You know that crazy Aqua Teen Hunger Force promotion that caused a kerfuffle in Boston recently? Well, if you've got a fat wad of cash I suggest you get yourself over to eBay where some of those neon Mooninites are currently up for auction. This is your chance to own a piece of advertising history. A promotion hasn't caused a scare like this since that time Poppin Fresh got high on wheat germ and held a press conference demanding the immediate execution of Mrs. Butterworth.
Our readers have had a lot of opinions about who exactly is to blame for the misunderstanding, and whether or not local authorities and media overreacted to the incident. I don't have an opinion about it one way or the other, but one thing is certain: a lot more people now know about Aqua Teen Hunger Force who probably had no idea what the heck it was before all of this craziness went down.
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2-02-2007 @ 8:06AM
Adam Cohen said...
The Mooninites will rule your sorry planet! This was absolutely an effective marketing campaign, jsut look at the left sidebar of this website to see what I'm talking about: http://thejacksack.blogspot.com
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2-02-2007 @ 8:54AM
Chris Wyant said...
You really can't buy publicity like this. The coverage on the news networks was fabulous. "Irreverant TV show about three food items stops city in its tracks; movie comes out in March"
'nuff said
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2-04-2007 @ 1:32AM
ad said...
We do and say whatever we want, to whomever we want, at all times.
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2-04-2007 @ 6:03AM
Joe said...
Adam Cohen, if you link the 'The Jack Sack' one more time, I'm going to get angry, internet style! Which is basically: I'll do nothing.
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