Showing posts with label television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label television. Show all posts
Monday, January 14, 2019

Bad 1958 TV Program Has Oddly Familar Trump Bad Guy

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A character in a 1958 show "Trackdown" was named Walter Trump, who was a con man trying to steal all the wealth from an Old Wes...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

News Bloopers Of 2017 A Good Time Waster To Close Out The Year

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As is always the case on live news programs, things go wrong, like this uninvited furry guest on a news program.  At the end of December...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016

I'm A Sucker For America;s Got Talent Surprises: Re: Linkin Bridge

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Linkin Bridge wowed 'em on "America's Got Talent"    The 2016 summer season of " America's Got Talent" ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Yet Another AWESOME Local TV News Interview

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Floyd Briggs, pictured here, has given the best local television interview so far this year. Image from KFOR.   Floyd Briggs is going to...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Eyewitness TV Interview Goes BOOM! Heads Up For Flying Manhole Cover

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Look carefully: That's a manhole cover rocketing skyward behind this man who was being interviewed on TV.   Sunday afternoon, an und...
Monday, March 16, 2015

More News Bloopers, Because We Can't Get Enough Of Them

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A television reporter in Dallas finds himself interviewing an interesting eyewitness during a recent live report.   Television news ofte...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Gong Show's Gene, Gene The Dancing Machine Dies; Mourning The Loss Of A Bit Of Tackiness

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Gene, Gene The Dancing Machine, left, always sent Gong Show host Chuck Barris (right) into spasms of uncontrollable joy.   Word spread o...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Reporter Mugged While In Front Of TV Cameras

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One of two muggers threatens South African television reporter Vuyo Mvoko as he prepared for a live shot in front of a Johannesburg hospit...
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Idiotic Couple Mocks Eric Garner During News Report

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Today's New York Daily News Front Page was graphic, but much more tasteful than an idiotic couple mugging for the cameras behind a...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Crime Wave Hits Vermont: Broccoli Worth $300 Stolen From Farm

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Add caption Just like every other state in the nation, we here in Vermont have problems with crime, including drug related burglaries, d...
Monday, September 22, 2014

Cannabis And F-Bomb Included In On-Air Reporter's Quitting Moment

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Now former reporter Charlo Greene at the KTVA studios in Alaska during happier times.   You see a lot of churn in local television news ...
Friday, May 16, 2014

News Anchor Learns Of Friend's Suicide While Reading TelePrompter On Air

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My heart goes out to Lee Chingua, a television anchor for Next TV News in Taiwan, who quite possibly had the worst, saddest and most public ...
Friday, May 9, 2014

You Think The Shout Fest TV "News" Shows In The U.S. Are Obnoxious? Try Jordan

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A television "news" show in Jordan   I never watch those so-called news panel shows on the networks like Fox and CNN. It's...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Bunnies Do What Bunnies Do: Why You Shouldn't Trust Them On Live TV

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Thank Gawd Easter is over!   The newscast at WBIR in Knoxville goes off the rails due to bunny sex.  Now we don't have to fear the...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

A Surprise, Wonderful, Cinematic Firestone Tire Ad Makes Me Happy

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As I always do in those rare instances when somebody manages to produce an advertisement that's actually compelling and well made, I mus...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

How Did That Guy Pull Off That Wheel Of Fortune Miracle?

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I'm frankly not a big fan of the game show "Wheel of Fortune" where contestants guess the letters in a phrase until they can ...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

TV Station Has Audio Meltdown. News Anchors Hilariously Make Do With Handwritten SIgns

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Television station WGN in Chicago recently had probably one of the worst possible types of meltdowns during a morning newscast. The audio...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Does Michael J. Fox Agree This Is A Fun Fact?

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Hyping the Golden Globes today, E! News flashed a bunch of "fun facts" as the celebrities made their way along the red carpet. ...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

All Parents Must Watch French Anti-Bullying Ad

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Bullying has been hugely in the news lately, what with the bullying case in the Miami Dolphins locker room that led one player to quit and ...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Your Monday Morning At Work Bad? Not As Bad As This Guy's

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The new anchor on some television station overseas tried to gamely go on as his coworkers shared an unpleasant day at the office. A short ...