Question of the Day - Tuesday, April 18

[cassiopea]

Greetings! Happy Tuesday!






What was the most unexpected thing you've seen on live TV?





The events surrounding the Twin Towers
Japanese 2011 Tsunami


On a less heavy set note, other mentions:

Various celebrity related incidents in the world of Hollywood; Janet Jackson's wardrobe at the super bowl, Kanye West being Kanye West etc
Uncensored Jingly bits of nude dudes running after the cyclists while watching the Tour de France. Also an accidental shot of one of the athletes having a tinkle on the side of the road.
Zinedine Zidane head butting another player


And so forth! I feel like I am forgetting one or two but in the meantime, events that I personally witnessed on live tely.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

When I watched live TV it was the evening news, and in those days I would already have read about the events (Twin Towers, Port Arthur Massacre and the like) in the papers, so I can’t call anything much to mind.

 

[denice]

This wasn't too long ago. A reporter was doing an on-location piece from a suburb. A puppy got out of a yard and ran over to investigate. The puppy became the center of everything, but the reporter was a good sport about it. The woman was home and came right out for her puppy.

I found it on Youtube.

 

[muffy]

In 1963 I saw Jack Ruby walk up to Lee Harvey Oswald and shoot him in the stomach on live TV.

 

[strider rose]

the twin towers in new york, the bombing in oklahoma city

 

[NY cat man]

Unexpected? The first time I saw Today, when J. Fred Muggs, the chimpanzee, was 'co-hosting' with Dave Garroway. It wasn't exactly historic or earth-shattering, but it sure was unexpected.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

I guess I don’t really watch anything live. My dad and stepdad both love nascar but I avoid watching that like the plague. I can tolerate or get mild enjoyment from baseball but I don’t seek out games to watch. I definitely don’t put the news on live. No award or halftime shows.

A coworker told me they saw ME on the news but it wasn’t live and I was only vaguely aware they were there. My mind was on seeing my husband for the first time in over 4 months. Another time DH and I turned down the opportunity to be interviewed for the local news. Thanks but no thanks!

 

[Mia6]

the challenger explosion

 

[susanm9006]

The second plane hitting the world tower. Worked at an airline and we were watching tv after the first plane hit .

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I was in band class when we watched the Twin Towers fall on TV. I don't think anything can be more unexpected and horrifying to see.

 

[iPappy]

Definitely the falling of the twin towers. I didn't have the TV on when the first tower was hit, but I got a call to turn on the news and I did, and when that second plane hit....that entire thing was surreal.
Unexpected in a way, but not totally as I knew he had passed, but the first time Jeopardy came on and Alex Trebeck was NOT the host. Alex was the host for my entire life, it's still so strange to see someone else reading those answers.

 

[neely]

I was only in elementary school but the assassination of JFK.

 

[margecat]

9/11.

 

[aliceneko]

Seeing myself live on television! I was in the audience of a show here in the UK last summer.