Funniest alarmist local news promo ever

[valis2]

I heard this on the radio at least three times today.

*lullaby music*

"Think you're ready for an evening of nice relaxing slumber?" (or something to that effect)

*cue jangly music*

"DO YOU WANT TO SLEEP ON A BED OF POISON?!"

I am not making this up.

(It had something to do with mattresses being treated with toxic sprays to make them non-flammable, I believe.)

Comments

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd really want to buy their product after *that*.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

heh--it was one of those alarmist promos to get you to watch the local news. You know, where they say something frightening like "IS YOUR TAP WATER FULL OF LEAD AND HIPPOPOTAMUS TOXINS" and then it turns out that it isn't.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Y'know, Toxic Hippopotamus would be fabulous name for a rock band.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

One-Armed Rubber Robots makes me giggle as well.

[todayiamadaisy]

That's fantastic.

There was a terrible ad on TV recently, suggesting that people might like to vote for a particular channel's personalities in the Logies (our Emmy Awards, sort of). The ad went something like:

In the time it takes to watch this ad, 800 million children will go hungry, 1 billion people will live below the poverty line... and one ABC personality will go without a Logie.

Appalling.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Holy cow--now that takes guts! And a remarkable amount of egotism. hahaha!

I almost watched, btw.

[todayiamadaisy]

Am I misunderstanding? You almost watched the Logies? They're shown on US TV? That's madness!

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

lmao. :D I love how it's a question.

[artystone.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA!!! Years ago I went to some seminar where the facilitator had put together a video just made of those crazy promos. We were all ROFL...

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE AND IT'S YOUR FAULT!!!
Details at 11.

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

ROFL They should be more concerned about bedbugs!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

haha! Naw, I almost watched the POISON BED OF DOOM.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Maybe there is someone out there who got excited and shouted, "Yes! Yes! A thousand times yes!"

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly!!

I remember that Mad TV or SNL did a hilarious skit based on that exact premise. Hilarious!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

OMG, bedbugs are a horrible scourge, and they are totally on the rise. eee!

[cordeliadelayne]

Hee! Well, it certainly made me LOL!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hee! It reminded me so much of a skit I saw once, where the alarmist news reporters were huddled around a glass of water, convinced it could kill someone.

[todayiamadaisy]

*turns brain back on* That makes more sense! :-)