http://cdn.hitfix.com/photos/3172726/NBCs-Sean-Saves-the-World.jpg
that sean is so wacky but whaddya gonna do
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
doesn't that one look like a fake show poster that would be in the background of a movie or w/e
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
http://benhauck.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/the-michael-j-fox-show-featured-e1383279121389.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
there really is something eerie about all these posters
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
an outgrowth of the eerieness of the unkillable sitcom
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Haha, yeah, the whole genre losing any kind of attachment to any audience whatsoever, existing in this vacuum that seems to assume that someone, somewhere is stoked that SEAN is on TV and can't wait to see his antics.
one thing that bothers me about this poster is that you can tell that the main dude's hand is photoshopped because he's pointing at you in the poster version and not in the banner version which is located a foot away― iatee, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:30 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― iatee, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:30 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
during this poster's last reign at the top, I was convinced he was doing a "Cyclops" like gesture towards his glasses, but on the current version I realized his finger's not there... OR IS IT???
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
clearly you haven't met my roommate
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
I think possibly the WORST ad campaigns ever are those Seinfeld in syndication banners in the subway.
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
http://adsonthesubway.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/photo1.jpg
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
a few years ago, this one happened to be prevalent around the time of the michael richards meltdown, and I had a really strong urge to cross it out and sharpie in "N166er!"
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/178892/KRAMER.jpg
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
it's probably good that you didn't
― iatee, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
true
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 20:29 (ten years ago) link
Okay c'mon that "there's nothing to watch" one is kinda lol
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/articles/billboard-alerts-drivers-to-existence-of-situation,33826/
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 21 November 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
^^^ fantastic
― ian, Thursday, 21 November 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-metro-north-passenger-train-derailed-york-city-21060651
― nostormo, Sunday, 1 December 2013 13:09 (ten years ago) link
PzFeed Top News @PzFeed TRAIN DERAILMENT IN NEW YORK CITY: -5 TRAINS DERAILED -3 DEAD -MULTIPLE INJURED -MCI DECLARED twitter.com/PzFeed/status/…
― nostormo, Sunday, 1 December 2013 13:37 (ten years ago) link
MetroNorth
(I only take the New Haven line, no recent exp with the Hudson)
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 December 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/the-metro-north-accident-and-train-control/#comments
― iatee, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
almost (?) got into a fight with a crazy dude tonight, but it was my stop so i got off the train instead
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
Attention passengers due to an earlier incident we are moving hella slow
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
this story about how the MTA will give you a late pass for work was kinda funny
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/nyregion/delayed-train-skeptical-boss-mta-will-give-passengers-a-late-note.html
“There was a disruption in service, specifically signal trouble, sick customer, brakes in emergency and track circuit failure, which caused massive service delays, reroutes and/or trains to be discharged on the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, A, B, C, D, F, J, L, M, N, Q and R lines,” one recent response read, in part. “As a result, any one delay lasted up to 82 minutes.”
― dmr, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
We hope to be moving shortly
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link
the E train really has no business saying it is "delayed" at this point. If you're delayed every day, it's not a delay!
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:55 (ten years ago) link
ugh the 7 has been terrible lately
― iatee, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:57 (ten years ago) link
My favorite subway announcement construction is "Due to an earlier incident"
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:58 (ten years ago) link
It's so all-purpose as excuses go, I love it.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:59 (ten years ago) link
Por fin.
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:05 (ten years ago) link
due to an earlier incident, the universe exists
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
I think I posted this upthread but my favorite two announcements ever were:
"Attention passengers we are being held in the station due to a delay in service."
"Thank you for your inconvenience."
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:10 (ten years ago) link
A tautology and a malapropism. Or something. What are the appropriate rhetorical descriptions?
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:12 (ten years ago) link
I love the "moving momentarily" announcement made several times over 10-15 minutes
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:56 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it's like you're in some kind of superscale model demonstrating Zeno's Paradox or something.
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 05:00 (ten years ago) link
Also what's with the repeated bing bongs with the doors not quite closing? Are there actually people standing on the threshold hedging their bets that are keeping the doors from closing or is it some kind of conductor fakeout, playing for just a little more time?
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 05:02 (ten years ago) link
I get really anxious when they do the "boong" like they're about to make an announcement but then no announcement comes
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 05:49 (ten years ago) link
Okay, so seriously. That poster for Showtime with Don Cheadle in a blindfold and William H. Macy grunting at the camera: at the bottom, Don Cheadle's torso ends a good half-inch before everybody else's. It's easily missed in the darkness, but, Jesus, that's sloppy. Next to it on the G platform at Nassau, we also saw a poster for the new Ice Cube movie where the inept rookie has been really awkwardly shrunk by Photoshop, I guess to show that he's out of his league asking out Ice Cube's daughter! (or whatever) but I swear they could fit two of his head inside of Ice Cube's head and it just looks bad. Then there was a Seamless poster showing how you could order everything on your phone, the numbers didn't add up, and even had things where one 4.99 smoothie totaled up to 6.49 or something. I mean, how hard would it have been to get that right?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 10 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
Seinfeldposter.jpg
― The Dance Twerking Was MADE So (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
I've been looking for a thread to post this, and I guess this is as good as any:http://www.legendarylifestylemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Jack-Ryan-Shadow-Recruit-Kenneth-Branagh-2-590x860.jpg
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Friday, 10 January 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
It's actually a visually very good ad, but it's also creepy as fuck and sounds fascistic
we should have a thread for poorly designed public poster adshttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_29OC0nYbpRM/SKPleuk_v3I/AAAAAAAAIs0/_XehVobe9ro/s1600-h/akademiks1.jpg
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 January 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_29OC0nYbpRM/SKPleuk_v3I/AAAAAAAAIs0/_XehVobe9ro/s1600-h/akademiks1.jpg
rolling nyc subway ads discussion thread
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 January 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
thanks
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 January 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
due to signal problems at jay st-metrotech, we will sit here for 45 minutes. you may want to take the B57 bus instead -- although it is unlikely that all of you will fit -- but as soon as you leave this train will depart
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
i just missed that apparently
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
Anyone else notice the "take a sample, take a look" incense-and-comic-book guy in the 14th St./6th Ave tunnel getting a little more intense? Yesterday I swear he was going on like "I don't care what you do, you can be a fucking slut, sell your body, take a sample, take a sample, take a look..."
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
Due to blah blah blah, the last stop on this Manhattan-bound J train will be...Marcy Avenue. Which is in Brooklyn. Enjoy your walk across the bridge in the cold!
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
when should those of us at work leave work?
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
NEVER
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
made it home by 5:10 with only one express detour to Newkirk Plaza.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 00:16 (ten years ago) link