Nice recovery by the anchor. She acknowledged the error in a semi-lighthearted fashion, but kept the gravity of the story in focus, and then got right back on track with the script.
hmmm missing girl…suspect a convicted murder…given the circumstances not really funny, (slight grin at best) This is a case of just another tool in the production room that couldn’t do a simple job, HIT THE RIGHT BUTTON Dumb ass should work in the Financial Services industry…
All you who are laughing at this are morons and nothing else. Girl’s life is in danger and these idiots made an unforgivable mistake. Whoever did this needs to visit social services because that’s the only place where he should pick up his pay cheques. Someone is making fun out of someone else’s tragedy.
When I saw the preview before it loaded, I totally thought it was going to be a Bish to Bitch flub. Caught totally offguard by Rodney Stanger, when he gets out he owes me a new keyboard
Did anyone else notice that they say she is 16, say she disappeared 8 years ago, (she would have been 8) and that she was on active duty as a lifeguard? I think they had more than the picture messed up.
OMG!!! THAT IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. SERIOUSLY. THERE CAN AND NEVER WILL BE ANYTHING FUNNIER THAN A TWO SECOND GLIMPSE OF A HAMSTER ON A NEWSCAST. IT WAS ESPECIALLY FUNNY HOW THE NEWSREADER HANDLED IT SO WELL AND IN SUCH A PROFESSIONAL AND CALM FASHION. ZOMG!! I THINK I WILL DIE.
I really love the fact that you can hear someone laughing in the background. It’s no wonder they hired that woman to be the anchor.. she has no sense of humor. If a picture of a hamster appeared instead of a convicted felon, I would have lost it.
Hamsters are infamous kidnappers. The most notorious was “Hammy” who in 1932 kidnapped the infant son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, which was referred to as the “crime of the century”. A photo of Hammy was recently discovered….
Upon finally escaping from “The Green Mile”, Mr. Jingles went into hiding and formulated his master plan to frame the man who done him wrong oh so many years ago. And he would have gotten away with it, if it hadn’t been for these meddling kids!
To those wondering how that picture could have got there by mistake. In production and development, often times when an asset isn’t available(in this case, the suspect’s picture) a temporary picture will be thrown in to occupy the place. I often use the same picture that looks off the wall so that I know to go back and change it when I get the correct asset.
@ tho
“am i the only one who wonders where that hamster was needed correctly in the news? ”
Since the hamster is holding a slate, I’m thinking he’s the ‘place holder’ graphic that the production crew uses when they don’t have the correct image loaded in their software yet. He seems to be kind of like one of those old “Please Stand By” graphics. When things go wrong, they sometimes have an image that they cut to like that. Why it’s a hamster is up for debate.
I’ve done years of TV and movie graphics, and instead of a blank box, we always use an image that is obviously not the right one until the project is done. A guy I used to work with always used a picture of Chewbacca, so you could immediately know that the right image was still in the works. Whenever we didn’t have the correct graphic for a computer monitor on “24″ or whatever show it was, we called it a “Chewbacca” (so we always had to make sure that Chewie didn’t end up in the finished show) Instead of a brain scan on Dr. House’s computer monitor or something, we’d have Chewie there until we were done animating the fake MRI or crime scene photo, etc… Luckily we never let that happen (however, plenty of other intentional oddness has appeared in countless shows, if you’re observant).
That kind of mistake happens a lot more often on live shows like the news.
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52 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.Damn. Had to wipe spit off my screen after that one.
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Nice recovery by the anchor. She acknowledged the error in a semi-lighthearted fashion, but kept the gravity of the story in focus, and then got right back on track with the script.
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When the hamster appeared, I had a mouthful of cereal. Took everything I had to keep it there.
Someone at the studio got an ass chewing over that one.
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I laughed so hard, milk shot out of my nose.
- and I wasn’t even drinking milk!
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I, for one, welcome our new hamsterous overlords.
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AAGGHHH KILLER HAMSTERS!!!!!!!!
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I can’t stop laughing!
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Yeah wrong pic of the perp. Was supposed to be a weezel!
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Good one for the anchor! She did a very good job keeping it together.
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Judging by the number of takes on that hamster’s slate, they’re having a bad day on the set.
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Who knew hamsters lived 60 years!?!?!?
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The hamster later teamed up with a rabbit to defeat the Knights of King Arthur.
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I’ve never trusted hamsters.
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I got an amazing laugh out of that. Thank you.
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Photoshoped!
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david – explain why the anchor knew it was obviously not the correct suspect.
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That sucks for the girl. Her kidnapping has become a joke
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I don’t know why you all are laughing.
That hamster looks like a badass.
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How this crap can happen is beyond me damn that’s funny
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BOOBIES!
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hmmm missing girl…suspect a convicted murder…given the circumstances not really funny, (slight grin at best) This is a case of just another tool in the production room that couldn’t do a simple job, HIT THE RIGHT BUTTON
Dumb ass should work in the Financial Services industry…
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My nipples are surprisingly large for a man.
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All you who are laughing at this are morons and nothing else. Girl’s life is in danger and these idiots made an unforgivable mistake. Whoever did this needs to visit social services because that’s the only place where he should pick up his pay cheques. Someone is making fun out of someone else’s tragedy.
Only is fucking USA!
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this proves all hamsters are evil
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uh…. girl has likely been long dead. amount of danger anyone is in at the moment is somewhere around that of getting bit by a shark in tibet.
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Hmm….vid no longer available…sadness. Repost? not even sure what to google for this as there was no setup. Thanks! =]
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the funniest part of it is that the hamster actually looks like a Rodney Stanger
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If you can’t find humor in this, you’re taking life way too seriously. Life is a tragedy, get over it.
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These comments are as funny as the video – keep ‘em coming!!!
‘FapFap’ is my favorite so far LOL!!! SO random – LOVE IT!
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When I saw the preview before it loaded, I totally thought it was going to be a Bish to Bitch flub. Caught totally offguard by Rodney Stanger, when he gets out he owes me a new keyboard
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Did anyone else notice that they say she is 16, say she disappeared 8 years ago, (she would have been 8) and that she was on active duty as a lifeguard? I think they had more than the picture messed up.
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I remember watching that. I would never thought this blurb would be making it to web. Only in Connecticut.
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OMG!!! THAT IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. SERIOUSLY. THERE CAN AND NEVER WILL BE ANYTHING FUNNIER THAN A TWO SECOND GLIMPSE OF A HAMSTER ON A NEWSCAST. IT WAS ESPECIALLY FUNNY HOW THE NEWSREADER HANDLED IT SO WELL AND IN SUCH A PROFESSIONAL AND CALM FASHION. ZOMG!! I THINK I WILL DIE.
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I really love the fact that you can hear someone laughing in the background. It’s no wonder they hired that woman to be the anchor.. she has no sense of humor. If a picture of a hamster appeared instead of a convicted felon, I would have lost it.
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Hamsters are infamous kidnappers. The most notorious was “Hammy” who in 1932 kidnapped the infant son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, which was referred to as the “crime of the century”. A photo of Hammy was recently discovered….
http://tinyurl.com/2dtwg6
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Calm down elliot, you don’t need to let everyone know that you’re an idiot.
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Upon finally escaping from “The Green Mile”, Mr. Jingles went into hiding and formulated his master plan to frame the man who done him wrong oh so many years ago. And he would have gotten away with it, if it hadn’t been for these meddling kids!
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@ Micheal post #27..
Blahahaha.. .I think I peed a little when I read that. Nice.
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Is it just me, or does she look like she’s wearing a bulletproof vest?
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That looks like the same hamster that was seen around our neighborhood before my friend disappeared. Maybe I should call the police.
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WoW! Who knew hamsters lived that long…
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ROFL! My morning tea nearly decorated my computer screen.
But kudos to the newscaster, her recovery was pretty damn good, and fast.
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Bish had it comin. Don’t mess with hamsters.
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thats supposed to be funny?
it barely got a smile out of me. show me a skateboarder getting nutted on a pole and ill spit cereal out of my nose.
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am i the only one who wonders where that hamster was needed correctly in the news?
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Funny stuff. Got a good laugh out of me.
To those wondering how that picture could have got there by mistake. In production and development, often times when an asset isn’t available(in this case, the suspect’s picture) a temporary picture will be thrown in to occupy the place. I often use the same picture that looks off the wall so that I know to go back and change it when I get the correct asset.
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That is Hillarious!!! Not sure how she did not crack up…Props to the guy who put that picture in there!!!
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@ tho
“am i the only one who wonders where that hamster was needed correctly in the news? ”
Since the hamster is holding a slate, I’m thinking he’s the ‘place holder’ graphic that the production crew uses when they don’t have the correct image loaded in their software yet. He seems to be kind of like one of those old “Please Stand By” graphics. When things go wrong, they sometimes have an image that they cut to like that. Why it’s a hamster is up for debate.
I’ve done years of TV and movie graphics, and instead of a blank box, we always use an image that is obviously not the right one until the project is done. A guy I used to work with always used a picture of Chewbacca, so you could immediately know that the right image was still in the works. Whenever we didn’t have the correct graphic for a computer monitor on “24″ or whatever show it was, we called it a “Chewbacca” (so we always had to make sure that Chewie didn’t end up in the finished show) Instead of a brain scan on Dr. House’s computer monitor or something, we’d have Chewie there until we were done animating the fake MRI or crime scene photo, etc… Luckily we never let that happen (however, plenty of other intentional oddness has appeared in countless shows, if you’re observant).
That kind of mistake happens a lot more often on live shows like the news.
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And I thought the squirrels were evil.
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another PETaphile!!!
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There is no way I would have been able to keep a straight face if that happened to me. What an amazing reporter.
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