Boing Boing tv: Trailers from Hell / Discount Lobotomies

Posted by Xeni Jardin, October 4, 2007 7:28 AM | permalink

A new episode of Boing Boing tv is now up -- Trailers from Hell and Discount Lobotomies, plus a unicorn chaser of Ape Lad drawing cartoon monkeys. Link to video.

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#1 posted by fkr2275

, October 4, 2007 8:09 AM

The website referred to `Blog2.com` is pronounced - `Blog-T.O.` (as in the acronym for Toronto Ontario). (blogto.com)

Also, people calling in for lobotomies were people playing with the joke, so there's no need to imply that a 'surprising number of Toronto residents' are into getting their brains mangled. It could instead imply that a surprising number of Toronto residents have a sense of humour. It should also be said that this poster is borrowing the graphic design from a campaign earlier in the summer offering cheap divorces.

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#2 posted by Anonymous , October 4, 2007 8:25 AM

The lobotomy ad also corresponded with the all-night city-wide art event "Nuit Blanche". Outdoor art installations were erected across the city, so it was easy to recognize this as a joke.

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#3 posted by Gamma

, October 4, 2007 8:37 PM

I remember seeing The Man with the X-ray Eyes on TV in the 60's, but all the semi-nudity was cut out, leaving only Ray Milan's extreme angst at his worsening condition.

These are fun, thanks.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , October 4, 2007 8:42 PM

Nice bit of Kokomo Arnold slide guitar on that last clip.

--Robert