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| Mobyworm | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 11:33 AM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00  | Britney-Justin Hoaxsters Fired by Chuck Kim Jun 19, 2001, 5:15 PM PT Oops...they won't do it again. Kramer & Twitch, the Dallas deejays responsible for the Britney Spears-is-dead hoax that tore through the Internet last week, have been deep-sixed. Clear Channel Communications, the parent company of Dallas' KEGL-FM, confirmed that the shock duo was fired Monday for their unfunny joke. Last Tuesday, on their Extreme Night Time Radio show, Kramer & Twitch perpetrated the story that Spears died in a Los Angeles auto accident and her boy-band boyfriend, 'N Syncer Justin Timberlake, was left in a coma. The phony report quickly circulated online as concerned Dallas fans, seeking more information, hit the Internet message boards. Soon, the Los Angeles police and fire department were inundated with calls from grieving fans and sleuthing news reporters vainly trying to confirm the bogus tragedy. For their part, Kramer & Twitch, aka Keith Kramer and Tony Longo, told the Dallas Morning News that while they did engineer the hoax, and cleared it with the program director, they never meant to cause a panic. They said their original plan, to announce the demise of Metallica's James Hetfield, would be too cruel a prank to play on the station's rock-based audience. Instead, the two figured Spears and Timberlake were easy pickings, with few fans among the station's listeners. They figured wrong. Numerous Britney fan sites and newsgroups took the report and ran in something akin to an Internet game of telephone. Varying accounts of the "accident" sprang up, from rumors of a 100-plus mph drunken-driving spree to phony news clippings from the BBC and Associated Press. After the singers' publicists refuted the rumors, fans aimed their vitriol toward the deejays, with KEGL logging more than 200 calls and faxes blasting the hosts. There was also the threat of litigation by the popsters. "Representatives for both Spears and Timberlake are looking into the situation to determine the original source of the rumor and if legal action is appropriate," a Jive Records spokesperson said last week. (The singers' reps didn't comment on the firing.) Apparently, the station, which had disciplined the two over their raunchy show before, had enough. "Because it was a whole series of things that accumulated over time, that led us to believe Kramer & Twitch would probably be better off elsewhere and we would be better off making a fresh start and doing something new," Clear Channel Communications v.p. Tom Schurr told the Morning News. The radio team began their stint at KEGL ("The Eagle") in mid-1998 and developed a significant following, even making the Dallas Observer's "Best Reason to Listen to KEGL" in 1999. The two still have photos on the station's Website, www.kegl.com, depicting them fondling and being fondled by several female strippers. yuk yuk yuk Mobyworm coming to get ya baby!!! | ||||
| Black Lazerus | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 11:37 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | you got to be s ing me it's not like they are the Mayor or governer. that old gag The voices in my head tell me to do things but I don't speak Arabic.  Adopted by Kid Afrika. Part of the None More Black Family. | ||||
| The Brain | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 11:39 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | Well if this is how Dallas reacts when told Britney Spears is "dead", imagine the fallout once they find out that Tom Landry takes it up the ass. :) Proving Dogs and Mice can co-exist! Proud NEW Member of RonReddog's OA.COM C-Blocking Team!!! | ||||
| Hawaii Mapmaker | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 11:40 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | That old gag. or that Troy Aikman was found naked with Emmit Smith and Roger Staubach. This message was edited by Hawaii Mapmaker on 6-20-01 @ 11:41 AM | ||||
| o&aswallow | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 11:40 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | OK, O&A's Dallas competition is gone. Ant you sneaky devil you. What an oriinal that old gag idea! o&aswallow Recognized His Destiny Early. Too Many Hotties, Not Enough Horny Goat Weed Now accepting foster children applications. Cash only, no checks. Email at [email protected] TwatGunk has been released from foster custody and has been thrown to wolves like the rest of us. It at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed. - Curly Howard. Pennsylvania resident, but original NYC listener. | ||||
| Canweseeyourstuff | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 11:41 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | not only do air personalities steal bits now managment is getting into the thievery  | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 11:46 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Since they are syndicated, it is an all new gag. | ||||
| Grumpy SAGILLID The Midget Message Board Mauler rides his trusty mount Wilbur once again!! Internet Idiots beware!! | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 11:47 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Dec. 00 | It is with DEEP REGRET that I have to inform everyone that Adam Corrola of the Loveline died last night in a car accident in Passedena. (about 15 people will get this reference - TOG).  Newest member of Grumpy's Adopted Midgets: ShavinBush Any inappropriate behaviour should be reported to me. If you're having problems with your sig pic site host, feel free to go here: Visit this Website It was too close to call and I was drunk! | ||||
| skitchr4u G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Xtreme Skiing Assualt Force | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 2:55 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Good one grump! That old gag indeed!  AIM: SkiT4you | ||||
| X-Filed Rich Vos is the emobdiemnt of all that is teh funney | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 3:00 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | I give O&A a month in Dallas before the bush twins are either WOWing camera's or calling up to play " What's in the first daughters pants?" "In the end Opie & Anthony always win!!!" | ||||
| Mobyworm | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 3:38 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Grumpy be careful you could get fired for that!!! X that's funny. yuk yuk yuk Mobyworm coming to get ya baby!!! | ||||
| Angelo from da Bronx | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 6:54 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | lol grump, I actually went on to tell a couple people I knew about that after reading it. -------------------------- E-Mail me HERE AIM ME AT : OA AfdB | ||||
| hornygoatweed23 I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 6:59 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: So who's gonna replace him on the Man Show? LMMFYO!  Classes for Enhancing your Board Experience and Stamina are now in Session! Email me here or AIM me at Organic999 to enroll. | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 06-20-2001 @ 9:54 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Grumpy it was funnier when Froy said it before when it was fresher j/k.  Resident Board Socialist Email me here IM me at stickysituation2 or pinkorag I have brought the 3 i's of SamH and ass-fucker into the International | ||||
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