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HSN Salesman Breaks TV With Wiimote: Real or Fake?

by Leila Brillson on October 19, 2009 at 03:43 PM

Wiimote accidents are easily preventable. The slippery sucker comes with both a strap and an optional sleeve, hoping to soften whatever damage a klutz might do to his dog or girlfriend. But most importantly, not letting go of the controller requires simple common sense. That's why it continues to be entertaining when hapless gamers fling the things at their screens.

Do you think this Wiimote disaster is fake?
Yes1929 (16.1%)
No9141 (76.1%)
I'm not sure.934 (7.8%)


When a man helplessly calls for his 'mama' after shattering his flat screen, it's oddly sad. But when a Home Shopping Network host launches a Wii Tennis racket at the screen (jump to 5:05 in the above video), cracks the TV, and continues to plow right through his pitch without missing a beat (with no help from his hysterical co-worker), we laugh at him, and then with him. Hey, he didn't break a sweat, and the savvy production team flawlessly cut to a different shot instead of letting the poor guy suffer. It's almost too good to be true, but we agree with Gizmodo here. A very real screwup that fortunately (for us) was caught on live TV. However, if anyone is going to buy into a bunch of plastic, poorly affixed sports accessories, then it serves them right. [From: Gizmodo and Joystiq]

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Tags: funny, top, wii, wii sports, wiimote, wiimote accessory, wiimote accidents, WiimoteAccessory, WiimoteAccidents, WiiSports

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