Comments on: LA City Channel 36 Takes Bike Safety to the Silver Screen http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred Camino http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Fred Camino Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:23:14 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/#comment-553 My roommate showed me this video a few weeks back. Very disturbing. Even though it's clear that this posting is an April Fools prank, I'm still unsure about the video. Is it for reals and made to look like an old PSA film or is it really an old film. Either way it's really really weird. My roommate showed me this video a few weeks back. Very disturbing. Even though it’s clear that this posting is an April Fools prank, I’m still unsure about the video. Is it for reals and made to look like an old PSA film or is it really an old film. Either way it’s really really weird.

]]> By: Damien Newton http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Damien Newton Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:29:12 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/#comment-552 I was hoping someone would get the Calvin and Hobbes reference of "Be Safe of Be Roadkill." The other idea I had was "Metro Installs Turnstiles on Buses" but I couldn't get the art to work. Maybe next year. For some other April Foolery, go to the Metro Rider clip in Today's Headlines or this article over at GRIST: Once More for Gore? Gore will run for president as independent, sources tell Grist You might want to sit down for this: Al Gore will announce his candidacy for president this week, knowledgeable sources tell Grist. Now there's an inconvenient truth for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Gore believes the two Democrats and Republican John McCain aren't giving climate change the urgent attention it deserves, so he's decided to go for the job himself, say Gore advisors who requested anonymity as they aren't authorized to speak to the press. A lifelong Democrat, Gore will run as an independent this time around, aiming to show the American people that climate change is not a partisan issue. He is expected to tap New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, also an independent, as his running mate. On Monday of this week, Gore's nonpartisan Alliance for Climate Protection launched a new public education campaign aimed at convincing Americans that climate change is both urgent and solvable. We're guessing that will be the thrust of Gore's presidential campaign as well. I was hoping someone would get the Calvin and Hobbes reference of “Be Safe of Be Roadkill.”

The other idea I had was “Metro Installs Turnstiles on Buses” but I couldn’t get the art to work. Maybe next year.

For some other April Foolery, go to the Metro Rider clip in Today’s Headlines or this article over at GRIST:
Once More for Gore?

Gore will run for president as independent, sources tell Grist

You might want to sit down for this: Al Gore will announce his candidacy for president this week, knowledgeable sources tell Grist. Now there’s an inconvenient truth for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Gore believes the two Democrats and Republican John McCain aren’t giving climate change the urgent attention it deserves, so he’s decided to go for the job himself, say Gore advisors who requested anonymity as they aren’t authorized to speak to the press. A lifelong Democrat, Gore will run as an independent this time around, aiming to show the American people that climate change is not a partisan issue. He is expected to tap New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, also an independent, as his running mate. On Monday of this week, Gore’s nonpartisan Alliance for Climate Protection launched a new public education campaign aimed at convincing Americans that climate change is both urgent and solvable. We’re guessing that will be the thrust of Gore’s presidential campaign as well.

]]> By: anonymous http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-550 anonymous Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:21:15 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/#comment-550 I think the spokesperson "April Feuel" gave it away. The movie is "one got fat" (1963) and is narrated by the "fractured fairy tales" narrator from the Bullwinkle cartoons. Disturbing video. Very disturbing. I think the spokesperson “April Feuel” gave it away.

The movie is “one got fat” (1963) and is narrated by the “fractured fairy tales” narrator from the Bullwinkle cartoons.

Disturbing video. Very disturbing.

]]> By: david p. http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-548 david p. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:45:07 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/01/la-city-channel-36-takes-bike-safety-to-the-silver-screen/#comment-548 i'm gonna call this one right now... this better be an april fools joke or i'm going to raise hell. i’m gonna call this one right now… this better be an april fools joke or i’m going to raise hell.

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