I know saying “FAIL” is over, but it’s the only word to describe this video of a local TV station making a 7:21 AM phone call to a sleeping person to “help” her win a trip to Greece. Notice the childlike excitement and wonder of the hosts. That’s called “comic juxtaposition” (and also “TV show contest call FAIL”):

Aww. And look how cold it is! This would have been great even without the live TV f-bomb. Related: does anyone remember the TV show or movie where every time the phone rang, one character answered with the name of a radio station, and it was supposed to show how trashy that character was? It’s famous, I swear, and totally the kind of thing Kenny Powers from Eastbound And Down would do. Anyway, that was awesome.

Comments (12)
  1. Canadians are polite.

  2. Mike  |   Posted on Mar 18th, 2009 +2

    One Crazy Summer. Totally underrated John Cusack/Bobcat Goldthwait comedy from the 80s…

  3. yesssss Toronto reppin on Videogum.
    Believe it or not, that female host is a c-list canadian celebrity.
    She’s done a yogurt commercial and everything.

  4. Ken  |   Posted on Mar 18th, 2009 0

    One Crazy Summer, directed by underappreciated genius “Savage” Steve Holland, of Better Off Dead fame.

  5. Sandy Martin  |   Posted on Mar 18th, 2009 0

    Keep in mind that it’s Canada so those temperatures are in celsius. It’s not THAT cold you guys…

  6. Yeeaaay Toronto love! And yes it is cold, when I saw it was 14 degrees (celsius) I was happy our temps are getting around to double digits and decided to break out the spring jacket.

    At four-fucking-teen degrees. (Psst: Also am I the only one that wants to see Kevin some more? I miss his suspenders.)

  7. So many Canadians in these parts. We love the internet.

  8. Shit, I’ll join in on the Toronto lovin’, and add that is currently a balmy 13 degrees here. We rejoice!

  9. Steve  |   Posted on Mar 18th, 2009 0

    Awwwww I used to watch that show every morning before I went to school for about 8 or 9 years. They are pretty good actually in ‘Morning News Show’ standards.

    They always told me when my school bus was canceled because of the snow.
    (First three people to make a Canada/snow joke win a high five!)

  10. If you were to say something right now, what would it be?

    Indeed.

  11. Andrew Dice Clay did that in Ford Fairlane. You pay dirt with K-DIRT. Don’t hate me cause I know that.

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