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accident The BBC have determined your injuries are not service related
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DokraOwl
Hooter
That's some dystopian Hunger Games shit right there. Turn on the TV, see two people intentionally injure and potentially kill themselves and others in horrific crashes one after the next, and everyone just laughs about it. And it's all funded by people who pay their TV license for fear of the TV-detector vans.
Video context:
On September 10, 1983, a series of amateur stunt drivers attempted to break the record for jumping a row of cars live on Noel Edmond's short-lived Saturday evening 'Late Late Breakfast Show'. All crashed short of the target, and - after seeing the first live attempt in this clip - you may wonder why on earth the producers didn't put a stop to it. Guy Skippon's car veered into the trackside on landing, destroying a camera cable but miraculously failing to inflict death or injury on spectators and staff. A little later we saw footage of Skippon being helped to a stretcher having 'hurt his knees'.
For most people a situation that leads to near-tragedy is not to be repeated, but this is showbiz. Rich Smith knew his run was the last chance for the record to be broken, which probably explains the terrifying speed he hit the ramp. Carnage followed as the car flipped on landing, debris hurled in every direction. Briefly, the camera switched to a shot of what remained of the car, Smith clearly visible and obviously injured. He sustained a fractured pelvis and multiple injuries to his head, neck and back, all requiring a long stay in hospital.
Later in the evening, during his radio show, John Peel said that it was the closest he'd ever come to being killed. He allegedly had a frank exchange with Noel Edmonds afterwards, and the two never worked together again. When you look at the amount of debris flying and listen to Peelie's muffled panicked swearing, it's not hard to sympathise.
The 'Whirly Wheel' became a regular feature of the show until the death of Michael Lush, a member of the public killed while rehearsing the bunjee-jump stunt he would have performed on that weeks show. The official inquest reached a verdict of misadventure, but found the BBC to be failing in many aspects of safety.
Video context:
On September 10, 1983, a series of amateur stunt drivers attempted to break the record for jumping a row of cars live on Noel Edmond's short-lived Saturday evening 'Late Late Breakfast Show'. All crashed short of the target, and - after seeing the first live attempt in this clip - you may wonder why on earth the producers didn't put a stop to it. Guy Skippon's car veered into the trackside on landing, destroying a camera cable but miraculously failing to inflict death or injury on spectators and staff. A little later we saw footage of Skippon being helped to a stretcher having 'hurt his knees'.
For most people a situation that leads to near-tragedy is not to be repeated, but this is showbiz. Rich Smith knew his run was the last chance for the record to be broken, which probably explains the terrifying speed he hit the ramp. Carnage followed as the car flipped on landing, debris hurled in every direction. Briefly, the camera switched to a shot of what remained of the car, Smith clearly visible and obviously injured. He sustained a fractured pelvis and multiple injuries to his head, neck and back, all requiring a long stay in hospital.
Later in the evening, during his radio show, John Peel said that it was the closest he'd ever come to being killed. He allegedly had a frank exchange with Noel Edmonds afterwards, and the two never worked together again. When you look at the amount of debris flying and listen to Peelie's muffled panicked swearing, it's not hard to sympathise.
The 'Whirly Wheel' became a regular feature of the show until the death of Michael Lush, a member of the public killed while rehearsing the bunjee-jump stunt he would have performed on that weeks show. The official inquest reached a verdict of misadventure, but found the BBC to be failing in many aspects of safety.
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I think the show would have been greatly improved if they'd just tied Jimmy Saville into one of those cars.
"And here it comes, Jimmy's screaming like the little bitch he is as the driver, safely sitting next to me in the bunker radio controls the car's massive v8 engine as the 7 littre high octane roars and, goodness me, Jimmy's hitting the ramp at 140 mph, this is going to be a big jump, and he's screaming now, full boar and high pitched, yes, I think this is a terminal dive and YES! Flames issue from all windows of the broken car and Jimmy appears to be quadrapegic yet still yelling in pain as the flames consume him. Folks, you cannot get better family viewing than this!"
"And here it comes, Jimmy's screaming like the little bitch he is as the driver, safely sitting next to me in the bunker radio controls the car's massive v8 engine as the 7 littre high octane roars and, goodness me, Jimmy's hitting the ramp at 140 mph, this is going to be a big jump, and he's screaming now, full boar and high pitched, yes, I think this is a terminal dive and YES! Flames issue from all windows of the broken car and Jimmy appears to be quadrapegic yet still yelling in pain as the flames consume him. Folks, you cannot get better family viewing than this!"
Maybe he can appeal to the crown? Lol
JG Ballard
I want MY cigarettes!!!
Yay, smashed limbs and broken bones!
“If we really feared the crash, most of us would be unable to look at a car, let lone drive one.” JG Ballard
“If we really feared the crash, most of us would be unable to look at a car, let lone drive one.” JG Ballard
Tuomas Woorhees
If i dont see ugly, how to know beauty.
That was fun.
