I frequently get asked if I have any good bloopers.  People assume with the volume of videos I make, I must fuck up a fair bit.  They're right.  People also tell me they think it would be funny to see me get angry when I screw up.  Funny is a personal judgement but I think the answer to that one is also yes.
Take for example the video I recently posted of kangaroos on a golf course.  I opened that video with a pretty cheesy slapstick comedy joke revolving around a sign for a scenic lookout.  Gimme a break - I saw a sign that said "lookout" and I couldn't resist.  It reminded me of an old Far Side comic.
The thing is, it was a fairly obvious and simple setup but I had a bastard of a time gettign it right.  See for yourself:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XpYvuFXkKfo
Many thanks to my long-suffering girlfriend who was my camera operator on the day.  Her sanity saved me when I was really losing it by reassuring me we could come back the next day.  How did I respond to her calming influence?  By saying:
Yeah, let's get the fuck out of here... FUCK THIS SHIT!"
 
 
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