Could You Resist? This Belgian TV Stunt Got Millions of Views in Just 24 Hrs (Hint: It Involves Guns)
TNT, a cable television channel whose slogan is “We Know Drama,” added a little — actually a lot — of drama to an unassuming town square in Belgium as part of an advertisement. It’s an understatement to say spectators were surprised.
It all started with this: a big red button in the middle of the square with the instruction “push to add drama.”

Who could resist? When curiosity finally killed the cat and a couple residents pushed the button, mayhem ensued. Paramedics dropping a patient’s body. Cyclists running into the emergency vehicle and starting a brawl with the responders. A woman riding by on a motorcycle in her underwear. Cops squealing in for a full on shoot out. And a football team rescuing one of the gunned downed bodies as everyone takes off. That’s quite a lot of fan fare to announce the launch of the channel in Belgium.





See the drama for yourself by pushing play:
Perhaps more priceless though are the spectators’ reactions, which we’ve pulled together for you to see in these screenshots below.






Here’s how onlookers felt when they realized it was a marketing scheme.


So, would you say TNT knows drama? Given that within a day of posting its stunt on YouTube the clip has gotten nearly 4.5 million hits, it is a slogan with which many would probably agree.
[H/T Gizmodo]
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Comments (109)
drphil69
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:00pmWow, that was pretty awesome!
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LovinUSA
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:48pmP-r-e-t-t-y darn cool! Now thats Imagination!!!!!
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GdHUs
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:38pmOh those wild and crazy Belgians. What zainy hyjinx will they come up with next?
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Brae
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:27pmNow that was totally cool~~~Loved it!!
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tharpdevenport
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:25pmNow, of course, this is nothing, to me, in comparrison to that old secret camera video of nude male and female statues with little cloths covering the areas. Men and women walk by, get curious and when they lift the cloths, a loud alarm goes off.
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creativeogre
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:35pmDid anyone stop to think for one second that by pressing the button, it might have set off an IED?
Just something to think about, and hope you never see a stand with a button like that on an American street.
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:33pmYup dont really care about Islamic countries.
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jackbauer2012
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:32pmTwo words, “Shear Genius”!
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mlimberg
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:19pmFinally, we can have humor again!….. But I’m sure the Libs will find something wrong with it and ban it…
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BubbaT
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:08pmThat was brilliant. Bravo good show!
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amerbur
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:00pmThat was awesome!!
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Endyr
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:02pmAwesome
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chingachgook
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 7:30pmdumbest thing I have seen in a while. Never take guns in public and fire them at people. Blanks or other wise. What would happen if some one reacted to this scene with violence to protect someone?
just dangerous and dumb
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Endyr
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 8:02pmbelgium = what guns?
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Glenn Jericho
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 7:20pmIt’s kind of like pulling the lever for Obama.
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amerbur
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:00pmThat is funny!!
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bdandsl
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 7:13pmThat was cool!
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Brem
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 6:57pmGet a life people
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Joyzee
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 6:33pmBell’jumm,Bell’jumm,Bell’jumm…..i dont know! sounds weird..stay weird Bell’jumm.
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Col. HawK
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 6:28pmUm…what did I just watch?….That is pretty amazing, to see nobody really thought it was real, and just stood there watching…. Umm….. Viral stunt…
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PaBowHunter
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 6:12pmI don’t care what anyone says,,,,,…..that’s freaking hilarious!
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ImMormon
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 6:11pmPretty clever marketing… and on a low budget!
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American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 5:23pmIm surprised not more people started running when the shootout happened. I mean, in the off chance that the guns could be real, I would have at least hit the deck!
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busterpuddles
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 5:05pmWay cool!
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Jinglebob
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 4:54pmNow that’s creative.
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proliance
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 4:25pmAwesome! I laughed, I cried. I even wet myself a little bit.
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Tom K
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 4:14pmBugs Bunny ; ” Don’t Push the RED BUTTON – You NEVER Push the Red Button ! ! ! “
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