Spectacularly Bad TV Moments

[Mutagen]

The View.

[mrpancake]

God, I had only ever heard about the "Proud Mary" duet. It sounded lame in theory, but in practice, ug, just awful! Who the hell thought that would be funny/cute/amusing? I hope they got fired.

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Oh my God, I've heard of it but I've never actually seen that duet before. It's even more horrible than I imagined it was. Was everyone on crack in the 80s or what? Because that's the only thing I can think of to explain that horror.

[Casino Bride]

thecupcakekid said:

Oh My God, It was Proud Mary. You Tube is Awesome

Oh, dear God! What the hell was that? And why did Snow White sound like Alvin from the Chipmunks?

I shall have nightmares tonight. *shudder*

[ahenobarbus]

When Geraldo opened Al Capone's vault, it was bad. Just because there was nothing there. Only time in my life I've felt bad for Geraldo.

You could probably come up with a considerable list just for Geraldo. There's:

1. The vault
2. Some tawdry special on murder an crime which featured an unneeded interview with Charles Manson and Geraldo telling him something like, "Charlie, you're nothing but a mass-murdering dog." (I've only heard about this.)
3. Skinhead riot leading to a broken nose
4. Waving a pistol around in Afghanistan
5. Sketching out secret troop movements on television

Here's the skinhead riot. I guess this qualifies as bad instead of simply shocking because that panel (three inarticulate nazis, one random black guy, one random Jewish guy) had no educational value whatsoever. And a real journalist would never have actually put that on the air.

ETA: OK, I found a transcript of the Manson thing. This is unreal:

Geraldo: You know what I think? I think that you are an evil person.

Manson: Right. I’m evil. I’m terrible.

G: You are terrible.

M: Ah yeah, I’m awful. I’m awful.

G: You’re a murdering dog, Charlie.

M: Oh I’m a terrible dog, I’m a fiend.

G: You’re a mass murdering dog.

M: A mass murdering dog…now where did you get these ideas?

G: I guess the evidence.

M: But does it pay you to say that more, I mean, if I paid to say the other way, would you walk backwards?

G: I don’t walk backwards.

M: Well, it’s kinda silly

G: I never walk backwards from evil.

[CAgirl]

When Roseanne sang the Star Spangled Banner at the World Series in San Diego. And then grabbing her crotch at the end because of all the booing. Class.E.

Edited because I just remembered she didn't give the finger, she grabbed her crotch. Even worse.

[spinsterliz]

I still cringe when I think about the awards show (forget which one. There's too damn many) when Boys II Men and John Michael Montgomery did a duet of "I can love you like that" (both had released a version of the song previously). Boys II Men were wearing expensive-looking suits and singing a R&B version, while John Michael was wearing a cowboy hat and a fringed white jacket and singing the country-western version. Most embarrassing thing I saw on t.v. that whole year.

And, of course, Sally Field's "I can't deny that you LIKE ME! You really, really LIKE ME!" Oscar speech, which will haunt her forever.

[franticjoy]

dguzpy said:

Jay Leno picking up and then dropping Winona Judd on The Tonight Show was something that seemed to unfold in slow motion. Jay... noooo... no, Jay... oh noooo....

Please tell me this is documented somewhere that I can see it. I'm having constant giggle fits at the thought of it.

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I love how even Charles Manson is playing along with Geraldo in that transcript until even he's like, WTF?

ETA: Tom Hanks looked mortified when Snow White came up to him.

Oh my god this is so bad. Who played Snow White anyway?

Man, how long is this? The reaction shots from the audience are awesome though.

[Wenton]

poorfrances said:

I love how even Charles Manson is playing along with Geraldo in that transcript until even he's like, WTF?

I've seen the actual interview and Manson really is sort of like, "Uh... who let this nerd in here?"

Another awesomely bad TV moment: Eminem turning into a diva when Triumph the Insult Comic Dog tries to do a little improv with him. The whiny edge to Eminem's voice is really hilarious.