Cartoon Network Head Resigns After Scare

Fri Feb 9, 2007 2:52 PM EST

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{"commentId":521905,"authorDomain":"vincentgrayson"}

Vincent Grayson

And this whole thing just grows more and more absurd.

If anyone should be losing their jobs over this, it's the people who raised a needless panic.

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33 votes

#1 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 3:33 PM EST

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Leftist

amen brotha

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4 votes

#1.1 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:23 PM EST

{"commentId":521906,"authorDomain":"tcervo"}

gecko85

Ridiculous. He should have stood by the campaign, noting that NO OTHER CITY overracted like Boston.

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24 votes

#2 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 3:33 PM EST

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Brian Ford

In fact, it's getting -so- absurd that I almost have to wonder what Cartoon Network is hiding.

As certain as I was that they weren't really all that guilty of anything -- they sure are going to great lengths to seem guilty of something.

One wonders: Are there memos floating about? ("Milk this for what its worth." Or something like that.)

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9 votes

#3 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:06 PM EST

{"commentId":522011,"authorDomain":"gzirra"}

gzirra

Here's what I see as one the main problem:

One of the men criminally charged after placing blinking cartoon advertisements around the city videotaped a police bomb squad removing one of the electronic devices, but did not tell the officers the object was harmless. Surveillance cameras caught 27-year-old Peter Berdovsky videotaping officers removing what they thought was a possible bomb.

The two said in their statements they weren't aware of the panic they'd caused (which if true would have absolved them of the charges), yet now have been found to have videotaped the police at the height of the panic. I'd love to hear the videotaper's commentary as he was shooting the removal.

Too clever by 1/2? We'll see.

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3 votes

#3.1 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:31 PM EST

{"commentId":522035,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

Brian Ford

With that said: It was still an over-reaction that should have never occurred.

But, I could be persuaded that there is evidence that Turner Broadcasting or the Ad Agency knew of the issue and purposefully let it escalate.

Worst case scenario -- both parties turn out to have egg on their face.

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3 votes

#3.2 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:41 PM EST

{"commentId":522462,"authorDomain":"jyuma"}

Johnny Yuma

There allegedly was communication from Interference Inc. to Peter Berdovsky during the scare to pretty please keep everything on the dl

Doesn't say if it was a memo,email,IM or voice mail.

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3 votes

#3.3 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 9:41 PM EST

{"commentId":523003,"authorDomain":"Ardith"}

ArdithDeleted

{"commentId":521961,"authorDomain":"rimuladas"}

Rimuladas

Why resign? Its not like you would look any worse if you refused to resign. Hell, it may even give the appearance you had a backbone.

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2 votes

#4 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:08 PM EST

{"commentId":522630,"authorDomain":"tj"}

TopJedi

Why resign? In defense of innocent animations and a noble appearing excuse to put a 13 year old job behind you in exchange for pushing the throttle on a 60 ft motor yacht somewhere off the coast of Grand Cayman.

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1 vote

#4.1 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 11:59 PM EST

{"commentId":521962,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}

Ryan Stolte-Sawa

This is just ridiculous. Bureaucracy @!$%#s on common sense once again.

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5 votes

#5 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:09 PM EST

{"commentId":521968,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}

Eric Atienza

In that picture of the artists, it totally looks like he's talking about something a little, ahem, risque.

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6 votes

#6 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:13 PM EST

{"commentId":521994,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}

Ryan Stolte-Sawa

"...and if you squeeze them just right you can get this beautiful stream..."

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4 votes

#6.1 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:24 PM EST

{"commentId":522010,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}

Adam Hobson

He's probably just talking about some more '70s hair ;-)

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1 vote

#6.2 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:31 PM EST

{"commentId":521975,"authorDomain":"PeteZaHutt"}

Pete ZaHutt

The Mayor of Boston should resign.

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11 votes

#7 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:15 PM EST

{"commentId":521978,"authorDomain":"ryantaylor"}

Ryan S. Taylor

Unbelievable. He resigned because he cost his boss $2 million. The mayor of Boston should resign for being a pussy.

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7 votes

#8 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:17 PM EST

{"commentId":521999,"authorDomain":"kylen"}

KyleN

Of course he resigned, he can get a much better deal elsewhere now after this success! A cheap marketing campaign went from possibly being noticed by a few thousand people to certainly being noticed and commented on by millions.

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2 votes

#9 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:26 PM EST

{"commentId":522037,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

Brian Ford

But -- it didn't translate to numbers for the TV show. A marketing campaign that is talked about but that doesn't deliver -- still a failure.

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2 votes

#9.1 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:42 PM EST

{"commentId":522053,"authorDomain":"kylen"}

KyleN

Yes, true. I'm sure I'll make more enemies of the cult fans but I don't think anything could actually help that particular show no matter how clever the stunt.

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#9.2 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:49 PM EST

{"commentId":522075,"authorDomain":"enigmaobscura"}

enigma

Except that the goal was to increase viewership (presumeably) which didn't happen. That people commented on the marketing campaign doesn't translate into advertising dollars for their network and as such, it would be considered a failure, not a success.

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#9.3 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 4:58 PM EST

{"commentId":522079,"authorDomain":"gzirra"}

gzirra

I thought the campaign was for the upcoming movie and not so much for the TV show?

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2 votes

#9.4 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:02 PM EST

{"commentId":522124,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

Brian Ford

Chances are, they're blowing it -- at this point. The movie would have had to have been released within a couple weeks of the incident.

As much as they're bending in this case, I'm losing a bit of the humor that I saw in it in the first week or so.

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3 votes

#9.5 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:23 PM EST

{"commentId":522100,"authorDomain":"martinez"}

MartinEZ

I would have to say campaign was a complete success. I doubt they ever dreamed of having this much exposure.

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#10 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:15 PM EST

{"commentId":522120,"authorDomain":"enigmaobscura"}

enigma

If you look at it from that perspective, then sure, it was a success. But if you look at from a business perspective, it was a failure. If after all that happened, it only increased viewership some 6,000 people, then it was a bust -- on top of which it cost them $2 million and their CEO.

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#10.1 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:21 PM EST

{"commentId":522138,"authorDomain":"arjunm"}

Arjun Muralidharan

Would a bomb squad have been sent in had this happened in a mainland European city?

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3 votes

#11 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:30 PM EST

{"commentId":522964,"authorDomain":"acidreflux"}

AdipicAcid

Broader question: would a bomb squad be sent in if it was any city other than Boston? Don't give me useless Euro-superiority. New York and other cities responded pretty much the way you imply those sophisticated Euros would have.

I think the Boston Police may still have some sort of complex over the fact that it was Boston where the hijackers boarded three of the four 9/11 planes. That doesn't excuse the fact that behaved like a group of police straight out of Monty Python in this case, but it might explain it.

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1 vote

#11.1 - Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:30 AM EST

{"commentId":522143,"authorDomain":"superfive"}

ericfive

Regarding the resignation, a story circulates among certain management types about about a hotshot young exec whose over-enthusiasm cost the business $2 million. When asked whether he would be fired, the boss said "Why? I just invested $2 million in his education!"

Regarding this whole affair, I'm speechless. I'm a former resident of Boston and I always sing its praises, it's people are way sharper than this. I expect this sort of thing from Charlotte, maybe, but never Boston. This is the tea party city! My suspicion is that somebody with an excessive amount of political power escalated this thing. Why on Earth I cannot fathom.

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1 vote

#12 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:32 PM EST

{"commentId":522149,"authorDomain":"jimmyhavok"}

JimmyHavok

I just hope this doesn't hurt Adult Swim. They've produced some crap (Squid Billies, 5 Ounce Mouse), but they've also produced (or paid for) some true genius, like Venture Brothers, Robot Chicken and Moral Orel.

Aqua Team falls somewhere in the middle. Sometimes it's brilliant, sometimes it's played.

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4 votes

#13 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:37 PM EST

{"commentId":522283,"authorDomain":"agio"}

agio

Aqua Team falls somewhere in the middle. Sometimes it's brilliant, sometimes it's played.

It really depends on how stoned you are when you watch it ;).

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2 votes

#13.1 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 7:11 PM EST

{"commentId":522522,"authorDomain":"jimmyhavok"}

JimmyHavok

I didn't realize I got flashbacks so often.

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#13.2 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 10:28 PM EST

{"commentId":522289,"authorDomain":"F1error"}

F1_error

What a load of crap.

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2 votes

#14 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 7:16 PM EST

{"commentId":522335,"authorDomain":"braytek"}

Bwana

Amazing. Simply amazing.

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#15 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 7:54 PM EST

{"commentId":522341,"authorDomain":"webweasel"}

WebWeasel

I still can't believe nobody is Boston got fired over this and now the head of Cartoon Network resigns. This is an travesty. The people of Boston are less safe then before because their government cried wolf over blinky lights. I can imagine what happens the next time Boston informs DHS of a "terrorist" threat. I sure hope it isn't one.

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1 vote

#16 - Fri Feb 9, 2007 8:00 PM EST

{"commentId":523189,"authorDomain":"joegrind"}

JoeGrinD

I can't wait to hear some shows on Adult Swim rip Boston a new one.

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#17 - Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:27 PM EST

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