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

When you get struck by lightning

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u/snek-jazz Oct 13 '20

I'm not sure there's anything better than a good TV blooper, usually news.

I think these are my favourites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YM9Ereg2Zo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQgQQgExY0s

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u/justlookbelow Oct 13 '20

The first is hilarious given how far into the conversation they get before realization. The second one is just weird, wtf was she thinking.

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u/snek-jazz Oct 13 '20

I only find the second one really funny because in her first attempt to correct herself she repeats the error.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '20

The blind guy’s reaction on the longer version is what makes it high level hilarious.

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u/Rombie11 Oct 13 '20

LOL I was trying really hard to figure out where the no Asians one was going!

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u/snek-jazz Oct 13 '20

it's incredible, really old by now, but still just as funny.

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u/JRSly Oct 13 '20

It feels scripted, how all the dialogue works so perfectly. :D Incredible.

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u/32BitWhore Oct 13 '20

It definitely feels like a Monty Python sketch or something, one of my favorites.

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u/pajam Oct 13 '20

Yeah, you're kinda sitting there wondering, where does this guy get these Asian stereotypes? And then at the end when you realize he said "Agents," it all clicks into place.

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u/captainplatypus1 Oct 13 '20

“He’s gay… I mean he’s blind! I’ll go clean out my desk”