xmission.com> wrote in message > > news:behgcm$6lp$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > > Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote: > > > > So.... > > > > What is your favorite publicity stunt? > > > > > > > I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming > Cloning of > > late, > > > > but has Utah ever had a good one? > > > > Pam > > > > > > Two words: Cold Fusion. > > > > > > -klaus > > This is the one that came to my mind immediately. It took a couple of > seconds to come up with the Olympics. Anywhere else I consider them and > honor and tradition. Here I think they were meant to act as a tool for > worldwide exposure and an attempt to give some credibility to a fringe > organization and government with NO credibility (IMO). > > I've stumbled onto www.exmormons.com recently. Good reading sometimes. > >

	#6
Raptor	Re: Publicity Stunts? pigo wrote: > This is the one that came to my mind immediately. It took a couple of > seconds to come up with the Olympics. Anywhere else I consider them and > honor and tradition. Here I think they were meant to act as a tool for > worldwide exposure and an attempt to give some credibility to a fringe > organization and government with NO credibility (IMO). > > I've stumbled onto www.exmormons.com recently. Good reading sometimes. This'll come as no news to you, but I disagree. We "used" the Olympics just as any other 2nd or 3rd-tier (or worse) city uses them, as a chance to shine. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this if the games are executed well. AND the honor and tradition. -- -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.

	#7
Rich	Re: Publicity Stunts? [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup] Raptor <me@attbi.com> spake the secret code <3F0C7688.1020608@attbi.com> thusly: >[...] There is absolutely nothing wrong with this if the games are >executed well. AND the honor and tradition. Like the tradition of bribing the OC? Like the tradition of fixing the gold medal in figure skating? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's first annual demoparty on August 9th, 2003 <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>

	#8
GMAN	Re: Publicity Stunts? In article <behgcm$6lp$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>, klaus <klaus@deuce.xmission.com> wrote: >Pam <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote: >> So.... >> What is your favorite publicity stunt? > >> I think I've rather enjoyed the goofy alien people claiming Cloning of late, >> but has Utah ever had a good one? >> Pam > >Two words: Cold Fusion. > >-klaus > > Too bad that damaged fusions rep. We need some type of clean fusion power source. Too bad Philo T Farnsworth wasnt able to refine and pursue his fusion reactor late in his life. TV wasnt the only life changing thing he invented Read this for a good read. http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/fusion/index.html http://www.farnovision.com/chronicle...assilatos.html http://www.farnovision.com/chronicle...on_future.html That guy was pure genius!!!!!!!

	#10
pigo	Re: Publicity Stunts? "Raptor" <me@attbi.com> wrote in message news:3F0C7688.1020608@attbi.com... > This'll come as no news to you, but I disagree. We "used" the Olympics > just as any other 2nd or 3rd-tier (or worse) city uses them, as a chance > to shine. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this if the games are > executed well. AND the honor and tradition. My problem is the way the city/church changed their face from the one we, as residents, have to put up with. And when the games were over, changed back. It seems to me that if you really believe in what you're doing and are proud of it, and it's right, no need to modify it for when people are watching. Not that its not something I'm used to and is really a common part of "church" history. So it wasn't unexpected.

	#11
Dirty Sanchez	Re: Publicity Stunts? On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:26:24 -0600, "Pam" <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote: > So.... >What is your favorite publicity stunt? I'd have to go with self-proclaimied radio pranker "East Coast Bob" leading psycho talk-show host Michael Savage into full-blown meltdown on his MSNBC program, resulting in his firing from the network. Absolutely brilliant. That will go down in the annals of talk radio history.

	#12
pigo	Re: Publicity Stunts? "Dirty Sanchez" <thanks@butnothanks.com> wrote in message news:dm7vgvgke4v5ncmo8fr71cnsdb1j44e3kp@4ax.com... > Absolutely brilliant. That will go down in the annals of talk radio > history. Why would a TV show "go down in the annals of _talk radio_ history"?

	#13
Pam	Re: Publicity Stunts? I did not hear the actual deed. Do you think it was a hoax and not your typical everyday radio call in? Pam "Dirty Sanchez" <thanks@butnothanks.com> wrote in message news:dm7vgvgke4v5ncmo8fr71cnsdb1j44e3kp@4ax.com... > On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:26:24 -0600, "Pam" <dontmailhere@invalid.com> > wrote: > > > So.... > >What is your favorite publicity stunt? > > I'd have to go with self-proclaimied radio pranker "East Coast Bob" > leading psycho talk-show host Michael Savage into full-blown meltdown > on his MSNBC program, resulting in his firing from the network. > > Absolutely brilliant. That will go down in the annals of talk radio > history.

	#14
Pam	Re: Publicity Stunts? Thanks for the link, Pete. OK, let me get this straight. (no pun intended) Mike Savage has a TV show that started fairly recently. The ratings, according to that link, are not so hot. Then a guy who is known to do pranks comes on the show, taunts Savage into saying something that gets him fired? Come 'on! haahaa, we will stay tuned and see the protesting fans demand he be put back on the air??? And then MSNBC puts him back on the air, right? With much better ratings since the entire US knows that he HAS a show now................ STUNT! Pam "Pete Ashdown" <pashdown@xmission.com> wrote in message news:bes0p6$gm6$2@terabinaries.xmission.com... > "Pam" <dontmailhere@invalid.com> writes: > > >I did not hear the actual deed. > > http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...s-savage_x.htm > > Savage claims now that he didn't know he was on the air. TV must be a hard > concept for him to understand. > > >Do you think it was a hoax and not your typical everyday radio call in? > > The individual who called in does pranks. > -- > Pneumatic tubes are killing the Internet. > > Pete Ashdown pashdown@xmission.com ICQ:5717723 Salt Lake City, Utah > XMission Internet Access - http://www.xmission.com - Voice: 801 539 0852

	#15
pigo	Re: Publicity Stunts? "Pam" <dontmailhere@invalid.com> wrote in message news:igjQa.459$qx1.52198@news.uswest.net... > Thanks for the link, Pete. > > OK, let me get this straight. (no pun intended) > > Mike Savage has a TV show that started fairly recently. The ratings, > according to that link, are not so hot. > > Then a guy who is known to do pranks comes on the show, taunts Savage into > saying something that gets him fired? > > Come 'on! haahaa, we will stay tuned and see the protesting fans demand he > be put back on the air??? And then MSNBC puts him back on the air, right? > With much better ratings since the entire US knows that he HAS a show > now................ > > STUNT! > Pam Funny how limited that free speech thing is. Haven't the liberals been complaining about their free speech because people are choosing not to patronize that anti USA folks in Hollywood (among others). Are those same people now protesting Savages' right to free speech? OH CRAP! I forgot. It's free speech for the people they agree with.