The Most Awesome Movie Theater DO NOT TEXT Announcement Ever!
By Barry Ritholtz - June 8th, 2011, 4:37PM
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Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
June 8th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
That was my movie theater of choice in college — they’re great. They do a summer Jaws event every year where they show Jaws on a projection screen while you’re floating around in Lake Travis.
http://austinist.com/2010/06/16/youre_gonna_need_a_bigger_boat_jaws.php
June 8th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
That’s just awesome.
June 8th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Alamo also does a canoe trip where they show Deliverance at the end of the day. One year there was a raffle and the _loser_ had to paddle the whole way with Bill McKinney, the actorwho delivered the precious “squeal like a pig” line, in their boat.
June 8th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Alamo Drafthouse isn’t a plain theatre, they serve you beer & food at your seat so there’s plenty of help “to find your seat.”
Maybe this female can run for Miss Teen USA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww) or Congress. Sounds like she can tweet like the best of ‘em.
June 8th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
The sign of our times: A brain-dead tenny bopper who got thrown out of a theater because they couldn’t stand to not use their communication monster for the short time period of a movie. I hope they threw her about a block and she landed on top of her phone. This is the future of this country………jessus!
June 8th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Mr Riholtz sir, where did you get this? I twittered it 2 days ago…. Frigging hilarious!!!
June 8th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Reminds of this John Waters “No Smoking” Announcement. Plus, it was a jobs promotional two-fer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpofBtijF8
June 9th, 2011 at 12:41 am
Excellent find.
June 9th, 2011 at 3:36 am
Damn, that’s brilliant.
June 9th, 2011 at 8:50 am
I think that the fact that she threatened to never go back to that “the-a-ter” is probably the best thing that the theater management could hope for. Maybe she should start to text while driving as that is a basic human right as well :)
On a serious note, the problem with some people today is that they have no respect or consideration for other people (it is all about me). I commend the theater management for kicking her out, if more places did this it would make the movie going experience more enjoyable for the majority of people who have (also) paid good money to see the movie.
//*eggbox
June 11th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
Magnited States?
June 13th, 2011 at 11:09 am
my gym needs a rule like this
because
if I see one more giant ass on the treadmill texting rather than running or even jogging
I. Might. Just. Lose. It.