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Title: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: Shockeye on August 11, 2005, 04:44:43 PM Quote from: Local 6 TV Host Robbed On Air (http://www.local6.com/news/4822829/detail.html) Viewers Called 911 UPDATED: 12:56 pm EDT August 8, 2005 FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Viewers of an Arkansas cable access show helped Fort Smith police crack a case late Thursday night after they watched a robbery on live TV. (http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0808/4822824_240X180.jpg) Gary Spirito, host of the Shopping Mania Auction Show, thought it was a prank. When a man came in and demanded Spirito's car keys, Spirito informed his audience that this was no joke. "There's a guy robbing us, somebody call the police, he came in with a gun. Somebody call police, there's a guy in here trying to rob us," Spirito said. That's when Spirito addressed the alleged robber directly. "Then I looked up at him and said, 'We're doing a live show here and there's probably hundreds of people out there right now calling the police to come down on this building, just so you know,'" he said. Mary Schell watches the Shopping Mania Auction Show every night, but still thought Spirito's call for help was a joke. "We thought he was kidding at first," Schell said. "Then I waited a minute after, and then I was like, 'No, he can't be joking. He can't be. Just call.'" Spirito said the suspects escaped with nothing, but thanks to the 911 calls made by viewers, Fort Smith police caught two male suspects early Friday morning. Fort Smith police said 23-year-old Eddie Crisp and 22-year-old Timothy Suggs are accused of robbing Keith Cox, owner of the Legacy Motor Co., at 11 p.m. Thursday. About an hour later, police said the suspects robbed Spirito. The men face two counts of aggravated robbery and probation violations, according to police. Yes, I realize I'm a few days late on this one. I am ashamed. Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: schild on August 11, 2005, 04:49:00 PM Not as ashamed as the white trash who thought it was a "joke." Fucking buffoons.
Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: CmdrSlack on August 11, 2005, 11:14:50 PM Hey, it's public access tv.
Just about anything could be a gimmick. I mean, who really watches public access anyway? Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: schild on August 11, 2005, 11:21:07 PM People in "FORT SMITH, Ark."
Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: Evangolis on August 12, 2005, 01:16:51 AM Here in Chicago there is some pretty good access stuff. Low production values, but some pretty funny, and some addressing stuff that no commercial outlet would consider. Of course, there is plenty of dreck as well, but you can say that about commercial stuff as well.
Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: Nevermore on August 12, 2005, 05:53:10 AM Wasn't MST3K originally public access? I miss that show.
Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: Sky on August 12, 2005, 07:00:49 AM I once saw an incredible jam band on public access. But it's usually school board meetings and whatnot.
Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: stray on August 12, 2005, 07:22:57 AM I once saw an incredible jam band on public access. But it's usually school board meetings and whatnot. http://media.ebaumsworld.com/wmv/daker.wmv Kind of old, but still hilarious :-D Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: UD_Delt on August 12, 2005, 07:43:50 AM http://www.clevescene.com/issues/2004-11-17/news/news.html
I've never caught anything on Cleveland Public Access but it looks like Akron is full of homemade (and not-so-homemade) porn... Although I think they've finally managed to get the shows off the air. Can't remember where I read that though. Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: Yegolev on August 12, 2005, 07:44:40 AM Public access in Atlanta, when I last watched in 1998, was very, very scary. Yet I could not look away.
Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: Sky on August 12, 2005, 09:05:47 AM Man...I gotta look into public access around here :)
Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: Sky on August 12, 2005, 09:15:10 AM *mumble mumble* aaaat's amore!
Bwhaha! Title: Re: I doubt it was "hundreds" of people. More like "tens". Post by: stray on August 12, 2005, 09:26:33 AM *mumble mumble* aaaat's amore! Bwhaha! Everytime I watch it I bust into tears, I swear. Haha :-D |