# Your favorite publicity stunt. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 28, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087 "2012-09-28T02:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/21 "2012-10-01T19:57:51Z")
> [@SubaRhubarb](#): > > [2007 Boston Mooninite panic - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare) > " We do whatever we want, to whomever we want, at all times. Moonitines Unite! Lock in!" This. I remember it made national news for days, and some of the still images had the middle finger blurred out, because, as you know, a vertical line of light brites is “offensive”. “1-31-07 Never Forget”!!! Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/22 "2012-10-01T20:05:54Z")
When Les Nesman and the crew at WKRP, had their first and last annual turkey drop at the mall in Cincinatti. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/23 "2012-10-01T20:25:10Z")
> [@Bouncer](#): > > This. I remember it made national news for days, and some of the still images had the middle finger blurred out, because, as you know, a vertical line of light brites is “offensive”. > > “1-31-07 Never Forget”!!! > > Regards, > -Bouncer- Yeah. City of Boston held hostage by cartoon character. Where’s Underdog when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/24 "2012-10-01T20:27:42Z")
I like the Pink Floyd pig stunt. Twice! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/25 "2012-10-02T02:29:27Z")
Let us not forget John & Yoko’s bed-in for peace. mmm ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/26 "2012-10-02T02:39:59Z")
Staying with the Beatles theme, how about the whole “Paul is dead” thing that caused lots of people to buy records so they could play them backwards and find the hidden messages? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/27 "2012-10-02T02:45:04Z")
Except “Paul is Dead” was not a publicity stunt: the Beatles had nothing to do with it (though they did not immediately quash it). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/28 "2012-10-03T00:58:08Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Some of Stalin’s show trials of the 1930’s were terrific theater. > > And Joe McCarthy put on a great show until overwhelmingly poor reviews shut down his act. I was considering Mao’s swimming the Yangtze, but when the only media is the state-run media, what the head of state does to attract publicity doesn’t require much effort. The current reigning celebutante isn’t much different. She has thousands of people dependent on her showing up in public with a booger hanging for their pay checks, or else they’ll have to develop the next new thing. The best stunt would have to be the highest acclaim given the the most out-of-nowhere contender. Immediate disqualification for those who resort to injury or destruction. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/29 "2012-10-03T01:18:06Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I was considering Mao’s swimming the Yangtze, but when the only media is the state-run media, what the head of state does to attract publicity doesn’t require much effort. > > The current reigning celebutante isn’t much different. She has thousands of people dependent on her showing up in public with a booger hanging for their pay checks, or else they’ll have to develop the next new thing. > > The best stunt would have to be the highest acclaim given the the most out-of-nowhere contender. Immediate disqualification for those who resort to injury or destruction. By this standard, I would have to go with “balloon boy”, already mentioned upthread. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/30 "2012-10-03T01:39:43Z")
I’ll go with balloon boy too, especially since I couldn’t tell you who the current holder of the world’s greatest gangbang record is without looking it up, prima facia evidence of the fleeting nature of humanity’s quest for immortality. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/31 "2012-10-03T01:53:22Z")
Ooh, I forgot one. The Moon landing. The biggest, priciest publicity stunt in world history. And worth every penny. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087/32 "2012-10-03T12:46:37Z")
> [@](#): > > She has thousands of people dependent on her showing up in public with a booger hanging for their pay checks, or else they’ll have to develop the next new thing. What does this mean? Refer to? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-publicity-stunt/636087.md?page=1)