Diary of Fools.: The Perils of Live Television

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Hey, I gotta give the guy credit for getting through that. Had he not been so cool, he could've wound up like THESE poor bastards:

blaine_fridley said...: hahahahaha!

that second dude's instant transition from bryant gumble to richard pryor is priceless.

"What really happened atWHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? I'm dyin' in this fuckin' country-azz fucked-up town…"

ha!; 8:04 AM
Merton Sussex said...: That always cracked me up. I mean, it's pretty well-known that most local-news TV peeps go for that sort of flat, even "anchor" tone, but it's never been so splendidly displayed just how far some of them have to come to achieve that. Sort of like David Allen Grier in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," except with an actual, natural bl'accent to fall back on.; 10:13 AM
Tajmccall said...: It's called a regionless dialect, and its fucking delicious.

Perfect analogy, Blaine.; 1:26 PM
Squidsquirts said...: Love those live moments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJbpNlzk6qQ

That's one from our local TV- love the way he's the 'chairperson'.; 10:46 PM