'WHERE THE FU*K ARE THE BALLOONS'

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DNC CONVENTION TV DIRECTOR DON MISCHER AIRED ON CNN AS KERRY ENDS SPEECH, HEARD WORLDWIDE...

Convention producer Don Mischer's mic, which is normaly not heard, was on and aired on CNN as there was a technical problem with the baloon drop. Not knowing his mic was open he barked orders at his production team to drop the baloons.

Don Mischer is an internationally recognized producer and director of television
and live events who has been honored with thirteen prime time Emmy Awards...
http://www.donmischer.com

Actually he said.....

"Go baloons....baloons...what's happening baloons? They're still not coming down.

All baloons.....where the hell....there's nothing falling....what the f*ck are you guys doing up there?"


Some one is gonna be fired for sure.

Clearly the baloon wrangler was a republican! :lol:

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(that was a joke BTW....calm down) :D
 
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Woolly

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The Dem's are a real 'klass' act!

Ms. Hines Kerry has pretentions of being the First Lady. She doesn't understand. To do that she would first have to become a lady.

IMO,

Woolly
 
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Convention producer Don Mischer talks in the center stand booth at the FleetCenter in Boston Sunday, July 25, 2004. The Democratic National Convention begins Monday. The Democratic National Convention is a made-for-TV spectacle with the glitz of Hollywood, which shouldn't be a surprise because the producer is Hollywood. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)


http://asia.news.yahoo.com/040726/ap/ny11007260316.html
 
Satanta

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Well he's gonna be a bit red-faced but when you are doing a multi-million dollar gig you want the damn balloons when they are supposed to be there.

Anyone here never had a hissy-fit over something.

Don't like the Dems but can't fault them for this.

Like this leftwing jackass that write in the local paper lamenting on these kids that were photoed with Hillary and then a few years later killed in two different drive by's. He blames Hillary and the U.S. not spending money to protect these poor kids. Like it's her fault? Who the hell was she?
 
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Satanta said:
Well he's gonna be a bit red-faced but when you are doing a multi-million dollar gig you want the damn balloons when they are supposed to be there.

Anyone here never had a hissy-fit over something.
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Indeed!

You don't get thirteen prime time Emmy Awards for being pleasant and not barking orders at your production team!

Having worked in live TV production, this mans words were not that bad. I have heard MUCH worse during a live production when there was a technical problem on my IFB.
 
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Satanta

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Yeah-I was in vidoe production in kollege as well as theatre from the fifth grade thri kollege year two and newspaper and I've heard no worse in any of those than I did as a day laborer. Life goes on. :shr:

Work in a resraunt and see what the manager says when the dishmachine goes on the fritz and the cook steps on a steak/ [[Actually he brushed it off abd tissed it on the grill. :D ]]
 
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The funny thing is that that's the best Drudge can come up with after the convention!

What's that about?

What a maroon!
 
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expose'

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The Pulse......
Didn't the balloons fail to come down during a previous Dem convention? Dukakis or Carters? :D And they all said it was an omen.....:eek:

Maybe they are just a wee bit too superstitious on the left side.... :D
 
Satanta

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Nahhh...they are just idiots. Everytime they open their mouths stupid comes out.
 
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howdeedoodee

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Most people who are Democrats don't mind the profanity and will make excuses. What a bunch. Michael Moore, Whoopi, this guy. Wonder if the Dems will have to pay a fine, or CNN, or somebody's gotta pay the FCC with all the new rules and regs.
 
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This one is definitely CNN's snafu. They were "tuned in" to the control room audio channel and were broadcasting it live for a good three minutes, for the entire length of the balloon sherade. Then, as soon as the profanity came out, out of nowhere comes Wolf Blitzer and the other audio channel disappears. Biggest crock I ever heard. I'm not claiming "conspiracy" or any of that sort of nonsence, but this one is definitely on the shoulders of CNN producers and they should be fined, and fined heavily. I'm sure they are well aware, from their own backroom screw-ups, what goes on back there when the crap hits the fan. When they heard that something had gone wrong with the balloons, they should have known... no, they DID know that some four letter words were going to fly.
 
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howdeedoodee said:
Most people who are Democrats don't mind the profanity and will make excuses....
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Uh oh! Bad news dude.......

George Bush swears like a drunken sailor too! LOL

The number one Republican in the land is human too and uses colorful language when frustrated. How do you feel about that?


"...Angry Bush walked away from reporter's questions.

Tubb prescribed the anti-depressants after a clearly-upset Bush stormed off stage on July 8, refusing to answer reporters' questions about his relationship with indicted Enron executive Kenneth J. Lay.

“Keep those motherfu*kers away from me,” he (Bush) screamed at an aide backstage. “If you can’t, I’ll find someone who can!....."

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4921.shtml


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You don't get (as has been said) 13 Emmys without a LOT of response from your team.....

I've been on headset for our Scottish Rite for some of the degrees. We have either 16 or 22 Flies on the Stage, many of the participants are mic'd, and we do some interesting coordinated lighting effects. If you think that the langiuage on the radios is appropriate for your grandmother then you have an INTERESTING grandmother or haven't a clue.

Just like the intercom when i was televising College Hockey. SHEESH.


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Kimber

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Five words to the democrats, language edited for television:

"Don't mess with Union Labor!"
 
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howdeedoodee said:
Most people who are Democrats don't mind the profanity and will make excuses. What a bunch. Michael Moore, Whoopi, this guy. Wonder if the Dems will have to pay a fine, or CNN, or somebody's gotta pay the FCC with all the new rules and regs.
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True. But wasn't it Cheney who was caught on an open mike calling a reporter an a-hole back during the last campaign?

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Dennis Olson

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So (since I couldn't force myself to watch even a single minute of this farce perpetrated on the sheeple) did the baloons ever fall? If so, how "late" were they? Seconds? Minutes?
 
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pixmo

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If she wigs out like this over balloons, image how she'll react if China invades Taiwan.
 
piggyandpeewee

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BOB: That was Bush who called Adam Clymer of the NYT a "major league asshole".

Cheney replied with two words: "Big time"! :lol:

And you know what? In that particular instance he was right! :D
 
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Hokey said:
LMAO :lol: :lol: :lol:

This guy is going to have nightmares now of balloon impotency! :lol:
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To be technically correct it was "Balloon Priapism". He got the balloons UP, he just couldn't get them DOWN.

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Maiden

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Dennis, I didn't watch it so I don't know. Who knows if the balloons finally dropped, please?????
 
energy_wave

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I watched CNN last night. I think what happened was inexcusable. Very unprofessional to say the least considering CNN had exclusive rights. It was almost like they were trying to put fissle in the end of the event. While all the other networks were busy discussing the great points about what just transpired, CNN was busy sending dead air filled with cues from the director.

If they were trying to embarras the DNC I think it backfired.

Of course sending CNN my complant is in order.

Those of you who complained about Janets tit popping out, I sure hope you did like wise here.

Has anyone read the new book called "Bush on the couch"?
 
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howdeedoodee said:
Most people who are Democrats don't mind the profanity and will make excuses. What a bunch. Michael Moore, Whoopi, this guy. Wonder if the Dems will have to pay a fine, or CNN, or somebody's gotta pay the FCC with all the new rules and regs.
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I guess Cheney is a Democrat too, didn't he say "**** off"?
 
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Maiden

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ARGGGGGGGG! Won't someone, ANYONE answer Dennis's and my question? Surely SOMEONE knows the answer!
 
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Zander

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Sorry, Dennis and Maiden, didn't see that one. No, as much as many publications have claimed that the balloons finally dropped en masse, they did NOT. I watched the whole thing live, all the way to the end. The balloons just kept trickling down from about three points around the perimeter, at a rate of about 20-40 or so per second from each release point. What was supposed to happen was that after an initial trickle, they were supposed to flood down in one huge wave. I believe what happened was that the process was somewhat amended, but no one told Mischer.

Stephen Jewett, a DNC official involved in podium operations, said there was no malfunction with the balloon drop. The balloons were timed to come down slowly, he said, making "for a longer ending, which was nice."
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I would wager a good coin that the "amendment" to the original drop plan was for security reasons.

An interesting note on the audio snafu:
His (Mischer's) stage instructions were available to all major media covering the convention during the week -- for their guidance, not for broadcast. CNN said it had permission to air the audio. (yeah, right!)
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Rattlehead

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did someone say BBQ?
YES,

The balloons did finally drop. A few dropped right away, and the rest dropped about 4 - 5 minutes later. I was watching on Fox News and mentioned to my wife that I saw some guy up in the rafters frantically pulling on the release for the balloons - wish I'd been watching on CNN! LOL!!

Instead of a huge drop, they pretty much trickled down. Totally anti-climatic!

Hope I answered your question!
 
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Rattlehead, by about four or five minutes into the supposed balloon drop, the floor was being flooded more with confetti, than balloons. The confetti, which had no problem getting deployed by the truckloads, did help to fill in the wide gaps between the sparse balloons. About ten minutes into the balloon show, the floor was getting saturated enough with the balloons that the constant sound of people popping them, the confetti still flying around and the balloon trickles still active, all added to the perception of there really being a hundred thousand balloons already down. :)
 
Rattlehead

Rattlehead

did someone say BBQ?
I dedicate this song to the DNC:

Nena - 99 Luftballons Lyrics

Words by Carlo Karges
Music by J. U. Fahrenkrog-Petersen

Hast du etwas Zeit fur mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fur dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst du vielleicht g' rad an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fur dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt
99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hilet man fur Ufos aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'Ne Fliegerstafell hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn' s si war
Dabei war' n da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons
99 Dusenjager
Jeder war ein grosser Krieger
Hielten zich fur Captain Kirk
Das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fuhlten sucg gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf 99 Luftballons
99 Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fur schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Kring und wollten Macht
mann, wer hatte das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons
99 Jahre Krieg
Liessen keine Platz fur Sieger
Kriegsminister gibt' s nicht mehr
Und auch keine Dusenflieger
Heute zieh ich meine Runden
Seh' die Welt in Trummern liegen
Hab' 'nen Luftballon gefunden
Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen
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