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Those happy TV accidents that were too brilliant to leave out!
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00:00Whether the stars involved were trying their best to keep from legitimately going up in flames and
00:04producing comedy magic in the process, or messing up lines to the point of creating a moment far
00:09more effective than the one previously printed out in the script, the directors behind these
00:13scenes simply had no choice but to immortalise these particular TV clangors due to the performances
00:18on show being so utterly marvellous. Gareth here from WhatCulture.com and here are 10 TV
00:23mistakes directors left in because the acting was too good.
00:2710. A Blue Blazer Blunder Leads to Gold, Friends
00:30If you ever needed a reminder of just how unrivaled the electric chemistry possessed by the titch of
00:35the group of Friends truly was during the NBC smash hit days as the biggest sitcom in town,
00:40then look no further than the way the comedy kings and queens handled Matthew Perry's hilarious
00:44verbal misfire during season 4's The One with Phoebe's Uterus episode. With the Chandler
00:49being star tasked with delivering the line of Donald Trump wants his blue blazer back,
00:53Perry unfortunately found himself fumbling out the word black at the end of that attempted zinger.
00:57Far from allowing this clear error to derail the bit though, an almost cracking Perry was soon
01:02met by wave after wave of brilliant improvised digs from the likes of David Swimmer, Jennifer
01:06Aniston and co. As the unit rolled with the mistake, and the creative squad behind the episode
01:11found the entire exchange so unexpectedly hilarious that they felt it was more than worthy of making
01:15the final cut. When you throw this many brilliant comedy minds into a room, a few unanticipated
01:20moments of side-splitting improv are always to be expected, and this particular set of priceless
01:25unplanned utterances helped unquestionably save the slightly botched scene, all whilst hilariously
01:30poking fun at their co-star in the process.
01:329. Ashton Kutcher's Genuine Slip Fits Kelso Perfectly, That 70s Show
01:37With Ashton Kutcher's Kelso not exactly being known as the brightest personality in the world,
01:41a trait I happily share with him, the visual of the goofball flying across a sofa and almost
01:46completely wiping out during the events of Season 1's The Best Christmas Ever episode,
01:50didn't feel all that out of character for the latter. In reality though, this was actually
01:54very much a case of Kutcher completely misjudging his landing on the day for real, and just about
01:59keeping it together long enough to get through the subsequent moment opposite Lisa Robin Kelly's
02:03lorry. The end result left the studio audience howling with laughter, and Kelly herself legitimately
02:07struggling to keep a straight face, as Kutcher did all he could to hilariously compose himself.
02:12Had any other character found themselves at the centre of such a potentially disastrous botch,
02:16there's a good chance the scene would have been taken back for another attempt.
02:19But with this physical blunder very much being one that seemed comically in character for Kelso,
02:24and subsequently making the awkward moment even more hilarious than it likely looked on paper,
02:28the team behind the show felt it deserved to stay in the finished article.
02:318. Kelsey Grammer's Flasier Leads to Gold
02:34Another tongue-twister of sorts soon led to Kelsey Grammer being met with a particularly cheeky
02:39response from his amused co-star. You can hardly blame the Frasier-leading man for struggling to
02:43get through the line of, fault-finding-floor-fleeing Frasier without the odd trip along the way,
02:48I'd know it just took four attempts to record that line, but rather than burst out into a fit
02:51of laughter on the back of signing off that statement with the word Flasier, during one
02:55particularly unfortunate line read, David Hyde Pierce had other ideas.
02:59Without skipping a beat, the Niles actor jumped on the mistake with a mischievous,
03:03you said Flasier, before repeatedly poking his on-screen brother over his botch,
03:07and the subsequent childish back-and-forth were so gloriously side-splitting that all involved
03:12felt getting rid of it would have been a foolish flail here on their part, damn it.
03:157. The Door Jam was Too Good to Leave Out, Breaking Bad
03:19Despite being known for their frankly absurd attention to detail as creators,
03:23Vince Gilligan and the rest of the team behind Breaking Bad still weren't exactly against keeping
03:27in the odd unplanned development if they felt it fit the story they were trying to tell in their TV
03:31masterpiece. And in the case of that time, Jesse Pinkman and Walter White were attempting to flee
03:35the cops during Season 2's Better Call Saul episode. One unexpected awkward occurrence just
03:40could not have worked out any better in the moment. With a flustered Aaron Paul's Jesse trying his best
03:45to get back into the vehicle containing Brian Cranston's Walt, the car door suddenly decided it
03:49didn't want to play ball. This soon led to the pair, who refused to break character, desperately trying
03:53to get the thing open so they could rapidly vacate the area, only adding to the palpable tension felt
03:59throughout the scene involving the DEA closing in on the two. So it's not hard to see why director
04:03Terry McDonough felt that this seemingly unanticipated malfunctioning door was simply too
04:08perfect and authentic stubble to leave out of the already chaotic sequence.
04:126. Frank Silver's Mirror Appearance Was a Happy Accident, Twin Peaks
04:16As far as bizarre casting stories go, the way in which Frank Silver went about landing the role of
04:21the unsettling Bob in the iconic surreal drama series known as Twin Peaks is definitely and rather
04:26appropriately up there as one of the strangest. While shooting a scene involving Grace Zabriskie's
04:32Sarah Palmer bolting upright and screaming on her couch, the image of an individual was
04:36accidentally captured on the mirror behind her. And while camera operator Sean Doyle was less than
04:40impressed by the fact that he just unintentionally caught then set dresser Silver on camera,
04:45David Lynch absolutely loved this mistake and used it as the catalyst for the creation of Killer
04:50Bob. Lynch had already taken the time to shoot some footage of Silver upon hearing that he very nearly
04:54locked himself in Laura Palmer's bedroom, becoming fascinated by the visual of the set dresser lurking
04:59in frames. So the combination of Zabriskie's screams of terror and the haunting accidental
05:04glimpses at the Bob in the Mirror soon resulted in this happy accident becoming the foundation for
05:09one of the creepiest antagonists in television history.
05:125. Ian Glenn's Made Up Dothraki Becomes Official
05:15Game of Thrones Trying to improvise some dialogue in your own language isn't always the easiest thing in
05:20the world, even for the most experienced actors out there. So you can only imagine just how difficult
05:24trying to string words together in a fictional language must be. Ian Glenn in particular knows
05:29precisely how tough letting loose a couple of foreign words without any real preparation beforehand
05:33is. Having to do exactly that went tasked with delivering some of the final bits of Dothraki
05:38to appear in Season 2 of Game of Thrones. With the star and folk shooting the episode requesting an
05:43accurate translation of the words take all the gold and jewels, the fact said Dothraki Alternative didn't arrive in
05:48time for the shooting of the scene, led to Glenn having to make something up on the spot.
05:52What Glenn produced on the day may not have been 100% accurate Dothraki, but the fact that Jorah
05:57Mormont wasn't a native Dothraki meant that language creator David J. Peterson was able to find a way to
06:02bend the rules of this way of speaking in order to make sense of the character's choice of words.
06:07Simply put, Glenn's Dothraki improv may not have been absolutely perfect, but it was still delivered
06:11with a level of conviction and believability that made it just about possible to squeeze into the Dothraki
06:17language. 4. Some excessively burning hands made the cut, What We Do in the Shadows
06:22Make no mistake, a dangerous stunt going wrong on the day of shooting is definitely no joke.
06:27But if all involved in this sort of on-screen miscalculation managed to make it out of the
06:31ordeal relatively unscathed, there have been those few occasions over the years when a backfiring stunt
06:36has still managed to be effective enough for use in the end product. Look no further than that time
06:41Natazia Dimitrov very nearly went up in flames for real during the shooting of the What We Do in the
06:45Shadows TV show. For an example of those times, a botched TV stunt didn't necessarily lead to an
06:50unusable take. Heading into the moment involving Nadia's hands catching fire in the middle of a
06:55church, the special effects guy working on the project used a special paste that Dimitrov quickly
07:00realized had been applied a little too generously on her hands. Before she knew it, both of her hands
07:05had rapidly ended up excessively on fire, leading to the actor panicking in such a way that all
07:10watching on simply felt she was really in the moment as her character. Far from it. Thankfully
07:15Dimitrov made it out of the scene with both of her hands still intact, and with show creator
07:19Jermaine Clement feeling the fiery accident still very much look the part, the actor's
07:23visual fear of actually losing her hand in the moment was ultimately preserved in the
07:27finished episode.
07:293. Benedict Cumberbatch Forgets His Line But His Alternative Worked Perfectly
07:33Sherlock
07:33Rather than completely drying up and requesting another go at one particular moment in the thick of
07:39Sherlock's The Sign of Three episode that ultimately aired in 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch
07:43decided to have a little drunken fun as the titular world famous detective. When referring
07:48to pal John Watson played by Martin Freeman, after the pair had enjoyed a few drinks too many,
07:53the eventually Oscar nominated star was supposedly meant to deliver a scripted slurred line, but
07:57with the words escaping him in the moment, I apologise for my, my, him fell out of his mouth
08:03instead. Absolutely loving this attempt to keep the scene alive after very nearly bringing
08:07the sequence to a screeching halt, director Cole McCarthy clearly felt that it wasn't
08:11worth going back and delivering what had previously been written down. Cumberbatch's improv felt
08:16perfectly in character, and left many assuming it was simply a part of the plan all along.
08:202. Olivia Cooke Couldn't Hide Her Genuine Laughter
08:23House of the Dragon Coming during episode 8 of the Game of Thrones
08:27prequel series, Olivia Cooke's Alison Hightower can briefly be spotted sharing a chuckle alongside
08:31her on-screen father, Rhys Ethan's, playing Otto Hightower in a dinner montage.
08:36But far from Cooke simply laughing along in the scene as the usually rather stoic queen,
08:41the actor appears to briefly let her mask as Hightower slip for a second, as the words
08:45stop making me laugh can be seen tumbling out of her mouth. With Cooke's reaction to Ethan's
08:49jokingly clapping his hands as Otto being so genuine in the moment, and her quick slip out of
08:54Alicent territory thanks to her co-star's unscripted shenanigans, not exactly taking anything away from
08:59the scene, director Gita Vasant Patel likely didn't see any obvious reason why the fleeting
09:04beat of warmth between the pair couldn't be thrown into the finished episode. A few flickers of joy
09:08were always going to be needed in a series as dedicated to tragedy and family drama as this,
09:13and Cooke's failed attempt to keep herself from corpsing mid-scene was evidently too lovely an
09:17accident to erase. 1. James Gandolfini's Burn Screams Were For Real And Were Too Good To Drop
09:23The Sopranos Another case of a burning moment leading to a legitimate response that was too damn
09:28excellent to leave on the cutting room floor, the late James Gandolfini evidently wouldn't let
09:32anything get in the way of delivering the goods as the iconic Tony Soprano. In fact,
09:37the legendary figure was so determined to keep up the illusion of his soprano's leading light
09:40during one particularly fiery scene that he found a way to incorporate a legitimate burn into his
09:46performance. As Tony is seen stumbling around the kitchen after violently killing Ralph,
09:50the actor wanders over to the lit stove and quickly recoils upon getting a little too close to
09:54the fire. Far from being an impressive piece of pretending though, Gandolfini apparently legitimately
09:59burn himself on the flames and let out an anything but artificial scream. Without so much as showing
10:04a glimpse of the actor within, Gandolfini then proceeded to let out an in-character curse before
10:09switching off the stove in the heat of the moment. I'm sorry. An accident that could have
10:13understandably led to another actor needing to take a second to make sure they hadn't just blistered
10:18their hand, turn into a way to simply add even more of an edge to the already rough and ugly
10:22sequence that had just unfolded thanks to Gandolfini's quick thinking.
10:26And that's our list of any other TV mistakes directors left in because the acting was too
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