THINGS CALMED DOWN AFTER THE ALIENS VAPORIZED THEM

A gimmicky promotion about an alien takeover at a radio station wound up scaring some residents of a north Alabama community.

(Thanks to Bill Hudgins)

Comments

[queensbee]

uh, 1938. orson wells. google it. radio version of war of the worlds.

[oneblankspace]

There was this little matter with Orson Welles in 1938 and "two planets which shall remain nameless"....

To be rebroadcast on October 26, 2013, during the afternoon at wdcb.org

[Meanie the Blue]

Klaatu barad nikto, y'all.

[Not My Usual Alias]

If this had happened in DC, there would be panic buying of TP, bread and milk.

Those outside the beltway would be cheering for the alients

[queensbee]

that's what i was referring to oneblank. it set off a national hysteria.

[PirateBoy the Prepper]

NUMA: Panic buying of TP, at $17 per roll?
(See post a few above this one)

Let there be panic. It's good for the economy ;)

[Allen at Division]

I for one would have welcomed our new alien overlords...

(I also got to perform in a live stage version of Welle's WotW, complete with stand-up mikes, sound effects, and music. One of my roles was the radio news reporter who stayed on the air describing the poison gas coming closer: "Fifty feet...Forty feet...Thirty feet..."
[silence]
[muffled thud as body hits floor]

Still can be scary, and lots of fun!

[Ralph]

No problem -- just hack their computers with a virus, because aliens use Windows. I learned that from Independence Day.

[DesertAl]

Snork at Ralph!

[Steve]

If we stand back long enough, Windows will probably self-destruct.

[Omniskeptic]

It hasn't already? I think Win 8 is pretty darn close.