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July 13, 2009

Leon's Boss Plays Him Like A Punk

Sure. The law states "any goof during a news broadcast must and will be posted to the internet." And it's not like the combination of the "Deadly Crash" chyron against Leon's oblivious suit-straightening and rapid-fire Specs Howard School of Broadcasting Professional Vocal Exercise, leading into a cutaway in which his fellow announcer's play him off Keyboard Cat-style with the damnation of faint praise ("we found out Leon can count, but we always knew we were assholes") is certainly worthy of the Internet's copious amounts of free time and careless attention (I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS, JUST PUT IT IN MY EYES).

But did the news station really have to PUT THE CLIP ON-LINE THEMSELVES? You can't fire Leon, he quits. (Via BuzzFeed.)

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Leon just thought they were throwing to him with the question, "How people died in the horrific crash today?'

Posted by: Mr. Gunderson profile link at 07/13/09 3:25 PM  | Reply
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Leon is actually the consummate professional! Instead of yelling at the cameraman he followed the 'don't embarrass the station and be a dick to the cameraman cos you think the camera is off but its on, dummy' protocol. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-Winner!

Posted by: Ben (waiting for the perfect GIF) profile link at 07/13/09 3:29 PM  | Reply
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Play him off keyboard gorilla.

Posted by: Kenny Powers profile link at 07/13/09 3:31 PM  | Reply
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He was counting the potential jobs he had lined up as head newscaster that disappeared.

Posted by: TalbainJ2: TalbainJ Harder profile link at 07/13/09 3:36 PM  | Reply
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How long until news stations start hiring homeless people to set up this stunt for web traffic and page views? 12345678910 minutes? 12345678910 hours? 12345678910 days?!?! Inquiring (and jobless) minds want to know!

Posted by: Teh Cazbar profile link at 07/13/09 3:46 PM  | Reply
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That's my local news, right there. I claim it.

Posted by: Scrabio at 07/13/09 3:53 PM  | Reply
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Yeah, unfortunately it's mine too. Now it's my turn to be embarrassed and proud simultaneously.

Couldn't it have been their dumbass sports anchor, at least? (he really is a dumbass. I have a long story about him that includes him mistaking the word "syllabus" for "thesaurus" at a writer's workshop...again, long story).

Posted by: Roosevelt Franklin profile link  in reply to  Scrabio's comment at 07/13/09 6:01 PM  | Reply
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There are more people from West Michigan on here than I expected. I really wish something like this had happened to Miranda instead. Having met her personally, she is a smug, self-righteous, BITCH.

Posted by: Teh_Nightman profile link  in reply to  Scrabio's comment at 07/13/09 6:24 PM  | Reply
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right on. for real...lots of west michiganders. hello, brethren!

yes, miranda is the worst...but can we talk for a minute about suzanne geha's face?

Posted by: paige. profile link  in reply to  Teh_Nightman's comment at 08/31/09 10:41 AM  | Reply
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If only he had counted like this.

Posted by: Detroit Dutchgirl profile link at 07/13/09 3:55 PM  | Reply
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or like THIS

Posted by: Becca profile link  in reply to  Detroit Dutchgirl's comment at 07/13/09 4:14 PM  | Reply
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Someday my children will return from school and tell me that teacher said "and to the" is not a number and then I will promptly begin homeschooling them.

Posted by: moonmaster profile link  in reply to  Becca's comment at 07/13/09 5:41 PM  | Reply
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Oh Michigan, you and your kid reporters. Wait, he is a kid reporter, right?

Posted by: unbiased profile link at 07/13/09 4:04 PM  | Reply
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Basically. But you know who wouldn't have messed up like that? Damon Weaver. Professionalism!

Posted by: Whyareyouyelling profile link  in reply to  unbiased's comment at 07/13/09 4:23 PM  | Reply
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"And you can count on me waiting for you in the parking lot."

Posted by: Gary Bang at 07/13/09 4:14 PM  | Reply
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That's the gospel right there!

Posted by: unbiased profile link at 07/13/09 4:36 PM  | Reply
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It's all about raisin' those C-P-Ms

Posted by: cranB profile link at 07/13/09 6:24 PM  | Reply
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yaaaaaaaaaaaay! my boyfriend's college roomie, all grown up! he's a very suave guy. :D

Posted by: laura at 07/14/09 11:51 AM  | Reply
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this doesn't strike me as being that embarrassing.
i'm not certain why this is even a thing?
obvs technical difficulties, but still....
'oh, haha, leon is a professional who spends his off-camera prep time doing things like making sure he looks sharp and that his voice is all warmed up! hahaha! what a maroon! burned!'

Posted by: caringiscool profile link at 08/12/09 11:10 AM  | Reply
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