Drunk Man’s Wild Interview With PA TV Station About Local Fire: ‘I’m Gonna Get Racial Here’
- Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:55am by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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“I heard a kerosene explosion…BOOM!…freakin’ I heard it! Freakin’….I heard the freakin’ explosion.”
So said an incredibly intoxicated man, speaking to a local Pennsylvania news station, WNEP-TV, during daylight hours about an explosion that set his house on fire. It’s not clear what the back story here is–or when this all happened–but if the drunkard is to be believed, a kerosene blast of sorts caused the house to burst into flames.
“An explosion…freakin’…My father said, ‘what the hell was that?‘ Freakin’, I see sahh-sahh-sahhh sahhh-moke fff-flying through the wall and I said ‘look at, the house is on fire.’…fff-freaking. I knew it! …. I‘m freakin’ smart. Freakin, I smelled the smoke. My mother smelled it. My father smelled it. And it was a mmmmm-matter of time before that house freakin’ went up…annnd I’ll tell you why. [long pause.] I’m gonna get ra-racial here. I’m gonna get racial! OK…fff-freakin…” Warning, the intoxicated man, as he says, gets racial about “those people that live next door to us.”
(h/t Dan Collins)
I called the WNEP-TV newsroom to get some more details on the story, but the lovely lady I spoke to on the phone there seemed as mystified as we at The Blaze are about what exactly is going on here.
UPDATE: Some of our readers are wondering if the allegedly intoxicated man is actually mentally handicapped and not drunk. But if you listen carefully, the reporter confirms the man’s intoxication by saying, “Tommy, you’ve had a few beers. Is that because you’re trying to forget the fire?”
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Comments (137)
bobbythompson3333
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:16pmOh boy embarrassing, this is my local TV station, I hope he’s not in my neighborhood – lol
Report Post »A.W.
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:09pmHouse goes up in flames -200K, Sued by minority neighbors -100K, local news crew interviews EXTREMELY bombed dude -priceless.
Report Post »sweet37
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:37pmLove it!
Report Post »GreatAmericanBeckFan
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:06pmGood one.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:08pmHe’d better stay away from any open flames himself. I‘d say he’s every bit 80 proof or better. One stray spark getting in the path of his exhaled breath and it’s a fire!
“Take me drunk, I’m home…occifer.”
Cain/West 2012
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:37pmEasy on the cain West. We need West for 2016-2024. He can do great things in the House on the armed forces, or homeland security committees. He can also be a great secretary of State once the communists are run out in 2012- First order of business.. A decontamination team to remove all traces of donkey poo..
Report Post »starman70
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:55amHe could be the star anchor on MSNBC!
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:01pmNo he could not.. He has the capacity to speak truth and think for himself, however limited that may be he is disqualified..
Report Post »flfshrmn
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:53amThat guy stuttered and slurred less than ex-prees sec. Gibbs did on a good day.
Report Post »djeffcoat
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:51amHope no one strikes a match in that guy’s face.
Report Post »stmike
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:48amOmg rotflol! That was too funny! That ranks right up there with the cellphone woman walking into the water fountain. Lol and both people live in my state! Brent I the lucky one? And to think we let these people vote?! I really think its time to end universal sufferage.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:29pm@stmike
Report Post »They both are from your state? And what state would that be?? I think I’ll drive around it next time I travel!! LOL
8jrts
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:34pmI finally stopped laughing at the vid. and read the article..YIKES!! PA is right next door!!
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:42amI wonder if that guy drinks like that all the time, or was it just a special day LMAO
Report Post »SLmanDR
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 1:38amYou have to drink a lot and often to be able to be that drunk and stand up, let alone string a few few thoughts together. I’m relying on the on-the-spot reporter for the “breath analysis”. I hope he wasn’t simply brain damaged.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:41amGreat posts…needed a good laugh. Thanks
Report Post »Pat in PA
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:38am“…faaaat man, in a litttttle coat”
“…it doesnt hurt here and it doesnt hurt here….it hurts riiiight here”
Report Post »cripplecreek
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:35amWhat does a kerosene explosion sound like? LOL
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:43amKerosene sounds like a dog when it explodes…….WOOF!!!!
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:56amWhen kerosene explodes it sounds like a diesel….
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:10pmDoes keorsene explode? I know gas does, but kerosene?
Report Post »proudconservative
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:14pma cross between Nancy Pelosi’s laugh and an Obama Speech!
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:41pm@ Show Yes kerosene explodes, under extremely high pressure. This is why a diesel needs no spark plugs. Compress it with a few thousand #s of pressure and BOOM! Sorry, didn’t mean to scare anyone.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:45pmIf a kerosene explosion goes off in the woods, and nobodys around . Did it make any sound?
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:49pmDidn’t someone mix kerosene and fertilizer once? Maybe there IS more to this story.. Can’t be too careful.
Report Post »joef
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:46pmi dont know ,but i bet tommy makes the sound BARRACK when his throwing up tommorw morning.
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:35amProbably home on a public union job disability that he got with a fake note from his doctor.
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:32amNo wonder they’re so quiet. That was the top spokesman for the msm after they finally got him sober enough to go on camera.
Report Post »oldchevyguy
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:23amHe did the interview without a teleprompter.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:38amlol..
Report Post »jp2feminist
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:59pmbest comment on this post!
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:21amAs Drunk as that fool was he made more sense than Kadaffy on a good day
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:57pm…or Beck on his very best day
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:18amthat guy is freeeeakin’ blotto!
just a few beers? I don’t think so.
He’s mainlining 190 proof homemade bathtub corn liquor.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:50amMust be going into the Ethynol business then?
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:41pmI never thought of it that way, Snow.
A moonshine based energy policy is something I can get behind 100%.
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:14amMUSLIM IN CHIEF you just made my day with that press secretary comment, very funny!
Report Post »Davesnothere
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:06amPart of Obamas base no doubt.
Report Post »justsaying
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:43pmExactly what I was thinking…
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:05amWow…that’s all folks.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:05amNice shack you SKID……collect the insurance and run
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:04amTalking to drugs or alcohol never makes a whole lot of sense. And then, when sober, consider the source.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:09amYup, had to do that with many people and relatives in my life so far, and I try to stay as far away from them as possible; they even have the audacity to come here once in awhile with open liquor in hand when they know I do not allow it in my place.
I have lost count of the number of times they tell me to go to the devils domaine over that.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:13am“Consider the surce” — You mean an Obama beer summit?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:14am(If I would sit straight at my computer, I’d hit a lot more keys correctly.)
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:17amWhat you need to really be proficient are acrylic nails – you get lots of practice typing, retyping and retyping the retyping.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:36amROFL!!
Report Post »I thought about your nails when I said that!
Psychosis
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:02amah how sweet a drunk democrat
Report Post »Muslim in Chief
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:01amThis is Obama’s Next press secratary
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:05amBased on what I’ve seen of his choices so far, you are probably correct. At least this guy has an excuse for not making any sense.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:33amOMG Too funny Muslim in Chief
Report Post »Good one
GreatAmericanBeckFan
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:40pmOne of the best ones on here today, yours was one of the ones I had in mind in my above post.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:01amWonder if he’ll even remember it when he sobers up?!
“Naw, man. Not a blackout. A smokeout.”
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:08amGood one, a smokeout…lol
Report Post »Colonial Revolutionary
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:29amThe last thing they heard him say before the explosion was
“Hey y’all, watch this!”
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:22amThis is just another testament to our public education system here in Pennsylvania. We gots our own freakin’ red necks and we is prouds of dem.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:59amOne of Charlie Sheen’s buddies obviously.
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:06amWas he arrested for prunk in dublic? should have been….
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:07amMost likely he is one of his buddies; it would come as no suprise if he was in the back fooling around with the kerosene and left it exposed near an open flame while under the influence of whatever he was drinking at the time.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:12am@what4 – Was he arrested for prunk in dublic?
Good one. He freakin should have been.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:17amThe stuff doesn’t make you smart!
912828Buckeye
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:19amHe’ll be on Comedy Central with Jon Stewart within a week.
Report Post »How sad.
missionarydad
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:36amHe must live next door to Senator Arlen Specter, and I think he just learned that smoking crack while drinking high proof alcohol can “Burn you out” literally.
Report Post »FarmerVincent
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:39amThe guy is not DRUNK!!!! I can’t belive this is on the Blaze. How sad. He either has a bad stutter, or is handicapped. I would either take down this exploitive video, or re-title it “Making fun of the handicapped”.
Creestof
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:39am@mossbrain
Report Post »Carefull there hoss, the wimpy PC Police here will flag your comment as they did mine. Though I’m sure after these “Proud Americans” finish flagging their quota of posts, they go out on their lawn and tell all their buddy’s how they support freedom of speech.
Kemosabe-1
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:42amI guess everybody should watch out for Rachel. He’s gonna get her.
Report Post »proudconservative
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:57amHey Broker,
What else is it going to take for you to realize its time to move out of your parents basement?
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:00pmLike I told the law ossifer, I freakin’ heard the racial splosion…
Report Post »FarmerVincent
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:05pmIt’s a shame. Just because your’e conservative or libertarian, doesn’t mean you have to belittle someone. Have some compassion. Nothing PC about it. I guess I’m just old school. It’s called Decency.
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:14pmIf he would have drunk more of the kerosene, there would have been no
Report Post »explosion. Light weight.
GreatAmericanBeckFan
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:39pmThere are some really funny posts on here, thanks for the laughs.
You guys are funnier than Letterman, Comedy Central, and all of those so called lib comedians.
Good stuff and actually clean jokes.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:41pmFreakin great story
I didn’t want to be intoxicated in public, they threw me into public. Ron “Tatersalad” White
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:45pmHim getting ra-racial means he is a prime candidate to run the local far right wing tea party HQ in the area.
Probably overqualified though.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:15pmHey Kool
Clever, but you forgot,
Report Post »******
Nazi
Fat
Stupid
Cheap
Come on you can do better than this. piker
exdem
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:24pm@KOOLAIDERS
We all know he is a *******. He was politically correct and nervous about the word racial.
@FARMERVINCENT
Report Post »Drunk is not a disability.
TANK3584
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:15pmLMAO…now that’s funny
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 1:49amDo you see now why nobody wants to talk to union members?
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 2:06amCould be one of Beck’s partners…
Sheen likes uppers.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 2:08amI bet there’s more than a few hypocrits commenting on people getting high….
Remove the Redwood Forest from your own eye before trying to get at the speck of sawdust in somebody else’s eye.
Report Post »blueyesj40
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 10:41pmThis fire happened third week of February 2011 (last week), and I think the house caught on fire when a business exploded and caught several other houses on fire. WNEP is one of the local stations here, and the view I have is re-enforced that reporters on scene must look for the dumbest looking S.O.B. to interview. Fact he was drunk moved his sorry ass to the top of the short list most likely.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 9:35pmDont be too critical of him if this man as he appears to be an alcoholic. He doesnt know what he is saying, and addiction is a compulsive disease that reason cannot comprehend. If you have never experienced it, thank God. If you have… you understand. Like the Stones sang about in Sympathy For The Devil… “So if you meet me, Have some courtesy, Have some sympathy, and some taste, Use all your well-learned politesse, Or I’ll lay your soul to waste”, Here too, you could be sentenced to walk with the devil. I know my fate is “Desperado”…. Your prison is to walk this world all alone”. SO understand the life of those who have little left to loose…”If you meet me, Have some courtesy, Have some sympathy, and some taste, Use all your well-learned politesse, Or I’ll lay your soul to waste”. Cause I have little left to loose.
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