Today is Beatles Day in Atlanta!
August 18, 2008 at 3:56 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsGreg G. — he of Atlanta Time Machine fame, I believe — has an interesting post at WFMU’s site:
Back in 1965, the city of Atlanta declared August 18th Beatle Day in anticipation of the band’s impending arrival. For their show that night at Atlanta Stadium, the city attempted to avoid vehicular gridlock by setting up a special shuttle bus route. Concert-goers could hop aboard a “Beatle Bus” in the heart of downtown and get dropped off at the stadium.Best of all, though, were the ads the city placed in an effort to persuade attendees to board the shuttle. Whoever the bus driver in this ad was, he was obviously one hell of a good sport to don a Beatle wig and pose for this unforgettable photo.
Visit the site to see the awkward advertisement.
(Thanks to Andisheh for the find.)
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August 19th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
FWIW, the ad appears to have been placed by the old Atlanta Transit System, a private company that ran the buses long before MARTA.