Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts

FAKE FERRIS FAILS

One minute into the pilot for the Ferris Bueller TV series, the person pretending to be Ferris takes a cardboard cut-out of Matthew Broderick and chainsaws his head off. It's a truly horrifying moment, made worse when you discover that Jeanie Bueller, Ferris's obnoxious sister, is played by Jennifer Aniston.

Somehow the pilot was picked up and was aired in 1990. Thankfully, order was quickly restored to the universe when the show was cancelled in its first season.

PS: Still would


BALLS UP

Our friend Brendan Donnelly has thrown together some TV presenter bloopers, the funniest being this one from Dutch TV where a reporter is interviewing a man who lost his testicles in a medical mix-up. FAKE ALERT: This is actually from a Dutch comedy show.


HANGOVER'S GUIDE TO HANGOVERS (TV)

In my opinion no hangover is complete without watching 4-6 hours of godawful, STDs-for-your-eyes TV. Amateur viewers might think that means watching reruns of Who's the Boss or Fresh Prince. WRONG. Hangover TV is meant to emulate your current state. In a perfect world there would be a TV show catering to the hungover soul featuring garbage bags and flies, but this isn't a perfect world, so you'll have to settle on shows produced by MTV such as Parental Control and True Life. Of course, no hangover TV benders are complete without watching at least one infomercial. In North America you've got one choice, the Magic Bullet. Here's a sample: