# Fox News Blooper **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026 "2002-11-09T15:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/1 "2002-11-09T15:42:40Z")
Thanks to Drain Bead for pointing this out- a blooper from a Fox News report about Jennifer Lopez. A must listen/see. If you think you had a bad day, imagine doing this on live TV. [http://www.thedailygoods.com/001.wmv](http://www.thedailygoods.com/001.wmv) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/2 "2002-11-09T15:54:22Z")
Yeah, I was watching Fox News and saw that live. Under the circumstances, the guy did a pretty good job of recovery. I guess something about J-Lo messed with his mind. Or messed with his something. Whatever, watching it live, my first impression was that I felt sorry for the guy, doing that on TV. It didn’t get funny to me until a while later. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/3 "2002-11-09T15:59:58Z")
John Carter, Tar Tarkus. Am I on Barsoom!? I can’t believe it took me this long to find other E.R.B. fans. cool. And, you know, that’s first thing I think whenever I see J-Lo. Something about her face… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/4 "2002-11-09T16:01:01Z")
that’s Tars Tarkus. sorry, must get coffee ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/5 "2002-11-09T16:47:05Z")
ROFL. That’s hilarious. One question; what is a “curb job”? ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/6 "2002-11-09T21:48:36Z")
I’ve always referred to hitting the curb when you’re parallel parking as a “curb job”, and that’s the only way I’ve heard it used. Either way, that’s funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/7 "2002-11-09T23:34:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by davidm \* > \*\*ROFL. That’s hilarious. One question; what is a “curb job”? \*\* I’m stuck for the weekend with a 56K modem setup that won’t download and play the link posted above. If that link contains “curb job” at the critical point, it’s been altered. In the live segment, he said: “blow job” very clearly. :eek: It was unmistakable. **NoClueBoy** : Welcome to the SDMB. You’ll find not only E.R.B. fans here, but fans of just about any sci-fi writer you can think of. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/8 "2002-11-10T00:51:41Z")
Well, he says so and so will be getting her “a curb job, not a blow job…err…block party” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/9 "2002-11-10T04:49:03Z")
Again, what’s a “curb job”? I listened and I think it’s supposed to mean something like “kick her to the curb”-- But that was the first time I’ve ever heard someone say curb job. How long do you think that guy’s gonna hear it? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/10 "2002-11-10T05:20:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Carter of Mars \* > **…If that link contains “curb job” at the critical point, it’s been altered…** No, he says both. He says something like “She’ll be more likely to get a curb job than a blow jo… uh, block party” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/11 "2002-11-10T06:07:43Z")
OK, what you describe sounds like what I recall. The “blow job” was very clear on my TV. As for what a curb job is, I’m lost too. To my knowledge, I’d never heard the term before. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/12 "2002-11-10T06:20:13Z")
I can’t get the link to work. By the way, which newscaster uttered this blooper? It sounds a little like Shepard Smith. He’s always ad-libbing and saying bizarre things. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/13 "2002-11-10T06:25:04Z")
Never mind—got the link to work (much thanks to Virtual PC!). Yes, it was Shepard Smith, indeed. Who else would it be? This guy is so unflappable, yet he says some of the _most_ bizarre things. I am still laughing. Only Smith could pull that line off. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/14 "2002-11-10T19:28:34Z")
The best [art is, being Fox, he’ll prbably get a promotion and his own smack-mouth TV show! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/15 "2002-11-10T20:47:42Z")
There’s a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=143420) about this in MPSIMS, too, that follows just about exactly the same trajectory. Nobody there could explain the ‘curb job’ term, either. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/16 "2002-11-10T22:03:22Z")
If that link doesn’t work for you, try this one: [http://www.randomdrivel.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2956](http://www.randomdrivel.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2956) ---
**Author:** ![fallapart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fallapart/32/3018_2.png) [@fallapart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fallapart)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-blooper/136026/17 "2002-11-11T01:57:00Z")
I think a “curb job” is similar to getting “curb stomped,” in which someone puts your upper jaw on a curb and then stomps on your head.