Live TV is the Wild West of content.

Live TV is the Wild West of content. While scripted television has the benefit of being, well, scripted, anything can happen when you turn a camera on and have your face live-streaming to millions of viewers.

Given this, it’s no surprise that out-of-context live TV clips have been a staple of internet content since the early days of video sharing. Now, a viral X/Twitter thread has sought to catalog the best — or worst — of live TV since its early days, and boy, are there a lot of gems in here.

Enjoy some of our favorite live TV screwups.

This will FOREVER be the best for me https://t.co/9gq7HESYtmpic.twitter.com/UFEY5UQcwf

— Entertainment Only (@WineAndCounting) May 28, 2024

bad quality video but i still cannot believe this happened https://t.co/tuhXdvugcTpic.twitter.com/7HnAGNqfL3

— kenzi (@kenzianidiot) May 27, 2024

https://t.co/UW3prpjzWGpic.twitter.com/7HiQ6w26bG

— Owain (@orhunt) May 28, 2024

pic.twitter.com/dCVSvUMx4qhttps://t.co/Dh8jTFW3E2

— William Gerrard (@Bill_Gerrard) May 27, 2024

this and it’s not close https://t.co/Bfy3Rimuj6pic.twitter.com/yXqqP3hhza

— addie (@southerllyns) May 28, 2024

everything about this clip is perfect always gets me https://t.co/EBKqxkOzWdpic.twitter.com/bLSmWmFnfF

— Sharp Dressed Goblin (@Thedirtwizard) May 28, 2024

this and it’s not even close https://t.co/9q2s4teRttpic.twitter.com/uQ8dMXsIM2

— Nick (@n__c__l) May 29, 2024

Grape Lady by miles.

Still the funniest event ever aired on TV.pic.twitter.com/Whmr5bY7Ychttps://t.co/w36qQeDx8F

— SHAWN IS NOT SUBTWEETING (@ShawnNOrlando) May 28, 2024

The Applebees commercial during the start of the Russia/Ukraine war was crazy pic.twitter.com/kXCIZIgUDFhttps://t.co/ntFfOzWZfL

— Clayton (@StL_Clayton) May 28, 2024

pic.twitter.com/wfTUWOQNjKhttps://t.co/WMdmDUikmE

— (@FHeartsHS) May 28, 2024

it’s the perfect texture for runningpic.twitter.com/87nk22zQZ5https://t.co/Jxb4l2excF

— Joshua Gynther (@joshuagynther) May 27, 2024

Every now and then I have to drop this absolute banger....

Its the foreboding of the first 'crack' that always sends me https://t.co/Xi2pyFDJQZpic.twitter.com/Dd0RNHTgGX

— Ryan Cummings (@Pol_Sec_Analyst) May 28, 2024

College Gameday’s Rece Davis explaining that LANK stood for Let A Naysayer Know and the guys on the set knowing that N ain’t it pic.twitter.com/fGuZDAMNTchttps://t.co/nqiek3sBo7

— Charles T (@ChuckyT3) May 29, 2024

i laugh out loud every time https://t.co/oIcoDP0hWCpic.twitter.com/JmtIpf4ZVQ

— kimmy ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ (@kxmmyw) May 29, 2024

pic.twitter.com/QIFpNLlVhChttps://t.co/lzp8bAWcTV

— girth brooks (@HOWDYBlTCH) May 29, 2024

Definitely this… https://t.co/8sVdYydOpjpic.twitter.com/6IJ46YD010

— Governor Dill (@TheGreenOldDill) May 29, 2024

https://t.co/YHT3EHE8Utpic.twitter.com/kYgXWTv39a

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 28, 2024