The reason they got in huge trouble over that was bad luck. Mayor Menino was traveling during the prank and his wife couldn't reach him by phone. So she called the police and FBI in a panic who told her "yeah we don't know if he's alive or dead either" as they were already investigating it. O&A's prank had hit every single newsroom in Boston, NYC, and Washington. And then the press started calling law enforcement and Menino's family. When their own news stations called them to confirm the news they said "just listen to our show" instead of giving a serious answer.
But they couldn't reach Menino, as his entire night was scheduled for travel with flights and car services. Had Menino not been on a delayed flight or in a taxi cab or whatever this thing would have blown over after a quick suspension. But once his family started freaking out and the government had to pull together a team to start running around the airports and pulling over taxis it became a major issue. O&A were insanely lucky not to go to jail. After surviving this it was no wonder that they felt invincible on the air.
After 9/11 and the Boston Marathon Bombing, Mayor Menino had to deal with the retarded faggots who put cartoon signs up all over Boston to promote some Cartoon Network show. That time he didn't mess around. Millions of dollars in fines. Lots of people from Cartoon Network including an executive had to resign. Menino wanted the guys jailed but couldn't get it. A few years later Menino hired the same marketing company to put lights all over Boston for a political show or something and paid them $50K for it as a campaign stunt.
Yeah, I know the backstory of Menino and the Voyeur Bus. My point was more that when you watch the news stories, the Voyeur Bus sounds like something that should have had more repercussions (public nudity, public indecency, disturbing the peace, inside job with NYPD, etc.) I was surprised that people weren't offended more at it, but they were offended about stupid fat faggot Menino.
Also, kinda ridiculous how Menino over-reached and kicked guys out of the city because they offended him personally by making light of him. What is he, the fucking Queen of Boston? Fuck his fatass dopey family and their worry that he was dead. Sorry bitch, Your husband is a public figure. Fuck all of them, it was entertainment. Shit like this happens with politicians in media and the entertainers should never be silenced or punished for poking fun. Once they figured out he was alive and it was a cruel joke, get the fuck over it. You don't retaliate. Fuck Boston and fuck fat dead Menino.
I was listening to a clip of Larry King interviewing Scott Shannon and The Greaseman in the 1980s. They were speaking of some jock who had (at that time) recently joked about someone dying. Scott Shannon and Greaseman both recoiled in disgust and called it "irresponsible." Even back then, the shock jocks wouldn't cross that line.
I don't see why O&A should have gone to jail for lying about someone's death when they have no connection to that person. It was a prank that they eventually admitted. I find it funny that most of their big fuck-ups were completely accidental. They got in trouble with the federal government multiple times just because their prank happened at the exact wrong place, wrong time and ended up being more shocking than they even intended it.
O&A fell into lot of gold, but they always recognized it as it was happening and steered the ship toward the rainbow.
During the Teen Voyeur bus, when things started going south, and everyone was getting arrested, news was getting back to the studio. When O&A came back after a break, they sounded like they knew they were fired. "You and I never learn, Anthony." This was the whole vibe of the show. They kept getting dumber and dumber, they never had self reflection and never learned from their mistakes. They kept making worse and worse offensive ideas, and getting in more and more trouble. The show was a snowball effect. I'm saddened that it ended at the meaty hands of a black hooker.
I love how when they found out Guiliani himself ordered their arrests, stupid Anthony just goes "UGH... What is it with MAYORS???"
