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The 2008 Bennigan's Bankruptcy News Clip

from Protestant Blood Burger · #11

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4 min

News

Tim plays and mocks a local news human-interest segment about Bennigan's 2008 bankruptcy closure, pointing out that reporters could barely find anyone who cared, including a woman in a parking lot possibly looking for drugs.

In this bit9 moments
  • 9:07Local news does a human interest story about Bennigan's closing but can't find anyone who actually cares
  • 9:32A server was so ashamed of working at Bennigan's they refused to go on camera
  • 9:52News report uses stock footage of a random guy on his cell phone to represent shocked Bennigan's customers
  • 10:14Tim recalls his father at Bennigan's during his divorce, eating a Monte Cristo while saying he was being ruined
  • 10:38Bennigan's has no wait staff around, making it an empty building where people go to have breakdowns
  • 11:30The news clip shows a cup from Fridays rolling in the Bennigan's parking lot
  • 12:06Every Bennigan's parking lot is completely empty with no cars in it
  • 12:39A woman in the news clip rings a doorbell to get into Bennigan's, something that never happens at restaurants
  • 12:56The news piece is completely fabricated and didn't actually affect anyone because nobody goes to Bennigan's except by accident
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