Discovered Osama bin Laden outtakes video vs. Family Guy bit from 2006
As part of the ginormous cache of shit taken by Navy SEALs on the raid on bin Laden’s compound was an outtakes reel in which the ex-parrot can be seen flubbing his lines and it appears someone’s adjusting the lighting to get that perfect “No, I’m really in a cave” sort of feel. It’s not surprising that bin Laden would have done multiple takes, but it’s something that only Family Guy seems to have predicted, back in 2006.
The Family Guy version is much better, since you can actually understand what they’re saying, but I’m disappointed that the Defense Department didn’t subtitle the bin Laden videos, because I really want to know whether he accidentally said “Radaman”.
You can see the actual videos themselves, minus newscaster commentary here on Wired, including this gem of Osama just chillin’, watching himself on TV:
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