What is “Fallopian Tube?”
The last hour of my work day is the one I look forward to the most. Not just because I’m almost off work — but because I get to see all my days work come to fruition. And get to hear the comments different stories stir up from our “booth” crew — which is infinitely more funny than “Mystery Science Theatre 3000″ but in the same context. I purposely seek out one or two stories a day that I know will inspire comments. One day, it was a story about two huge trashbags bags of weed (yes, the “hippie lettuce”) found on the side of the road — which my booth pals loved. Yesterday it was a story about a bengal tiger mauling a construction worker in California, to which Z-Dub promptly speaks up: “Siegfried & Roy were unavailable for comment.” Also yesterday, I decided to give the Big Fella TWO hugs. (I bring the happiness!) I know he’s quite disturbed by this… and frankly, now that I think about it… so am I. There’s lots of love to go around though. These are simply microcosms of the most intense hour of the day — in the middle of live TV, we’re able to still do our jobs and laugh and have a lot of fun.
Then… comes Final Jeopardy. Thankfully, it takes place during a commercial break, or else none of us would be able to work for the minute it takes to play the theme music and get through three answers. Amazingly — somebody on our crew almost always gets the answer off the category — before we’ve even seen actual “clue.” Which is how we ended up with Z-Dub’s long -standing FJ answer (which I predict, will be right someday): What is “Fallopian Tube?”
From the Newsroom
We ushered in an AP Candidate from Sioux City Tuesday who looked like a fish out of water ALL DAY LONG. You know, the type who wanders around the newsroom where they know a minute after showing up — they’ll never work there. You could just see it on her face. For a visual, picture an Oompa Loompa who did not dress for a job interview but more like a trip to the corner market for cigarettes. This chick was easily the most disturbing candidate in quite a while.
I also enjoyed the varying portrayals (by about 10 different people) of a story about man walking out of a burning apartment complex — looking like a zombie from Night of the Living Dead. Horrifying in one context – but absolutely hilarious in the newsroom.
We’re sick people.
I’ll take “Female Anatomy” for $200, Alex.
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