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The Taco Liberty Bell was an April Fool's Day joke played by fast food restaurant chain Taco Bell on April 1, 1996. Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in seven leading U.S. newspapers announcing that the company had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell". The ad was created by Jon Parkinson and Harvey Hoffenberg who worked at Bozell, the Taco Bell advertising agency at the time, and went on to win several industry awards. Thousands of people had called Taco Bell headquarters and the National Park Service before it was revealed at noon the same day that the story was a joke.White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry responded that the federal government was also "selling the Lincoln Memorial to Ford Motor Co. and renaming it

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  • Taco Liberty Bell war ein erfolgreicher Aprilscherz der Fast-Food-Kette Taco Bell. Am 1. April 1996 erschienen in sechs führenden US-Zeitungen Anzeigen, in denen Taco Bell behauptete, die Firma hätte die Liberty Bell erworben und würde sie nun in Taco Liberty Bell umbenennen. (de)
  • The Taco Liberty Bell was an April Fool's Day joke played by fast food restaurant chain Taco Bell on April 1, 1996. Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in seven leading U.S. newspapers announcing that the company had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell". The ad was created by Jon Parkinson and Harvey Hoffenberg who worked at Bozell, the Taco Bell advertising agency at the time, and went on to win several industry awards. Thousands of people had called Taco Bell headquarters and the National Park Service before it was revealed at noon the same day that the story was a joke.White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry responded that the federal government was also "selling the Lincoln Memorial to Ford Motor Co. and renaming it the Lincoln-Mercury Memorial". (en)
  • タコ・リバティ・ベル(英: Taco Liberty Bell)とは、1996年4月1日にアメリカ合衆国のファーストフードチェーン、タコベルが発表した自由の鐘(リバティ・ベル)の新名称である。この日、タコベルは鐘の購入と新名称への改名を発表、国家の記念物が一企業に売却されるという事態に抗議が殺到した。実際には発表はエイプリルフールの冗談であり、企業名の浸透を目的とした宣伝活動の一環であった。 (ja)
  • 塔可自由鐘(英語:Taco Liberty Bell)是指大型連鎖速食店塔可鐘所發起的一個愚人節惡作劇笑話。1996年4月1日,塔可鐘在美國7個主要報紙各做了一個整版的聲明,表示為了減少國家債務,他們買下了位於費城的自由鐘,並改名為「塔可自由鐘」。這齣笑話引發許多不知情民眾的抗議,一直到當天中午才知道「塔可自由鐘」只是場騙局。時任白宮新聞秘書Mike McCurry回應時表示,聯邦政府還把「林肯紀念堂賣給福特汽車公司,並改名為『林肯水星紀念堂』。」(林肯、水星都是福特汽車旗下品牌) 這起惡作劇被認為是相當成功的,《》將塔可自由鐘列為「十大成功行銷手法」之一,則將塔可自由鐘入選為「史上百大愚人節惡作劇」的第七名。 (zh)
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  • Taco Liberty Bell war ein erfolgreicher Aprilscherz der Fast-Food-Kette Taco Bell. Am 1. April 1996 erschienen in sechs führenden US-Zeitungen Anzeigen, in denen Taco Bell behauptete, die Firma hätte die Liberty Bell erworben und würde sie nun in Taco Liberty Bell umbenennen. (de)
  • タコ・リバティ・ベル(英: Taco Liberty Bell)とは、1996年4月1日にアメリカ合衆国のファーストフードチェーン、タコベルが発表した自由の鐘(リバティ・ベル)の新名称である。この日、タコベルは鐘の購入と新名称への改名を発表、国家の記念物が一企業に売却されるという事態に抗議が殺到した。実際には発表はエイプリルフールの冗談であり、企業名の浸透を目的とした宣伝活動の一環であった。 (ja)
  • 塔可自由鐘(英語:Taco Liberty Bell)是指大型連鎖速食店塔可鐘所發起的一個愚人節惡作劇笑話。1996年4月1日,塔可鐘在美國7個主要報紙各做了一個整版的聲明,表示為了減少國家債務,他們買下了位於費城的自由鐘,並改名為「塔可自由鐘」。這齣笑話引發許多不知情民眾的抗議,一直到當天中午才知道「塔可自由鐘」只是場騙局。時任白宮新聞秘書Mike McCurry回應時表示,聯邦政府還把「林肯紀念堂賣給福特汽車公司,並改名為『林肯水星紀念堂』。」(林肯、水星都是福特汽車旗下品牌) 這起惡作劇被認為是相當成功的,《》將塔可自由鐘列為「十大成功行銷手法」之一,則將塔可自由鐘入選為「史上百大愚人節惡作劇」的第七名。 (zh)
  • The Taco Liberty Bell was an April Fool's Day joke played by fast food restaurant chain Taco Bell on April 1, 1996. Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in seven leading U.S. newspapers announcing that the company had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell". The ad was created by Jon Parkinson and Harvey Hoffenberg who worked at Bozell, the Taco Bell advertising agency at the time, and went on to win several industry awards. Thousands of people had called Taco Bell headquarters and the National Park Service before it was revealed at noon the same day that the story was a joke.White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry responded that the federal government was also "selling the Lincoln Memorial to Ford Motor Co. and renaming it (en)
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  • Taco Liberty Bell (de)
  • タコ・リバティ・ベル (ja)
  • Taco Liberty Bell (en)
  • 塔可自由鐘 (zh)
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