Slog - Comments on "From Start to Finish, the Most Inexplicably Joy-Inducing 9 Seconds the Internet Has to Offer"

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:21:02 -0800

I'm offended.

Comment by duplicitous

duplicitous — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:27:12 -0800

An explanation for the inside joke:

"When Haiti TV2 was bought by the Only Beige Garments You Need Company all employees were forced to wear beige jackets. These jackets were uncomfortable and everyone kept removing them. To ensure compliance with its directive the company had the jackets surgically attached to anyone appearing in front of the camera ... hot weather or not these folks could NEVER remove their jackets. "Then I don't need a jacket" is now a running joke at Haiti TV2 ... and it never ceases to make Arthur laugh."

Comment by kid icarus

kid icarus — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:29:01 -0800

I like turtles!

Comment by Jimmy Legs

Jimmy Legs — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:29:50 -0800

Dude is cool.... but he's no Steve Pool

Comment by ghostlawns

ghostlawns — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:41:43 -0800

Why are they speaking English in Haiti?

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:47:17 -0800

I'm glad their not using Hait-speech.

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:48:00 -0800

their/they're

There, there.

Comment by David Schmader

David Schmader — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:48:21 -0800

Ziggity for the win.

Comment by that guy

that guy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:48:57 -0800

@5-maybe they don't know Haitian.

Comment by ghostlawns

ghostlawns — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:53:32 -0800

@9 No seriously. Why are they speaking English on Haitian TV? It sounds like the woman has an American accent.

French is the national language of Haiti and much of the population is poor and unlikely to speak English.

Why wouldn't the TV news be given in the native language?

Comment by Postureduck

Postureduck — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:59:46 -0800

@ #3

Yes. That's my favorite YouTube video yet. That and the Furby in the microwave.

Comment by longball

longball — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:03:58 -0800

Thanks David, that saved my day.

Comment by infrequent

infrequent — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:14:54 -0800

who's says women aren't funny?

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:16:34 -0800

French may be Haiti's national language, but only 15 percent of the population speaks it. Its actual national language is Creole.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:23:04 -0800

The video is presumably not from Haiti, but from one of the many nearby islands that speak English, like Jamaica or the Virgin Islands.

Comment by drew

drew — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:59:38 -0800

Don't know how this video did what it did, but it probably snapped me out of a day of sad sap music that I was listening to on the way into work.

Comment by K

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:00:53 -0800

If it's not based in Haiti, why do they specifically only show weather for Haiti and not for neighboring Dominican Republic?

It's either based in Haiti or it's a Haitian-targeted show.

The studio does have a distinctly cable-access feel, but that could just be the result of low production budgets.

What I can determine more or less for sure is that it took place in mid June or mid July, based on the sunset time.

DAMMIT I WANT TO KNOW MORE

I WANT TO BELIEVE

Comment by heywhatsit

heywhatsit — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:04:11 -0800

Fuck all this "why are they speaking English". What I want to know is why is he wearing a badge that reads TV?

Comment by tabletop_joe

tabletop_joe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:22:50 -0800

Where did you get that quote? How do they surgically attach a jacket to a person?

Comment by Sirkowski

Sirkowski — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:43:56 -0800

Let's try to find something racist in it.

Comment by diggum

diggum — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:07:26 -0800

@19: Surgically is not the accurate method of attachment. Usually, the jacket is simply sewn into the skin making it removable, but not easily and very painfully so. At least for delicate white skin. I think I read in an old book (my high school american history book was published in 1840) that certain classes of humans didn't feel pain, so I may be wrong.

sincerely,
diggum

Comment by eclexia

eclexia — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:40:58 -0800

As I recall, TV and radio stations in the Virgin Islands are regional and not local. So a weather report will give a short blurb for each major island. I'd guess this show is someplace like St. Thomas.

http://www.amerimediausa.com/radio_tv/virgin.html

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:53:16 -0800

Yeah, that makes sense. The woman's accent is Americanized, not British. US Virgin Islands.

Comment by TCO

TCO — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:54:54 -0800

That clip absolutely made my day :-)

Comment by KeeKee

KeeKee — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:17:41 -0800

Thanx Mr. Schmader!