FIRST TV Special!

[Raven_Writer]

Originally posted by JVN
Now, I know it is shocking to many of you... but yes... this is a hoax. There has been no FOX-FIRST partnership, and there probably never will be.

I just thought it would be interesting to see if everyone else would believe it or not.

This whole thing did bring a very good topic though, how would FIRST go w/ advertising..

[David Kelly]

Originally posted by JVN
Now, I know it is shocking to many of you... but yes... this is a hoax. There has been no FOX-FIRST partnership, and there probably never will be.

I just thought it would be interesting to see if everyone else would believe it or not.

bahahahahahaha!!!!!! you alll believed it! When i first saw that john made the thread, i knew it was a haox. It's been a while since we have had a good rumor mill thread like this. Nice one John!!

[Madison]

Originally posted by JVN
Now, I know it is shocking to many of you... but yes... this is a hoax. There has been no FOX-FIRST partnership, and there probably never will be.

I just thought it would be interesting to see if everyone else would believe it or not.

You said you wanted to see if it'd go on to the weekend

[J Flex 188]

lol yes thats what i meant....fat tony, legs and someone else were shooting at homer when he was making the speed holes and they kept hitting flanders.. hehe.. the car salesman.. you want my advice? i think you should buy this car..lmao


too bad it is a hoax >.<

Originally posted by Gope
If you remember speed holes were also apart of Homer's strategy, in an episode where he becomes involved with the mafia they shoot holes into a car he is about to buy and the dealer says they are speed holes, later in the episode he is seen making speed holes in the hood of his car with some sort of tool, i think maybe the claw and of a hammer or a pick.

[Raven_Writer]

It's a shame this isn't real (IMHO). I think it'd be cool to have the rivalry still continue (hasn't been one for a while [or it has, I just haven't seen the new ones lately]).

[Jeff Waegelin]

Originally posted by JVN
Now, I know it is shocking to many of you... but yes... this is a hoax. There has been no FOX-FIRST partnership, and there probably never will be.

I just thought it would be interesting to see if everyone else would believe it or not.

I KNEW IT!!! Who said John was leading us on? Oh yes... me.

[Ryan Dognaux]

Oh yes but as we speak producers at Fox have already created the next Simpsons episode from our discussion here...

[JVN]

Originally posted by M. Krass
You said you wanted to see if it'd go on to the weekend

Ehh...
I changed my mind...

[ZACH P.]

Originally posted by M. Krass
A movie about FIRST, in any case, would probably be the most boring thing ever put to film.

I dont know about that, I saw a movie called the Straight Story, about a guy driving across a state or two on a riding mower.

[Raven_Writer]

Originally posted by M. Krass
A movie about FIRST, in any case, would probably be the most boring thing ever put to film.

I don't really understand how any FIRST'er can actually say that....it's like saying you don't want to be in FIRST, and you hope FIRST fails IMO.

[Madison]

Originally posted by Raven_Writer
I don't really understand how any FIRST'er can actually say that....it's like saying you don't want to be in FIRST, and you hope FIRST fails IMO.

Being in FIRST should not mean having blind faith in the organization. It should not mean that all FIRST is good FIRST, either.

FIRST can do plenty to shoot itself in the foot and sacrifice the gains its made in the name of "media exposure" and "growth."

I want this organization to succeed. I really do. It's what the organization may become that I'm afraid of. Today's goals and tomorrow's goals won't necessarily be the same, and I don't know if I really agree with or support what seem to be tomorrow's goals.

I want to bring FIRST to as many people as we can, but I also want to make sure that they don't receive a watered down, illegitimate, ill-fitting facsimile of what FIRST really is. What are televisions and movie screens, really? They're really big, high-tech, colorful fax machines.

[Raven_Writer]

Originally posted by M. Krass
...What are televisions and movie screens, really? They're really big, high-tech, colorful fax machines.

Ok, this is just a sarcastic remark here....what about andy griffin (or whatever it is), "I love Lucy", and others? They ain't made in color, nor high-tech...and I don't know what you mean by "big"

Back On Topic: Ok, cool. I didn't understand that statement til now.

[Madison]

Originally posted by Raven_Writer
Ok, this is just a sarcastic remark here....what about andy griffin (or whatever it is), "I love Lucy", and others? They ain't made in color, nor high-tech...and I don't know what you mean by "big"

It's not a sarcastic remark, it's a simple comparison.

Fax machines . . .the kind that transmit paper . . . you know what they do, right? They take a photograph of the high-quality original and they transmit that photograph over long distances. Then, they take the image and print it to paper. You can make out a lot of what the original looked like, but it's not quite the same.

When you film something, or take a picture of it, or do anything else to record an experience and transmit it to someone else, you've created a facsimile of that unique, original moment.

So, then, how is a television any different from a paper fax machine? It users different technology for the same result.

The point is, once you understand the comparison, that nothing you might see on television is ever quite as good as it is when you experience it for yourself. Nothing.

Where situations exist that don't allow us to be participants, media is a great tool. When it's entirely possible to involve people in the Real Thing, and I'm not talking about Coca-Cola here, there's absolutely no excuse in giving them a lesser quality experience.

[Joe Matt]

We need to look beyond what would be cool for FIRST and start looking at what would be BEST for FIRST.

[JVN]

Originally posted by JosephM
We need to look beyond what would be cool for FIRST and start looking at what would be BEST for FIRST.

You feel you are qualified to tell us what is best for FIRST?

Jeez Joe... I'm willing to bet you don't know half the things that are going on with FIRST right now. Perhaps everyone is saying what they think would be best for FIRST.

Heck... I'll come right out and say it.
I think a Simpsons cameo would be GOOD for FIRST.

You disagree. Why are you right, and I am wrong?