Mary Carillo's Badminton Rant - Athens 2004
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2008
- This was taken off the air from a badminton broadcast in the middle of the night, US time. What starts as a normal description about the equipment turns into a full-on rant about how backyard badminton is really played.
Update: Deadspin found and interviewed Mary Carillo about this around the time of the '14 Sochi Olympics. deadspin.com/lets-relive-mary-... - Спорт
producer: mary, we have a couple of minutes to fill before the badminton starts...
Mary: i got this
It was her destiny
"We have four minutes of dead air to fill. Go."
This woman is a professional.
I died at "you realize suddenly, you own 18 basketballs"
Single greatest piece of olympic reporting ever. She's hilarious.
I don't know who she is but I hope she has done some standup comedy, she's brilliant.
she had to try making it interesting somehow.
Think its a man dude, but oh well.
There's a man named Caitlyn. Looks like their adams apple are about the same.
+Kevin Moreal, I think you're an ass.
She has incredible comedic talent. Most comedians wouldn't be able to write like this and she improvised it.
maybe 3/4 of it is true
The baby duck rescue of 1997
never forget
I, I don't remember.
Lmao ikr, so specific Btw wow 7 years ago huh. wow
We will rebuild.
My wife and I saw this on TV 10 years ago. We TiVo'ed the wrong thing and caught this the next morning from a 3 AM broadcast. It was live in the middle of the night and she knew no one was watching so she vamped. It is a classic. We have been looking for this for years. Thanks for sharing!
the baby duck rescue of 1997. really brought us all together
This isn't a rant, it's a joke and it's really funny, actually. She's just doing it straight-faced.
Like when your mum bangs me, hang on...
Jokes and rants aren't mutually exclusive. It's both.
She lived it.
I lost it at "tree seeking device". Thanks Mary!
God damnit i read this 2 seconds before she said it. This made me laugh my ass off.
Oh how i wish that UA-cam existed in 2004.
Yes.
Disturbing.
You know you want to songify it. Just do it. Do it for the love of your craft. That is, if you can isolate that background noise. O_o
Love your videos! and you really need to do this one!
haha apparently we watch the same videos.
This is amazing. I love her deadpan delivery.
Every couple years I remember this exists and it never fails to put me into tears with laughter
I may be drunk but this is the most hilarious thing I've ever encountered in my life
Bad boys of badminton 😂 😂 😂 😂 All from the left hand side of the goose 😂 😂 😂 OMG
Damn people are mean. So what if she has a lower voice. I think she's great and hilarious.
Yeh, I mean, girls are really just girly guys and guys are just manly girls if you think about it.
@sleepzzz29. I agree. I like her a lot. She's pretty damn funny.
Part of the deepness of her voice is this bad recording. I just watched a much better video on The Athletic web site and she sounds much less like Johnny Cash.
I love Mary Carillo. Quality improv here.
It's always Christopher Burr, goddamn that Christopher Burr.
honestly this is where I lost it.
😂😂
Perfect explanation of chaos theory
"See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos theory"
The amount of times I could have been found to be saying that to myself, in that cadence, is unhealthy.
Now this is how you anchor a segment when the director tells you to fill in 4 minutes. Legendary.
Mary Carillo is all kinds of awesome. It's so unimaginative to just make a flippant cruel joke like "Oh what gender is it?" and not appreciate the sheer utter brilliance on display before you.
this is great. give this lady her own show.
I still remembered this from when those Olympics were actually on TV. Pity about the sound quality, but thanks for saving this hilarious rant. I remember watching in disbelief the first time as a straightforward talk on Olympic badminton turned into this brilliant routine.
Carillo has to have an advanced sense of humor. There is no way she's serious here. I mean, if so, then she's certifiable.
This would make a superb monologue for an acting audition.
the best part is how she keeps a straight face the whole time
This is from 2004? it looks about 15-20 years older lol
Because it was likely recorded on a VCR, since DVR wasn't as widespread in '04. Do the children on here not know what a VCR is?
VCRs look better than this ;)
+mechtecify Not really.
cuz...it's over a decade old. when we still used VCRs.
15 years ago was 2001. 2001 and 2004 were pretty similar in video equipment.
Do you guys not have a sense of humor? This is hilarious.
Well that escalated relatively quickly.
She makes me laugh. "The tree is now groaning with children . . . and equipment." ". . . for the first time in seven years, you can actually pull your car into the garage 'cause there's no sporting equipment in there."
😆 This is awesome! I don't remember hearing about this, but glad to watch now. Came here from Mary's interview on The Fckery with Leslie Jones and Lenny Marcus. Really great interview!
Oooh cant wait to scroll through the comments section and see the same jokes about her voice about 400 times.
*his
That was awesome, spot-on and hilarious.
The originality in these comments is astounding.
That aside. This is some cricket level live-to-air stretching. Mad props, Carillo. That was entertaining as fuck.
I fucking love this so much, she had me laughing so hard when she started name dropping
This makes me smile every time I see it. Go, Mary!
This was aired in 2004? Looks more like 1994.
Why cause the VHS? VHS was still used in 2004 on occasion.
Well seeing as the equipment in 2004 and 1994 aren't that different, then I don't see why you would think this. Do you remember 2004? This is a VHS recording, and this is what VHS recordings looked like...
Let me guess - you were younger than 5 in 2004?
Harry Flashman
Actually, gramps, I wasn't even born yet ;)
1Nostrand1 So why would you even make this comment? How would you even know what it looks like?
And then +22?
It seems there's a lot of kids on the internet who talk about the 90s as if it's something they remember when they don't even remember 2004.
What's that all about? How weird is it to be called "gramps" when you're 22? Should you even be on the internet? What are you, like 12?
Harry Flashman
Grandpa gets cranky without his nap time :D
If this is from 2004 why does it look like it was recorded in 1978?
Because it was recorded on a VCR, which was a technology from the 70s.
+VideoAmericanStyle pretty sure VCR came around in the 80s. betamax was the 70s I think
You are thinking of VHS. VCR just means "Video Cassette Recorder." VHS and Betamax were two different formats used in VCRs.
Andrew Conrad VCR (video cassette recording) technology has been around in consumer-ready devices since the 70s. VHS was introduced in the US in the late 70s.
Most skillfull narration ever given by a sports anchor by lightyears.... that was awesome.....
This is my new favorite video. I've watched it now 5 times.
"they're leaving skidmarks!" so funny. Hilarious!
Producer: So Mary, Michael Phelps just cancelled his interview and we've got nothing for the next 3:45. Can you fill that time?
Mary Carillo: I've been waiting for this moment my whole life..
Oh my god.... this was a piece of art.
well that went from general reporting to "really really really specific"
That day of badminton gave her PTSD.
"You know what really grinds my gears?"
All these years later, and it's still funny! :D
Time to rewatch my favorite Olympic report of all time
Favorite rant for life...
this as the best thign ive ever seen
This is friggin amazing.
This is one of the most awesome things I've ever seen.
I'm genuinely interested in why she went off about this and what point was she trying to make? Her passion was awesome and I'd love to know exactly what she is trying to teach here.
Probably trying to explain how bad of a sport is BADminton
Comedy. Not sure how you didn't catch it. Certainly not the delivery of a veteran comedian but I figured it was pretty obvious.
"Can't believe that thing's still around. I was hosting a morning show in Athens that covered a lot of badminton-some table tennis too, but badminton, I'd been assured, was going to be "the curling of the Summer Games." (!) There was no script for that rant-just a little dead time-but it got some chuckles and a head shake from my producer. It was a pretty loose show-I'd already explained a team handball's size by comparing it against various members of the melon family, and when I found out that equestrian horses were listed as "equipment" I did a rant on the fact that horses needed passports to get into the country and dramatically produced one, so surely they needed an identity upgrade..
That sort of nonsense got me a hosting gig on Torino's Olympic Ice show, which is still one of my all-time favorite scams. Don't know if it's still kicking around, but maybe my salute to Guido The Zamboni Guy is still out there from that wackadoodle show..
Don't know how I stay employed,
carillo"
deadspin.com/lets-relive-mary-carillos-great-american-badminton-ra-1520537732/1520820915
I'm sure some producer was like "shit! We've got 3 and half minutes to fill and we've got NOTHING! Anybody got anything? Can anyone get out there in front of the camera and fill 4 minutes???"
my god her way of speaking is brilliant
Somethings just gotta be said.
Brilliant!!! I watch this all the time, especially after a bad day at work, and it never ceases to make me laugh. I wish I could be this funny off the cuff.
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She is stunning and brave
Is this an art piece? I love this woman.
She's a former tennis player and I think mainly covers tennis? But steps in during the summer Olympics. IIRC there was a delay in the start of a match and she suddenly had to fill the time! Amazing.
Watching this was totally my zen moment of the day.
Absolutely fantastic. I love Mary's sports journalism.
"We need to stall for 3 minutes!"
-"what do i say??"
"IDK just start talking
I want to hear about the Baby Duck Rescue of 1997 Mary! Something tells me that story is as epic as this one lmao
What a beautiful man
This has me in stitches and the longer it goes the better it gets
This went from 0-100 real quick
Up until 1:20, she just seems to be uptight about the quality of Olympic equipment. Then the tree seeking device is mentioned, and the rocket takes off briskly.
Baby Duck Rescue of 1997. NEVER FORGET.
Mary, you're brilliant! I love you!
Absolutely hilarious. Can't understand why people aren't getting it.
This dude is great
I'm pretty sure that's a woman
IIIIII.... don't think so.
I think it's Dunkey.
I see what you did there.
im not sure but would fuck
What a fantastic rant
I have never seen this. Mary Carillilo has comedic skills, impeccable timing and she’s hilarious. “Then you see, Christopher Burr, and it’s always Christopher Burr…” 😂😂😂
Perhaps the funniest thing I've ever seen.
Wow. Guess they had some time to fill and just let her ramble on.
Ahhhh the baby duck rescue of '97 who could forget.
Idk how I’ve never seen this before. I have no words. It just kept escalating 😂😂😂
I wish I could remember this. This is hiilarious!!
2004? or 94?? This looks way, WAY old
LOL! That was great.
I've no idea how I just found this, but this woman is hilarious, she deserved her own show!
i watched this twice while eating twice i chocked, twice because of " Badminton is a watersport!"
Oh my god, the escalation with the 18 basketballs. Glorious.
Edit: Spongebob is now involved. This is glorious.
she was just killing time, just off the cuff stuff, killing me over here :)
This woman was born to be a blogger. I've never seen a digression this good.
that is the best intro for an Olympic sport I have ever heard. It's always that Burr kid, god damn it.
I love this dude
I wish I had a manly voice like him.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this. Took me a moment to realize it was a woman.
-I assumed that it was voice alteration to avoid the copyright gestapo.-
I found some other videos of her and damn, that's her voice. I stand corrected. More power to her, and let the gender police get their pantywaists in knots.
wait, that's a guy?
It's a woman. Her name is Mary Carillo. She even heterosexual. She have husband and children... So
Are you here from reddit too?
I love her voice
I watch this every few years for a good laugh.
Is that Caitlyn Jenner?
no it's Patrick
edgy
Is this the Krusty Krab?
No this is Pratick.
No THIS is Patrick!
I like Mary. She's got balls.
What a freaking legend
I was in tears!!!!
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YOLO
we don't have that footage ready yet Mary , tell that dynamite badminton story again
oh man, this is great.
fantastic
Well, I thought it was great. Enough with the haters and the small man parts that are mad about still living in mom's basement.
And mom's about to evict him.
Damn!! Funny!! EXACTLY how badminton was played when I was a kid. There was always that birdie-eating tree.
XD This is perfect. IT GOES ON FOR SO LONG I'm so happy they allowed this, hahaha!
Wow this guy took the words right out of my mouth...
Me and my friends started getting really into badminton. Eventually we all got Yonex rackets and refused to play with anything other than goosefeather shuttlecocks. It kind of turned a fun pastime into an aggressive labor.