So, I was just watching (more like I was flipping through channels and I just happened to witness this event) Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and I heard the most ridiculous thing of all time:
First, let me set up the scene. To those that don’t know, Extreme Makeover Home Edition tries to do an amazing thing and make a house for a family that desperately deserves it. I say try because what people don’t realize is that by building an amazing house, the property values in the neighborhood go up and as a result increase the taxes on the properties around them, along with their own. It’s an incredibly generous thing, just happens to be slightly flawed.
Never-the-less, the family that they were building a house for was a family of thirteen, more than half of them being Haitian adopted by two American parents. The other half of the family are kids from the community. I have to say that the story is quite touching, and in honor of the parents being so generous, the people of Extreme Makeover decided to get a toy drive together in the neighborhood. The members of the community donated tons of toys (and of course with the help of some great ABC execs, you know being owned by Disney) got Hasbro to donate a shit ton of toys to give to the children of Haiti.
So, they show the family being transported from Disney World (where else?) to a private airport in Orlando where two large trucks show up filled with toys that will be transported to Haiti to be given out in the name of the family. The family breaks down in tears and its an incredibly emotional experience.
Then they cut to an interview with one of the designers who states I quote word for word:
“Haiti is…the only 4th world country in the…western hemisphere.”
I can’t believe that was unedited, and was said in the first place. Congratulations, someone in the editing department just got fired.
…What the hell is a 4th world country?
