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October 20, 2003
QVC Live
There's a clip making the rounds somewhere online of the joys of live TV when demonstrating a ladder.
"Everybody wants this ladder!'' Renee said. "I live in an apartment with vaulted ceilings," she continued as, on camera, a guest demonstrator climbed to the top of a telescoping ladder - then slipped and fell about six feet to the floor. "Uh-oh," said Renee, who continued with her testimonial as the camera quickly cut from a shot of the demonstrator - identified only as Chris - writhing on his back, to a view of another ladder in another part of the studio. "And that has never happened," Renee said.
Luckily the demonstrator was only slightly injured.
My son & I used to watch QVC from time to time just to catch such occasionally "oopsies". My favorite was the time the perky host opened this suitcase thing full of makeup and said brightly, "Just look at all this shit....uh, stuff!"
Cracked us up.
Posted by Rita at October 20, 2003 06:08 AM
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That reminds me of the early days of satellite TV when you could just grab a feed straight from the satellite.
We used to watch Boston Celtics games direct from the feed, and it was usually quite entertaining when the network would go to commercial. The feed stayed live and the mics were hot.
Posted by: mtpolitics at October 20, 2003 06:24 AM
Bet that was a hoot!
Posted by: Rita at October 20, 2003 07:44 AM
I remember watching one of those satellite streams and catching Peter Jennings picking his nose. I haven't been able to watch him without giggling ever since.
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Posted by: David Strain at October 20, 2003 04:36 PM
Those of us who are a little more gray around the temples remember when prime time TV was live. As one of the news shows said, "See It Now!"
Posted by: Ralph Gizzip at October 20, 2003 05:56 PM
I vaguely remember way back then Ralph.
: )
Posted by: Rita at October 20, 2003 06:01 PM