If you saw this TV news story, you might think it could be real.
It's surely edited to look real.
In fact, it is taken from a real Local 4 WDIV Detroit story (WDIV is the Graham Media Group sister-station to KPRC 2 Houston and KSAT 12 San Antonio).
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The giveaway for me is that the story clocks in at around 3:18. No consultant would let that happen anymore for a first block, non-sweeps crime story!
The video has apparently fooled some radio station websites.
Here is the real story as reported by Steve Garagiola in 2017.
The above edited comedic update was released in February 2020.
Garagiola's opening standup where he's using his fingers as a pretend gun and pointing it at the audience already sets up the scene for the new comedy version. For those in Houston, you might remember years ago when channel 2 reporters were told to use more props in their live shots and standups to make things more exciting.
The person behind these re-edits is YouTube user "BowserVids," which is run by filmmaker Andrew Bowser, who has worked at such places as Nerdist. This appears to be a character he created either called "Weird Guy" or "Onyx the Fortuitous."
The above WDIV story was not the first time he has worked the character into a TV news story.
In 2016, Bowser also worked his magic on WXYZ Detroit.
The station actually wrote a story about the situation entitled No, we didn't interview "Weird Arby's Guy."
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- KPRC 2 story used in YouTube comedian's video
- Two Houston TV reporters remixed by famed PBS remixer
The giveaway for me is that the story clocks in at around 3:18. No consultant would let that happen anymore for a first block, non-sweeps crime story!
The video has apparently fooled some radio station websites.
Here is the real story as reported by Steve Garagiola in 2017.
The above edited comedic update was released in February 2020.
Garagiola's opening standup where he's using his fingers as a pretend gun and pointing it at the audience already sets up the scene for the new comedy version. For those in Houston, you might remember years ago when channel 2 reporters were told to use more props in their live shots and standups to make things more exciting.
The person behind these re-edits is YouTube user "BowserVids," which is run by filmmaker Andrew Bowser, who has worked at such places as Nerdist. This appears to be a character he created either called "Weird Guy" or "Onyx the Fortuitous."
The above WDIV story was not the first time he has worked the character into a TV news story.
In 2016, Bowser also worked his magic on WXYZ Detroit.
The station actually wrote a story about the situation entitled No, we didn't interview "Weird Arby's Guy."
