LOL, Altoona, PA changes name to POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD, PA.

[charlie and algernon]

POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD, Pa. (AP) — About 31,000 central Pennsylvanians will soon be living in a joke.

Beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday, the city of Altoona will change its name to "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," after the latest film by sarcastic documentarian Morgan Spurlock.

The city is changing its name for 60 days to make some money — and to help Spurlock make a point about the proliferation of advertising in American life.

He'll be in the city 85 miles east of Pittsburgh Wednesday for the East Coast premiere of the film, which opened far more conventionally in Los Angeles last week.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110426/ap_on_en_mo/us_sponsored_city?bouchon=504%2Cpa



I can't begin to describe how awesome it is that Yahoo/AP actually used the new name as part of the article intro.

[KamaAina]

1. Let's go POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Curve!

the Pirates' AA affiliate, named for the famous railroad Horseshoe Curve.

[charlie and algernon]

2. I really should visit the Penn State Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Campus

:crazy:

[struggle4progress]

6. Be sure and see the campus waterfall!

[KamaAina]

4. At least they're changing it back

unlike the former Hot Springs, NM.

[geardaddy]

5. Yeah, that's just stupid.

[LynneSin]

3. To me it'll always be Toonatown

I use to do work there with the PA Dept of Agriculture.