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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
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Subject: Re: NBC faux pas
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Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 13:48:49 EDT
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A good one occurred locally here in L.A. a few months ago.  Remember
when that discount store in the Fairfax area literally blew up from
an accumulation of organic gas (the entire area is very close to the
world-famous LaBrea Tar Pits...)  Well, right after a late night
news report on the incident, I saw the following sequence:

1) an ad for the other stores in the chain (that hadn't blown up!)
2) an ad for a lamp store explaining how they were "blowing off 
   the roof in an explosion of low prices -- BOOM!")

Of course, stories about incidents like movie critics totally panning
films, followed immediately by an ad for the film, are very common....

--Lauren--