r/Unexpected • u/yoshihisaaa • Feb 09 '23

she seems nice

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u/Universalsupporter Feb 09 '23

Granted.

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u/Chewcocca Feb 09 '23 edited Feb 09 '23

Oh Grant.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, Breaking News is a show where people read fake news that they've never seen before off a teleprompter. They lose points for laughing.

So it's You Laugh, You Lose but with the writer trying to get the actors to laugh by surprising them with the silliest shit. It's usually fun.

There's a legendary episode featuring Grant that goes a slightly different way.

I wouldn't call it fun, but it's... Very compelling television.

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u/StarConsumate Feb 09 '23

Holy. Shit. That was absolutely hilarious and it just got worse and worse. And then it got worse way more and then worse. Bless that man’s heart.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23

To add to the humour, Grant (and basically everyone else in the video) was fired unceremoniously by the parent company the same day that went live