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- In the September/October 1997 issue of Backwoods Home, Senior Editor John Silveira wrote a joke ad as filler for the magazine's classified ad section: Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box 322 Oakview, CA 93022. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed.
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Oct 4, 2024 · Since its launch on YTMND in October 2005, both the photograph of the man and the text of the ad has been subject to myth and parody on YTMND. As of January 2012, there are over 835 different instances of the Safety Not Guaranteed YTMND series.
May 7, 2015 · He was wrong. The ad led to an explosive volume of letter responses, a series of internet memes with millions of views. It was the inspiration for a critically acclaimed indie movie in 2011 ...
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May 31, 2012 · “Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.”
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Jun 15, 2012 · It’s there, in a brainstorming meeting, that a sleazy reporter (Jake Johnson) suggests doing a story on the time-travel classified and the editor-in-chief greenlights him. A further revision: the...
Safety Not Guaranteed is a 2012 American science fiction comedy film directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass. It was inspired by a joke classified ad that ran in Backwoods Home Magazine in 1997. [3] The film was screened at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. [4]
Jan 27, 2012 · Anthony Breznican. Published on January 27, 2012 04:42PM EST. For about 15 years, the Internet has been laughing at this small, mysterious classified ad. It became an Internet meme, tweaked and...
Jan 24, 2012 · PARK CITY, Utah -- Safety Not Guaranteed might just be the sweetest, quirkiest romantic comedy ever to be based on a random internet meme. The film, directed by Colin Trevorrow, follows three...
