The Tapes of Wrath

Brock Samson

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Has anyone else seen these? I found them on Youtube, they are blooper reels from a reporting convention thing, apparently which took place in the eighties. A couple of the segments have little numbers on news photogs, and I thought they were pretty funny. Just take a look at this one for starters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzORSArW0sE

Cracked me up, I tell ya. Especially the "Ahoy! Ahoy!" part.
 

Grangeway

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Has anyone else seen these? I found them on Youtube, they are blooper reels from a reporting convention thing, apparently which took place in the eighties. A couple of the segments have little numbers on news photogs, and I thought they were pretty funny. Just take a look at this one for starters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzORSArW0sE

Cracked me up, I tell ya. Especially the "Ahoy! Ahoy!"part.[/QUOTE

"The Tapes of Wrath" is true genius. I'll wager some of the senior D.C. photographers can enlighten us about whether it was a Gridiron Show bit or what.

I got my 3/4" dub (Mmm... 3/4" U-matic) from Brink Chipman at WHO in 1984. The sad thing is the my dub was probably sixth- or seventh-generation so it was noisy as hell then. I bet it's had it by now. I've thought about contacting that YouTube poster to see if I could score a decent Beta dub of "The Tapes of Wrath."

There all kinds of hilarious bits. Just check out the wheels-off Hanukkah live shot.

Try to figure out who's who in "Dirty Laundry" as a brain-teaser... especially if you're over the age of forty. Gerry Studds... didn't he just move on to the next plane? James G. Watt?
Anyone? Anyone?

I agree there's nothing better than Gilbert and Sullivan tricked up for photographer promos. My favorite lines are "Our coats are made of plastic/Our cables are elastic."

KUTV has some outtakes on iTunes for download. They're humorous also.

That is all. Carry on.
 

Chronically Confused

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the whole ordeal with the ENG truck just made me gasp in disbelief. How could he keep going with the alarm blaring and people running for their lives?
 

Brock Samson

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Old trucks didn't have alarms
Pardon my Fench, but, Old trucks my a$$. My last station didn't have them in trucks that were less than a year old. I wouldn't rely on alarms for everything, anyway. That's as sure a way to get zapped as never looking up at lines at all.

Now please, allow me to un-hijack this thread and direct everyone's attention to the video goodness above!
 

SurfAwave69

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Pardon my Fench, but, Old trucks my a$$. My last station didn't have them in trucks that were less than a year old. I wouldn't rely on alarms for everything, anyway. That's as sure a way to get zapped as never looking up at lines at all.

Now please, allow me to un-hijack this thread and direct everyone's attention to the video goodness above!
The video is awesome! I also agree with you about not relying on the alarms...I just know the trucks that I have had experience with all had them...but, again, awesome video..my apologies.
 

rocky1138

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boy I hate this thread

clicked on the link & then started watching news bloopers for 2 hours

I need to buy some more asprin b/c my cheeks are hurting from laughing so much

thanks a lot!
 
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