FReep the Oscars! Meet near "THANK YOU, Hollywood" billboard on SUNDAY (2/27/05) noon to 5 pm

Billboard Delivers Right Jab To Hollywood ^ | February 12, 2005 | RonDog [and FRiends]

[RonDog]

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You are cordially invited to join
TED HAYES and the "Hollywood Resistance Force" as we:

FReep OSCAR! [again]
outside the Academy Awards ceremony on
SUNDAY (2/27)
from
NOON to 5 pm
near the
Kodak Theatre
at Hollywood and Highland, in HOLLYWOOD

[RonDog]

And here are TWO of the three the actual billboard locations, from cinemocracy.blogs.com:

February 06, 2005
Cinemocracy Goes Billboard Hunting:
Fun Juxtaposition Edition

Cinemocracy went out in search of the Citizens United billboards this weekend, and we found two of the three.  Last week, we exposed as a lie the group's erroneous claim that celebrities will see the "thank you" messages as they walk down the red carpet on their way into the Academy Awards.  Turns out, one billboard actually is on Hollywood Boulevard, but a good four blocks away from the Kodak Theater at the corner of Hollywood and Whitley.  It sits just above Mr. Rogers's star on the Walk of Fame, and, yes, that is Frederick's of Hollywood right next door.

The second billboard we found is on Sunset Boulevard, a block east of Doheny, in West Hollywood, some 3.3 miles from the site of the Oscars ceremony.  I guess they figured they'd catch the winners on their way home to Beverly Hills.

This spot also makes for an interesting choice.  When viewed from a certain angle, a key portion of the advertisement for Constantine, on a building behind the billboard, shows through.

A subliminal message of Freudian significance, no doubt.  In case you can't quite the make it out from the photo, George W. Bush's new "caption" reads, "Hell wants him.  Heaven won't take him.  Earth needs him."  Which I think echoes the reasoning of swing voters who went Republican in 2004.

Posted by Maven on February 6, 2005 | Permalink

[Darkwolf377]

Did anyone else see the woman with black hair and the funny lips on CNN yesterday, I think she sat in for Lou Dobbs, who literally spun this story as being about people who think Moore, Sheen etc. voted FOR Bush? She said something like "We don't know how some Hollywood celebs voted but someone has put up a billboard thanking them for..." etc. It was pretty blatant mis-reporting.

[RonDog]

Not sure if this is the THIRD one, from www.professorbainbridge.com:

February 08, 2005
We are amused

I spotted this billboard on the west end of the Sunset Strip...

... and I like it

February 8, 2005 in Photoblogging | Permalink

[RonDog]

Perhaps my sign should go with a SIMPLER, more direct message:

THANK YOU, HOLLYWOOD!
FOR HELPING TO RE-ELECT
PRESIDENT BUSH!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Yup.. that is the building. I worked on the 5th floor and had quite the view of the MacDonalds on the other side of Hollywood! At the time it was a hang out for some interesting characters.....

[FairOpinion]

Where is the billboard located?
And I thought there are two of them in Hollywood.

[rantblogger]

Anyone give any thought to purple fingers?

[Cinnamon Girl]

I am so IN! But this time, can we please make sure we have a permit so we aren't kept out of the area by the police.

[philetus]

[Ladysmith]

The sign is strategically placed so they will be visible from the red carpet outside Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on Oscar night, Sunday, Feb. 27.

LOL!!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Way cool - that's takin' it to the streets - woo hoo!!!!!!! And thanks for the Hollywood ping!

[absalom01]

I like this one best!

[itsamelman]

Oh, man, it's beautiful....

[Doctor Raoul]

Good luck to the Hollywood Response Team. Looking forward to reading the after action report.

[HangFire]

ROTF bump!

[AnnaZ]

The first billboard shown is the one I featured in the video I shot Thursday. Now if I can get it edited and hosted...

[RonDog]

Here is the billboard closest to Hollywood & Highland, from cinemocracy.blogs.com:

And, HERE are two of the buildings beneath it, from you-are-here.com:

J.J. Newberry Co. 1927 | Frederick's of Hollywood 1934 by E.F. Sibbert

Perhaps we can FReep the incoming star-filled limos from somewhere near this location?

The BAD news is that it is three blocks (about 1/4 mile) EAST of the Red Carpet area, so we may have difficulty dragging the media over to interview us.

But, the GOOD news is, we should be able to get permission to FReep here -- unobstructed by the MASSIVE crowds that will be at the corner of Hollywood & Highland.

This way, we would be promoting the CitizensUnited billboard, and it MIGHT make a good "photo op" -- as limos pass in the foreground, with US in the background. Or?

[mowkeka]

I really, really wish I could be there. Good luck you guys!

[RonDog]

From Yahoo! MAPS:

Whitley Ave At Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028

proposed FReep location

And, from www.oscars.org:

Oscar day road closures

[CitizenM]

You guys are going to a lot of work to figure out how to best do this. Great idea! I am on the East Coast, but would love to be there if it were possible. Perhaps you could also ink your fingers purple or have some of those giant foam #1 fingers made purple in support of Bush and Iraq's voters? IMHO that might add additional impact. Just a thought. But I sure will be watching this time to see if you get any news coverage, and I never watch the Academy Awards.

Maybe some FReeper can come up with a way we other FR'ers can mount a cyber campaign online to coincide with your appearance? Like deluging some media entities with emails or something?