TV Buzz Sarah Palin may be the Queen of excruciating television mishaps, but her important work in the field of awkward is only the most recent in a long and illustrious line of embarrassing live television moments. Let's create a definitive collection of the highlights of the genre. Add the most painful live interviews, ill-conceived spots, or unscripted awkward moments you can think of below. It'll be cathartic, I promise.
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This whole interview was pretty awkward. Barbara just doesn't get it.
Classic Vanilla Ice freakout on MTV
This one gets me every time. Host Loses Control - Guest with High Pitched Voice
Jon Stewart on Crossfire. This is both awkward and awesome.
Pinky The Cat. Want to adopt this little guy?
Mike Rowe is one of the coolest guys out there, but he has an ignoble past, shall we say. It's not that he wants to bang cartoon chicks (he's just saying what we're all thinking); it's that he was on QVC at all.
Tyra is the queen of awkward moments.
Most painful radio interview ever. NPR's Bryant Park Project takes on a completely unresponsive Sigur Ros.
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Creepy and funny!
Fiona Apple's infamous awards speech.
Tom Cruise, Part II
Tom Cruise, Part I
Classic: scared of cockroach weather guy dude.
It almost seems unfair to include Chris Matthews, but here he is accidentally groping Ellen.
Don't call it a comeback.
This one's a classic: Kanye West goes off script at a Katrina benefit to point out that “George Bush doesn't care about black people” while Mike Myers squirms.
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