Jim Samples stepped down as president of the network. The Today Show ran a clip of the show that had Oglethorpe in it. - ThreadSky

amerrill2.bsky.social • 22 days ago

Jim Samples stepped down as president of the network.

The Today Show ran a clip of the show that had Oglethorpe in it.

Happy Mooninite Day to those who celebrate!

For the unaware, this day in 2007 The Boston Police department confused guerilla Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie ads depicting the Mooninites made out of bootleg lightbrights for explosives and made CN pay for it.

Comments

eh-see.bsky.social•22 days ago

The late 2000's was a dark time not just for Cartoon Network but for Western Animation as a whole.

navycobain.bsky.social•22 days ago

I remember this. They never admitted to their mistake either. Just pretended like cartoon network seriously was making bombs and putting them around the city.

primarylupine.bsky.social•22 days ago

Like when over-funded cops freaked out about "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" threats.

zombieovereasy.bsky.social•21 days ago

I'll never forget them detonating one after they had to have known they were just a marketing thing.

faolanwolf.bsky.social•22 days ago

Living near Boston when that happened was a trip. I was in high school and my friends and I were laughing cause we watched ATHF all the time and immediately knew what was going on

jodiseer.bsky.social•22 days ago

I remember the news actually censored the pixelated gesture with more pixels. 🤔

shenannigans.bsky.social•22 days ago

That's hilarious.

shatter.bsky.social•22 days ago

This was the best prank ever.

borgmamel.bsky.social•22 days ago

how was this a "prank"

samhainsgrimm.bsky.social•22 days ago

I got stuck on the T for over an hour that day because of those things. It was pretty funny and it was better than being at work!

fatapollo.bsky.social•22 days ago

onlytoonami.bsky.social•22 days ago

& then that new exec came in & was responsible for the infamous CN Real era?

amerrill2.bsky.social•22 days ago

I don’t know how much of Atlanta that was or maybe it was Rob Sorcher in Burbank.

onlytoonami.bsky.social•22 days ago

Stuart Snyder that was the guy who replaced Jim Samples in 2007

bobchipman.bsky.social•21 days ago

I was here in Boston. Unreal times. Can't IMAGINE if it happened now.

(real talk: thank YOU, personally, for everything you did and do)

postaldudexxx.bsky.social•21 days ago

I remember rolling my eyes at the overreaction to those promotional signs, to me the ridiculous response perfectly summed up how out of control post 9/11 paranoia had gotten.

donfordvoice.bsky.social•22 days ago

God, I loved Oglethorpe.

ddines.bsky.social•22 days ago

I was working a desk job in Boston then and that was one absolutely surreal day. So many kids (20s) on messages boards that day figured it out waaay before the police. Surreal.