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Mr. Coffee Nerves		2012-07-12 03:24:25 PM

I'm assuming Fonzie crashing into the Arnold's Fried Chicken stand is #21, then.

Jackson Herring		2012-07-12 03:24:32 PM

do you just copy and paste this same headline any time there is a list of like things?

scottydoesntknow		2012-07-12 03:30:47 PM

So apparently Americans walking on the farking moon is less important than the death of a coked-out has-been who was already on 60% of people's office dead pools?

Nice America

HoboCop		2012-07-12 03:34:37 PM

WTF Casey Anthony trumps the moon landing?

sigdiamond2000		2012-07-12 03:37:10 PM

Mr. Coffee Nerves: I'm assuming Fonzie crashing into the Arnold's Fried Chicken stand is #21, then.

You honestly think that moment was more powerful than when Pinky Tuscadero gave Fonzie her pink scarf after the Malachi Brothers nearly killed her in that demolition derby?

You've never experienced true love and loss, have you?

FlashHarry		2012-07-12 03:37:16 PM

HoboCop: WTF Casey Anthony trumps the moon landing?

came here to say this.

or the 1972 olympic tragedy.

Godscrack		2012-07-12 03:38:03 PM

scottydoesntknow: So apparently Americans walking on the farking moon is less important than the death of a coked-out has-been who was already on 60% of people's office dead pools?

Nice America

Whitney Houston wasn't a hoax.

EngineerBoy		2012-07-12 03:38:43 PM

Unless this is the list of runners-up to the moon landing, then this list fails completely.

Marcus Aurelius		2012-07-12 03:41:56 PM

Sybarite		2012-07-12 03:42:51 PM

I'll always remember where I was...

blog.koldcast.tv

brap		2012-07-12 03:46:39 PM

CrotchBeard		2012-07-12 03:50:17 PM

Omits Charles/Diana wedding, Reagan shooting, Michael Jackson death and Apollo 11 moon landing. All bigger news than Whitney Houston's death or the Casey Anthony verdict, IMO.

DeltaPunch		2012-07-12 03:53:37 PM

CrotchBeard: Omits Charles/Diana wedding, Reagan shooting, Michael Jackson death and Apollo 11 moon landing. All bigger news than Whitney Houston's death or the Casey Anthony verdict, IMO.

Hell even that Terry Schiavo nonsense was bigger than that.

flaEsq		2012-07-12 03:55:17 PM

Nixon resigns
Germans tear down the Berlin wall

These televised events pale in comparison to Pippa's sister's wedding and Snooki's tummy tuck

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-07-12 04:05:39 PM

Jackson Herring: do you just copy and paste this same headline any time there is a list of like things?

Greenlight gold

beantowndog		2012-07-12 04:07:42 PM

I didn't even know the casey anthony verdict was televised.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2012-07-12 04:14:36 PM

beantowndog: I didn't even know the casey anthony verdict was televised.

I'm still quite not sure I know who this is.

/It's a former baseball player, yes?

downstairs		2012-07-12 04:18:58 PM

Whitney Houston dead, but no Michael Jackson dead? Wrong.

Say what you will about pop culture vs. more important stuff... but when Michael Jackson died, it was all *anyone* was talking about. For three days, I heard nothing but Michael Jackson on jukeboxes all over town, and on people's stereos.

I mean, I seriously couldn't walk down the street without hearing at least one person playing Jackson somewhere... if not 5-10 different places.

downstairs		2012-07-12 04:22:50 PM

flaEsq: Nixon resigns

Ummmm... Nixon didn't resign, you dolt.

beantowndog		2012-07-12 04:28:05 PM

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: beantowndog: I didn't even know the casey anthony verdict was televised.

I'm still quite not sure I know who this is.

/It's a former baseball player, yes?

I think he was one of the black sox, which is even more surprising as nobody had tvs then.

downstairs		2012-07-12 04:29:41 PM

Also:

John Lennon's death

I was 5 and remember it.

downstairs		2012-07-12 04:33:09 PM

Also... Barack Obama's speech to the DNC, and not the night America elected its first black president? Or his swearing in?

I don't know of that many people who were interested in that speech... but the other two... every single one of my friends that don't have a TV were at my house for that. A few of them friggin' took off work for election night. It was sort of kind of a historic moment.

Babwa Wawa		2012-07-12 04:38:06 PM

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

That was powerful for me.

Babwa Wawa		2012-07-12 04:38:57 PM

downstairs: flaEsq: Nixon resigns

Ummmm... Nixon didn't resign, you dolt.

Wat?

brap		2012-07-12 04:39:16 PM

What no Ernie Anastos' "Keep F*cking That Chicken?"

THIS LIST IS BULLSHIATE!

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-07-12 04:41:31 PM

downstairs: Also:

John Lennon's death

I was 5 and remember it.

How could anyone forget hearing that news from Howard Cosell, of all frikkin people?

serial_crusher		2012-07-12 04:43:29 PM

Um, series finale of Friends, anyone?

downstairs		2012-07-12 04:44:04 PM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: downstairs: Also:

John Lennon's death

I was 5 and remember it.

How could anyone forget hearing that news from Howard Cosell, of all frikkin people?

Exactly. Now, I don't remember exactly where I heard it or when... just saying as a 5 year old, even I knew it was a big friggin' deal. Also the Reagan assassination attempt some 5 months later.

downstairs		2012-07-12 04:46:28 PM

Babwa Wawa: downstairs: flaEsq: Nixon resigns

Ummmm... Nixon didn't resign, you dolt.

Wat?

I counted him as tossed out.

Ghastly		2012-07-12 04:49:39 PM

Really? Whitney Houston's death makes the list but Tiananmen Square doesn't get a mention?

FriarReb98		2012-07-12 04:49:58 PM

serial_crusher: Um, series finale of Friends, anyone?

CSB: The series finale of Seinfeld happened the night of my college commencement ball. At least two thirds of the people there walked out around 8:50 to go watch it.

As for the list, Casey Anthony, Whitney Houston and the 2nd Royal wedding don't belong on the list, and as far as I'm concerned, JFK's funeral was part of his assassination. I'd say notable replacements are:

-Lennon's assassination leading to yet another Patriot loss in Miami (okay, party joking on that)
-Michael Jackson
-The Columbia
-Nixon resigning
-RFK
-Reagan's assassination attempt
-Diana's death
-The 1989 World Series earthquake (which was one of the few I saw live)

FriarReb98		2012-07-12 04:51:39 PM

Ghastly: Tiananmen Square

Good one that I forgot. Also, Exxon Valdez.

downstairs		2012-07-12 04:54:09 PM

Ghastly: Really? Whitney Houston's death makes the list but Tiananmen Square doesn't get a mention?

Was that really televised live?

Ghastly		2012-07-12 05:03:26 PM

downstairs: Ghastly: Really? Whitney Houston's death makes the list but Tiananmen Square doesn't get a mention?

Was that really televised live?

As close to live as possible. It was pretty much the first major world event to be transmitted digitally.

downstairs		2012-07-12 05:10:23 PM

Ghastly: downstairs: Ghastly: Really? Whitney Houston's death makes the list but Tiananmen Square doesn't get a mention?

Was that really televised live?

As close to live as possible. It was pretty much the first major world event to be transmitted digitally.

Huh. I thought the first Gulf War was... which came 3-ish years later.

I was 14 and kind of a news nerd (would watch headline news as a kid rather than cartoons after school). Of course I know *about* Tiananmen, I just don't remember much about it live.

/I guess the vodka killed that brain cell.

Ghastly		2012-07-12 05:15:51 PM

downstairs: Ghastly: downstairs: Ghastly: Really? Whitney Houston's death makes the list but Tiananmen Square doesn't get a mention?

Was that really televised live?

As close to live as possible. It was pretty much the first major world event to be transmitted digitally.

Huh. I thought the first Gulf War was... which came 3-ish years later.

I was 14 and kind of a news nerd (would watch headline news as a kid rather than cartoons after school). Of course I know *about* Tiananmen, I just don't remember much about it live.

/I guess the vodka killed that brain cell.

No Tiananmen Square was definitely one of the first world events where digital transmission of video and photos was used much to the annoyance of the Chinese government who simply stopped all mail deliveries out of the country and had no idea who photos and videos were getting out. Digital cameras and modems won the day.

MAYORBOB		2012-07-12 05:45:43 PM

Old news jpeg goes here.

RightHandOfZod		2012-07-12 05:47:39 PM

All this tells me is Americans have REALLY short memories and didn't think this through.

James F. Campbell		2012-07-12 05:47:54 PM

Yeah, I was expecting Michael Jackson's death to be on there. Wtf?

p the boiler		2012-07-12 05:48:03 PM

this list and discussion is almost as exciting as this one.

Talos		2012-07-12 05:48:42 PM

So it looks like they only interviewed people 25 years and younger. Seriously - the O.J. chase is even listed but no moon landing???

qorkfiend		2012-07-12 05:49:27 PM

I can understand most of them. But deaths of entertainers? Pshaw.

darwinpolice		2012-07-12 05:49:27 PM

No Janet Jackson nip slip?

jst3p		2012-07-12 05:50:06 PM

downstairs: Babwa Wawa: downstairs: flaEsq: Nixon resigns

Ummmm... Nixon didn't resign, you dolt.

Wat?

I counted him as tossed out.

This is what "wrong" looks like.

Skr		2012-07-12 05:50:18 PM

"After many hours of thought and meditation I've made a decision that should not be an example to anyone because it is unique to my situation."

upload.wikimedia.org

pudding7		2012-07-12 05:50:24 PM

Anyone in this survey who voted for the Casey Anthony verdict should have their TV privileges revoked forever.

haywatchthis		2012-07-12 05:50:28 PM

baby jessica stuck in the well

Trainspotr		2012-07-12 05:52:17 PM

Miracle on Ice?

Digitalstrange		2012-07-12 05:53:06 PM

downstairs: Babwa Wawa: downstairs: flaEsq: Nixon resigns

Ummmm... Nixon didn't resign, you dolt.

Wat?

I counted him as tossed out.

Nope, he pulled a "you can't fire me, I quit" move. He resigned to avoid removal from office