Comments on: Fifi Box: cheating death just to bring you the weather

By: Woody

Woody — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:16:56 +0000

What’s a Fifi Box???
Anyway, it’s an optical illusion. Use a telephoto lens to compress the perspective and suddenly the motor cycles are soaring over our heroines head.
No worries mate – that Box was safe.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:06:49 +0000

Fifi had mentioned how much her fear of heights was freaking her out just before the stunt. It’s obvious from the clip that she’s not close to the edge of the ramp nearest the camera, so probably roughly at the centre point – on the line the bike is trying to land on. A bike doing a 360 degree loop mid-air is hardly going to be looking to land far off the centre line of such a narrow ramp, so the ‘smoke and mirrors’ call is a bad one. Also, Sunrise didn’t replay the second jump the whole morning – only the first. Pretty obvious they were trying to pretend it never happened.

By: Danny Wu

Danny Wu — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:33:56 +0000

jesus!

By: David Knox

David Knox — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:27:19 +0000

Yep “sugar” is right, happy to amend…

We can see the “up ramp” is less than the width of a van, the down ramp looks to be about the width of a truck. Still pretty close for a margin of error….

By: Rutzie

Rutzie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:17:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure Mel said sugar not shit and I think the angle is a bit deceiving as I think the riders line was just behind where Fifi was standing.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:09:33 +0000

sucked in, GuanoLad is right, David, didn’t you watch celebrity circus??? lol. toni pearon and outback jack did this.

it’s all smoke and mirrors, no one is ever in danger at these things. could you imagine the OH&S if it wasn’t? i mean we have to have the hooks on our clocks checked every year by OH&S so that they don’t fall off the wall and possibly bruise someones shoulder.

By: cjschrissouth

cjschrissouth — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:50:50 +0000

Another lol for kochie looking at Mel after she said s**t

By: Cleavy

Cleavy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:46:17 +0000

Get Fifi off my tv ASAP!

By: GuanoLad

GuanoLad — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00:02 +0000

I think you’ll find that not only were they further above her than it looks, they were also behind her, judging by where you see them land relative to Fifi. She was always going to be perfectly safe.

By: nick

nick — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:57:44 +0000

idiots. just tell the damn weather

By: Tony H.

Tony H. — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:33:48 +0000

What moron came up with that idea?

By: TVTonightKiiD

TVTonightKiiD — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:12:50 +0000

Fifi is an awesome weather presenter… so funny and makes me laugh in the morning. But she should stop doing stupid things like this. This wont get Sunrise any extra ratings, but it could get her a ticket to the hospital.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:29:12 +0000

Fifi should be glad that she is still alive – the Seven Network should have a lot to answer for here – the risk that was put on this lady is digraceful. This nearly became a catastrophe in front of thousands.

By: weevil

weevil — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:05:02 +0000

Pity.

By: steven g

steven g — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:40:27 +0000

When i saw it, i thought, “s**t” just like Mel !

By: cjschrissouth

cjschrissouth — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:04:19 +0000

yeah…..i lol’d when i saw it cause she was standing so high.