Friday, February 9, 2007
News If I hear the word ‘fiasco’ one more time …
Posted by Russell McLendon on Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 9:15 PM
Cartoon Net GM resigns over Boston fiascoBy Paul J. Gough
(Hollywood Reporter)
NEW YORK -- Cartoon Network General Manager Jim Samples resigned Friday, taking responsibility for the marketing fiasco that put the city of Boston on edge two weeks ago and cost Turner Broadcasting System $2 million.
Full story here.
All right. We all have to be respectful of quivering paranoiacs in this age of presumably ubiquitous evildoers. But wasn't $2 million enough retribution for Boston's day of embarrassing gridlock? Do you want a lifetime supply of Scooby Snacks, Boston? How about broiled Roadrunner garnished with Tweety Bird wings, Jerry legs and a side of Bugs Bunny stew? We can just shut down the entire animation industry if it pleases you. Fuck.
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