Greatest Press Conference in the History of Media
February 2, 2007 | 1 Comment
The insanely ridiculous terror scare in Boston on Wednesday lead to the greatest press conference that has ever occurred. Watch above, you can’t help but love it!
Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens walk out of the Charlestown District Court and turn the media into a laughable circus, a feat they usually only accomplish on their own. The only topic open for discussion would be “haircuts in the 70’s”. The press conference goes on for a good amount of time with them refusing to consider any other topic and their lawyer repeatedly supporting this position. Eventually the media gives up and leaves them alone.
They were arrested for putting up throwies around Boston that depicted an advertisement for “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” on Cartoon Network’s late night Adult Swim. Considering the fact that they were hired to do this work and their only intention was marketing and not terror, legally they should be fine. Luckily the judge handling the case seems like a reasonable person. “Judge Paul K. Leary seemed skeptical of the state’s case, telling Grossman that the law requires that people must intend to create a panic to be charged with placing hoax devices. This case, the judge said, seemed to involve two men who relatives say were paid to place unorthodox advertisements throughout the city.” [from the MAKE article]
Clearly the devices they used were innocuous and reasonably common (at least in principle) amongst netizens. I first learned about throwies a year ago in this Amanda Congdon Rocketboom video. Boston was the only city, out of the many that saw the same marketing campaign, that overreacted in this way.
Some of my favorite quotes I’ve heard related to this incident:
- “Boston police protect me from marketing!”
- “Couldn’t these have really been bombs?” response: “So could trash cans, mailboxes, and tubes of toothpaste…”
- “The press accuses of them of not taking it seriously but, in a sense, they’re taking it just as seriously as they ought to.”
- “omg exploding light brights”
In the end, what I find most disturbing is that this was a win for terrorism, even though no terrorists showed up to play…
Thanks to Cliff for finding the embed friendly YouTube video
Tags: adult swim, amanda congdon, aqua teen hunger force, boston, cartoon network, MAKE, marketing, Peter Berdovsky, rocketboom, Sean Stevens, terrorism, throwies, youtube
Amanda Congdon: Suspicious Sounds
January 18, 2007 | 1 Comment
So… Amanda Congdon was at CES last week. She claims it was boring, but the sounds of the clip above tell another tale.
Amanda: oh my god… oh… (panting continues throughout)
Man 1: are you all right?
Man 2: Here you go
Man 3: You’re back
Man 1: It’s done. It’s completely done. (laughter)
Man 2: You were just nervous a little bit, that’s what it was
Amanda: Wow… OK…
Man 1: You did it
Man 2: How do you feel?
Amanda: Oh… I feel…
Man 1: Tingly?
Amanda: I feel tingly, I feel.. yeah… I feel like I… you know… just got… got… I don’t know… hit by an electric fence in all…
Thanks to Tim for pointing me at the original video, even though it’s nothing compared to the audio clip… A bigger thanks to Amanda for one of the most erotic things I’ve ever heard on the web.
Tags: amanda congdon, audio, audio clip, CES, electric fence, erotic, group sex, orgasm, panting, sex, suspicious sounds, tingly
Amanda Congdon’s New Project?
July 19, 2006 | 2 Comments
Matt at BorkWeb has posted a logo that has been created for BisonBoom. Is this Amanda’s next project?
A WHOIS on bisonboom.com turns up the following:
Registrant:
MaisonBisson
POBox 350
Plymouth, New Hampshire 03264
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: BISONBOOM.COM
Created on: 19-Jul-06
Expires on: 19-Jul-07
Last Updated on: 19-Jul-06
Administrative Contact:
Bisson, Casey spinapse@mac.com
MaisonBisson
This coupled with Amanda Congdon posting:
What the hell am I doing?
SHHHHHHHHHHHHH! It’s a secret. Uh, no, it’s not. I’m still figuring out my long term plans. For now, I can tell you that I am working on an *interim* project…
Not sure about the validity of any of this, but I’m plenty excited about whatever project may come out of this!!
Tags: amanda congdon, bisonboom, celebrity, rocketboom, video, videoblogging
Amanda Congdon: Unboomed
July 5, 2006 | 1 Comment
In stunningly upsetting news, Amanda Congdon of Rocketboom fame has been ousted from her lead role in Rocketboom. Click the image above to watch her video revealing her departure.
In the video Amanda sits sadly in front of an upside down map and explains how she owns 49% of Rocketboom while her business partner owns 51%. He wanted her gone and so she departs. For me Rocketboom was always “The Amanda Congdon Show”. I tuned in for her spunk and personable nature. I look forward to a new video podcast from her soon. I wish her all the best.
Off to go unsubscribe from Rocketboom…
Tags: amanda congdon, podcast, podcasts, rocketboom, video podcast, video podcasts, vodcast, vodcasts
Apollo Pony
February 23, 2006 | 2 Comments
Amanda Congdon of Rocketboom fame has another great site called Apollo Pony that highlights entertaining videos. Here are some of my favorites:
Where the Hell is Amanda? (Part 1)
Where the Hell is Amanda? Part 2
Tags: "apollo pony", amanda congdon, Fun Whatnot, rocketboom, video
Rocketboom, A Video Blog Worth Watching
December 15, 2005 | 9 Comments
A while ago Ken got excited about the prospect of vodcasting or vlogging or video blogging. He even tried one of his own (more in parody than earnest).
Yesterday he introduced me to Rocketboom which is an example of this technology. Finally I have a reason to be interested in video blogging. Amanda Congdon deliveres this technology heavy ultra modern vlog daily. Her delivery and expressiveness is quite engaging. She provides what I’d consider a video version of the types of things you may find daily on Digg or Slashdot.
Although, I’m pretty sure not everyone could pull this off. Certainly the fact that Amanda is easy to look at adds to the appeal…
Tags: amanda congdon, blog, blogging, digg, Newsy Goodness, rocketboom, slashdot, technology, video, video blog, vlog, vlogging, vodcast, vodcasting