July 05, 2007
TV Viewers Demand Access To Fireworks Displays
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Of course not. The big story on CBS 3 right now is, of course, the "fireworks fiasco," which is a major fiasco for CBS 3 because 6 ABC broadcasts them, not CBS 3. (It's also the lead story on NBC 10's website.)
After the Hall & Oates concert ended, the police repeatedly broadcast announcements saying, in effect, the fireworks were canceled. As in, the announcement went something like, "The fireworks have been canceled." But, whoops!
A spokesman for the Philadelphia Mayor's office contends the city did not cancel the show. Joe Grace said they told spectators to leave the parkway for public safety reasons, but "they were never cancelled." Grace said because of localized flooding and lightning, they decided the show would go on for the television viewing audience only.
Uhh, what? What the hell is the point of watching fireworks on television? Who watches fireworks on television? Damn you, 6 ABC! If you're home at 11 on a holiday night, you probably have work the next day and are probably already asleep. Ooh, let me stay up to watch the fireworks on my 13-inch bedroom television!
Once again, Philadelphia proves it can't do anything right. I'm surprised after the Declaration of Independence was written, John Hancock didn't spell his name wrong while singing it and then accidentally chuck it into the Delaware.
Update, 3:48 p.m.: I think a shortened version of this post is in order. Here we go: After Hall & Oates, the fireworks were postponed. The cops said it, 6 ABC said it, everyone heard it. Somebody (Sunoco or 6 ABC or John Street or The Pope or whoever) then made the decision the fireworks should go on, and so after everyone had cleared out the fireworks went on anyway.
Fireworks Fiasco: Off, On, Off? [CBS 3]
Philly Fireworks Go Off Despite Cancellation [NBC 10]
Posted by D-Mac on July 5, 2007 01:51 PM
Posted to 6 ABC
, Fireworks
, Independence Day
, Philly Self-Loathing
, Televisions
, WTF
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Comments
My co-worker brings up a good point... If you're going to just show fireworks on tv, why not just rebroadcast last year's fireworks?
Posted by: SD at July 5, 2007 03:25 PM
grow the fuck up with this philadelphia can't do anything right noise. it was raining and people were confused about if the fireworks were going off or not. honestly, tons of people left early anyway due to the rain. the weather messed with the day. i personally stayed for the fireworks and it was great. great day, but not perfect. but more to the point this is a great city and if you can't see that than leave. and now for some cool mo d.
Posted by: mike nutter at July 5, 2007 08:47 PM
PHILADELPHIA LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 10:02 PM
my day sucked because I didn't get to see Alycia Lane in a bikini.
Posted by: ALB at July 5, 2007 10:35 PM
The only fiasco here is that Alycia Lane didn't report the story while wearing a bikini.
As for the announcement, maybe it was a case of "whisper down the lane" (get it? whisper down the LANE? -- ha ha!)
I'm surprised Joe Grace didn't say that Scooter Libby had announced that the fireworks were canceled as part of an evil plan devised by George Bush and Dick Cheney to discredit a black Democratic mayor.
Posted by: ALB at July 5, 2007 03:24 PM