# Worst Screw-Ups/Acts of Stupidity in the Public Eye. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-screw-ups-acts-of-stupidity-in-the-public-eye/143300 "2002-12-17T10:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-screw-ups-acts-of-stupidity-in-the-public-eye/143300/81 "2002-12-26T07:36:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > **Sorry to nitpick but I think that quote is attributed to Yogi Berra** It is. Also, Berra was referring not to an Irish president, but to Robert Briscoe. Briscoe had recently been elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. This article has information on the history of the Jewish presence in the “Emerald Isle”: [http://www.gaelicweb.com/irishampost/year2002/02february/featured/featured09.html](http://www.gaelicweb.com/irishampost/year2002/02february/featured/featured09.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-screw-ups-acts-of-stupidity-in-the-public-eye/143300/82 "2002-12-26T08:28:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*Richard Nixon, hung over (still a little bit drunk) > > “You won’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore” > > 1962 after losing the race for California Governor. > Sally Fields accepting Academy Award: > > “You like me. You really, really like me” > > That one was VERY hard to watch. I remember the audience clapping politely with amused, bewildered looks on their faces. \*\* Compared to Halle Berry’s speech Sally Field came across like she was in Winston Churchhills class. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-screw-ups-acts-of-stupidity-in-the-public-eye/143300/83 "2002-12-26T08:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bup \* > \*\*Regarding the Louise Lasser episode of SNL: I saw it on E! just a few weeks ago - so it is (now) back in reruns. > > The cast covered really well - if one didn’t know the whole story, one could honestly wonder if it was intentional (as Andy Kaufman’s disastrous appearance on _Friday’s_ apparently was). \*\* Andy interrupted a most awesome Kinks performance that night. :mad: However, one must not forget Andy’s flirtation with big time wrestling. Here’s a [link](http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=5679) Although a quick google search maybe shows that the famous piledriver was just a gag after all.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-screw-ups-acts-of-stupidity-in-the-public-eye/143300/84 "2002-12-26T15:16:03Z")
**DiffT** : [quote[(FOX News) That one reporter said something about old neighbors of J Lopez won’t be so quick in giving a blowjob. Or something. (someone help me out here?)[/quote] It was Shepard Smith from Fox. Go to google and do a search on Shepard Smith Lopez and you will get a ton of links. This one [Hyperial Group](http://www.hyperial.com/MyViews/Content.asp?ID=53) has the video. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-screw-ups-acts-of-stupidity-in-the-public-eye/143300/85 "2002-12-26T16:07:33Z")
Anyone else see Matthew McConaghey’s interview on the Daily Show? It was so bizarre that they let it go for two full segments, instead of the usual one. I guess the other option would have been to have not shown it at all, but that wouldn’t have been any fun, I suppose. Jon Stewart just sat there, while McConaghey blathered on about his sheep (?) farm, and told various sordid tales about sheep sex. God, what a train wreck that was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-screw-ups-acts-of-stupidity-in-the-public-eye/143300.md?page=4)