AMAZING TV NEWS VIDEO
A live bear! Almost! Watch for it at 0:22.
Key Journalistic Observation: "This is what the bear probably looked like. Except real."
(Thanks to Cheryl Howard)
Vaguely Related: Bear climbs ladder.
(Thanks to forlorn frog and Claire Martin)
Worst.
Documentary.
Ever.
Posted by: bonmot | August 28, 2009 at 10:08 AM
The second bear then headed straight for the woods to take a . . . what bears do in the woods.
Posted by: bonmot | August 28, 2009 at 10:10 AM
This reporter has officially given up. I can't believe he's still wearing a suit on camera anymore.
Posted by: MartiniShark | August 28, 2009 at 10:12 AM
i lost it when the bear-reenactor showed us what a bear galumphing through the woods and climbing a tree would look like... do they hold auditions?
"your galumphing is too fast, dear, i'm just not feeling the ursine terror. try to be more lumbering."
"now, look at tim, see ? you really think he's a several hundred pound omnivore covered with hair."
"psst, he is. omg, what is he doing now? we can't show that on fox news!"
"stupid method actors."
Posted by: insomniac | August 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM
...Tina, who still can't believe how close she came-- to finishing this news report.
I liked how the bear climbed the tree.
But aren't they supposed to say "African-American bear" these days?
(Yes, the Chicago Bears play Cleveland this season [Sept 3 and Nov 1], but the games won't be on Fox. At least not in Cleveland.)
Posted by: oneblankspace | August 28, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Timothy Treadwell's ghost is not amused.
And couldn't they get better animation of bears running through the woods?
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | August 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM
So....did it sh!t in the woods?
Posted by: Siouxie | August 28, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Yes it did scat in the woods. Weren't y'all listening?
Posted by: oneblankspace | August 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM
"This is probably what the bear looked like - only real."
Now that's great reporting!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 28, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Who says that news and entertainment are the same?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | August 28, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Sh-ursine of the Apocolypse.
Posted by: bonmot | August 28, 2009 at 01:18 PM
I've been close to bears in the woods a number of times. That is not what they looked like.
Posted by: Steve | August 28, 2009 at 01:38 PM
oneblankspace --
If you want to keep a bear away, set up a goal line. They will never get closer than 20 years.
My son tried to repeat the starting quarterbacks for the Bears during his lifetime. It's not his fault that he couldn't remember all 17 through his 16 years of life.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | August 28, 2009 at 01:48 PM
There is no reason the squirrelizer squirrel shouldn't have been a part of that journalistic gem.
Posted by: NotSherly | August 28, 2009 at 02:08 PM
I should have read ahead.
Posted by: NotSherly | August 28, 2009 at 02:09 PM
I wonder if they have cut outs of other things so they can reenact things on the news. Raccoons, muggers, robbers, pit bulls, squirrels, news awards. The possibilities are endless.
Posted by: nursecindy | August 28, 2009 at 02:16 PM
Don't make fun. Them cardboard bears, yeah, they're skinny, but they're mean. And FAST.
Posted by: padraig | August 28, 2009 at 02:44 PM
They can run a hundred yards in 8 seconds flat.
And I do mean "flat."
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | August 28, 2009 at 09:25 PM
I think skateboard bear may have a higher IQ than the news crew. They do have a promising career in comedy.
I encountered a bear a couple of weeks while out hiking. That weren't no 400 pounds o' cardboard.
Posted by: Loudmouth | August 29, 2009 at 11:51 AM
One of my friends posted this on Facebook. I have no hope for humanity now, but I laughed really hard.
Posted by: Auntie M | August 29, 2009 at 10:23 PM