This is supposedly footage of a reporter struggling to file a story from a G.O.P. party back in the ’80s, and while I can’t vouch for the veracity of that premise, I did take immense delight in the reporter’s growing frustration at the noise and people surrounding him. It’s like a precursor of Bill O’Reilly’s famous “We’ll do it live!” outburst, but with a snazzy beard like Dr. Benton Quest. More news people need to have beards besides Wolf Blitzer. Maybe Anderson Cooper should get one — er, grow one. Put those rumors to rest. You know, the rumors that he can’t grow a beard.

[BuzzFeed]

Ordinarily I find gag reels a complete bore, especially if they’re from a sitcom — I prefer to hear the jokes told correctly. But this gag reel from Season 6 of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (video below) definitely breaks the mold. Not only was I laughing through most of this, but it cemented my desire to just follow Charlie Day around non-stop and listen to him interact with the rest of the world. Everything he does is funny. I want to hire him to break the news to me any time someone in my family dies. “Ha ha ha, my parents were in a horrible car accident?!? Oh, Charlie, that’s too rich!”

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These last couple days, I’ve been doing everything I can to not think about how all the money I’ve saved has evaporated with the stock market plummeting. Thankfully, Barney Frank took a break from talking about the economy to fart on live television. It’s the small pleasures that get us through life.

[NY Mag via Gawker]

"Roight den, guv. Off to da clink wif yas."

The big news thing today is Rupert Murdoch’s hearing before British Parliament, where the billionaire media tycoon under fire for the News of the World wire-tapping scandal was hit in the face with a pie by a comedian who goes by the name Jonnie Marbles (pictured). Unfortunately, the video of the live feed was on someone else at the moment of the attack, but the camera angle DID switch in time to show Murdoch’s wife clock Marbles.

Video of the attack — plus more on Marbles’s politics, Twitter account, and personal life — below.

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You wanna know what I like better than local news bloopers on live TV? Local news bloopers on live TV… WITH JETPACKS!!! The clip below is short and excellent: a be-jetpacked man named John is supposed to introduce Fox 5′s “Hello San Diego,” but instead he loses control, bumps into reporter Matt Johnson, and crashes into the water. It’s sublime. *kisses fingers*

By the way, in case you want to see one of these water-powered jetpacks working properly, here’s one flying around set to theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey. But I think I prefer the crash video. No, I definitely prefer the crash video. The world needs more videos of jetpack crashes.

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