Grown-Up Comedian Shares Video Of His Disastrous Carmen Sandiego Appearance
When comedian Gregg Gethard was in middle school, he was a contestant on a then-new, now-legendary PBS geography game show called Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? After the show aired during his first weeks of high school, Gregg would become legendary for his appearance, getting recognized in grocery stores for years after the show, in which he attempted to tell a knock-knock joke and ended up doing the Humpty dance on national television. Years later, Gregg has gained the perspective that comes with adulthood, and tells the (longish, but good) story of his fateful TV debut to the blog Comic Vs Audience (Via Die Actor Die.) Humpty Dance video along with Carmen Sandiego nostalgia, after the jump.
One of the best things about internet video are TV skeletons coming out of the closet. If only I could find the video of my college friends successfully pretending to be in a white trash love triangle on Jenny Jones.
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Tags: Gregg Gethard | Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Host: "What's different about Jerusalem from here?"
Ilan: "Well, it's alot safer, and the people are nicer." (Sheepish grin and Anti-American shoulder shrug.)
WHAT?
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That clip is a veritable gold mine of hilarity. Rockapella; Acme Crime Bucks; Lynne Thigpen's forced enthusiasm...this just made my day.
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My friends and I often enjoy looking up old episodes of Carmen Sandiego on YouTube. That show was the best. Well, we also look up old episodes of Supermarket Sweep, so that should tell you something about our childhoods.
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Yes it does, throw in Shop Til You Drop and it was exactly like mine
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