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11.04.09 NICE JOB, WEATHER CHANNEL

You may recall the Weather Channel’s move to show weather-related movies on Friday nights, starting with The Perfect Storm last week. And as you can see from this clip where the network interrupts the film’s climactic scene with a poorly-timed commercial break, the people at the Weather Channel are not yet experts at showing movies. In case you’re unfamiliar with the movie [SPOILER ALERT], this is the part where the brave fishermen go up against the giagntic wave and they all die. And someone thought, “Hey, why not insert some commercials in the middle of the movie’s most important and dramatic scene?” C’mon guys. This isn’t today’s high temperatures in the Midwest.

Side note: you know what channel’s a real dick about showing movies? Spike. They’ll show something awesome like Kill Bill and put almost no commercials in the first hour to suck you in. And they gradually cut to commercial more and more frequently throughout the movie, so the final three scenes take like 45 minutes. Die in a fire, Spike. I’ve got HBO.

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There are 12 comments about:
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November 4th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Acadia says:

The Jeep would have made it over that pussy wave. That’s my takeaway.

November 4th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Kid Presentable says:

Too bad it wasn’t an Ocean Spray commercial.

November 4th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Captain_Insano says:

Cool. Hey anyone else watch “V” last night? Four things: It’s interesting, poorly paced, badly acted, and Scott Wolfe’s face is very asymmetrically wrinkled.

November 4th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Burnsy says:

Spike fucking did that with Kung Fu Hustle at 2 a.m. this weekend. But it worked out because I had to piss every 20 seconds.

November 4th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Vodka says:

“Obi Wan told me enough. He told me you killed him.”

“No, Luke. I am yo..”/\/\/\/\/\ The new black taco! Think outside the bun! BONG!

November 4th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Chareth Cutestory says:

AMC’s been doing that with Mad Men too. The first half hour will have one commercial break, the second half will have five. Did you guys know Canada Dry uses real ginger?

November 4th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Penismightier says:

Could be worse. Try watching a movie on “Peachtree TV”. I don’t know what Edward Scissorhand motherfucker they hired as an editor, but he cuts more than a rabbi.

My girlfriend wanted to watch “Con Air” because it has that Trisha Yearwood song in it. Great, I get 35 commercials, no swears and most of the good parts cut out so she can listen to the song in the background at the beginning and the end. She owns the Trisha Yearwood CD and I have Con Air on DVD…but nooooooo. Fucking vaginas and they’re dictorial power over me.

November 4th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Taco_Jones says:

Kill Bill sucks anyway.

/ducks all objects thrown at him

November 4th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Enrico Pallazzo says:

SAAAAAAAAAAVED BY ZEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

November 5th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Bobafet7 says:

Clooney should have got a Rambox.

Penismightier who the hell watches PeachtreeTV in the off-season?

November 10th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Simone says:

I was watching it, and swear I thought my niece changed the channel on me. No harm no foul since I’d seen it already, but I appreciate you calling them out on this. Good day!

Taco_Jones – thank goodness you ducked. :-)

November 13th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Chris says:

Spike does have great marathons on holidays (James Bond, Star Wars) but the commercials do become intrusive. On the other hand, if you are partying all day on the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year’s, you might welcome the opportunity for frequent bathroom breaks!

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