politicsofdancing.blogspot.com— A Thanksgiving advertising stunt went terribly wrong yesterday when twenty live turkeys plummeted to their deaths after being dropped out of a helicopter by a Cincinnati radio station.
Nov 23, 2006View in Crawl 4
Les: It's a helicopter, and it's coming this way. It's flying something behind it, I can't quite make it out, it's a large banner and it says, uh - Happy... Thaaaaanksss... giving! ... From... W.... ... K... ... R... ... P!!Les: No parachutes yet. Can't be skydivers... I can't tell just yet what they are, but - Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!! Johnny, can you get this? Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenberg tragedy has there been anything like this!
fillmoreNov 24, 2006
"... All the turkeys died."To paraphrase Loni Anderson, "Mayor, a lot of turkeys die around Thanksgiving."
moduloNov 24, 2006
oh it's a good thing that he didn't do it for real, some bats have rabies. that would have been dangerous.
Closed AccountNov 24, 2006
Les: It's a helicopter, and it's coming this way. It's flying something behind it, I can't quite make it out, it's a large banner and it says, uh - Happy... Thaaaaanksss... giving! ... From... W.... ... K... ... R... ... P!!Les: No parachutes yet. Can't be skydivers... I can't tell just yet what they are, but - Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!! Johnny, can you get this? Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenberg tragedy has there been anything like this!
anitab83Nov 26, 2006
Imagine, the show is 20 years old and its still hitting the front page of Digg. Too bad it went off the air.
hurricaneNov 26, 2006
This is BULLs**t, it is directly from an episode of WKRP In Cincinnati.BURIED!!!!!
mom3girlsNov 27, 2006
Guessing that he regrets ever posting this story now!<a class="user" href="http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200611/1164608857.html">http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200611/1164608857.html</a>