The Agony Of Repeat: Television’s Most Infamous Fall
The tale of a guy who became famous for falling down once, only to have that fall replayed every single week on a legendary American TV show.
I have fond memories of America’s Funniest Home Videos, particularly the early years hosted by Bob Saget.
It was a show that defined a uniquely American kind of embarrassment — an embarrassment caught on camera. (Or in the case of Papa John, on tape.)
We’re highly familiar with that in the age of YouTube, of course. But there’s something kind of graceful about the woman who gets stuck in her own dishwasher, the above-ground pool that goes kablooey, and (of course!) the classic groin hit.
But I’d like to spend some time thinking about a specific guy whose biggest failure was America’s Funniest Home Video long before that show came on the air — and he wasn’t even American!
Today, I’d like to introduce you to a guy who fell down over and over again for more than two decades—years before YouTube was even a thing.
