# Hilarious news blooper this morning (Probably Safe For Work) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103 "2015-07-24T20:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/21 "2015-07-25T17:19:12Z")
“Blooper” is not the right word to describe this story. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/22 "2015-07-25T17:22:28Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Here’s an opportunity to ask something I’ve always wanted to know when I see this type of thing posted. How is it that you were watching the local news and just happened to be recording it at the same time? How were you capturing the recording so it could then be posted on YouTube? I can’t pull video off my DVR. I was watching the TV with the sound off and saw the story about the Harley recall, so I backed up the live feed with the DVR and watched it over with a little sound. Then the Amazon thing came on, and I knew my wife would be interested (she does Amazon stuff) and then the moment came! So, I backed it up again (I have a DishTV DVR) and popped a DVD-RW into the DVD recorder and hit record and played it over. It took my wife and 13 year old to get it to YouTube. (Wife wanted to share it with the Amazon message board she haunts) > [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think there was the assumption that the OP was the one who recorded it: I think the “you” in that post was generic, and directed to whoever-it-was who did record it. Yeah, it was me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/23 "2015-07-25T17:35:35Z")
Now, how it got from the DVD-RW to YouTube, I don’t have a clue. My wife tried it herself, and failed. Then she got the kid involved and somehow they made it happen. I have no clue. Something about converting files and blah blah blah. _Damn Kids!_ They went to Grandma’s. I’ll ask when they get back. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/24 "2015-07-25T21:05:58Z")
Um…I may or may not have gotten this as the current top hit on Reddit. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/q8rAwty.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/q8rAwty) [Reddit comment thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/3ekrd3/news_anchor_offers_his_own_theory_as_to_how/) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/25 "2015-07-25T21:20:47Z")
“Friend” I LOLed. Congrats to the OP. That WAS A good one. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/26 "2015-07-25T21:21:16Z")
Where is my money-check? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/27 "2015-07-25T21:22:42Z")
Tell you what - we’ll split it 50/50. Actually, doesn’t YouTube have some sort of option where you can allow them to show ads and you get paid if your video gets above some number of views? You could do that. And then send ME the check! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/28 "2015-07-25T21:39:13Z")
I’ll get the kid on it. I just hope the guy doesn’t get in trouble. If he isn’t already. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/29 "2015-07-25T21:49:31Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Where is my money-check? 😉 I spent mine on sex toys. Jeezus, don’t you even listen to your own links ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/30 "2015-07-25T22:13:28Z")
The documentary series Reno 911 is starting to make a lot more sense now. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/31 "2015-07-26T02:14:51Z")
Sometimes a cigar is not just as cigar. IFYKWIM. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/32 "2015-07-26T02:34:44Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Here’s an opportunity to ask something I’ve always wanted to know when I see this type of thing posted. How is it that you were watching the local news and just happened to be recording it at the same time? How were you capturing the recording so it could then be posted on YouTube? I can’t pull video off my DVR. > **[Amazon.com: Hauppauge 610 USB-Live 2 Analog Video Digitizer and Video Capture...](https://www.amazon.com/Hauppauge-610-USB-Live-Digitizer-Capture/dp/B0036VO2BI)** > > Buy Hauppauge 610 USB-Live 2 Analog Video Digitizer and Video Capture Device Black/White: Video Converters - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases While this doesn’t say in the description that it can be used with a cable box, it can be. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/33 "2015-07-26T03:34:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **muldoonthief** : > > You’ve got to break the same security that prevents you from tuning to premium channels you haven’t paid for, which cable companies and manufacturers are very serious about. So no, it’s not “pretty easy”. That’s if you’ve got a DVR service as part of your cable plan. If instead we’re talking about a DVR device that’s sitting in your living room, the data is already there, you just need to convince it to give it to you. And the company that made that device doesn’t have a strong incentive to secure it like the cable company does (possibly a nominal bit of security for the sake of an agreement made with the cable company, but no more). ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/34 "2015-07-26T04:16:06Z")
Not only is that not a blooper but he’s 100% right. That’s a huge part of Amazon’s business, and last I checked, not part of Walmart’s. No reason not to acknowledge it. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/35 "2015-07-27T14:32:41Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > …popped a DVD-RW into the DVD recorder and hit record and played it over. Thanks for coming back to explain. That was the link I couldn’t figure out. So you have a DVD recorder capturing output from your DVR/cable box. I don’t have that intermediate rig. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Now, how it got from the DVD-RW to YouTube, I don’t have a clue. That part I know how to do. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/36 "2015-07-27T15:37:24Z")
I see you’re over a million views now. You’re welcome slash sorry, whichever is more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/37 "2015-07-27T16:44:07Z")
Yeah, it appears to have gone “viral”. Wife says its on HuffPo and Time and News 2 has had to come out with a statement. Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/38 "2015-07-27T16:52:48Z")
Sighhhhhh. I used to know that poster before he got famous and bitchy… 🙂 If that video couldn’t go viral Ebola can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/39 "2015-07-27T17:57:10Z")
John Potter is gonna find my ass and give me a beat-down! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103/40 "2015-07-27T18:02:40Z")
🙂 I owe you a beer or three. I’ve probably watched that damn thing 30 times. The more I watch it, the more perfect it is. You start looking at the various details and stuff and it just gets better. It’s one of those "they put it in the movie script and it was rejected because that’s just not believable " sorta things. PS. I hope the anchor man got nothing more than a stern lecture because, hey, everybody fucks up now and then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-news-blooper-this-morning-probably-safe-for-work/726103.md?page=3)