Re: April foolery

[Tony Abruzzese <abruzzese@biochem.bumc.bu.edu>]

Cooper Fox wrote:

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>>They do in Boston... At least they do since the
>>"eruption of Great Blue 
>>Hill" back in the 80's.
>>(A topic that resurfaces here on the BRI list on
>>occasion).
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>What exactly hasppened with that one?  A prank about
>and active volcano in Boston?
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I am sure that others can fill in any blanks or correct my 
mis-recollections.

It was the early 80's and the eruption of Mt. St. Helen was a major 
focus for the news media.

It was an April fools prank.  IIRC, Tom Ellis was anchoring the 6 p.m. 
news and was preparing to go into
a break when he turned the page on his copy and attempted to read a "story"
about GBH turning into an active volcano.

He was clearly caught unaware, and read the story with halting disbelief 
and
they went to a commercial.

Channel 7 fired the "person responsible", an Asst. News Director- I 
think,  for getting the story on the air.

Tony