Comments on: Man jumps on eggs without breaking them http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Skeeper http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260355 Skeeper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260355 I remember it from when it was first broadcast - mostly because me and my brother spent a few days trying to replicate it, as we did the Kung Fu 'walking on rice paper' thing. Quite skillful when you think about it. I remember it from when it was first broadcast – mostly because me and my brother spent a few days trying to replicate it, as we did the Kung Fu ‘walking on rice paper’ thing. Quite skillful when you think about it.

]]> By: ZippySpincycle http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260366 ZippySpincycle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260366 OK, sure, Linds beat me to it, but all I could think of was Tiddles the flying cat: Compère: That is Tiddles, I believe? Man: Yes, this is, this is Tiddles. Compère: Yes, and what does she do? Man: She flies across the studio and lands in a bucket of water. Compère: By herself? Man: No, I fling her. OK, sure, Linds beat me to it, but all I could think of was Tiddles the flying cat:

Compère: That is Tiddles, I believe?
Man: Yes, this is, this is Tiddles.
Compère: Yes, and what does she do?
Man: She flies across the studio and lands in a bucket of water.
Compère: By herself?
Man: No, I fling her.

]]> By: JJ http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260370 JJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260370 I believe "mind blowing" is the appropriate response. I believe “mind blowing” is the appropriate response.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260378 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260378 @Nelson C - One teensy correction. Nationwide wasn't a regional news programme - it came on after the regional news (hence the name). And they did in fact specialise in a mixture of investigative reporting and this sort of daftness: it was Nationwide that first brought us the skateboarding duck, after all. @Nelson C – One teensy correction. Nationwide wasn’t a regional news programme – it came on after the regional news (hence the name). And they did in fact specialise in a mixture of investigative reporting and this sort of daftness: it was Nationwide that first brought us the skateboarding duck, after all.

]]> By: Bodhipaksa http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260379 Bodhipaksa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260379 Oh gawd. I just remembered the bastard spawn of "Nationwide", which was "That's Life" -- a show hosted by Esther Rantzen, featuring dogs saying "sausages" (you had to be there), oddly-shaped vegetables, strange "odes" (by someone called Pam), songs by Richard Stilgoe, and other miscellaneous crap. To be fair to the show it also included some serious consumer-affairs reporting. I'm assuming the shows were connected since Rantzen worked on both. Oh gawd. I just remembered the bastard spawn of “Nationwide”, which was “That’s Life” — a show hosted by Esther Rantzen, featuring dogs saying “sausages” (you had to be there), oddly-shaped vegetables, strange “odes” (by someone called Pam), songs by Richard Stilgoe, and other miscellaneous crap. To be fair to the show it also included some serious consumer-affairs reporting. I’m assuming the shows were connected since Rantzen worked on both.

]]> By: Samurai Gratz http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260903 Samurai Gratz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260903 This is marvelous! This is marvelous!

]]> By: benjiwenji http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260404 benjiwenji Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260404 @21'Ben...the two of us are oneeeeeeeeeeeagain...' I never lived that tune down. @21′Ben…the two of us are oneeeeeeeeeeeagain…’
I never lived that tune down.

]]> By: Nelson.C http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260418 Nelson.C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260418 JC @11: Obviously a traumatic TV event for both of us. Or we absorbed the same subliminal messages.... JC @11: Obviously a traumatic TV event for both of us. Or we absorbed the same subliminal messages….

]]> By: bartash http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260432 bartash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260432 Nationwide? Pah, all us cool northern kids were watching <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada_Reports" rel="nofollow">Granada Reports</a>. Nationwide? Pah, all us cool northern kids were watching Granada Reports.

]]> By: John Coulthart http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260442 John Coulthart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260442 Nelson: I'm guessing trauma, of which That's Life was also a part as Bodhipaksa notes. The odes in question there were courtesy of the terminally smug Cyril Fletcher, not "Pam". Unless Pam Ayers also appeared on That's Life which wouldn't surprise me. Nelson: I’m guessing trauma, of which That’s Life was also a part as Bodhipaksa notes. The odes in question there were courtesy of the terminally smug Cyril Fletcher, not “Pam”. Unless Pam Ayers also appeared on That’s Life which wouldn’t surprise me.

]]> By: John Coulthart http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260449 John Coulthart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260449 Ahem, northern kid here as well...we used to watch both. Yes, Granada Reports was far cooler; in place of egg-jumpers they had Joy Division in 1978, the band's first TV appearance. Ahem, northern kid here as well…we used to watch both. Yes, Granada Reports was far cooler; in place of egg-jumpers they had Joy Division in 1978, the band’s first TV appearance.

]]> By: Evil Jim http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-261217 Evil Jim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-261217 New Olympic sport! New Olympic sport!

]]> By: Jux http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260210 Jux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260210 How very Monty Python! It reminds me of "The First Man To Jump The Channel". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvk2wNWmB20 How very Monty Python! It reminds me of “The First Man To Jump The Channel”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvk2wNWmB20

]]> By: chromal http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260222 chromal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260222 Wow. They were willing to put just about anything on the air, weren't they? Of course, it's not so much that he's jumping on the eggs-- that would suggest that his feet come to rest upon the eggs. Rather, he's jumping OVER the eggs and tapping them with his feet mid-flight, which totally doesn't count IMO... Wow. They were willing to put just about anything on the air, weren’t they? Of course, it’s not so much that he’s jumping on the eggs– that would suggest that his feet come to rest upon the eggs. Rather, he’s jumping OVER the eggs and tapping them with his feet mid-flight, which totally doesn’t count IMO…

]]> By: MarkM http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260991 MarkM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260991 That's it, is it? ... The boingboing article on "jumping on the eggs"? That’s it, is it? … The boingboing article on “jumping on the eggs”?

]]> By: Jackasimov http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260480 Jackasimov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260480 Extremely important: DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS WEARING SAFETY SHORT-TROUSERS. you have been warned. Extremely important: DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS WEARING SAFETY SHORT-TROUSERS.

you have been warned.

]]> By: Wareq http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-261520 Wareq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-261520 Actually, the Python skit for this one is Stake Your Claim. Actually, the Python skit for this one is Stake Your Claim.

]]> By: Random_Tangent http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260241 Random_Tangent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260241 Oh yes. it's definitely been jumped on. Oh yes. it’s definitely been jumped on.

]]> By: llynglas http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260247 llynglas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260247 I love the Beeb..... I love the Beeb…..

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260248 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260248 so, it seems pretty clear that daytime TV has ALWAYS sucked. so, it seems pretty clear that daytime TV has ALWAYS sucked.

]]> By: anukexpat http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-262810 anukexpat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-262810 Mmmmm Sue Lawley, she was, and still is, the hawt! Mmmmm Sue Lawley, she was, and still is, the hawt!

]]> By: BukaHobbit http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260251 BukaHobbit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260251 This reminds me of the John Cleese quip to Kevin Klein in A Fish Called Wanda. 'Are you totally de-ranged?' This reminds me of the John Cleese quip to Kevin Klein in A Fish Called Wanda. ‘Are you totally de-ranged?’

]]> By: Bodhipaksa http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260257 Bodhipaksa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260257 @Franko: I agree about daytime TV, but this was early evening broadcasting from the BBC -- a show called Nationwide. I remember watching this particular segment with a keen sense of embarrassment as the guy repeatedly failed to quite make contact with the egg. @Franko: I agree about daytime TV, but this was early evening broadcasting from the BBC — a show called Nationwide. I remember watching this particular segment with a keen sense of embarrassment as the guy repeatedly failed to quite make contact with the egg.

]]> By: benjiwenji http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260260 benjiwenji Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260260 Oh Gawd bless em all...I love my countrymen. You can feel safe in the knowledge that that chap REALLY did know when an egg had been stamped on. A trained pro'. Winner. Probably ex SAS. He could be my Dad...the shorts look right. Oh Gawd bless em all…I love my countrymen. You can feel safe in the knowledge that that chap REALLY did know when an egg had been stamped on. A trained pro’. Winner. Probably ex SAS. He could be my Dad…the shorts look right.

]]> By: The Lizardman http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260524 The Lizardman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260524 This should come full circle and be used as a moment of zen by the daily show. This should come full circle and be used as a moment of zen by the daily show.

]]> By: Nelson.C http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260269 Nelson.C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260269 Oh, gods, I remember this from the original broadcast. Possibly the most embarrassing moment on British TV ever. For the record, this was an early evening programme, <i>Nationwide,</i> a regional news magazine programme on after the 5:45 News, IIRC. This particular segment was a bit of silliness the production staff snuck in at the end of the show as a prank on the presenter (Sue Lawley, I seem to remember). Hmm, I think BBC's News 24 channel could do with a bit of silliness like this. Oh, gods, I remember this from the original broadcast. Possibly the most embarrassing moment on British TV ever.

For the record, this was an early evening programme, Nationwide, a regional news magazine programme on after the 5:45 News, IIRC. This particular segment was a bit of silliness the production staff snuck in at the end of the show as a prank on the presenter (Sue Lawley, I seem to remember).

Hmm, I think BBC’s News 24 channel could do with a bit of silliness like this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260270 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260270 The BBC used to have a segment at the end of the news where they would show something funny. Such as this egg jumping showcase. I don't know what year though the BBC eventually scrapped this segment. I don't think this man would of made it onto the TV if he wasn't so funny to watch The BBC used to have a segment at the end of the news where they would show something funny. Such as this egg jumping showcase. I don’t know what year though the BBC eventually scrapped this segment. I don’t think this man would of made it onto the TV if he wasn’t so funny to watch

]]> By: travelina http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260285 travelina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260285 I wish they had included the part where he jumps on human noses without breaking them, either. I wish they had included the part where he jumps on human noses without breaking them, either.

]]> By: John Coulthart http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260289 John Coulthart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260289 Ye gods, I remember this from when it was first broadcast; I was about 12 at the time and recall thinking "WTF?" then. Nationwide wasn't daytime TV, it was an early evening "magazine" news and current affairs show which came on after the national news. An odd mix of serious investigation, sports and inane items such as this. Animals doing silly things were always popular. They should have called it YouKTube. Ye gods, I remember this from when it was first broadcast; I was about 12 at the time and recall thinking “WTF?” then.

Nationwide wasn’t daytime TV, it was an early evening “magazine” news and current affairs show which came on after the national news. An odd mix of serious investigation, sports and inane items such as this. Animals doing silly things were always popular. They should have called it YouKTube.

]]> By: John Coulthart http://boingboing.net/2008/08/14/man-jumps-on-eggs-wi.html#comment-260294 John Coulthart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-260294 Ha, snap! Ha, snap!

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