As we all know, this past week or two has been incredibly unfortunate with the passing of many beloved celebrities, including David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson. As depressing as all of this loss was, at one point in the chaos that occurred on the day that Fawcett and Jackson were lost, there were also various reports that actor Jeff Goldblum had also died after falling off a cliff in New Zealand while filming. This news never really seemed legit and we later found out that it was in fact false — but it had actually gotten as far as foreign news programs reporting that police in New Zealand had confirmed it as true.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to bring a little laughter to us at a time where many are mourning, Stephen Colbert decided to report the sad demise of Jeff Goldblum on The Colbert Report while touching on the journalistic accuracy of Twitter.
Click on over to the other side to watch the amusing video.
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That was awesome!
Comment by Erin — July 1, 2009 @ 10:57 am
Colbert totally mocked Twitter, that was great.
Comment by Empress Eve — July 1, 2009 @ 8:43 pm
Makes you wonder how comedy is changing to match society. What kind of sicko actually thought saying this would be funny. What if this news had gotten back to Jeff’s parents or his children before he had had a chance to reach them. Anybody that thinks that making up stories like this is funny should take a long walk off a short cliff.
Comment by Ttandc — July 3, 2009 @ 8:44 pm