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Good Marketing Strategy?

billysumday — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:30:27 -0800

A filmmaker and festival director goes on a morning news show to promote his local theater and a traveling flim festival. Totally routine interview until - d'oh! A good reason not to go on tv when you're either super nervous or hungover (Quicktime movie). (via)

By: billysumday

billysumday — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:31:25 -0800

Flim festival? Sorry. Film festival, obviously. Oh, and hopefully this isn't a double. I looked but didn't find nuthin.

By: VulcanMike

VulcanMike — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:43:42 -0800

lol

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:46:05 -0800

Actual footage? Or film-student creation?

By: tzelig

tzelig — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:49:17 -0800

Looks staged, but I've got no audio at work. - SPOILER ALERT - the siamese twins jump out around the last quarter, sorry my QT doesn't have a timecode.

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:50:37 -0800

Never mind, found the station and the anchor. (Now just watch, metafilter will probably make her into the newswoman who interviewed the puking man ruining her career.)

By: davelog

davelog — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:54:10 -0800

This has done the rounds before - and IIRC, it's staged.

By: strawberryviagra

strawberryviagra — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:04:59 -0800

What? - he sat there with a reservoir of congealed custard in his mouth and spoke reasonably coherently, for most of the interview and then faux vomitted? I'll have to try this at christmas.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:07:07 -0800

His coming back up to answer her next question as if it were completely natural is the best part.

By: sexyrobot

sexyrobot — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:10:12 -0800

BORK!

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:21:08 -0800

If it was staged, my guess is when it looks like he's coughing into his fist he's actually sucking something up through a straw in his fist. *looks again* Yup! That's definitely what's happening. Look what his cheek is doing while he has his fist to his mouth -- definitely filling up with something. Of course, I guess you could say he was throwing up into his mouth at that point, and he's simply coughing it up. I don't know.

By: dash_slot-

dash_slot- — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:36:05 -0800

KikJobSluder: re: the anchor and her profile - Michelle and her husband, Mark, have two Chihuahuas, Jack and Tinkerbelle, a 3-year-old nephew, Chase, and a 2-year-old niece, Zoe. When she's not working, Michelle enjoys traveling. Why does she enumerate her siblings children? That's really odd - it's a good job she doesn't come from Irish catholic stock, else her mini bio would be considerably longer...

By: afroblanca

afroblanca — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:37:15 -0800

Wow, bizarre. I actually know the FFFF people. I'm never going to let Ryan hear the end of this one....

By: Manhasset

Manhasset — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:39:31 -0800

It's definitely staged. Too poor production value to not be. And no tv show in their right mind would let an unknown in his condition on live television.

By: afroblanca

afroblanca — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:40:30 -0800

Actually, it does look staged. Had me fooled though. Creative guys....

By: billysumday

billysumday — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:44:30 -0800

Staged? Doesn't seem staged to me at all. I've known people that get that nervous. And he looks so defeated at the end...

By: billysumday

billysumday — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:45:04 -0800

no tv show in their right mind would let an unknown in his condition on live television. Umm... sure they would.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:45:41 -0800

Damn, it was better when George the First did this in Japan and it wasn't staged. But still, anytime you mix puke (or mock puke) with, well, anything else, you're going to make a splash (literally).

By: symphonik

symphonik — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:03:36 -0800

Bonus points! I know I've heard that intro music before -- I think on a game? Anyone know where they jacked it from?

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:31:08 -0800

Manhasset: You must not watch any small-time (or, hell, any PBS, even) tv shows - all of them have "poor production value." As for letting unknowns in "that state" on, what about that famous sportscaster who gets attacked for calling his guest by the wrong name? There are probably plenty of other examples from real news shows of guests doing something crazy.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:31:38 -0800

F-Zero on SNES, symphonik. I was expecting it to go "Wheeeeee" as it does when the camera zooms down to the level of the track.

By: rajbot

rajbot — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:46:59 -0800

Heh.. that clip is hosted on my account! That's my friend Tyrone, who puts together the Free Form Film Festival.. The film festival was touring through Columbia, MO, and he went the local news to promote it. What more can I say. Tyrone is way ahead of his time. Future generations will either recognize him as a great director or the *greatest* director.

By: symphonik

symphonik — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:47:44 -0800

odinsdream: Awesome! That's it... Now, where's my copy of Snes9x?

By: rajbot

rajbot — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:03:40 -0800

I'm posting for my brother, rajbot, who is currently on the train. This is only one in a long line of Tyrone stories. Tyrone is one of our great friends who we grew up with in Missouri. I can assure you the vomit is real. Tyrone has the ability to vomit on command. This is more useful than you may realize...it has gotten him out of some particularly boring situations. The reason the vomit looks blue is because it consists mostly of Blue's Clues ice cream that he was eating in preparation for his stunt. The news team had no idea....they eventually realized he did it on purpose and were pretty pissed. You can't say Tyrone wouldn't suffer for his art...check out his festival if it ever comes through your town. btw, it would be great if you could limit clicking on the link for the next couple of hours until my brother can get home and deal with the traffic.

By: birdherder

birdherder — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:18:43 -0800

That was awesome. Tyrone is on my directors to watch list.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:24:52 -0800

NEWSFLASH: MAN SETS FOOT ON MOON. Full story to follow.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:28:19 -0800

This was on eBaumsworld about 18 months ago and wasn't even worth posting then.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:34:56 -0800

Really? I didn't see the watermark. What, he's stealing content from the future now?

By: hoborg

hoborg — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:03:42 -0800

Um. A little warning would have been appreciated, by the way. I'm not at work, I just have a strange aversion to seeing people vomit. Carry on.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:01:08 -0800

Is vomitting on purpose ~ fake vomitting on purpose?

By: craniac

craniac — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:55:19 -0800

Am I the only one who thinks that this is awesome? Apparently.

By: NationalKato

NationalKato — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:28:22 -0800

meh. if you're going to faux vomit on television, try and make it looks real. or exciting.

By: Shfishp

Shfishp — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:51:36 -0800

hoborg...seriously? That description was quite sufficient as a warning of what was coming up on that link.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:54:56 -0800

tzelig, do not steal my jokes or I will make you puke. On TV!

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:57:01 -0800

Make that --> my jokes