Japanese News Blooper

There is a video on YouTube showing a Japanese News Cast originally filmed in 1998 from Fuji TV in which a lady attempts to demonstrate a safety evacuation device, only to have it fail and drop her five floors. She survives the fall, but she temporarily loses consciousness and reportedly breaks her hip in the fall.

Thanks to JapanProbe for the link to this video on YouTube.

Some key phrases from the video.

Time 0:01 - Girl says: 高いんですよこれみてみて。This is so high look at this!
(takaindesuyo, kore mite mite)

Time 0:14: - Man says: 〜切れませんから、心配ないです。It won’t break, no need to worry.
~kiremasenkara, shinpainaidesu

Time 0:25 - many exchanges of 大丈夫ですか？ Is it really OK?
daijyoubu desuka?

Time 0:36 - Girl is screaming, but pretty excited to go, she says, 行きますよ！ I’m going!

Time 0:41 - Male newscaster says, あれ〜外れちゃった今。 Ahhh, it came loose…
are, hazurecyatta ima
Time 0:45 - Female newscaster, says AHAHAH!!! そうなんだ？外れちゃった。 Laughing, oh really?
Sounanda? Hazurecyatta.

Then finally the female caster realizes it’s not some joke, and calls out to see if she is OK.

Camera cuts back to news casters.

They mumble about wow, it broke, wonder if she’s OK. Then they break to the weather for a second. After which they cut back and assure viewers that she has regained consciousness, and apologize for the dangerous mess up.

Oops.

I think I’ll be evacuating my apartment via the stairs.

- Harvey