Comments on: History of the infamous "Daisy" H-bomb commercial http://boingboing.net/2007/09/11/history-of-the-infam.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 12:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bb reader http://boingboing.net/2007/09/11/history-of-the-infam.html#comment-12602 bb reader Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-12602 Interesting link. That commercial is surreal. I was curious about what bomb footage they used. I skimmed through the copy but didn't see any references. Not sure its an H-bomb. Thanks! Interesting link. That commercial is surreal. I was curious about what bomb footage they used. I skimmed through the copy but didn’t see any references. Not sure its an H-bomb.

Thanks!

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2007/09/11/history-of-the-infam.html#comment-12606 Robbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-12606 Reading that was like watching an episode of "Mad Men" whilst experiencing a very good acid flashback. Tony Schwartz's book "The Responsive Chord" is essential reading for ANYONE working in the television industry. It was a bible for anyone who looked to use the medium to influence - from educators to marketers. What Walter Murch was to sound & cinema so too was Schwartz to audio & video, and his understanding of how video is "sound to the eyes" fed a lot of McLuhan's insights. How this affects the ability of the current user-generated age of media I have no frickin' idea - but I'm digging out my copy of "The Chord" to refresh my mind and see what sticks. Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where a single 30 second media event could have such a profound change? Of course, Schwartz's insights were agnostic to ideology so maybe it's not such a good thing after all. Cheers. Reading that was like watching an episode of “Mad Men” whilst experiencing a very good acid flashback.

Tony Schwartz’s book “The Responsive Chord” is essential reading for ANYONE working in the television industry. It was a bible for anyone who looked to use the medium to influence – from educators to marketers. What Walter Murch was to sound & cinema so too was Schwartz to audio & video, and his understanding of how video is “sound to the eyes” fed a lot of McLuhan’s insights.

How this affects the ability of the current user-generated age of media I have no frickin’ idea – but I’m digging out my copy of “The Chord” to refresh my mind and see what sticks. Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world where a single 30 second media event could have such a profound change? Of course, Schwartz’s insights were agnostic to ideology so maybe it’s not such a good thing after all.

Cheers.

]]> By: PT http://boingboing.net/2007/09/11/history-of-the-infam.html#comment-12985 PT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-12985 BB READER, you're right, that's not an H-bomb. It's a Nevada test of a small fission bomb, a few kT. The opening shot is from a suicidal distance, less than 2 miles away. The wider shot it shows the mushroom cloud rising off to the right of the fireball, which is a bit unusual, and six telemetry rockets. DoE has an online photo archive - http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/photos/default.htm - but I couldn't find one quite like it. My guess is it's probably Tumbler-Snapper series F or H, because those were open to the press - most others would have been still classified in the 1960s. BB READER, you’re right, that’s not an H-bomb. It’s a Nevada test of a small fission bomb, a few kT. The opening shot is from a suicidal distance, less than 2 miles away. The wider shot it shows the mushroom cloud rising off to the right of the fireball, which is a bit unusual, and six telemetry rockets. DoE has an online photo archive – http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/photos/default.htm – but I couldn’t find one quite like it. My guess is it’s probably Tumbler-Snapper series F or H, because those were open to the press – most others would have been still classified in the 1960s.

]]> By: Deb Geisler http://boingboing.net/2007/09/11/history-of-the-infam.html#comment-12765 Deb Geisler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-12765 Every time I show this ad in a class (usually Persuasion or Political Communication), my students are gobsmacked by the heavy-handedness of it. Then we look at some more modern ads... Every time I show this ad in a class (usually Persuasion or Political Communication), my students are gobsmacked by the heavy-handedness of it.

Then we look at some more modern ads…

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