Fake gunman threatens bar patrons to sell video game
In an effort to sell copies of the video game "Splinter Cell Evolution," a New Zealand marketing company sent an actor with a fake gun to impress patrons at a bar in Auckland. On April 16, 2010, people sitting outside the Degree bar dived behind tables as the actor dressed as a character from the game threatened them with a plastic gun. The bar's manager later said, "This guy with bandages on his hands pointed a gun at customers sitting outside. They were pretty terrified." The police, who wound up drawing real guns in responding to the situation, weren't amused, either.
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- Yes. The WKRP episode of the live turkeys thrown out the helicopter is the most glaring example of how NOT to do publicity. It should be required viewing for any exec planning a crazy stunt. In other words: Forget about trying a crazy stunt for the company.
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- There is more of these from where they came from....
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- Actually there are at least 3 peoples that were trying for the record jump , Baumgmartner just happen to have the right connection , this aside it is far more than a stunt and is valuable in space exploration and safe return, a point news network totally missed,
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- You forgot about Mr. Carlson's turkey drop disaster for WKRP in Cincinnati.
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