I live near East Aurora. My aunt submitted all our family’s kids photos to them and a few of us ended up on boxes. Her kid is on the original Bubble Mower.

    • @jtkOP
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      10 months ago

      No money in it for her, I think she just thought it would be fun. I don’t know how she even knew it was an option. We got paid though, like 20 something bucks per shoot (an hour or 2), and something like $100 bonus if you got on the box. I remember going to Toy’s R Us to get the whole TMNT toy collection after this, or maybe it was the Field Explorer, I was on that too. My allergies were horrible that day but they used the photo anyway.

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      610 months ago

      I didn’t, but I remember being quite afraid to after following that event live on TV for days.

      • @ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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        1110 months ago

        No, it is a reference to an episode of the Simpsons in which Bart uses a microphone of the sort the OP posted to trick people into thinking someone had fallen down the well.

        (The episode itself is presumably inspired by the real-life incident.)

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          17 months ago

          Oh, I thought it was about Baby Jessica too but I remember that episode of the Simpsons now :)

  • SeaJ
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    510 months ago

    I’m the man in the box, buried in my shit.