Holy overreaction, Batman! Cartoon promo causes panic. Electronic displays (magnets with lights) of one of the Mooninites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force giving the finger caused Boston officials to panic and shutdown highways, bridges, and a section of the Charles River. Nine other cities managed to notice similar displays without freaking out.
Reading a news report trying to describe Aqua Teen Hunger Force is kind of amusing:
Turner Broadcasting, a division of Time Warner Inc. and parent of Cartoon Network, later said the devices were part of a promotion for the TV show “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,†a surreal series about a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball.
I also like how the words chosen by the story give a fig-leaf of credibility to the Boston reaction. Instead of magnets, they’re “devices.” And, they were “planted” throughout the city. Planting devices sounds so sinister.
I think it’s extra funny because that show was your night-time bonding show when you got up with Harper.
As Matt said, “I think Meatwad is a good role model.”