Cartoon Network CEO Resigns Over Aqua Teen Scare

DesertBlade writes "Jim Samples, CEO of Cartoon Network, has resigned over the bomb scare prompted by the Aqua Teen marketing campaign. Turner (CN's parent company) ended up paying over 2 million in restitution to the city of Boston, and a man with a thirteen year record at the company has lost his job. Though many people have been citing this as 'the ultimate successful advertising campaign', there have obviously been real consequences from the incident." By virtue of the consequences of the campaign, was this now officially a bad idea? Or is your opinion that this is all far too much knee-jerking? Have your say in the comments.

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Well that sounds like a personal problem.

[User 956]

Jim Samples, CEO of Cartoon Network, has resigned over the bomb scare prompted by the Aqua Teen marketing campaign.

Resigning from your job is easy. Getting a 10-speed, filling it with illegal substances and sending it across the border is not.

Re:Aqua Teen Hunger Force sucks

[Crazy Man on Fire]

As the t-shirt says...

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is the Bomb

Doin' a heck of a job, Bean Town

[bgspence]

At least the city of Boston found the weapons of mass deception.

Re:Very disappointing overreaction

[sokoban]

Yup far too much knee-jerking. Boston needs regime change. The people in charge there are obviously idiots and even worse they seem to lack a sense of humor. They aren't called "Massholes" for nothing.

If I were Jim Samples

[alanmeyer]

... then I would have just blamed the whole thing on Meatwad. Shake gets away with that kind of crap all the time.

YTMND as always --

[RoutedToNull]

I think this says it best... http://bostonbombsquadtraining.ytmnd.com/

Light Bright Bombs

[mr-mafoo]

What terrorist would leave a bomb decorated with a scaled-up 32x32 pixel motif lit up in bright blue LEDs?

Osama Bin LightBright

Re:Overreaction of course

[faronem]

Clearly, you've never tried to actually drive in Boston.

My gift to the fine people of Boston

[bXTr]

I know you can't see this, but I'm doing this harder than I've ever done it before.

Re:I agree

[Greg.Rodden]

I find it disturbing how much you seem to know about bombs...

Re:Atlanta Reacted Better

[Anonymous Coward]

No it isn't, it's 818181.(81)

Re:Buck Stops At The Top

[anagama]

Perhaps if you pour boiling water on a butterfly resting on Godzilla's big toe ...

Re:I agree

[anagama]

The LEDs are a sure sign of biological weapons but if you are going to make a poisonous chemical device, everyone knows you have to go incandescents. Jeez, what were you, sleeping during bomb making class?

Re:Buck Stops At The Top

[Jesus_666]

Storm. Butterflies cause storms. I don't know what's responsible for earthquakes - moles, perhaps.