Stephen Colbert mocks crisis garden advertisement
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The Huffington Post excerpt:
March 10, 2010
Said Colbert: “Glenn’s advertisers know nothing moves product like the hot stink of fear.” Case in point: a commercial for a product called Survival Seed Bank, in which the spokesman claims nonhybrid seeds will be more valuable that silver and gold, and thus save you from the impending economic meltdown.
Survival Seed Bank’s message mirrored the craziness of Beck, himself, seemingly predicting an apocalypse. The commercial claimed that the product provided enough seeds to plant a full acre “crisis garden,” which of course got Colbert excited: “When you’re tilling the earth with a human femur while the sky is raining fire, you’ll want a reliable supply of radicchio and mini squash.”
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I’m assuming there could well be a time when someone will mock Steve if only with regard to his suggestion for alternative outlets for seeds.
Though the Armageddon spin was and is a tad much (more than a tad) the case can certainly be made that seeds have always been worth more than gold despite our obsession for the stuff.
The “human femur” bit was hilarious, but I now despise Stephen Colbert even more than I did before reading this. There is nothing wrong with preparedness.
Preparedness is one thing; fear mongering is another. That was Colbert’s point.
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