Hahahahaha...Tech TV Blooper....

[jackpot]

jackpot

 

[gistech1978]

thats some funny stuff
thanks

 

[Gnurb]

what was it that he broke?

 

[BHeemsoth]

that is funny as hell! of fvck....shit

 

[acidvoodoo]

haha that was good

 

[iamme]

ROFL

That was awesome.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: psianime
His hands are shaking as if he's trying to break the object with force. Plus, why would you need to hold something like that so hard? Dumb.

-psianime

he was holding on to it hard because he's an old man with shaky hands, he didn't want to drop it, so he held it hard....too hard apparently.

 

[NeoMadHatter]

Originally posted by: rockyct
When did this happen? Was it during that 18 hour marathon?

yes. there's a website somewhere with more.

 

[Wingznut]

Staged??? Give me a break.

What would be the benefit in staging something like that?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Gnurb
what was it that he broke?

What he broke was a waxed cylinder used in Edison phonographs. If it was indeed one of a kind (and they are pretty rare to begin with) it could have been worth tens of thousands of dollars. Assuming it was on loan to the show, imagine being the owner and watching this on the show! OMG :Q

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider

Originally posted by: Gnurb
what was it that he broke?

What he broke was a waxed cylinder used in Edison phonographs. If it was indeed one of a kind (and they are pretty rare to begin with) it could have been worth tens of thousands of dollars. Assuming it was on loan to the show, imagine being the owner and watching this on the show! OMG :Q

there is no way they would loan it to the show though.. too valuable.
sure that guy wasn't a guest or something?
(never seen the show before)

 

[ISAslot]

i watched the part over an over where he handles it before it brakes, at first it kinda looked staged, but after repeated viewings it seems he grasped it with his thumbs over the top on the ends and his fingers below. He probably did this to stablize it. The tube is hollow and wax so a small amount of presure in this grasp configuration would send a force upwards on the space between his thumbs on the top which would provide a unhealthy amount of leverage.

 

[rudder]

I still say it is staged as a joke. One, he made a point to say it was one of a kind. Two, he put an extremly lot of force onto the cylinder. Had it just been a case of applying a little too much pressure, it wouldn't have shattered halfway across the floor like it did.

 

[GoSharks]

Originally posted by: skace
neither him nor the host seemed to care all that much (besides the swear)

well it is live tv... what can you do?

 

[VTrider]

Originally posted by: rudder
I still say it is staged as a joke. One, he made a point to say it was one of a kind. Two, he put an extremly lot of force onto the cylinder. Had it just been a case of applying a little too much pressure, it wouldn't have shattered halfway across the floor like it did.

Well......er...if it were indeed 'one of a kind' what would be so weird that he would tell the host and audience that it was.....'one of a kind'. I think he was just a vicitm of unfortunate circumstance of a very ironic nature. I was just listening to NPR a couple of weeks ago about (probably this guy) how they are taking all these wax drums and archiving them over for history's sake, guess there going to be short one!

-VTrider

 

[Krk3561]

Just saw....ROTLMAO!!!! I wish I had seen that episode live.

 

[Centaur6]

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[no0b]

Originally posted by: Centaur6
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[Krk3561]

Heres a link that works for me!

 

[no0b]

Originally posted by: Krk3561
Heres a link that works for me!

thank you

 

[vkeks05]

Originally posted by: Krk3561
Heres a link that works for me!

Thank you! LOFL.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Looked real to me.

 

[no0b]

jeez has that other guy pass through puberty yet?

he sounds like a girl

 

[Descartes]

I actually saw that live. The look on Chris' face was priceless.

Haven't you guys ever been extremely nervous when holding something, consequently breaking it? The guy was so damn nervous he probably didn't realize he was putting so much pressure on it.

Real methinks...

 

[fr]

Originally posted by: skace
Well I'm split.

On one side he is deffinitely shaking, nervous and seems to be trying to show something with his hands.

On the other side he sure as hell did look like he pushed hard on it, and neither him nor the host seemed to care all that much (besides the swear).

Would love to find out if it was a real one or some replica.

Yeah, I thought it was very strange how they didn't seem to care that much.