Woman hooks earring to singer's suit, can't escape
This singer is so infatuated with his own performance that he neglects to notice that a woman is stuck to him. (via Arbroath)
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Well, playback does make it harder to stop singing, mid-song.
If I sat there laughing at my wife, making no effort to help, while she was getting dragged around by the ear, I'd be sleeping at the office for the next 6 months.
She should have punched both of them out for that. That poor woman, there were times when you could tell she was definitely in pain.
That poor woman got to be on TV and wasn't about to fall victim to a need to be a victim and ruin that chance.
I'm impressed that she keeps trying to dance. What a trooper! After she was finally freed I waited for the moment when she planted the toe of one of those pointy pumps in the singer's 'nads for being such an obtuse fool.
Cycle23, what exactly are you suggesting? That she wasn't in pain? That being on television is such a sublime experience that it trumps all discomfort? YOU try getting dragged around by the ear!
I thought she was a fucking trouper, and like Lectroid, if that were my husband/partner, I'd be royally pissed that he didn't really help!
Yes, I am suggesting that she allowed the experience to trump her pain.
Under the right condition, being dragged by the ear may be sublime for me.
Perhaps she was thinking "wow, now I'll finally have my boing boing moment".
I just realized #1's use of "playback" means "lyp synching". That's a new term for me.
She is claiming that her hair is hooked not the earring, and in the end she is holding the hair if you look closely.
For those of you who wonder, they are speaking Turkish and the singer is Erol Buyukburc, but I have no idea which crappy show is this.
@#8: You never heard the term "playback"?
But perhaps it's a false friend from Europe. I know that playback means lip synching in French and German. Decades ago, there was a "Mini Playback Show" for children on german television.
The pain in her ear could not compare to the pain in mine from listening to that song.
As a performer (and looking at it from the guy's point of view) I don't think he was infatuated with his own performance and unaware... he was trying to keep the "scene" going as well.
He wasn't the one in pain but it's still the same show must go on mentality she was operating under. From my experience one's aware of pretty much everything when in performance mode and trying to tune out most of it. The big rule is you can't say oh hell let's stop this now - it breaks the social contract between performer and audience.
In this case there would have also been feedback from the floor producer exhorting them to carry the hell on.
why did he keep bopping her on the head? the song wasn't "little bunny foo foo," was it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bunny_Foo_Foo
It seemed to me that the two people not singing are the cohosts of the show. And like previously mentioned, the singer couldn't stop because of the prerecorded singing he was lip-syncing to.
Reminds me of a time long past when my then girlfriend got her hair tangled in the earring of a girl who would later become Miss Finland. I had to stand there watching her head bounce against those ample breasts for what seemed like an eternity.
The image will live with me until my dying breath.
Did he have to kneel and move around like that? He could have taken a moment to gracefully help disentangle her. But he had his hammy song to do.
I'd have given him such a nice hard squeeze in the balls he'd be singing alto for a long long time.
Folks, if it had been the earring she would have TAKEN THE EARRING OUT and left it hanging on his suit. It was her hair.
I'm from Turkey. I will try to explain what this freak show is.
Most of our TV channels are full of these. And trust me, this video is just the tip of the iceberg. If the boingboing folk is interested, I can find many more freak shows like this but I personally do not want to infest BB. :)
About the video;
This is a morning program for housewifes. It is called "Sabah Şekerleri" which means "Morning Sweeties" or something like that. Don't ask me why.
The singer is Erol Büyükburç. He is part time Elvis-imitator and part time lunatic. He lives in his own magical world inside his mind. I am sure that he is not even aware of the girl stuck her hair or earring. And the weird poses while he is singing, it is a piece of his Elvis fanatism.
The other two idiots are the program's hosts. I guess they are specially chosen idiots to create fun elements to the prgoram. That is why they act like jerks. Specially the male one.
TV managers think that weirdos attract rating in the morning times and there are lots of such programs running. Imagine Oprah with Tom Cruise airing every day in fifteen main channels.
Besides these, we have "Mehmet Ali Erbil", "Seda Sayan" for example hosting such freak-morning-shows. If you are interested, just do a little youtube search with these names.
We are in a point somewhere between the Bombay TV and Japanese shows.
If you have any further questions, fire! :)
In the days when buses in England had conductors, the conductors had large, very heavy, leather satchels for coins. I remember one getting snagged on a young woman's ear-ring and the bag being at a 45 degree angle before he noticed.
Ow.
Btw, I just re-watched it with sound and she says that her hair was hooked at the end of the video. It is not the earring.
You can sleep in peace tonight.
Yes that's right. Actually it's not her earring that's been hooked up. It's her hair.
#11 HAHAHAHA!!! thanks for making my day :)
I'm from Turkey. I m very surprised to see this crazy man (singer) here! Singer's name is Erol Büyükburç who is well known artist in Turkey. he believes that he is the second "Elvis Presley". he is an idiot, but i can't understand, people loves him! Also, the TV shows in Turkey are idiot too...
Hrundi V. Bakshi lives.
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What a delightful way for me to end my night, thanks!