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Please, God, Take Nebraska Out of Its Misery
Raise your hand if you’d ever consider a vacation to Nebraska over, say, anywhere else on the planet. Well, the Nebraska Travel and Tourism Division is betting you would – especially after seeing the crazy new videos they’ve developed, called the Adventures of Ben & Riley. Featuring two radical dudes, these office workers dream up plans to pull pranks on their co-workers who are off vacationing in Nebraska.
According to The Omaha World-Herald, Christian Hornbaker, director of the state’s Travel and Tourism Division, says this is an edgy effort to capture the imagination — and the travel dollar — of younger people who surf YouTube and other websites for entertainment and information. The videos were part of a $129,000 venture to boldly go where young people hang out these days: on the Internet. It’s out-of-the-box thinking, to try and reach out to as many people as possible in this Internet age, he said.
Apparently, the marketing directors from state tourism offices across the country (including ours) are being plucked off the exact same short bus. (At least Michigan is showing some sense when it comes to this stuff.)
If you want to suffer through Ben & Riley #2 and #3, have at it. You’re more man than us.
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crappy usage of the Wilhelm scream on top of it…
I like how they barely talk about Nebraska. It highlights the fact that theres really nothing to say.
I noticed the the same thing, J. That and the “possibilities…endless” tag. Truth lies in the endless part of things.
i have to disagree. i think the cutting edge 1996 production values, cliched out-of-the-box thinking (i didn’t know people still used the phrase), crappy acting and lack of any and all humor are an accurate reflection of the state itself. then again, i heard they still use dial up.
obviously the witty and intelligent nebraskans took johhny carson’s lead and got the hell out.
I liked the subtle racist undertones and incredibly snarky assholeness of those two douches.
Can we just take the agency that is in charge of the Nebraska State Tourism account out of their misery and give someone else a chance. There is still great work coming out of here.
It is a little known, and often joked about fact, that I myself am from Kearney Nebraska. If you could throw a dart and hit the bullseye directly in the exact center of the entire United States, that is where I am from.
This campaign served as a solid reminder of why I left and haven’t yet returned.
Ah well, I have a strong work ethic, make for a good husband and possess strong family values. You can still get things like that growing up in rural Nebraska. That’s gotta count for something.
Maybe they should put that in their ad campaign.
This is awful. I’ve always hated everything about nebraska, but this just makes me feel sorry for them.
Wow, that has to be disheartening to Nebraska. “Let’s Talk Colorado” is feeling sorry for them.
There are a lot of good things going on in Nebraska, and I don’t think this was a good attempt at promoting it.
that was some cheesy shit.
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