Sep 24 2008Woops: Guy Mishandles Antique
I remember seeing this a while ago, but for those of you who have yet to witness its awesomeness, here it is: some guy showing off his one of a kind antique recording. Warning: he says shit and the host of the show made me punch through my monitor. But still, totally worth a watch.
Old man breaks one of a kind antique [googlevideo]
Thanks to chaosthirteen, who agrees there's just nothing funnier than another person's misfortune.
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Reader Comments
1. Thumperchica - September 24, 2008 11:53 AM
Firewall - argh.
2. DG - September 24, 2008 11:54 AM
Much like the broken recording, this video is ancient.
3. you know who - September 24, 2008 12:00 PM
guy better not handle my antique
4. suzy blue balls - September 24, 2008 12:00 PM
your poor old shakey handsed bastard. please leave the set. now.
5. poop - September 24, 2008 12:00 PM
fifth
6. Mr. Mitchell - September 24, 2008 12:01 PM
Old but I love this vid. thanks GW.
7. Jo Mama - September 24, 2008 12:05 PM
Congratulations Grandpa! You just pulled landscaping duty!
8. ginormagantuan - September 24, 2008 12:10 PM
EIGHTH!!!!!!!
9. ginormagantuan - September 24, 2008 12:11 PM
MUAHAHAHAHAHA! that's what you get for trying to show off your old crap! antiques should be kept in a nice secure location behind some plexyglass or something.
10. Jo Mama - September 24, 2008 12:12 PM
Grandpa was euthanized shortly after during the commercial break.
11. Daisy - September 24, 2008 12:13 PM
Fake!
That's a complete fabrication. Its probably a scene from the Directors cut of Never Back Down.
Its still wiked cook when the old junk PEW PEW PEWs all over the floor and the old coot starts to almost cry.
12. Jayfournines - September 24, 2008 12:18 PM
This is old as f***...nevertheless incredibly funny
but yeah, it's also a deleted scene from Never Back Down
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13. Daniel - September 24, 2008 12:22 PM
I loved that, and it's NEW to me so... I guess I'm not such a loser that I've seen it before
14. YAY! - September 24, 2008 12:27 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Don't let old guys handle old shit, it ends badly.
15. Buddy Love - September 24, 2008 12:29 PM
I feel so bad for that old faggot, though. Breaks the f***ing thing apart on TV for everyone to hate on him. He's probably dead by now..either self-inflicted or by another angry collector.
16. Icon - September 24, 2008 12:29 PM
I want to shoot Daisy in the face.
17. chaosthirteen - September 24, 2008 12:31 PM
Damn Skippy, nothings funnier than another person's misfortune.
18. Julian - September 24, 2008 12:33 PM
LOL @Jo Mama + 10 internets for you sir.
19. Momboelitist - September 24, 2008 12:37 PM
I'd have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids!!!
You're next nick bacon!!!
20. Beerngolf - September 24, 2008 12:37 PM
Parkinson's is Comical!!!!!
http://www.beerngolf.com
21. Daisy - September 24, 2008 12:38 PM
@16 - your threat of PEW PEW PEW doesn't scare me. I think you're a fake, and I'll Never Back Down.
22. Sam - September 24, 2008 12:38 PM
O is for OWNED!!!
23. Mr. Man - September 24, 2008 12:41 PM
Shake much?
24. lulu - September 24, 2008 12:54 PM
what the hell was that thing anyway? dick armor???
25. Queef - September 24, 2008 12:55 PM
Daisy smells funny...
26. Blogzilla - September 24, 2008 1:11 PM
I pissed myself laughing at that when I saw it xD
27. Amy - September 24, 2008 1:11 PM
Video is old, and so is Daisy's so-called running gag.
28. gingela5 - September 24, 2008 1:30 PM
This is an old video but it is so funny. It gives me a case of the LOLs when I see it.
29. nullCRC - September 24, 2008 1:33 PM
First
30. Joe Cat - September 24, 2008 1:35 PM
That man shakes more than Michael J Fox
31. Josh - September 24, 2008 1:37 PM
Wait so what you guys are saying is that a clip from a defunct show on a defunct network is old? NO F***ING WAY!
32. lynsa - September 24, 2008 1:39 PM
k, yeah yeah, poor grandpa and make fun of him, sure, but seriously, imagine it was something else a lot of you geeks on here totally go nuts for. i mean shit, i don't know what the hell that thing was either and i don't care.
what always makes me the most angry in this is that f***ing kid. he makes me, like the geekologie writer said, want to punch through the monitor. that dickless twat, so rude and uncaring, it's obvious that what happened is awkward and this kid is laughing and staring around like a dipshit.
not to mention im pretty sure he's a living incarnation of that zitty fryguy from the simpsons.
33. DigitalT - September 24, 2008 1:40 PM
Yeah I remember seeing this. Cant imagine what went through his mind when that happened except, "Oh Shit"
34. Angel Mass - September 24, 2008 1:43 PM
Geekologie writer grandpa is kinda silly
35. Andrea - September 24, 2008 1:56 PM
It's amazing how many people don't feel sorry for this poor guy.
I've felt so bad for him.
Sometimes I think I'm too human to read your comments.
Whatever.
36. Miles - September 24, 2008 2:06 PM
A really good example of the frailty of possessions. All things break or fall into ruin at some point. We just got to see it in microcosm. Yeah, it's a little bit funny and alittle bit sad all at once (I've never seen it before).
I have a rather large collection of glassware from the 30's and 40's and I'm scared to death to handle it.
37. c45j - September 24, 2008 2:07 PM
wtf was that thing anyways? and why did it just explode in his hand?
38. Miles - September 24, 2008 3:03 PM
@37- it WAS a very old version of a vinyl record. Age made it brittle. I suspect that either old age or nerves caused him to clench just a little harder than he intended.
39. trc - September 24, 2008 3:08 PM
Ok, so I know the "never back down" comments are some inside joke, but I cannot for the life of me find the post that started it all! Help. Please!
40. Kelly - September 24, 2008 3:14 PM
yeah, I feel so sorry for him. I don't think there's anything funny about it. I mean he obviously cared for the posession a great deal, and it was really rare. I am sure it meant a lot to him, and then he is mocked. and for what reason? All he was doing was showing off something that he was proud of. I don't see the humor in it at all.
41. A.H - September 24, 2008 3:15 PM
i really feel quite bad for him- did you see his hands shaking?
42. Icon - September 24, 2008 3:19 PM
@39
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/09/showing_off_how_not_to_win_a_f.php
43. Amaranth - September 24, 2008 3:54 PM
nice find from ebaumsworld, its about 10 years old
44. YzR - September 24, 2008 3:57 PM
An good old TechTV "classic" :)
45. Linestepper - September 24, 2008 3:57 PM
I'm so old I saw this when it originally aired.
That's right kids, this was back when MTV played actual music videos, yup, and most rock songs contained something called Guitar Solos, oh yeah, and Creed was just a bad christian band.
As far as "nimble fingers" here goes, I have to agree with some of the women here who have said this poor bastard deserves some pity. He handled it pretty well...(not the antique obviously) I'm pretty sure that's the first swear he's ever uttered. Better get to confession quick. I would have picked up all the pieces right there and jammed them down that punk host's urethra.
...and done.
46. windowshopper - September 24, 2008 4:01 PM
That thing was a tube that a needle plays on, an early version of the record. The old man looked nervous as hell being on TV, and I feel so bad for him that he broke that thing.
Plus, not to mention, as he said, it was a one of a kind recording, so it was probably worth a huge sum of money. Poor guy, lost his retirement...
47. jack - September 24, 2008 4:03 PM
not a rare antique at all, i work for an auction house and smash those old cylinders all the time, hardly one of a kind. people should spend 5 seconds looking at a book before they run their mouths off
48. Mr.Mitchell - September 24, 2008 4:11 PM
Hey douche...I mean Jack. That was the only copy of that piece of music.... Meaning no one else had that particular song. So yes it was rare...
You should take your own advise...
49. Jo Mama - September 24, 2008 4:34 PM
What?! We can't joke about old people doing sad things anymore? Whats next? We cant make Holocaust jokes?! No more 9/11 limericks?! Whats the world coming to. :(
50. Alex - September 24, 2008 5:22 PM
Um, I think that's Chris Pirllio with the old guy.
51. Icon - September 24, 2008 5:59 PM
There once was two towers in New York
Who crumbled because two planes ran into them
It killed lots of people
And made a big mess
And I never was good at limericks.
F*** off.
52. SusieWhite - September 24, 2008 6:34 PM
Alex Hey buddy, haven't seen you for some time. Just hanging out with a hot girl on ____u n i f o r m e d m a t e. c o m a great place to meet hot girl online.
53. Miles - September 24, 2008 7:02 PM
Boy- that Susie has been busy catching up on all her ol' buddies. Stupid box.
54. Mr.Mitchell - September 24, 2008 7:30 PM
I got a good joke to leave you with...
Two tampons are walking down the street. What did one say to the other???
Nothing there both stuck up cunts!
(sorry girls I know how you hate the C word...But it was funny)
55. Miles - September 24, 2008 7:37 PM
eeeewwwwwwwwww..............
56. Sabrina - September 24, 2008 7:49 PM
i feel bad for the old man but....it's still funny
57. Zoid Elpertclam - September 24, 2008 9:22 PM
he was about to say the f word on national TV
58. sharpie - September 24, 2008 9:30 PM
fail...
like, seriously epic fail.
59. john - September 24, 2008 11:11 PM
man this is oldddddddd as shit
60. Bender - September 25, 2008 1:23 AM
i almost tear up a little after I watch this. I notice that people would cry for blood for the two chicks who destroyed that stormtrooper, yet you laugh at a collector who has one of his valuables break. F*** you guys.
Also, limericks are awesome.
61. Sixty first - September 25, 2008 6:47 AM
Sixty first.
62. LSDiesel - September 25, 2008 12:01 PM
Daisy, I know that you're still laughing your ass off about the "Never Back Down" joke, but the whole rest of the world has gotten over it, and you should to.
Thanks
P.S. This also includes photoshop jokes