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[lachesis]

He's NOT dead, I repeat, He's NOT dead but alive and kicking!

It was false alarm. Sorry...

lachesis

 

[Smiles and Cries]

really?

 

[White Man]

Source?

 

[lachesis]

Well, my director is screaming on the intercom looking for headshot.

I guess it will take a while to get up the special - because he really wasn't on our "death list" (shrug), if true.

If it's indeed true, it will go on air in few minutes, I assume.

lachesis

 

[Azih]

GAF is my primary news source for *everything*.

But really sad day.

 

[teiresias]

where do you work lachesis?

 

[AirBrian]

Where do you work at?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

who do you work for?

if this is true it is sad...

but GAF scooped CNN and MSNBC?

 

[Ecrofirt]

Haha, yes! You are correct sir!

 

[lachesis]

Hold on... could be a false alarm, or could be a drill. (Happens all the time - but if it's indeed a drill, my director's voice sound pretty... urgent)

I work at ABC news.

lachesis

 

[Smiles and Cries]

lol @ drill :lol

 

[Tritroid]

This has to be false...he's not THAT old and he doesn't have any life-threatening disease I don't think.

 

[Alex Anderson]

*cue -jinx- calling you a dumbshit and threatening a ban

 

[dave is ok]

I have him in a Death Pool. I need to know!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

still nothing on Goggle News

http://news.google.com/news?q=Johnny Carson&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wn

 

[Tritroid]

I think death pools are so sick.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

wtf is a death pool? betting money on who will die next?

 

[White Man]

Not even Drudge has posted this, and he'll post ANYTHING.

 

[Tritroid]

wtf is a death pool? betting money on who will die next?

Pretty much yeah.

Players choose a listing of people they think will die next or relatively soon, and if someone on their list actually does die, they're that much closer to winning.

 

[Heezzi]

Well it just happened 2 secs ago, what do you expect?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Condoleezza Rice's ugly teeth is still on CNN front page

 

[lachesis]

Well, people are still working on graphics at this moment. (Right now World News Tonight people are working on it) on orbituary. However, we do need confirmation at this stage I believe. So take it with grain of salt, please.

Death lists... we have certain amount of people already set-up (such as former presidents, pope) already for the graphics, and pictures, etc - so that whenever someone dies, we go on air ASAP with already prepped images and graphics right away. Bad part is, we have to update the graphics every year - and I can't even count how many years we've been updating for Reagan and Pope. (As for Reagan, it did pay off though, since ABC broke the news probably the first.)

anyhow... I guess we would figure out soon enough. If false, go ahead and laugh at me.

lachesis

 

[Tritroid]

How long would it take MSNBC to get a dead link up if this were true?

Sometimes they do that just so they can actually break the news first and then report about it with an article later.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Well, people are still working on graphics at this moment. (Right now World News Tonight people are working on it) on orbituary. However, we do need confirmation at this stage I believe. So take it with grain of salt, please.

Death lists... we have certain amount of people already set-up (such as former presidents, pope) already for the graphics, and pictures, etc - so that whenever someone dies, we go on air ASAP with already prepped images and graphics right away. Bad part is, we have to update the graphics every year - and I can't even count how many years we've been updating for Reagan and Pope. (As for Reagan, it did pay off though, since ABC broke the news probably the first.)

anyhow... I guess we would figure out soon enough. If false, go ahead and laugh at me.

lachesis

Crazy

even if false that is some crazy info to know - I learned something

 

[dave is ok]

Pretty much yeah.

Players choose a listing of people they think will die next or relatively soon, and if someone on their list actually does die, they're that much closer to winning.

I already hit with Dangerfield, missed with Arafat and Reeve, but could make up for it with Carson and Rehnquist.

 

[Justin Bailey]

Crazy

even if false that is some crazy info to know - I learned something

Yeah, I remember being able to find sites (like MSNBC, etc) with Strom Thurmond "remembrance" pages through Google long before he actually died.

 

[lachesis]

Little update: I don't see anything about it at the wire yet... so I'd say it's good chance that it's a hoax, or false alarm.

Carson is actually 79 years old this year (born in 1925). so... he's not exactly a youngster.

lachesis

 

[Azih]

Boo.

Edit: er boo to you. I'm glad Johnny's not dead.

 

[alejob]

I think the people in your office might be confused, its Ryan Leaf who is dead.

 

[BojTrek]

If he is alive, I wish he would do an interview or show up on David Letterman... I miss Johnny... he blows away anything Letterman has done.

 

[lachesis]

Yeah... could be. I also would be glad if he's alive too.

Seriously, news organization sometimes can be like bunch of headless chickens - or always process like "Ready-Fire-Aim".

I'll take the all the boo's.

lachesis

 

[Lathentar]

GAF is my primary news source for *everything*.

But really sad day.

Me too. Faster than any thing else.

 

[Team Rancid]

First the Ryan Leaf fake, now Johnny Carson. Good choices though.

 

[Wellington]

Damn. Celebs tend to die in threes. ODB, Jonny Carson, who's next?

 

[xsarien]

Dammit, someone lock this thread. Carson's (apparently) not dead.

 

[Ramirez]

Tiki Barber.

 

[Doth Togo]

 

[lachesis]

Confirmed: Johnny Carson is NOT dead.

- I just spoke to the director (who ordered the graphics).... and and it's confirmed that it's a false alarm. (the inside source apparently really rushed.)

Here's the kicker - apparently he just went to see his dentist, and that's it.

Sorry for the confusion. (I'm glad that he's not dead though!)

lachesis

 

[Phoenix]

Confirmed: Johnny Carson is NOT dead.

- I just spoke to the director (who ordered the graphics).... and and it's confirmed that it's a false alarm. (the inside source apparently really rushed.)

Here's the kicker - apparently he just went to see his dentist, and that's it.

Sorry for the confusion. (I'm glad that he's not dead though!)

lachesis

Worse than Fox news. Confirm your shit before posting

 

[lachesis]

Worse than Fox news. Confirm your shit before posting

Sorry. Aren't you glad that I'm not actually a news editor but a mere graphic designer?

Anyhow... it's pretty much same shit in Fox news though - I have few friends in Fox News too. It's a real small world...

lachesis

 

[Azih]

Here's the kicker - apparently he just went to see his dentist, and that's it.

THAT'S AS BAD AS BEING DEAD.

 

[Spiritreaver]

Boy am I surprised.

 

[Tritroid]

LOCK/BAN/DEATH/etc.

 

[Meier]

Just have a mod change the thread title. No harm, no foul.

 

[Azih]

Yeah change it to

Breaking News: Johnny Carson goes to Dentist.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

we still dont know if the dentists might, say, kill carson for some joke he did about dentists 20 years ago.

 

[Escape Goat]

Something may or may not have happened today.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Haha, the thread takes on a different feel with the news that Johnny goes to the dentist.

 

[lachesis]

Thanks for changing the headline!

lachesis

 

[Heezzi]

Since when does someone need a source for going to the dentist?