RTE News : 6:00pm 8th January

JonathanAnon

Just watching the news there. RTE had a camera set up on a slippy footpath somewhere in dublin. One lad was on the path being filmed, got absolutely hopped off the rock hard pavement. I think he hit his head.

RTE played the footage as evidence as to how dangerous the footpaths were. Would they not be better off getting their cameramen to maybe put salt on the footpath, instead of waiting for the inevitable fall to enhance their news report?? Struck me as a little less than responsible reporting.

Mossy Monk

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Just watching the news there. RTE had a camera set up on a slippy footpath somewhere in dublin. One lad was on the path being filmed, got absolutely hopped off the rock hard pavement. I think he hit his head.

RTE played the footage as evidence as to how dangerous the footpaths were. Would they not be better off getting their cameramen to maybe put salt on the footpath, instead of waiting for the inevitable fall to enhance their news report?? Struck me as a little less than responsible reporting.

If they put salt on the footpath then they wouldn't be able to report on slippery footpaths.

Reginald P. DuM

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63878770&posted=1#post63878770

The year only 8 days old and we have a moment thats a certainty to be included in News round up of 2010. He was unfortunate but he should have had more sense. I choked on me tay!

BlaasForRafa

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Just watching the news there. RTE had a camera set up on a slippy footpath somewhere in dublin. One lad was on the path being filmed, got absolutely hopped off the rock hard pavement. I think he hit his head.

RTE played the footage as evidence as to how dangerous the footpaths were. Would they not be better off getting their cameramen to maybe put salt on the footpath, instead of waiting for the inevitable fall to enhance their news report?? Struck me as a little less than responsible reporting.

If they were being responsible then we wouldn't have this video to laugh at.

murpho999

Are you aiming for one of the most stupid posts of 2010?

Do you honestly expect a news cameraman to be carrying buckets of salt with him ?

What next? Complaining about lions killiing wildebeest on nature programs, should David Attenborough jump in with a shotgun?

Poochie05

I was just thinking as he appeared in shot that he was walking way too fast for the conditions and he was wearing inadequate footwear. I did wince though when he fell and I hope he didn't do too much damage, sounded like a fair old whack.:(
Like the wildlife filming analogy above, I wonder how long the camera was there before someone did slip?

JonathanAnon

murpho999 wrote: »

Are you aiming for one of the most stupid posts of 2010?

Just thought it was very irresponsible leaving the camera there on the side of a slippy footpath. It's fairly cynical. The guy got a real slap... though why he was wearing runners (well I think they were runner type shoes anyway),
I've no idea

I dont expect it to be raised in the Dáil.... maybe in the Seanad, though I dont think the topic matter is insignificant enough to be raised in the Seanad.

BlaasForRafa

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Just thought it was very irresponsible leaving the camera there on the side of a slippy footpath. It's fairly cynical. The guy got a real slap... though why he was wearing runners (well I think they were runner type shoes anyway),
I've no idea

I dont expect it to be raised in the Dáil.... maybe in the Seanad, though I dont think the topic matter is insignificant enough to be raised in the Seanad.

did you LOL though. c'mon...seriously

murpho999

Well I certainly laughed, and he was definitely weariing the wrong shoes!

Could also have been a set up with an RTE Stuntman!:D

lord lucan

My first reaction was that it looked staged,the guys movements looked exaggerated,maybe it's just me?!!

backspacer

Ah sure they showed the same thing on the late night news last night on RTE 2, some poor woman slipped on her arse while the camera watched.

The other thing that occurred to me was don't you think a camera watching people on a slippy footpath is a more than a minor distraction when you should be concentrating on what your walking on.

P.S Seriously a cameraman carrying a bucket of salt around with him for the footpaths,are you high man!!

Aidric

Saw that, the lad got a serious clobbering.

rovert

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Just watching the news there. RTE had a camera set up on a slippy footpath somewhere in dublin. One lad was on the path being filmed, got absolutely hopped off the rock hard pavement. I think he hit his head.

RTE played the footage as evidence as to how dangerous the footpaths were. Would they not be better off getting their cameramen to maybe put salt on the footpath, instead of waiting for the inevitable fall to enhance their news report?? Struck me as a little less than responsible reporting.

I dont think they would have aired it if the dude was seriously hurt.

The thread is total lolz. Have you written your angry letter in red ink to RTE yet. :pac:

Basq

Oh my...

(10 seconds in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a2mawvf-5o

Earthhorse

murpho999 wrote: »

What next complaining about lions killiing wildebeest on nature programs, should David Attenborough jump in with a shotgun?

That'd be pretty cool, actually. Spice things up a a bit.

JonathanAnon

maybe the guy just lost his walking technique under the pressure of the camera. I did laugh initially, but I wasnt laughing when he clocked his ceann off the ground. He nearly caught his head off both the wall and the ground.

And I didnt mean the thread as a serious issue that I would take to the BCC, I just thought it was a bit insensitive. however if I thought it was beardy off the Meteor ad.....

L31mr0d

lol, I actually recorded it with my camera also (love the dvr ) but as it's on the net now I won't bother.

Laughed so hard when it came on... somebody should send it in to failblog.org

actually said "Owned!" out loud and the OH said, from the other room, "get off that game, we're having dinner in a second".

Also, I don't think they would of shown the clip if the guy was seriously injured, they obviously went over to him and asked him if was alright immediately after seeing him fall over (like anyone would)

Basq

The Prophet

RTE's comedy output has dramatically improved! He he he!



Unlucky Alf: "Bugger!"

Dave!

Looks like a Charlie Chaplin skit, quality

willie mason

If you didn't laugh at this then you're not human. Hilarious!

Also, the education correspondent on about schools closing for a few days was trying to be unbelievably compelling. She was using words like "leadership" in a tone that made one wonder was she talking about Patton's advance through France, rather than a few snowdays for a few kids.

Tristram

willie mason wrote: »

Also, the education correspondent on about schools closing for a few days was trying to be unbelievably compelling. She was using words like "leadership" in a tone that made one wonder was she talking about Patton's advance through France, rather than a few snowdays for a few kids.

Mr Ed

Tristram wrote: »

I missed it but I'm breaking myself up here laughing. C'mon it was icey out there we've all been there. Hilarious stuff.

If you didn't like it on the telly then you need to go out and wrap people up in cotton wool so nothing happens to them.

Lemondrop kid

The Prophet wrote: »

RTE's comedy output has dramatically improved! He he he!

Funny
Would imagine they took this from someone else's phone - hardly standing on corners with camera

Mossy Monk

Lemondrop kid wrote: »

Would imagine they took this from someone else's phone - hardly standing on corners with camera

What kind of phone gives video quality like that?

JonathanAnon

Lemondrop kid wrote: »

Funny
Would imagine they took this from someone else's phone - hardly standing on corners with camera

It was from an RTE camera on a tripod. I hope the guy is alright. anybody know him?

Mylow

Evening Herald were outside Mater A&E interveiewing people as they left on crutches and arms in slings etc. They wanted to know if you had to vist A&E because of fall on ice. They will probably have a picture of old boy who looks like a member of the Dubliners

MajorThom

He has been found on facebook within the last hour. A facebook page was set up in his glory and some of his mates ratted him out. Im still crying laughing at it. Genuine contender form tv moment of the decade at this early stage.:D

flyswatter

Fair play to Daysha for making this and posting it in the C&H forum. I'll share it with you now.

BlaasForRafa

The Prophet wrote: »

RTE's comedy output has dramatically improved! He he he![/I]

It was FAR funnier than Thats all we have time for the other night lol

fluke

L31mr0d wrote: »

lol, I actually recorded it with my camera also (love the dvr ) but as it's on the net now I won't bother.

Laughed so hard when it came on... somebody should send it in to failblog.org

actually said "Owned!" out loud and the OH said, from the other room, "get off that game, we're having dinner in a second".

Also, I don't think they would of shown the clip if the guy was seriously injured, they obviously went over to him and asked him if was alright immediately after seeing him fall over (like anyone would)

Ah yeah I'd say they went over alright, if they were anything like me they'd be going over asking him if he was alright whilst trying not to laugh - 'Ye had a fall, are ye alright heh heh heh'

Lemondrop kid

JonathanAnon wrote: »

It was from an RTE camera on a tripod. I hope the guy is alright. anybody know him?

Just find that hard to believe J.
Essentially you are saying 1/ RTE set up a camera with the explicit purpose of catching someone take a fall on ice and
secondly, were fortunate enough to get a classic shot?
1/ Anyone confirm the what street in Dublin?
2/ Likewise RTE camera presence?

If it wasn't a vid taken by a civilian i'd be mightily surprised.

Mossy Monk

Lemondrop kid wrote: »

Just find that hard to believe J.
Essentially you are saying 1/ RTE set up a camera with the explicit purpose of catching someone take a fall on ice

If it wasn't a vid taken by a civilian i'd be mightily surprised.

Why is it so hard to believe and please do tell me what kind of camera a civillian would be carrying just to get a shot like that.

Yours kindly.

The Express

Thanks for posting that.

After laughing so much, I'm currently mopping up the puddle of tears from the mousepad of the laptop.

Did anyone notice that he grabs his bag after he hits the deck?!!

Hilarious stuff.

Stark

Poochie05 wrote: »

I was just thinking as he appeared in shot that he was walking way too fast for the conditions and he was wearing inadequate footwear. I did wince though when he fell and I hope he didn't do too much damage, sounded like a fair old whack.:(

He should have been wearing a walking helmet.

JonathanAnon

Lemondrop kid wrote: »

Just find that hard to believe J.
Essentially you are saying 1/ RTE set up a camera with the explicit purpose of catching someone take a fall on ice and secondly, were fortunate enough to get a classic shot?
1/ Anyone confirm the what street in Dublin?
2/ Likewise RTE camera presence?
If it wasn't a vid taken by a civilian i'd be mightily surprised.

I think on the After Hours thread they had worked out it was a street down by the Four Courts .. I'm not saying that RTE explicitly set up a camera to wait for someone to fall, but that is how it comes across. The camera was perfectly still so I assume it was on a tripod.. (I dont know for sure, I can only assume)

It could be one of those serendipitous events for the cameraman, that he just happened upon this piece of footage while filming maybe a couple of seconds of the "stereotypical icy Dublin pathway" for the report.

The guy is okay, by all reports, so we can all have a laugh at it, including him (who is now a national institution), BUT.... a fall like that could have left him disabled.

jd007

Funniest thing on RTE in a while!

Son Of A Vidic

Why was he walking that fast on lethal ice?

Hootanany

Its Church St and why are they filming there these days are they Stranded:rolleyes:

Lemondrop kid

medicman2009 wrote: »

Why was he walking that fast on lethal ice?

Seeking fame...
That was some whollop, amazed he's ok.