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  • Whudafxup with anti-smoking commercials?

    11/05/2007 6:06:01 PM PST · by kaboom · 9 replies · 293+ views
    I finally paid attention to one of the annoying anti-smoking commercials from start to finish, and I noticed that they end with a film clapboard referencing their website Whudafxup.com. Now I'm no prude but that doesn't appear to be an appropriate message for public service announcements targeting children and young adults. They don't come right out and print the F word, but that's how it reads to me. Too much text-messaging I guess. I'm interested in any feedback regarding broadcasting regulations, or if anyone knows if the tobacco settlement money is being used to spread this message. These PSA's are...
  • Help! I just got a strange protest phone call

    04/07/2004 4:51:54 PM PDT · by kaboom · 14 replies · 114+ views
    self
    Earlier today I looked up a list of DC protest dates that would affect my commute. I went to both the protest.net and internationalanswer.org sites to see when these buttheads would be disrupting my commute in the near future. The strange thing is that I received a telemarketing call about a half hour later where the recording asked which protest I was interested in. It did not indicate that the call was made because of a visit to the sites, I never provided any info to the sites, and I rarely provide my phone number online. So my questions are:...
  • NBC's Homosexual Easter

    04/25/2000 6:42:18 AM PDT · by kaboom · 7+ views
    program listing | April 23, 2000
    I have not been able to find any articles wirtten on the program, but did anyone notice NBC's selection for their Easter Sunday 8pm movie? They aired the movie "In and Out"; a comedy about a closet homosexual high-school teacher who gets outed on national TV. The students and community later rally around him and declare that they are all homosexuals. Happy Easter from NBC.