Sidney Crosby’s goal to win the Olympic gold medal for the Canadian men’s hockey team (to add to the Olympic gold won by the Canadian women’s team). Winning Olympic gold in hockey is sweet; beating the US Americans to do it is super-sweet. 
Since someone has ressurected this thread, it seems to me the right place to ask this - I was having a few friends over for dinner the other night and we got to talking about this topic. One thing that we all vaguely recalled (but couldn’t definitely pinpoint) was a TV news incident that happened probably in the late 70s. It happened on a NYC area news show. One of the anchors was just finishing up a story about a serial rapist (either just having been caught, or police were still looking for him.) They cut to the weather report. And the weatherman made a straightfaced comment in a very cheerful tone that (paraphrasing) “Ladies, If ever you find yourself in a situation where you’re about to get raped and escape is impossible, why not just lie back and enjoy it?”
Does anyone remember that - or who the weatherman was?
As far as unforgettable TV moments since this thread was first posted, I’ll add
Mad Men - the John Deere tractor episode.
That’s almost exactly what Clayton Williams said to a group of reporters around a campfire when he was running for Governor of Texas in 1990.
The recent tsunami in Japan. The live helicopter shots of the tsunami racing towards the towns and fields and destroying everything in its path.
Tex Antoine. That quip has the distinction of a) being unoriginal, b) guaranteed to get whoever says it in deep shit, and c) still used by men despite it being unoriginal and guaranteed to get them in deep shit.
I have so many, but one thing that I think of often is from BSG. I’ll spoiler-box if necessary.
Battlestar Galactica
The Columbia disaster. I’ll remember that one for a long, long time: Waking up in a cold freshmen dorm room, my three roomates still asleep, and seeing the story on Slashdot while still-half asleep. Didn’t seem real until I turned on the television and saw the footage of falling debris.
Should we add Bobby Knight to the list as well?
Violent rape of a five year girl? Deep shit? Hell, Tex should have been buried in deep nuclear waste interfaced with a bunch of HIV positive needles.
I haven’t read all of the posts and I’m sure this has already been said…
That episode of “Gilligan’s Island” where the are about to be rescued and Gilligan screws it up at the last minute.
I happened to be watching the press conference live on ABC news in Philadelphia when Bud Dwyer committed suicide (Wiki link to description of events, not video)
From the very article you linked to.
Three years ago, there was a TV show that got canceled almost immediately, called The Ex List. I saw what I guess was the pilot, the one with Eric Balfour.
There’s a song that Eric sings at the end–or a part of a song–that his character wrote.
It makes sense in context, but it’s both a spoiler for the episode & kind of random out of context.Revenge is stronger than love, revenge, revenge, revenge.
Did someone say it was?
I will never forget that episode and the utter feeling of creepiness that washed over me.
<shudder>
I got nothing, but I just popped in to say that this may be a zombie thread, but it ROCKS.
So many memories both wonderful and terrible in here. Keep 'em coming!
Uh, yeah. Why would I point it out otherwise?
Unless I misunderstood the post, phungi was saying it was viewed as it happened.
Well, it was broadcast, un-edited, on the news. I assumed that’s what phungi was watching.
Correct, on WPVI (ABC 6) in Philadelphia:
I read it as watching the press conference live, not the suicide. Your bolded quote from Wikipedia applies to the latter but not the former.