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A classic space pun sent professional TV newscasters into fits of laughter

It's comedy gold—and some good advice.

 

Michelle Jaworski

Internet Culture

Posted on Aug 14, 2015   Updated on May 28, 2021, 4:08 am CDT

TV broadcasters are complete professionals, but even they aren’t above a good butt joke.

After CKPG anchor Aileen Machell read a report on the first lettuce grown in space and explained the larger implications of NASA’s future mission to Mars, sports reporter Rich Abney tried to comment on it with a witty pun. It was a pun familiar to space enthusiasts, pun lovers, and everyone whose minds are still in the gutter.

Abney’s got a point, though. Uranus is one of the gas planets; it has a gaseous, liquid, and icy atmosphere instead of one made of anything solid. Growing lettuce wouldn’t be advisable on the surface of a planet about which we know so little.

Camille MacDonald’s follow-up, while keeping with the theme, paled in comparison. And considering what she was talking about, that was pretty surprising.

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*First Published: Aug 14, 2015, 9:06 am CDT