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>> WELCOME BACK.
THE BIG STORY ON THE WEST COAST
IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION
ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
A STARBUCKS PARODY SHOP CALLED
DUMB STARBUCKS POPPED UP IN L.A.
OVER THE WEEKEND.
COFFEE AND PASTRIES ARE FREE.
I'M WONDERING IF THEY ARE
ACTUALLY SERVING STARBUCKS
COFFEE OR SERVING NOT GOOD
COFFEE FOR FREE?
JON IS THERE TO INVESTIGATE.
HOW IS THE COFFEE?
>> I HAVE BEEN WAITING IN LINE
SERIOUSLY FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR
AND I STILL DON'T HAVE MY
COFFEE.
MY PRODUCER HAS TO TAKE MY SPOT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WEIRDEST
STORIES WE HAVE DONE.
YOU SIT IN LINE WITH PEOPLE AND
ASK WHAT YOU ARE HERE.
THEY SAY I HEARD ABOUT ON THE
RADIO.
THEY WANTED TO CHECK IT OUT.
IT IS FREE COFFEE.
MAYBE THAT GETS THE APPEAL FOR
PEOPLE TO COME HERE.
I THINK THEY'RE MORE INTERESTED
IN SEEING THIS DUMB STARBUCKS.
ANY IDEA WHO IS BEHIND THIS?
THAT IS ONE OF THE FAVORITE
CONVERSATION POINTS IN LINE.
IS A LOT OF TALK
ONLINE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
MAYBE THIS BEING TIED TO AN ART
INSTALLATION.
THIS IS HOLLYWOOD.
WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO
HOLLYWOOD.
MAYBE IT IS A TV PRODUCTION.
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF IT IS A
PARTICULAR COMEDY CENTRAL SHOW.
THERE ARE CLAIMS THAT MAYBE
THERE WERE VIDEO CAMERAS INSIDE.
I THOUGHT I SAW ONE BUT I WAS
NOT QUITE SURE.
I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND AND
BE MORE THAN A DUMB REPORTER TO
FIND OUT.
I'M HOPING THEY FIX THE
GRANDE THING.
THE DUMBEST THING AT STARBUCKS
AS THEY CALL THE SMALL ONE A
GRANDE.
>> THE MIDDLE ONE IS A GRANDE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
DONE, FROM THES
, THE DUMB BAGELS AND
PASTRIES THEY'VE GOT TO THE DUMB
DIFFERENT SIZES OF COFFEE.
IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT THIS IS A
BRAND WHERE EVERYONE HAS ALWAYS
JOKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN
SIZES.
STARBUCKS DOES NOT THINK THIS IS
SO FUNNY BUT STARBUCKS DOES NOT
WANT TO LOOK LIKE THE CRUEL
OPERATION THAT IS SMASHING DOWN.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ARMIES OF
LAWYERS AROUND HERE SAYING --
THIS MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH WHO
IS BEHIND THIS.
IS IT FOR A TV SHOW?
MAYBE THEY WILL LET IT GO FOR
NOW.
>> THIS IS ALL OVER SOCIAL
MEDIA.
TWEETED THEY SOLD THEIR
COFFEE FOR $20.
>> IT SEEMS DUMB RIGHT THERE.
>> WHY NOT?
EXTRA MONEY.
IT WOULD HAVE SAVED ME TIME
IN LINE OF I HAD BOUGHT FROM
SOME GUY COMING OUT.
YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE SOCIAL
MEDIA.
YOU'VE GOT AN EQUAL GROUPING OF
TRADITIONAL MEDIA HERE, DUMB
REPORTERS LIKE ME, WHO WERE
COVERING THIS AND YOU'VE GOT
PEOPLE WHO ARE TWEETING AND
TAKING PICTURES AND HAVING A
BLAST.
THEY JUST HEARD ABOUT IT AND
THEY HAVE COME AND I THINK
THAT'S THE POWER OF ONE LITTLE
BACK AND GETELIZ
THE WORLD'S ATTENTION VERY
QUICKLY WITH DUMB COFFEE.
>> ARE WE DONE?
>> I CERTAINLY AM.
OUTSIDE DUMBMAN,
STARBUCKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.