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LOL News Stories
The news lately has been pretty depressing. Between the wars, Mother Nature, and radiation leaks, it seems you can’t escape right now. So I’m bringing you two LOL news stories.
I follow what’s going on in the world pretty closely and as I mentioned it’s been depressing, so you can image my delight when I stumbled upon a video of President Obama answering some questions at a Univision town hall meeting. As questions were flying around, news anchor Jorge Ramos asked the President if he owned his own computer, and to my amusement, Mr. Obama poked some fun.
“I mean, Jorge, I’m the President of the United States. You think I’ve got to go borrow somebody’s computer?” asked Obama to laughter. “Hey, man, can I borrow your computer? How about you? You’ve got one?”
It’s always great to see our nation’s President not take every question so seriously. BUT that doesn’t top my favorite news story this week.
As you’ve probably heard, the Bronx Zoo in New York City has a missing 20-inch long poisonous Egyptian Cobra snake. Yes, the snake from Aladdin is loose in the city. It’s a good thing I live in Manhattan otherwise I wouldn’t be going outside.
That, in itself, is funny news to me but the kicker comes from the snake’s twitter feed. @BronxZoosCobra already has 135,000 followers and is growing every minute. With tweets like “Taking the Sex and the City Tour!!! I’m totally a SSSamantha.” “Just FYI, I’ve had it with Samuel L. Jackson too.” And one of my favorites “Holding very still in the snake exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. This is gonna be hilarious!”
I just wish someone at Arment Dietrich had come up with this before it became overkill. First it was the very popular fake twitter feed from Rahm Emanuel and now the missing snake. As a marketing professional I think this is gold! The people behind these hilarious feeds obviously can show off their social media expertise.
Do you think digital marketing agencies should embark on stunts like this to gain attention?
I'm so glad we can see the sunshine during the storm. This is the first time I have stumbled upon Spin Sucks, so I'm not sure if LOL news stories is a regular thing, but it should be. It definitely brightened my day and I can say I'm always entertained when I read the cobra's Twitter. I need humor in my day and that's a dependable outlet! As far as marketing stunts.. I think it can be dangerous, but if done right, it can be completely successful.
Great post, Molli. You're right, the news can be pretty depressing at times and it's nice to read something that focuses on the lighter moments of politics and snakes. :) I love Chicago politics and miss living there. I lived in Chicago while Obama was senator, and when he won the presidency. I read a while back Emmanuel finally met his Twitter doppelganger. I live in the Houston area now, but Houston politics are a whole different animal, not as interesting...
What ever happened to Sh*t my dad says? It was huge news it was becoming a TV show. Did it debut and die?
This is similar to what Ad.ly did with Charlie Sheen. If you want to showcase creative credentials I think it can help. If you think you can use this stuff for marketing not so sure. Stunts happen a lot. Many backfire. Not sure if they lead to sale?
Wonder who was running the BP Pr Twitter account? Was it someone who actually worked in PR?
Hilarious! I mean I am not American and hate politics so the first news did nothing for me, but the snake holding still in a museum...I am RLMAO :))))))))
Brankica I thought "I am Ssssssamantha" was HILARIOUS!
if this was the zoo, it's cool - otherwise, who does it benefit?
faybiz It's no benefit, other than hilarity!
ginidietrich VERY funny
You guys should tell my fiance that you think I'm funny.
MolliMegasko Oh we think you're funny! Show him what I Yammered to you this morning!
Molli, your posts are hilarious! Tell G to make you write more!
angelica7641 Speaking of, why don't YOU guest blog for us?!
Amazed and amused; humor can be very powerful and a great connector. To embrace seeming negatives, trusting they will turn out for the best and to see humor in life's absurdities; to be able to laugh at yourself.
For better or for worse I'm the person who looks for humor in almost any situation. Just about everything I hear, I will have a different take on it. I just have to keep my mouth shut most of the time (which is no easy task) because as funny as I think my take might be, it would get old being a wise-ass all the time (but trust me, it doesn't take much to amaze and amuse me even if I keep it to myself).
As I told @3HatsComm earlier today, I'm not sick but I'm not well................:)
Molli, to pull this out of world news, bravo and well done. I like your style..........
See @ginidietrich silly can be good.
bdorman264 WTH?! The only person more silly than me is YOU!
Leave it to LOL Gini to put a post like this out! Hi Molli! I'll just say THAT WAS HILARIOUS - about the snake: " It’s a good thing I live in Manhattan otherwise I wouldn’t be going outside."
Should digital marketing agencies let 20-inch snakes out in New York City just for attention? No, definitely not. But I can't help but wonder why the snake has 900 times the Twitter followers that I do.
Seriously, though, a marketing professional who seizes an opportunity like this and runs with it is brilliant! But doing things like this as a stunt belies that brilliance and could backfire.
But what do I know? I need to take pages out of a snakes book!
Lori HAHA, no, not releasing the snake as a stunt. It's all fun and games until that snake gets hungry.
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