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>>> TIME NOW FOR "THE
RIDICULIST."
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
LAST NIGHT THE CABLE WENT OUT IN
FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH
FROM TIME TO TIME.
WHAT DID SOME PEOPLE DO IN
FAIRFIELD?
NATURALLY THEY CALLED THE
POLICE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
NOT ONLY DID SEVERAL PEOPLE CALL
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
NONEMERGENCY LINE AND I THINK
EVEN NONEMERGENCY IS AN OVER
STATEMENT FOR A CABLE OUTAGE BUT
ONE PERSON CALLED 911.
>> 911.
>> HI, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE HAVE NO TV.
>> MA'AM, 911 IS FOR A
LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY.
>> I KNOW THAT.
I KNOW THAT.
>> IS THIS A LIFE-THREATENING
EMERGENCY?
>> NO, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND
OUT WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> I SUGGEST THAT YOU CALL
CABLEVISION OR WHOEVER YOUR
PROVIDER IS.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
APPARENTLY THERE WERE COMMENTS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT LINED UP
WITH THIS.
I THINK THIS WAS ALL ABOUT MY
FAVORITE PROGRAM "BREAKING BAD."
IT'S THE FINAL SEASON.
LAST NIGHT WAS THE SECOND
EPISODE OF THE FINAL SEASON AND
ALL OF YOU FANS COULD NOT HANDLE
MISSING OUT ON YOUR FIX.
I GET THAT.
I LOVE "BREAKING BAD" BUT
SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO
CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOUR CABLE
GOES OUT?
GIVE ME A BREAK.
YOU PROBABLY TWEETED ABOUT IT,
TOO.
OKAY.
FINE.
THAT WAS MY TWEET.
ACTUALLY.
IT'S FINE.
I'M A BIG "BREAKING BAD" FAN.
I MIGHT HAVE EVEN CONSIDERED
CALLING 911 FOR A SPLIT SECOND
IF MY CABLE WENT OUT LAST NIGHT
OR AT LEAST I WOULD HAVE INT
VITED MYSELF OVER TO BLITZER
HOUSE TO WATCH ON HIS TV.
AS "RIDICULIST" KNOWS, THIS IS
NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT PEOPLE
CALLED 911 FOR LESS THAN URGENT
REASONS.
>> I THINK WE'RE DYING.
>> HOW MUCH DID YOU GUYS HAVE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
WE THINK WE'RE DYING.
TIME IS GOING BY REALLY, REALLY
SLOW.
>> IN CASE YOU REALIZED, THAT
GUY WAS REALLY *** AND I'M
GUESSING THAT GUY IS STILL
WAITING FOR THE RED WINGS TO
SCORE.
BUT IT'S NOT EVEN SPORTS OR
SPECIAL BROWNIES THAT PROMPT
PEOPLE TO CALL 911.
NOTHING GETS PEOPLE FIRED UP
QUITE LIKE A FOOD FIGHT.
>> WHAT DO YOU NEED THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR?
>> WELL I'M EATING AT THIS
RESTAURANT ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH.
>> UH-HUH.
>> I JUST ASKED FOR SOME MORE
FISH.
THEY GAVE ME FOUR PIECES.
AND THEY REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY
MORE FISH.
AND IT'S RIGHT OUT ON THE SIGN
IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, ALL
YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY.
>> I ASSUME YOUR CABLE IS BACK
ON NOW AND I WOULD APPRECIATE
YOU NOT WANTING TO MISS
"BREAKING BAD," I UNDERSTAND