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The Dangers of Being a Television News Reporter

Thatcornellguy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:34:55 EDT

where do you find this stuff?

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JervixServiceJuice — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:35:31 EDT

Okay...the last time I laughed this fuckin' hard was when I first saw the uncut version of "Dead Alive". By the point of the film where a garden gnome gets stuffed down the neck of a headless zombie, well, I totally lost my shit for at least three minutes. In fact I was worried that I was never going to stop laughing.

This is an excellent compilation. The clip where the lizard jumps on the news guy's coat while he's holding a snake, and he begins speaking in tongues, more or less, why that is just the elixir of the gods, distilled.

As I type this, I'm still catching my breath and wiping the tears which cover the front 2/3rds of my face.(yes, I was able to catch them before than ran around to the back of my head) Thanks.

JervixServiceJuice

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mcas — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:33:25 EDT

@Amsterdaam - KEEP SMILING: It was the eve of the Iraq War in San Francisco-- we shut down Market Street and she was being obnoxius and got pied by Biotic Baking Brigade. Full video:

More info/justification from BBB: [www.whisperedmedia.org]

mcas

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jbwan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:42:47 EDT

"why don't you put that on the news!" classic.

jbwan

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LeBricoleur — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:34:16 EDT

For pie lady info, google "Jennifer Jolly"

Last I saw her she was hosting the instructional DVD for the "Bean" sit-up exerciser.

LeBricoleur

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Phyllis Nefler — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:24:09 EDT

@Amsterdaam - KEEP SMILING: Pie to the face, I think!

Phyllis Nefler

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Amsterdaam — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:26:20 EDT

Can anyone tell me what was the deal with coward reporter lady? Some asked way up in the comments and didn't get an answer; I don't see anything happening to her.

Amsterdaam

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Illegal Immigrant — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:09:13 EDT

The exploding newslady on the back of the truck is possibly the greatest clip in the history of explosions and news.

Illegal Immigrant

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MidTwix — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:39:06 EDT

I seriously cannot stop watching this clip show. It's brightened my day tremendously.

Nancy Grace, open handed slaps, exploding reporters, my grandpa yelling at that dog.... such good times.

MidTwix

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SuperBien — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:06:35 EDT

@mackensie: That's too funny!

SuperBien

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SuperBien — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:00:41 EDT

@mackensie: That's too funny! Thanks!

SuperBien

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Calaverius — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:48:04 EDT

@TomRipley: Awesome thanks. I really don't remember where I heard that.

Calaverius

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D Day — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:42:22 EDT

Google "reporter hit by airplane". He lived to tell.

D Day

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In Other News... — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:36:31 EDT

@blakely: Guess you can get that Mac Air now.

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In Other News... — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:33:11 EDT

@Nard38: Yep, that was on our gore reel. And it wasn't the sickest thing.

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C.H. Sanson — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:28:48 EDT

Your Hit Parade

C.H. Sanson

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Phipsidude — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:20:31 EDT

Simply, THANK YOU!

Phipsidude

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meechybee — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:16:07 EDT

And yet despite ALL the evidence to the contrary, reporters still thing that five minutes of practice before uplink can really make them an expert at anything.

meechybee

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Scott — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:07:34 EDT

God, I hate to admit it, but I think I did my teaching television internship at the grape stomping place. Anyone want to confirm that that's the WKYT complex in Lexington? they also produce Fox news there too -- which makes me think that's where that is. Anyone? That's where my journalism dreams died too.

Scott

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Edward Lionheart — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:58:13 EDT

Sorry to poop on this guy's but watching Anthea Turner go up will give me nightmares. Only really sick fucks could laugh at that. I am a sick fuck but it will take a few more years reading Gawker before I am a really sick fuck.

Edward Lionheart

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Juggernaut — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:57:22 EDT

shoulda been you Katie Couric

Juggernaut

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mackensie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:41:01 EDT

The embedding didn't seem to work...

There it is.

mackensie

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mackensie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:38:53 EDT

Who can forget Michelle Kosinski in Passaic?

mackensie

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jack7474 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:28:38 EDT

thanks for that. it made my day.

btw, what exactly happened to the third reporter, the lady in the yellow jacket?

jack7474

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Ed — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:28:35 EDT

The airplace bugs me because that man isn't moving.

Does anybody know the story behind that?

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SuperBien — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:25:58 EDT

Anyone know if the guy that got clipped by the airplane survived? Doesn't look like he did . . .

SuperBien

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prattler — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:22:29 EDT

I wish Nancy Grace had exploded into flames instead of just getting that pie to the kisser.

She deserves it sooooo badly.

prattler

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Reggie Cameron — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:25:27 EDT

wait... or is it waite?

Reggie Cameron

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Hez — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:07:16 EDT

@blakeley: Nice pageviews there, daddy. Enjoy the coke and hookers this weekend.

Hez

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ApocalypseCow — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:19:21 EDT

"motorcycle explosion girl" is the UK TV 'Legend' Anthea Turner who is alive and well and still broadcasting today.
The incident you've seen left her with temporary hearing loss and burns but she recovered completely (and sued the TV company responsible)

ApocalypseCow

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Recoil — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:57:03 EDT

I'm sorry to see the montage didn't capture the best part of the reporter blindsided by the innertube going down the hill -- if you've seen the whole thing, without missing a beat, he grabbed his mic, and finished "reporting live from blahblahblah, this is [reporter's name]" and then collapsed into the snow, as you can hear the studio crew laughing in the background. The clip is ten times funnier and more impressive with that included, I have to say.

Also, the girl with the cat later went on the news in-studio to explain why it looked like she broke down -- apparently, she was having a really shitty day, and it was just the straw that broke the proverbial camels back to screw up on a live broadcast, not her normal behaviour.

@Nard38: You can find the Budd Dwyer film quite easily, it's all over the net.

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millim — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:39:05 EDT

Her name is Anthea Turner, she is NOT dead - she's fine.

millim

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TomRipley — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:58:24 EDT

Crimeny, does nobody remember how to use Google?

Motorcycle Explosion Lady is apparently English TV celeb Anthea Turner, circa 1990. And she's fine.

TomRipley

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IBentMyWookie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:43:51 EDT

@Calaverius: What's your source for that?
I read that she wasn't seriously injured (by whose standards, I'm not sure).

IBentMyWookie

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Calaverius — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:22:09 EDT

not to be a buzzkill but I remember reading that the motorcycle explosion lady actually died from that. I don't remember where. Anyway I was afraid of watching this thing for fear that it would be on it because I remember not ever wanting to see that again.
Like getting rick rolled, but snuff rolled. really lame. Thanks.

Calaverius

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Nard — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:31:50 EDT

@In Other News...: Growing up in the Philadelphia region, I was lucky enough to witness part of a gore reel as a 12 year-old. A fella named Budd Dwyer (Pennsylvania politico) blew his brains out with a BIG revolver at a press conference in 1987, and as luck would have it, it was a snow day. The local stations ran the footage on the noon news broadcasts for all the kids home from school to see.

Nard

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In Other News... — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:04:46 EDT

By the way - the next time you're at a TV station, walk into a room called "master control" and ask the techs to see the "gore reel". There's some shit on there no one should ever see, from self-inflicted gunshot wounds during live pressers, to people jumping off buildings and getting impaled on wrought-iron fences, and some other Faces Of Death shit.

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dankfu — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:13:31 EDT

and another thing> the dude in the blue shirt and tie is a total pussy to let someone smack him around.

dankfu

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adminslave — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:06:33 EDT

@blakeley: awesome!! thanks! wow, pinky sure does lose his shit.

adminslave

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dankfu — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:03:20 EDT

these clips are the most fun you can have for $25K a year.

dankfu

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ben2006 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:29:23 EDT

@MisterHippity: Nobody wants a feisty pussy I guess. Great video btw!

ben2006

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MisterHippity — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:28:12 EDT

@blakeley: Um ... so I take it the cat wasn't adopted?

MisterHippity

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blakeley — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:11:23 EDT

@adminslave: Yes, but the person in question wasn't a reporter so I left it out, he was just an animal control guy.

But still a great clip!

blakeley

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adminslave — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:35:25 EDT

oh lord, sorry, I thought the original had been devoured. either way, good work blakeley!

adminslave

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adminslave — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:34:51 EDT

There used to be one alot like the cat attack video. In it, the cat wound itself around the man's leg and ended up digging its claws deep into his inner thigh. I'll have to do some digging around YouTube and see if its there; it was awesome (I love you, semicolon!).

adminslave

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adminslave — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:32:41 EDT

There used to be one a lot like the cat attack clip, but instead the cat wound itself around the man's legs and dug in at his inner thigh. I have to do some digging for this on YouTube; it was classic (I love you, semicolon!).

adminslave

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NotCoolEnough — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:32:14 EDT

why do i think that they all deserve it?

NotCoolEnough

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PickleTitsTurner — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:19:15 EDT

Did that reporter get bombed?

PickleTitsTurner

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Cthulhah Bankhead — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:08:16 EDT

It's always funnier when it's Fox reporters.

Cthulhah Bankhead

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rdldr1 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:42:50 EDT

"...death of a college football icon."
"OHIO STATE!!"

Typical, just typical from Ohio State fans.

rdldr1

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In Other News... — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:46:33 EDT

@notalent: The camera was likely on sticks; after the cameraman panned over and realized what happened, it was probably a static shot the rest of the way.

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In Other News... — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:44:43 EDT

@Buenavista: Neigh.

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LeGagneur — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:40:53 EDT

I demand more of these!

LeGagneur

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notalent — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:25:39 EDT

Did that plane dip a bit to the left so the wing could take out the reporter? Also perplexing is the fact that the camera stays on the shot! Holy Cow!!

notalent

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blakeley — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:19:47 EDT

@Nicorette: It's fake so I left it out on purpose. But thanks for the suggestion!

blakeley

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scroll_lock — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:31:08 EDT

Also, Blakeley- thank you for this. It's this kind of thing and your avatar that make me lurve you so.

scroll_lock

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scroll_lock — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:23:54 EDT

@BettyCrocker: That one is definitely the best, had to watch it a couple of times. Aqua Net's flammability should not be underestimated. Also, I really thought the airplane guy was going to be "Vic Morrowed".

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Nicorette — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:22:58 EDT

Those are great, but I think this one of a bird shitting into the mouth of a reporter doing a live report should have been included:

Nicorette

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Colonel Mustard — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:45:22 EDT

The rattlesnake dude was the best, but what the fuck happened "WHICH ONE OF YOU COWARDS DID THAT?" lady? All I saw were black bars and then it looked like someone passed something over her face? Was it a pie? I like pie.

Colonel Mustard

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antisocialite — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:03:11 EDT

@theentireinternet: I believe the airplane hit the dude with its wing. Winged him, as it were.

antisocialite

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Buenavista — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:49:45 EDT

Could one be hit by a horse like that and continue to live? Inquiring minds want to know ..

Buenavista

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Jory — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:49:45 EDT

The grape stomp face plant reminds me of this:

Jory

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Truculent — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:15:40 EDT

As funny as it was, I can't help wondering about what the final damage was to the motorcycle/explosion woman. Looks like it hurt. A lot. Same thing with the airplane guy.

There are some great old clips on the famous "Tapes of Wrath," volumes I and II. Thsoe are presumably lost to history

Truculent

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Buzz Killington — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:10:58 EDT

Motorcycle explosion girl was by far the most awesome thing i've ever seen. I could watch that on continuous loop for a month and not get tired of it.

Buzz Killington

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the supergoddess — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:08:35 EDT

@Phyllis Nefler: literally, my nose is running because I laughed so hard I cried. "DO YOU THINK THIS IS FAKE?!" *smack*

the supergoddess

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Phyllis Nefler — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:56:27 EDT

@the supergoddess: Oh just wait. Please check in with us after viewing.

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vulturesquadron — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:54:04 EDT

I am perplexed by the airplane clip.

vulturesquadron

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the supergoddess — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:49:45 EDT

lit aflame
I haven't even watched it yet and I'm already dying. OMG blakeley, I love you so freaking much. thank you for existing!

the supergoddess

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DrJimmy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:38:25 EDT

Watching TV people get punked warms my old newsprint heart.

DrJimmy

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winniemc — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:34:47 EDT

Finally, I can feel okay about being a print journalist. The meanest pussy I have to deal with is Musto in the VIP area.

winniemc

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Bof — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:34:11 EDT

My cubemates think ,either someone has died in my family or I've lost my mind. I'm cryin ova hea'

Bof

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In Other News... — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:33:39 EDT

This was 2:46 worth of awesome. NBC would've made this into an unwatchable 47 minutes of news blooper crap during the writers' strike.

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IBentMyWookie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:32:09 EDT

I can't stop watching!
"see you Jose and Judy"
"you get out of here! You! Go!"
"Which one of you cowards did that?!"
"ooh oooh oooh"
It's all golden, man.

IBentMyWookie

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famousauthor — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:31:42 EDT

As Paul Harvey would say: "The Rest of the Story!"

famousauthor

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the cajun boy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:30:57 EDT

i wonder if john stossel ever found out that hugh downs put that wrestler up to the bitchslapping.

the cajun boy

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theentireinternet — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:29:49 EDT

Did that airplane just SHOOT that man? Did he die? 'Cause he did the dead man, limp armed drop right after it divebombed him and dropped (shot?) those... those... whatevertheyweres!

theentireinternet

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MisterHippity — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:29:24 EDT

Reporters should burst into flame more often.

MisterHippity

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Phyllis Nefler — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:28:29 EDT

@IBentMyWookie: I clearly am an evil human being, but I could watch her spontaneously break down into quiet heaving sobs all day.

Phyllis Nefler

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AndIAmTellingYou — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:28:19 EDT

Not awl cats lyke yur cudelz!!1!

AndIAmTellingYou

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In Other News... — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:28:12 EDT

Meanwhile, print reporters like Barry Bearak are getting arrested, incarcerated, and pushed off 7-foot-tall bunks for putting their byline in a story.

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luciluce666 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:27:39 EDT

Euphoric delirium.

Ths spontaneous combustion tops it for me.

luciluce666

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VoxPopuli — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:27:12 EDT

Too much laughing and snorting for a Tuesday morning! Can we make this a regular feature like for Monday morning to cheer us up?

I love laughing at the normally smug broadcast people. Ha.

VoxPopuli

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IBentMyWookie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:26:50 EDT

@Phyllis Nefler: I love the cat reporter! It was as though she was deeply, emotionally affected by the cat's fickleness. "Not you too, Mr. Whiskers, not you too..."

IBentMyWookie

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Withnail — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:26:49 EDT

@Phyllis Nefler: Something about placing that clip right after the assault that makes it funnier. But this whole thing is golden.

Withnail

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Nic Fit — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:25:27 EDT

I worry for that old fart on 60 minutes who is always strapping himself into flight training machines and zero gravity apparati.

Nic Fit

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BabsieT — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:24:45 EDT

I really needed that! I am hurting from laughing so hard.

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BalknChain — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:24:03 EDT

I give the reporter hit by a snow tuber an 8 out of 10 for his flip. The whited out by the snow plow reporter was great too.

BalknChain

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Phyllis Nefler — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:21:46 EDT

@pre555soul: That reporter took a class from She Who Will Not Be Named about how to elbow someone out of a frame, clearly.

Phyllis Nefler

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HowardRoarkLaughed — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:20:25 EDT

I think every one of those clips should be reenacted by Nancy Grace.

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Helman — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:20:11 EDT

@IBentMyWookie: It was fantastic!!!! (Although I may be a bad person for falling out of my chair laughing at the motorcycle-lighting-that-woman's-hair-on... clip.)

Helman

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Withnail — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:18:34 EDT

OHIO STATE!!!!

Withnail

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BettyCrocker — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:15:27 EDT

The gal merrily swinging her legs on the flatbed, only to have her ass explode seconds later, is in fierce competition with the ZOMGCat attack for my favorite. *RAWR*

BettyCrocker

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Calitri — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:15:23 EDT

I'm glad every time I've been mauled, set on fire, hit by a car or farted it has been off camera.

Calitri

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Phyllis Nefler — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:14:40 EDT

@HowardRoarkLaughed: I CANT BREATHE

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:14:29 EDT

as are snow plows. and unsuspecting reporters. guarantee that made the driver's day.

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Phyllis Nefler — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:14:22 EDT

That. Is. Incredible.

I don't even know where to begin. The snowplow! The unfortunately-timed "OHIO STATE!" And my favorite YouTube of all time - Grape Lady.

For some reason though, the part that killed me the most was the woman dissolving into whimpering tears after being scratched by a cat. Glorious.

Phyllis Nefler

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IBentMyWookie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:12:50 EDT

And also? Drunk people are fucking awesome.

IBentMyWookie

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IBentMyWookie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:12:32 EDT

That provided an unholy degree of joy.
And the old man yelling at the dog? Brilliant. I maintain that was a lost reel from Network.

IBentMyWookie

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HowardRoarkLaughed — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:11:53 EDT

The grape-stomping clip never fails to brighten my day.

"Uh ah ahch stop it ughh."

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