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”!!!
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When Les Nesman and the crew at WKRP, had their first and last annual turkey drop at the mall in Cincinatti.
Yeah. City of Boston held hostage by cartoon character. Where’s Underdog when you need him?
I like the Pink Floyd pig stunt. Twice!
Let us not forget John & Yoko’s bed-in for peace.
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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?
Except “Paul is Dead” was not a publicity stunt: the Beatles had nothing to do with it (though they did not immediately quash it).
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.
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.
Ooh, I forgot one. The Moon landing. The biggest, priciest publicity stunt in world history. And worth every penny.
What does this mean? Refer to?