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VIRAL VIDEO
Why wasn’t “Spiders in my Dessert” the next “United Breaks Guitars”?
November 30, 2009
American Airlines wants to know, because it believes “Spiders in my Dessert” could have been a public relations disaster of United Breaks Guitars proportions. (The arachnid, which allegedly lived inside the chocolate cake, makes an appearance at about 0:15. Delicious!)

Elliott is consumer advocate
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