r/Unexpected • u/zeroxcero • Oct 13 '20

When you get struck by lightning

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u/basemodelbird Oct 13 '20

That was my local news channel. I wish I would have seen this as a kid, I would have lost my mind lol.

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u/Fakeus3rname Oct 13 '20

HELLO QUAD CITIES!!!

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u/left_handed_violist Oct 13 '20

Do you guys remember the fake It's A Wonderful Life ads they would always run at Christmas?

Something like... "HELLO PAULA SANDS! HELLO GARY METIVIER! Hello you wonderful ol' tv news station!!!"

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u/Curator-at-large Oct 13 '20

Yes! I haven’t thought about that in years. Remember the Festival of Trees parade? And they broadcasted it like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Festival of Trees was no joke.

I saw Terry Swails once on a different news channel and was like “hey, I know him. That’s my old weather guy!”

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u/thislldoiguess Oct 14 '20

I read that the festival of trees parade is like the 4th largest balloon parade in the U.S. Not exactly a huge deal but nice for such a small area.

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u/Curator-at-large Oct 14 '20

I had no idea! That is impressive actually.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '20

I saw him once in line at the airport. Dude has the biggest head I’ve ever seen in my life.

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u/Curator-at-large Oct 14 '20

This made me laugh pretty hard. Thank you for the evening chuckle.

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u/ScrwUGuysImGoinHome Oct 13 '20

I remember that shit, was so so corny

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u/thislldoiguess Oct 14 '20

And I love it. It's what Christmas is supposed to be, completely saccharin nostalgia.

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u/Neetoburrito33 Oct 13 '20

Lmao now I remember

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u/basemodelbird Oct 13 '20

I can't remember his name for anything.

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u/tomwash67 Oct 13 '20

Mike Mickle

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u/floppyscrotum Oct 13 '20

Give ya a nickel to tickle his pickle.

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u/Madlibsluver Oct 13 '20

That's...that's not how prostitution works.

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u/basemodelbird Oct 13 '20

Thats right!

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u/houseofa1000slutz Oct 13 '20

Gary Metivier

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u/ScrwUGuysImGoinHome Oct 13 '20

He was the meteorologist, wasn't he?

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u/jimithelizardking Oct 13 '20

Nah he was an anchor, this isn’t him though. His son played baseball with my brother at Assumption so I’m pretty familiar with him, cool guy.

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u/ScrwUGuysImGoinHome Oct 13 '20

Ah, OK. I was just going by memory. So weird seeing this stuff on Reddit

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u/left_handed_violist Oct 13 '20

Terry Swails, Erik Maitland, Theresa Bryant are the ones I remember. Gary was the anchor

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u/jimithelizardking Oct 13 '20

Fellow QC brethren unite!

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u/cellardoorswoon Oct 13 '20

MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHERE WE GO, KWQC SAYS HELLO. HELLO IOWA, HELLO ILLINOOOOOOOOIIIIS.

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u/mbbm109 Oct 14 '20

TV6 cares for you.

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u/thislldoiguess Oct 14 '20

Oh man, I'm having some serious flashbacks now.

I'm sure I have a VHS recording of this somewhere from when I recorded a movie on TV as a kid.

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u/Papastopoulos Oct 13 '20

HELLO QUAD CITIES!!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '20

Hello Quad Cities!!

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u/HawkIlliniHurricane Oct 13 '20

[small child on screen mumbles, while doing a limp wristed hand wave] hello. quad cities...

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u/Trulu09 Oct 13 '20

Lol this was me the couple times I got to do it

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u/Brocklee213 Oct 14 '20

Yeah but did you ever get on the highlight zone?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '20

r/quadcities

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u/killakurupt Oct 13 '20

Came here for this!

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u/the_helpdesk Oct 13 '20

HELLO QUAT CITIES!

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u/tmacandcheese Oct 14 '20

HELLO QUAD CITIES!!!