Every morning, I tune into CP24 to check the current weather and forecast for the day, so I know how to dress, and whether or not I should stop on my way to work to purchase my 18th umbrella for the calendar year.
CP24 (or "Cable Pulse 24") is CityTV's gift to the hyperactive & ADD-affected: Too much information for a normal person to possibly process all at once, changing faster than the speed of light. Super-information overload. News, weather, sports, some kind of TV broadcast in the left-hand corner and, I assume, Shakespearian sonnets and/or other culturally enlightening fodder on a ticker not visable to mine slow-moving eyes/brain.
In the morning, the TV portion of the channel airs their "Breakfast Television" broadcast, starring Dina & Kevin (a surprisingly unannoying pair of hosts, as far as TV hosting duos are concerned). March 16th must have been Kevin's day off because Frank was filling in for him.
Anyway, Breakfast Television was running some kind of contest/promotion (the details of which are irrelevent to this story, which is a good thing, because I don't have the requisite gumption to Google it) where the hosts randomly choose an entrant and call them at the number they've provided. The chosen entrant *must* answer their phone saying "I watch BT" (or something along those lines) in order to win the big prize.
So, Dina & Frank dialed the potential winner....on speakerphone, of course....the phone rang & rang....and rang....Dina & Frank bantered a bit during this period because, let's face it, "watching" a phone ring isn't the most compelling television, morning or otherwise, and they have to keep us entertained!
During their banter, we heard, "POHOELLO" or something like that...
Dina said, "Hello?"
Random Contest Winner replied "Hello?"
Frank said, "If you were to say something right now, what would it be?"
*pause*
Random Contest Winner finally answered, "You people are fucking crazy..."
Naturally, they hung up on her as quickly as possible, but not before the damage was done...and I laughed & laughed...nothin' like genuinely live TV without a time delay!
Thanks Random Contest Winner. You made my Monday.
2 comments:
This is Magical! I actually laughed out loud (LOL'd)!
Just like Dave Devall's last day on CTV; A marching band came in to wish him off (I mean, being a weather man for 48 years warrants a marching band send-off) and all he says is "Holy Shit, Holy Shit". Those were his last words on television. Classic.
Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you that Nat=Fancy Girl. Long story.
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