Proof that Halloween really is stupid season for network television:
This actually happened in the course of a news report this evening. As a camera focuses on a slowly teetering rocking chair in an old house, GMA-7’s Nelson Canlas reports ominously that the chair is rocking of its own accord, portentously suggesting the influence of other powers.
Behind the rocking chair is a window, with curtains… and the curtains are billowing like mad. It’s obviously a windy day. (Correction: it was a clothesline, not curtains, but the stiff wind and the corresponding movement in the clothesline is obvious.)
OK, how do I spell it out for you, Mr. Canlas? I’ll say it… very… slowly. The… wind… is… making… the… chair… rock.
HEELLLLLOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Addendum: Watch the video and see if I’m making this shit up. The relevant verbal diarrhea from Canlas, from 00:20 to 00:32, goes like this: “Hindi makakaila na nakakatakot talaga ang lugar. Nakunan pa nga ng aming camera ang rocking chair na ito na walang gumagalaw, pero patuloy ang malakas na ugoy!” (In English: “Nobody can deny that the place is scary. Our camera caught this rocking chair that nobody touched, but kept moving!”)
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