So weird it's a little scary live news flub

Los Angeles CBS 2 News correspondent Serene Branson's report on the Grammy's went so awry that you have to fear for her health. (As far as I can tell, they're not mentioning it on their broadcast or website. Probably too interesting.) Via.

Per the comments, she's been hospitalized.

UPDATE: Or maybe just checked and sent home? Yeah, it's looking like it was not a stroke.

UPDATE: CBS news says she was simply examined at the scene and released.

Giant female wrestler takes over news broadcast

It's like the return of Terry Tate, office linebacker, but even better - - watch Isis the 6'9" wrestler help with the weather report, and slap some sense into the staff.

Newscasters miss bridge implosion

A news program in Chicago intended to show live a bridge implosion, got impatient, cut away to an instudio view, missed it, and then freaked out. Via.

Link roundup

1. A.J. Daulerio on the Favre story: "I’m kind of walking around New York with an envelope full of cash, more than I’d ever seen, meeting mysterious X-person in a hotel to go see a picture of Brett Favre’s penis."

2. Somewhat relatedly, Ernest Borgnine hilariously reveals the secret of a happy life on Fox News.

3. Hulk lamp.

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Watch a CNN anchor snap at his co-anchor

39 seconds in, John Roberts asks Kiran Chetry to stop doing "that."

Link roundup

1. Meet Paul Yarrow, the Fat Guy in the Background of Every Newscast.

2. How to turn a cereal box into a marble run. Also, turning a bunch of paper clips into a pickup game. Via these sites.

3. See a few pages of Paul Pope's new comic, Battling Boy.

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Video of Spain's goalie kissing a reporter during post-game interview

During a post-championship match interview with Telecinco reporter Sara Carbonero, Iker Casillas, goalie for Spain, said some nice words about his family and how happy he was, and then kissed Carbonero (who is his girlfriend). Via.

Video roundup

Worst fill of dead air time ever as anchor asks, "So she's enjoying penis a little bit more, is she?" Via.



Ad for the free download of Portal and teaser for Portal 2.



Squirrel fending off a murder of crows intent on eating a dead squirrel.



Blatant soccer dive.

*Previously: Amorous dogs disrupt a news broadcast.

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Visible sonic boom (video roundup)

Rocket passes through ice crystals, creates visible sonic boom (two minutes in). Via.



Soccer commentator faints during broadcast (30 seconds in).



Pro Kayak Angler Drew Gregory gets attacked by a goose. Via.



Shaun White watches his X-Games wipeout with Letterman. (Crash at 2:26.)



Caleb Moore shows off some incredible tricks on a snowmobile.

*Previously: Crate Men Attack Australia.

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HSN host breaks TV while demonstrating Wii peripheral

To promote a $329 set of Wiimote attachments (!), an HSN host played Wii Tennis a little too vigorously and hurled the attachment he was promoting right into the TV, breaking the screen (the magic happens five minutes in). Even though they've just demonstrated what a bad idea the attachments are, the hosts don't miss a beat and continue shamelessly promoting the product. Via.

*Previously: Video of Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe in his early days as a QVC salesman.

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Amorous dogs disrupt a news broadcast (link roundup)

Funny video of a news station trying to advertise dogs up for adoption. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Popular Science lists five tools, including a solar-powered charger and UV water purification system, to help you survive the apocalypse.

2. DC Comics Solicitations for November 2009.

3. I find this hard to believe, but the White House apparently set up a tip line and asked people to forward emails critical of the proposed health care reform. They've since canceled the program.

*Previously: Plush dog wearing underwear.

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Watch as Lindsay Soto tries to cover up her cleavage on live tv (link roundup)

It's tough being a girl. In the middle of trying to interview a hockey player, Lindsay Soto is apparently told she's showing way too much cleavage and spends the rest of the interview trying various techniques to cover up. Via.

And a few more links:

1. The fear was that allowing antiquities to be sold on eBay would encourage looters to redouble their efforts. But what actually happened was the looters decided it was far easier to sell fakes on eBay. Via.

2. Trish Van Pilsum, a reporter for a Fox affiliate in Minnesota, apparently planned on driving around a school trying to ask young children for directions to see how easy it was to kidnap them. I'm not clear whether it happened, or she came to her senses before scaring kids for the sake of journalism. (One Halloween, a creepy van followed me and my friends around until we spotted a security patrol, who scared the guy off.)

3. I'm still on the fence as to whether I think this a sweet story:

Katie Kirkpatrick, 21, held off cancer to celebrate the happiest day of her life. Katie had chased away cancer once, only to have it return - to clog her lungs and grab hold of her heart. Breathing was difficult now, she had to use oxygen. The pain in her back was so intense it broke through the morphine that was supposed to act as a shield. Her organs were shutting down but it would not stop her from marrying Nick Godwin, 23, who was in love with Katie since 11th grade. Five days later, Katie died.

Photo gallery. Via these sites.

4. Old Honeywell ad shows once upon a time, email was terrifying. (Heck, neither of my parents use it.)

*Previously: Katamari Damacy wedding cake.

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Fake names that made it on TV (link roundup)

A roundup of fake names that made it on TV. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Clever art tip - - the frame and mat can easily be the most expensive part of the project, so try to find a well-priced one before you start your project. For example, this frame screams Sith Lord sketch.

2. A vintage speech by Bill Gates as a commando in Doom - - it's promoting Windows 95 as a game platform. (I'm not clear on why he's wearing a trench coat.) By the way, the video is at Rene Walter's Nerdcore. I consider Rene to be my blogging doppelganger because most days I could happily repost everything he finds.

3. Supposedly, Joseph Biden's daughter was caught on film snorting cocaine and she was set up by a friend who is shopping the video. I've never done drugs and I hardly drink, but come on, it's time to legalize the stuff.

4. 1Up is hosting a Brutal Legend minisite.

*Previously: Bono's real name is...

*Buy the Doom board game at eBay.

Watch a woman faint mid-interview (link roundup)

Right in the middle of a live interview about volleyball, this woman faints. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Sunday, April 19, Kidrobot and various retailers listed here will be hosting Munny Mobile-decorating events, which will include free Munny Mobiles.

2. Nine good ideas for making business meeting useful.

3. So, let's say you agree to become a surrogate mother (carry someone else's child until birth) in exchange for a large sum of money. And then you find out the money's gone and you won't be paid. Can you go ahead and abort the child? Can you put the child up for adoption? Can you keep it for yourself and sue for child support?

4. Korean dry cleaners in New York City are using plastic bags to "propagandize over an ancient land dispute with Japan." (Photo link.)

*Previously: Reporter slips, falls, groans in pain during live broadcast.

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Fox News anchor repeatedly and accidentally says "top cock"

Watch as Fox News reporter Jane Skinner repeatedly says "top cock" instead of "top cop"



Via.

*See more live news bloopers here.

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Reporter slips, falls, groans in pain during outdoor report

"Are you all right Mike? No, you're not."



*Previously: News anchor's tooth falls out during live broadcast.

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News anchor's tooth falls out during broadcast

This is pretty horrifying actually. A news anchor named Craig Cannon was in the middle of a news report when his tooth fell right out of his mouth:



Via.

Here's more random links:

1. When people are in an environment covered in graffiti and other signs of decay, they're more likely litter and steal. Via.


2. But I'm not sure if that study is compatible with the conclusion that people who wash their hands are more likely to act unethically. If you're a dirty boy, you'll feel bad about yourself and act more ethically. Via.


3. Athletes are using viagra hoping it'll help their performance on the field. Probably doesn't help, aside from the placebo effect, however.


4. The AP will resume using photographs provided by the US military since the Pentagon said it would stop providing (such easily detected) Photoshopped images.


5. Finally, don't click on this story unless you want to have nightmares. I couldn't bring myself to watch the video. Via.

*Previously: Scientists trying to save species accidentally stock lakes with wrong fish.

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"Child Molester" pops onto screen during weather forecast

As this poor weatherman tries to forecast the weather, "Child molester" appears on the screen



Via Soup Cans, which has a bit of information about the sad incident.

Here's a few more random links:



Watchmensch, coming from Rich Johnston.



Remember being in taught that the tongue was divided into sweet, sour, salty, and bitter areas? Yeah, that's not true. Via.




A whole lotta people have been fired from Wired. Awhile back a subscription to the LA Times got you a free subscription to Wired, and I still didn't want the deal.



Aborigines in Australia (and only Aborigines) are banned from watching pornography (for their own good). Don't worry, the porn lobby is fighting for their rights. Via.




Is the new minimalist "Quarter Pounder" McDonald's store in Japan some kind of elaborate prank? Or is the economy really so bad that people can suspend belief and view a quarter pounder as classy?

*Previously: Vintage McDonald's sign.

*Find Happy Meal and cereal toys at eBay.

Video: Hurricane Ike takes out Geraldo Rivera

In the middle of a live report on Hurricane Ike, a wave knocks Geraldo Rivera right off his feet:



Via.

*Previously: Reporter blown into shrub during Hurricane Ike report.

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Reporter's live report interrupted by pigs having sex

Stick with it until she notices what's going on behind her. Via.

*Previously: Guy in a bear suit interrupts Hurricane Ike broadcast.

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