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Holding Subway Doors or Boobs Is Probably Not A Good Idea

Bucky Turco — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:06:05 +0000

At first glance it looked like the MTA was getting really edgy with their pervasive sexual harassment awareness campaign, but then I realized it was just the work of a scribbly prankster on the A train, although the message is still important!

Photo by Bucky Turco/ANIMALnewyork

Gun Decorating Idea For the Gangsta On Your List

Copyranter — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:30:21 +0000

It’s time again for SubTalk with the MTA!Â This gun puzzle ad (click to enlarge) is so helpful, thank you various City groups listed at the bottom of it. Thugs? Why not paint your piece red or green for Christmas mugging weeking? Or maybe red/white like a candy cane! You’ll probably get more gift cash that way. For me, seeing pictures of guns as I enter subway stations is very calming.

And, yes, if I see “either,” I’ll certainly call 311. Especially, if either is being pointed at my head. I’ll Slowly—SLOWLY—reach into my messenger bag, pull out my about-to-be-jacked iPhone, and, while holding a finger up to the robber (the universal ‘I’ll just be a sec’ pose), dial the number and, after asking the potential killer for his name, report it and my location. (Seriously, who’s the target (ha) of this ad, and who the fuck had the final approval?)

Photo by Bucky Turco/ANIMALnewyork

MTA Creates Fake Newspaper To Address Real Problem

Copyranter — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:30:04 +0000

Boys and girls, It’s time again for SubTalk with the MTA! Track fires! Danger! Delays. To get the word out, the crafty Authority has crafted this helpful new subway car card ad featuring a shot of the first edition of the non-existent Subway Gazette. Get the irony? FAKE newspapers don’t create litter. And look how stiff that paper is—nice Photoshopping! New Yorkers of course already know what’s to blame for the increase in track fires over the last few years: the shitty free Metro NY and amNewYork rags handed out at subway station entrances. “Newspapers and subway tracks are not a good combination,” said Steven A. Feil, Senior Vice President of NYC Transit’s Department of Subways in the press release. Yes, much like advertising and the MTA.
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The Lean Mean MTA

ANIMAL — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:44:02 +0000

It’s SubTalk time again with the MTA! Yay! I LOVE it when the Authority shows such heartfelt interest in my personal life. Last time, they helpfully advised us to stay off of the trains when it was raining generic analgesic tablets. Now, they’re telling us to threaten our deadbeat friends. Oh, and secondarily, to not lean on subway doors. A second ad in this “leaning” campaign could be: Lean on you lover as you’re plowing her/him doggy style…” Leave yours in the comments, if you want… I wonder if the leaning model here owes any of his friends money? Ad models/actors are always fucking broke.
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-Copyranter

MTA’s Surrealistic Sickness Poster

ANIMAL — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:00:07 +0000

New Yorkers—SubTalk time. If, when you step outside in the morning, it’s raining generic analgesic tablets, please stay off the trains. It’s the best thing. Looks like somebody at the MTA fashions themselves to be a junior art director. Me I would have added a Dali melting clock to represent the billions of hours New Yorkers have lost under water or concrete in unmoving trains. Hey, here’s a better way to spend my fare hike, MTA: why don’t you hand out aspirin (or better yet, Klonopin) to riders during your frequent fucked-up rush hours? Lastly, that boldface “Take care” at the bottom of the poster may be the most disingenuous thing I’ve ever read in an ad. Click image for bigger size or jump for the obligatory close-up of the pouring pills.

-Copyranter