Updated: CNN Airs ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Diarrhea Scene…Why?
- Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:45pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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This really happened. I have a feeling it will go viral very soon:
(H/T: Greg Hengler)
Updated: After we posted the original version of the video above, our friends at Mediaite (while giving The Blaze a welcome Hat Tip) looked at the section of the CNN program in question. The longer version below makes it clear that the CNN team played the clip just as they intended!
Imagine being a CNN producer. You’ve got an upcoming medical segment on an unusual treatment for a man’s digestive disease. An illness, that CNN anchor Ali Velshi will tell you in the story’s intro, involves “ten to fifteen bloody bowel movements a day.”
Already, we’re clearly in comedic territory, right? After all, what’s funnier than ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease? Just you wait!
Well, in this case, since it involves the schoolyard comedy gold mine that is digestion, somebody at CNN figured it’d be a downright hoot to start the segment with a clip from the film Dumb and Dumber, showing Jeff Daniels graphically suffering from a sudden bout of diarrhea. And naturally, we’ll make sure you can hear the hilarious sounds of bowl-filling.
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Comments (99)
rfycom
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:16pmA scene I have repeated many time. The misses like the spices. Rumble. Got to go…….
Report Post »CaptGregg
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:16pmCNN scriptwriter producing Olberman’s talking points.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:12pmI usually feel that way after an Obama speech.
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:12pmMy 4 and 6 year olds love that part of the movie hahaa
Report Post »Cheekymnky2
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:12pmIs that what the Daily Show is? No wonder they have so many viewers. Pretty funny to put clips of major motion pictures in with the news of the day from POTUS.
Report Post »coasthoosier
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:12pm“And here is the latest pooling data on what America thinks of Obama’s presidency.”
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:10pmSeems Like the spotlight on CNN again How Low can They Stoop??Pretty obvious
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:07pmWell CNN puts out massive amounts of diarrhea everyday, so this is more of the same…
Report Post »sooperkill
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:05pmwas that olberman??
Report Post »BiteMeBO
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 5:19pmIn the toilet yes
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:05pmAww now I gotta go!
Report Post »inmyhumbleopinion
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:04pmMaybe they’re just taunting the FCC for a spanking.??.?
Report Post »blanco
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:03pmMan, that is just too easy!
Report Post »inmyhumbleopinion
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:02pmMaybe they’re just taunting the FCC for a little spanking??.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:02pmAnd I’m under moderation
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:01pmThat about sums it up
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:00pmIt’s got to be a prank. Either on CNN or us. If it was done to CNN, brilliant, but beware FOX, you could be next.
Report Post »Parkeralan
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:00pmI didn‘t see anything I don’t usually see on CNN, same old shiite.
Report Post »indthinker91
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:59pmlol…rotflmao
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 4:50pmHe was making Obama Dolls……..
Report Post »rr98411
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:58pmThat was a technicians way of saying “I QUIIIIIIIIIIT!”
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:21pmThis is almost definitely it. What happened there took three people. One guy running the tape (Production Assistant, maybe?), the Technical Director running the switcher, and the Producer calling the shots.
Your PA-or-whoever has the tape queued. (S)he knew it was going out. The TD may or may not have, but they usually can see what’s going up before it goes. Question there was, did he take the Producer’s call on blind faith? Did the Producer see the feed coming off the b-roll machine in advance? Or was this a case where the b-roll ran from black before either TD or Producer could see it?
I suppose it‘s possible the guy working the video feed got pranked and didn’t know what was coming soon as well.
No matter the case, one, two, or three people at CNN didn‘t do their job and it’s likely all three are in hot water, at a minimum. Not exactly the high standard a “news organization” supposedly holds.
Doubtful this crosses over to Fox or MSNBC. Well, at Fox it would be noticed. MSNBC? Best summed up by the old question, “If a tree falls over in the middle of the forest and nobody’s there to hear it, does it make a sound?”
My only question is, you’ve worked your whole career to get to CNN (trust me, they have), why pull a prank like this that would make you toxic in the top 75 or so markets? This is the equivalent to a Major Leaguer deliberately making a mistake big enough to get himself sent back to Single-A ball.
Report Post »MozarkDawg
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:52pm@leftfighter
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:21pm
My only question is, you’ve worked your whole career to get to CNN (trust me, they have), why pull a prank like this that would make you toxic in the top 75 or so markets? This is the equivalent to a Major Leaguer deliberately making a mistake big enough to get himself sent back to Single-A ball.
*****
That whole post is an excellent explanation, as is your final comparison. You’ve just got to wonder how he/they could be so stupid.
Report Post »redgoat
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:56pmWhy, oh why, would that scene be cued up anywhere?
Report Post »AmericanMomma
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:52pmLoL!
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:52pmpushing the envelope
Report Post »WVRob
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:51pmsomething stinks about this
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:08pmhar har har :-)
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:50pmYes…Im sure it was a total accident…..not!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:51pmAt least CNN is finally putting some crap on tv that I can laugh at….lol
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 5:20pmAh, diarrhea and Algore who would have known??
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 7:10amMega-dittos Kate!
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:49pmThats pretty much what we see everyday on CNN…………..No big deal……….
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:14pmI love the fact that the clip was shown for the story of Democrats saying Obama should not have negotiated with Republicans.
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:16pmSomebody at CNN must think that Democrats decision not to bring Obama’s tax package to the floor is a bunch of ___.
Report Post »Hobo Boondocks
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:18pmThere’s a connection between Al Gore and the scene from Dumb and Dumber: What caused that diarrhea was a big dose of Super Turbo Colon Blow as I recall. To help Al Gore get back on tract he’ll need the same.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:23pmDid anyone notice? … sounds like business as usual. I know no one would notice if it was PMSNBC.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:31pmSomehow that video clip fits CNN perfectly.
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:38pmMary Swenson? Swanson…? Swenson…?
(looks at briefcase)
Duh! Samsonite – Mary Samsonite!
I saw this in the theaters when it came out. Love Jim Carrey.
Alllllllllllllllllll righty then!
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:41pmWOMAN: I just flew in from Austria.
Report Post »JIM CARREY: Throw another shrimp on the barbie!
Bad Thunder
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:42pmAH, So that’s where that guy that attached the Presidential Seal to the podium went to work……..
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:58pmThe clip was originally slated to coincide with a segment on how CNN was doing in the Nielson ratings….better than expected, according to Jeff Daniels……
Report Post »what4
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 4:14pmis that the new intro to Hardball?
Report Post »ayemossum
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 4:21pmActually, I thought the camera angle was usually different on the usual CNN broadcast, if you catch my meaning.
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 4:30pmI can’t stop laughing!!!
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 4:34pmJeff Daniels does a great Chris Matthews impersonation!
Luckywon
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 8:04pmWhat a load of crap. Hehe
Report Post »Cliff
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 3:24amI didnt see anything new… they always show that everyday!!! lol
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