Kudos to the wife! With incredible athleticism she charges into the room, sliding in her socks, hits the door and then pivots 90 degrees without taking a single step! Deftly corrals the kids and shuttles them out with no loss of efficiency. Then, like a dying soldier with her last breath, gets the door shut!
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This is the best thing I've seen on TV in years.
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I hope that, once the mortification of having this home video go viral wears off, this couple can appreciate that they gave working parents the world over a tremendously good Friday afternoon laugh--and we're laughing with them, not at them. We've been there (just not, thankfully, during a live BBC broadcast). Your children are darling.
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That old theater adage, "Never appear on stage with a dog or a child." seems to apply here. Lovely video.
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This is one of the funniest moments I've seen. Of course, we're not laughing at the parents. We just totally understand the situation. As a parent, I was once on a skype video call to a new client and in walked my one year old daughter. She exclaimed "I've pooped Daddy. Daddy, I've pooped!". I think it was an ice breaker as the delighted look on my clients face said it all. After I scurried off-camera apologizing in the background, I frantically calling my wife to come get her and slid back into my seat to continue the call.
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This is chaos perfection. Everything is perfectly choreographed without being choreographed: his initial facial expression at the moment he spies his daughter on his skype window coming up behind him; the girl disturbing the illusion that the "table" in the background is actually a bed by sitting on the "table" to brush her teeth; the golden moment when the baby, as if on cue, rolls in on its own, to the mom's not-stealth-at-all Kramer slide-in; the possibility that her pants may be falling down (were they in the bathroom getting ready for bed when she decided to make a quick visit to the loo, at which point the kids made a break for it?); pulling the kids out and knocking the books off the bed; the baby's walker--of course--not fitting back through the door; and the icing on the cake--her failed attempt to stealthily sneak back in to close the door. In a longer version of this clip, you can hear the girl protesting outside of the room. Wait, what was he talking about again?
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HYSTERICAL!!! The best Trump antidote, had me laughing (instead of crying) until the tears fell.
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No phone call will go unanswered by my kitty. No matter how serious the topic is, she has to get at least a few meows in.
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I haven't laughed this hard in months! I hope Professor Kelly can appreciate that many of us observed his calm and gentle manner when his daughter approached him, and his efforts to suppress his smiles reveal the love and patience he has with his children. This was lovely! Thank you for sharing it.
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For those of you questioning the Kelly's parenting, or whether she's the wife or nanny, can you just enjoy this video moment without over analyzing? If you have any experience with toddlers, you can relate to this story and understand the parents' reactions. If you have no experience, spend a day...wait, a few hours!...with two busy toddlers and maybe you'll understand too. For me, after a busy week at work, and the constant daily stream of negative news, this story provided a much welcomed laugh. Thank You to the Kellys!
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It's hilarious. Family, right? I've watched and laughed so hard I cried about 10 times. It's hilarious.
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I didn't find the video amusing at all. The professor pushed his daughter back rather forcefully and the mother/yoga instructor dragged her out of the room rather roughly. Maybe these two should have reconsidered having children since they seem ill suited to me. Anyway, I guess it serves as a temporary distraction from the terrible Trump show that's running 24/7 now.
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Do you have kids? That was not rough in the slightest. Give me a break. Also, the dad didn't yell and really didn't seem that upset at all.
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Oh please, it's normal human behavior....kids were kids , so you never seen grown ups make mistakes /stupid things in their lives? You went on even why their were having children ? Chelax, we don't know how this household function . Enjoy the video or not, no harsh comment .
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The dad was either not wearing pants (he couldn't get up and take the toddlers back out) or he couldn't care less about his kids. The way he pushes the kid back with his arm, rather than welcoming her. He was on TV, not dealing with someone pointing a gun at his face. His kids were cool, he was very uncool. BTW i have two toddlers.
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I loved this video. Professor Kelly was as calm and gentle as anyone could be, but his wife stole the show for me. What mother hasn't experienced something like this? These are the good stories we remember!
Years ago, my husband was testifying before a county commissioners court in Texas regarding a proposed government building. The proceeding was being video taped. Our (then) 8 year old son, for reasons I've forgotten, had to be in the audience. He discovered that he could see he himself in the monitor, and spent the time making rabbit ears behind his father's head in the video.
We cherish our copy of that recorded moment!
Years ago, my husband was testifying before a county commissioners court in Texas regarding a proposed government building. The proceeding was being video taped. Our (then) 8 year old son, for reasons I've forgotten, had to be in the audience. He discovered that he could see he himself in the monitor, and spent the time making rabbit ears behind his father's head in the video.
We cherish our copy of that recorded moment!
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Definitely won the internet that day. Priceless.
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Thanks for the laugh.
Desperate times etc.
Desperate times etc.
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We have kids under 3 and I work from home. Around here we try to avoid the phrase, "work-life balance" in favor of the more realistic "work-life juggle." There are days when everything goes according to plan, but inevitably there are also times when all the juggling balls end up on the floor. We're wishing this family and their confident, curious and joyful kids well. This is simply life with young children! We laughed so hard because we can totally relate. We've been there ourselves!
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To those citing racism for a mother mistaken for a nanny:
As an olive-skinned, dark haired Mexican-American woman married to a mid-westerner of European descent and who has often been mistaken for her children's nanny, I call baloney on you. I, too, took her for the nanny. She looks much younger than her husband and the children greatly favor him over her. But, mostly because of her demeanor. She seems frightened, like someone fearful for her job, not as most mothers I know would react to this situation. So, please put away your racism card and save it for a better example elsewhere.
As an olive-skinned, dark haired Mexican-American woman married to a mid-westerner of European descent and who has often been mistaken for her children's nanny, I call baloney on you. I, too, took her for the nanny. She looks much younger than her husband and the children greatly favor him over her. But, mostly because of her demeanor. She seems frightened, like someone fearful for her job, not as most mothers I know would react to this situation. So, please put away your racism card and save it for a better example elsewhere.
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Thank you! This was exactly my impression as well.
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If I were in this mother's shoes, I, too, would be mortified and panicked if I discovered the kids were video-bombing my husband's live BBC World interview about a serious political incident.
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Totally agree. Only those who speak Korean caught the fact that the little girl was referring to her as "mom."
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I didn't like his reaction at all. He should have embraced his children, and the moment, and been more ready to laugh at himself and the situation. He came across as priggish, rather than embarrassed. For all that, it doesn't seem fair to make him the object of global commentary over a social media moment that could not have been predicted.
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Best...interview....ever.
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Yay, he's human. His household is normal. He smiles at his kid's intrusions. His children feel okay about bursting in on Dad. How refreshing. Sorry for the trauma for Mom!
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Thank god this happened to a man.
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Oh, those were the days. With kids now grown and gone, this piece really made me laugh. I spent 30+ years at a global company and, from time to time, worked from home. Very fortunate to have a full-time nanny but things do happen... one evening on a conference call with JV partners in Japan, my toddler escaped the bathtub and her nanny, ran into my office (which I stupidly had not locked) exclaiming: "Mama, Mama, look at me -- I'm NAKED!!!!" That frozen moment when no adult knows what to say - yikes. Another (more benign) incident, but in the spirit of delightful British humor... on a conference call with very senior people at an iconic British company, covering my material, while our lawn service mowed and weed-whacked outside. At one point, someone reached peak exasperation, asking "What IS that noise?" I chose not to respond.
Grateful for those years, the laughter, and that we can share these stories now.
Grateful for those years, the laughter, and that we can share these stories now.
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I had my 3-year-old interrupt me during a live interview on TV. I decided to roll with it and it turned into one of my treasured clips with my son, who is now 10: https://www.facebook.com/evan.serpick/videos/10103030364387272/
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While this "intrusion" was adorable when the kids join in-I wasn't pleased how the mom dragged the older child on the floor and then we hear the child crying. I hope she provided comfort afterwards and explained that he/she didn't do anything bad-but that when Daddy is at home working and door is closed-no one allowed in room. Next time locked door-and provide entertainment during hrs when Daddy is working.
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The video was adorable, capturing a perennial and universal parental experience. So NYT, how is this "new"? Because it was a depiction of Daddy being interupted?
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Hey, the poor mom. Look at her struggling to haul the kids out of the room. When this kind of thing happens to a guy, the world feels sorry for him. But when a working mom's kids bang their way into an interview, she's "unprofessional."
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He was unknown days ago, he is famous now. It will not harm his career.
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That was me (the mom) for many years. The husband (now ex) never found these interruptions amusing in the slightest. Kudos to the guy who manages to elicit every facial expression possible (including amusement). And the mom is The Flash incarnate.
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Just shows that the professor, apart from being a scholar, is also adorably human. Those who think that intellectuals can function effectively only in solitude, only if they remove themselves from distractions of family life, can learn a lesson or two from this professor.
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No matter what class, religion, race, ideology etc. we may be or have, in the end, we are all just people trying to raise a family and keep up.
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Speak for yourself. My job doesn't allow the time (or the income) to have any life outside of work. But then, I don't have an entitlement mentality. I absolutely KNOW that the purpose of my waking hours are in the furtherance of serving our customers. Which is why I have been here over 37 years and have literally watched over 1,200 people pass through.
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I loved how the little girl marched into the office as if she owned it.
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I loved this video and shared with my brother and other friends who work from home. I think my favorite part was the frantic mother who must have turned away for 10 seconds and chaos ensued. Great video. Well done to the professor who handled himself with grace under pressure. Kids will be kids after all.
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First Mr. Kelly reaches behind trying to keep the child at bay. He obviously deems Interview above child--I read rigid authoritarian. We once had a Skype interview with a candidate and during the teaching presentation her dog entered the room. The woman stopped her spiel, hugged the dog, and gently led him out. I voted for her-I bet she wouldn't run her classroom as a dictator but as an empathic mentor.
Then wife frantically appears, goes on her knees trying to keep out of camera's view and yanks the children away. We're all about image these days and the look of abject horror didn't portary well on the screen.
I understand the gravity of the topic but for the sake of his own image Kelly would have done better to have reacted as Kennedy did when John-John appeared in the Oval Office--just give in to the humor of it. One reads understanding and loving father. Not a bad look for someone trying to explain the world.
Then wife frantically appears, goes on her knees trying to keep out of camera's view and yanks the children away. We're all about image these days and the look of abject horror didn't portary well on the screen.
I understand the gravity of the topic but for the sake of his own image Kelly would have done better to have reacted as Kennedy did when John-John appeared in the Oval Office--just give in to the humor of it. One reads understanding and loving father. Not a bad look for someone trying to explain the world.
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Work is important but your children are first. His reaction was cold and unloving . Lock the door next time, and remember to hug your children all the time.
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Oh good grief. It's not "rigid authoritarian," it's just "trying to get through BBC interview."
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This is the best thing that's happened in a long time. I laughed till I cried, literally, and haven't come to a certified stop yet. It came over me again at the bathroom sink a little while ago (the face in the mirror not being well designed to quell laughter anyway) and threatens to be a problem on buses and trains over the next few days. I wouldn't even think of going through airport security in this condition.
This, in the age of Trump! Thank you, Kelly family. You've surely won the hearts of millions.
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This, in the age of Trump! Thank you, Kelly family. You've surely won the hearts of millions.
http://thefamilyproperty.blogspot.jp/
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P.S. You need to see the whole thing, with the baby scooting in after the toddler.
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This is now the he most famous family in the entire world. Well done.
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I found the kids more interesting and vivacious than their father.
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Your response is unkind and irrelevent. It's your opinion-
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I do love this video, but (1) if a woman had kids running in the room, and pushed them back with her hand, it would be a whole different discussion and (2) it does indeed illustrate that there is a hecka lot of unpaid work going on behind the scenes to support a professional's family.
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This made my day!!! For a few brief moments I forgot all about the horrors that a Trump Administration coupled with the GOP will inflicted on our nation!
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That's life, sweet and human. Mom and dad are doing a great job.
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You know what's the very best thing about this video?
How it struck a chord with us, irrespective of political, etc., beliefs.
If we can come together and laugh at our common humanity (with help from children and their antics),
maybe the lesson here is that we are more alike than we think.
Something to think about and cling to--in these uncertain and often troubling times.
Now excuse me. I have to watch the video again for the umpteenth time.
How it struck a chord with us, irrespective of political, etc., beliefs.
If we can come together and laugh at our common humanity (with help from children and their antics),
maybe the lesson here is that we are more alike than we think.
Something to think about and cling to--in these uncertain and often troubling times.
Now excuse me. I have to watch the video again for the umpteenth time.
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Humor? If the adage don't take your work home is still valid, (mindless of the actual location) then why doesn't the reverse "Don't take your home (life) to work equally apply? While you are engaged in your employment, there should be nothing else on your plate. Period. this is exactly why automation and AI will replace humans in the very near future. Couldn't come soon enough.
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I loved his daughter's confidant whimsical strut into the room and the wide eyed infant in the walker. Obviously happy kids accustomed to unfettered access to Dad. A great family moment worthy of a Modern Family TV skit. You can almost hear the family recounting the many-times-told story at her graduation from college.
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Would this really have been as cute if this were a woman?
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Yes, if the father comes sliding in, it would be just as cute and viral.
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yes it would, and you would have people writing about now a man knows what's it's like to take care of children, etc.
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Yes, definitely.
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I just think it's a hoot that a daddy, rather than a mommy, got caught out internationally on the embarrassing difficulties of working while parenting. The equivalent happens to women ALL the time, and no one thinks it's funny--they just blame the woman as unprofessional.
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If all political interviews were conducted with such complete cuteness, I think the world would be so much kinder.
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Sometimes those household interruptions can actually work to your advantage. Years ago, when my first child was a newborn and I was working as a free-lance reporter, I finally managed to get the superintendent of a local school system on the phone to quiz him about a thorny problem that he was not at all interested in discussing. I quickly put the baby in his portable rocking cradle, shoved the contraption into the hall, and quietly shut the door behind me--hoping for just a few minutes of peace to do the interview. No such luck. The baby began to wail, the superintendent (ever suspicious of poor parenting) said "Is that a baby crying?" Yes, I said, as calmly as possible, it is, and continued with my questioning, my nerves on fire. Apparently, the superintendent's anxiety level was rising too: "Shouldn't you do something about that baby?" he demanded a moment later. I didn't answer that question, but slipped in an urgent one of my own--the one I had called him for. So rattled was he by the howling that it was clear he would do anything to get off the phone. He blurted out an answer, and there it was: I had what I needed for my story--all in under five minutes. Teamwork with your kids: That's what it takes to work from home.
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Before the work from home option was available, I needed to work on a Saturday morning so I took my 7yo son to work with me. I set him up in a nearby conference room with a very small portable TV and some activity books. After a while he came out and asked him he could go to the boys room - we had done this routine a few other times and he knew where it was so no chaperoning necessary. On Monday morning a male colleague stopped by my desk and asked if my son and I had been in the office over the weekend. I said yes - how did he know? Apparently, when he was in the boys room, he locked all the stalls from the inside!!
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Children WILL entertain themselves.
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I agree with the reader who thinks Dad should have just put the children on his lap or at least hugged them and kept talking till the spouse came in to take them out. Trying to push them away or act like "this isn't happening" is not real life and looks stilted and phony. He's their Dad! ACT like one!
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He did act like their dad. My favorite comment was from the woman who said she does the same thing while speaking with Carla from COMCAST. Children are not so freakin' fragile.
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relax, he did what 99%of us would have done. I am sure next time he would be more prepared.
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I hope that the Kelly family realizes that we're laughing because we love this so much! In a world that's so scripted and stale, this is real and fresh and we've been there.
I have a Saint Bernard who has taught herself how to open my office door and then stick her huge face on camera. And a cat who insists on wrapping around my shoulders and purring loudly through video calls. I used to have a Bernese Mountain Dog who would lean into the phone and pant so loud that clients thought they had accidentally called a phone sex line. And now grandkids are added into the mix.
Bravo Professor Kelly and Mrs Kelly, we salute you!
I have a Saint Bernard who has taught herself how to open my office door and then stick her huge face on camera. And a cat who insists on wrapping around my shoulders and purring loudly through video calls. I used to have a Bernese Mountain Dog who would lean into the phone and pant so loud that clients thought they had accidentally called a phone sex line. And now grandkids are added into the mix.
Bravo Professor Kelly and Mrs Kelly, we salute you!
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My wife's two dogs have, more times than I care to recount, added a little "something special" to my business calls and interviews.
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Cherished moments of parenthood. Love it!
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Love this sweet family. To all working parents video-conferencing from home, I salute you. This is real life.
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Validation of my boss' theory that employee's families are an unnecessary distraction and a cost that provides no return to the company.
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I realize that you are kidding. Capitalism thrives when everyone and everything is in an open forum. Actually the woman being in charge of the child and on her knees is a bad image.
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I vividly remember as a kid watching Castro and his son, then 9, being interviewed at home by Edward R Murrow. You could hear Fidel Jr in the background noisily protesting being sent off to bed after his few minutes on camera.
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I thought Professor Kelly handled the situation with good grace.
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What, by pushing the kid out of the way?!
We found his physical reaction and failure to even engage with the child disturbing!
He kept the stereotypical stiff British upper lip going, but showed little care for the child.
There are gobs of other videos and photographs of politicians who did this far better when interrupted, even picking up the "offending" child and talking to him or her. Even the photos of JFK showed him comfortable with Caroline and JFK, Jr. playing around the desk in the Oval Office (likely staged, but still).
In addition, Obama for the most part always treated his girls with grace, care, and good paternal respect. He would never have shoved a child away!
We found his physical reaction and failure to even engage with the child disturbing!
He kept the stereotypical stiff British upper lip going, but showed little care for the child.
There are gobs of other videos and photographs of politicians who did this far better when interrupted, even picking up the "offending" child and talking to him or her. Even the photos of JFK showed him comfortable with Caroline and JFK, Jr. playing around the desk in the Oval Office (likely staged, but still).
In addition, Obama for the most part always treated his girls with grace, care, and good paternal respect. He would never have shoved a child away!
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Obama's girls weren't toddlers.
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I don't think he was being harsh. He gently keeps her from being too close to the computer and she happily leans against the bed. just gentle limit setting.
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This was excruciatingly refreshing!
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This is awesome !! We take ourselves way to seriously - although a serious topic. This is life. Juggling work and family Working from home. Best news interview of the year !!
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This is the best news story of the week! Several years ago my daughter had to do a phone job interview from India where we were vacationing. It was very late and I fell asleep and began snoring next to her. She was unable to move to another room and was mortified but said it was her little brother that was making all that noise next to her. She got the job. The real life fun of interviews at home!
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Question - does he get invited back to BBC? That will be news !!
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Occassionally I'll make short video presentations. Needless to say, I set up the computer for the most attractive background. One time, after a few false starts, I recorded a fairly complex presentation that seemed to come out quite well. It was only after I uploaded it that I realized the cats were quietly circling like sharks in the background.
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Probably that enhanced it.
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Kids and animals know. They are put on this earth to keep us from taking ourselves too seriously.
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This is the reality that is usually confronted by working women. I wonder what the comments would have been if this had happens to a woman?
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Did anyone else think it strange that Professor Kelly never turned around to look at his children?
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No. He was doubtless aware of his wife's frantic scrambling behind him, trusted her to handle the situation, and did his best to remain engaged with the interview he was supposed to be conducting. I suspect he looks at his children, and interacts with them, in the normal manner at more appropriate times. A BBC interview isn't the time.
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Yes. As a working mom, my four children have walked in during business calls. My response is to introduce my child, and ask the child to politely leave. It is unprofessional; however, I am not embarrassed for people to know I am a mother.
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Skype let's you see yourself as well as who you're talking to. He knew exactly what was happening behind him.
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Mom handled that situation like a ninja! Skills! I think this went viral because so many of us can relate.
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That toddler's dance step coming in will now be known as "doing the BBC". Background music is no other than Hot Stuff by Donna Summer.
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There is nothing to comment on. This is just too funny for words.
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Definitely not a "new one". Having been working at home now for fifteen years with my kids, now 12 and 9, usually somewhere nearby, it has always been a challenge. Countless times I've had to go outside, in the front yard to make a business call, due to whiny temper tantrums... Once or twice, have had to apologize for a little one running into office to demand something....
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Genuine, gorgeous moment of family life thoughtful South Korean political analysis. What's not to love?
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I wonder if he has a black Labrador called Fenton?
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This is the best thing I've seen in days!!!!
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Just real life playing itself out.
Kudos to a normal family juggling the modern life reality of being working parents.
Kudos to a normal family juggling the modern life reality of being working parents.
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I don't have kids but I do have pets. In 2005, I had a rambunctious German Shepherd by the name of JJ. NPR asked me to do a radio interview regarding the plane crash of Helios Airways. I was working from home in Athens, Greece and so I put JJ out on the balcony while I did the interview. However, he was barking the whole time. I was hoping the barking wasn't audible but at the end of the interview, Steve Inskeep says, "ok, can we do that again without the dog barking?" Luckily, the interview was not live. :)
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NYT, you missed the real news story here. This is not about the cute perils of working at home, but rather about the fact that when this video went viral, everyone assumed the woman in the video was the nanny. She's his wife, and the mother of the children. When we see a distinguished looking white man in a suit and a casually dressed Asian looking woman in the room behind him, most people immediately assume she is his employee. What does this say about us?
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Wholeheartedly agreed! I am of mixed race, but present primarily as Asian. My partner is seriously white bread, like Connecticut white bread. When our daughter was born, I would take her to visit the CT family and would often get asked on the street--2-4 times on a 1 mile walk--who I was nannying for.
"And who does this beautiful child belong to?" may have been my favorite back-handed compliment. It implied that I certainly couldn't have given birth to a (slightly) mixed-looking but beautiful kid, and that I was most certainly below the competency of being her parent. My answer to that question "oh, she's mine" was typically followed by "No, really, who's her mother?"
That behavior from other adults still continues this day. There's always someone at an extracurricular activity or sport who assumes I'm not her mother. The bad behavior is particularly entertaining when they realize I am indeed a native English speaker and (gasp, clutch pearls!) a US citizen (by many, many generations). But, frankly, the English is more impressive...
"And who does this beautiful child belong to?" may have been my favorite back-handed compliment. It implied that I certainly couldn't have given birth to a (slightly) mixed-looking but beautiful kid, and that I was most certainly below the competency of being her parent. My answer to that question "oh, she's mine" was typically followed by "No, really, who's her mother?"
That behavior from other adults still continues this day. There's always someone at an extracurricular activity or sport who assumes I'm not her mother. The bad behavior is particularly entertaining when they realize I am indeed a native English speaker and (gasp, clutch pearls!) a US citizen (by many, many generations). But, frankly, the English is more impressive...
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For the brief moments we see her, the wife looked very young (in her appearance, mannerism, and dress) which could lead a casual viewer to say (as I did)..."I''m not sure if it's the babysitter or the wife." I am a simple man, please explain to me why that makes me racist? (And yes I know that people of different ages marry).
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Actually, most people I know assumed it was his wife.
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I LOVE this video. I honestly watched it about 6 times and and couldn't stop laughing. The daughter so confident dancing in, then the baby rolling behind and the wife sliding in to limit the damage and knocking the books of the bed. It is so utterly real. thanks for lightening our day. Your kids are adorable!!!
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I still can't get over the fact that the woman is in and out with the kids in 20 seconds, despite the force of her entry having shut the door behind her. Just remarkable!
Really enjoy watching Dr. Kelly's facial expressions through all this, but much respect to him for maintaining his thoughts on a serious subject. The BBC has posted the full interview for those interested.
Really enjoy watching Dr. Kelly's facial expressions through all this, but much respect to him for maintaining his thoughts on a serious subject. The BBC has posted the full interview for those interested.
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Anybody remember those old toothpaste commercials where the kid runs into Dad's workplace shrieking "Daddy Daddy I only had one cavity!!!"?
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Haha, i was in the same situation when i had a Skype interview for a great managing position, and my 2 year old was dancing everywhere behind me and the employer had a live demo of how well i can manage and multitask :P btw I'm a mom and had no help at home at that time. Surprisingly, i got the call for the final interview :D
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Why didn't he just pick the toddler up and put her on his lap? Be loving and focused at the same time. It would have diffused the situation and made it a lot more fun than it appearing as a gross malfeasance. The mom actually appeared massively out of control, and she too could have been calm and humorous about the situation gone not normal...
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If I sit my kid in the lap the next thing is to build a lego with him. Parents know their kids
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This comment is for professional actors, writers, and directors:
What we saw was an important lesson in how to create a comic scene that works, and how to act believably in a farce. It starts with a stern and serious setup before exploding into action with the entry of the kids on a motivated mission known only to themselves. We got the befuddled hero and observant announcer trying to make contact and not succeeding. The ending was perfect, with wife Kim providing the punch line with her arm extended to slam the door shut. It could have been scripted by Chaplin. Adding the Benny Hill music was inspired. The takeaway on the essential difference between real life and theatre? There is none.
What we saw was an important lesson in how to create a comic scene that works, and how to act believably in a farce. It starts with a stern and serious setup before exploding into action with the entry of the kids on a motivated mission known only to themselves. We got the befuddled hero and observant announcer trying to make contact and not succeeding. The ending was perfect, with wife Kim providing the punch line with her arm extended to slam the door shut. It could have been scripted by Chaplin. Adding the Benny Hill music was inspired. The takeaway on the essential difference between real life and theatre? There is none.
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I think it's also comedy gold because each of the three entrances are so distinct, so specific, so well-timed and all in such stunning contrast to the interview that's underway. The wife's in particular. She slides! She's in and out so fast and yet so gentle with those darlings. And her door closing puts a big red cherry on it all. A must-study for actors and directors.
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Completely lost it when the baby rolled in. Just utterly hilarious.
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A bit of genuine normalcy in a slicked-up corporate world. Brilliant.
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This is funny and hits close to home. I can't help but wonder if it would have gone viral if the person being interviewed on live TV was the mother rather than father?
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If the father had come sliding in? Oh, definitely.
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My most vivid working-from-home parent memory dates to when my daughter was 2-3 months old. I had a very important call for a deadline story scheduled with the director of the Israel Museum, who was on an airport stopover, so there was a lot of choreography to timing this call as I was in L.A. I scheduled it for her nap and put her down 15 minutes before the call. He ran 20 min. late and as I picked up the phone in the bedroom, I heard a heartbreaking wail from the living room and it didn't stop.
My dilemma - Should I ditch the crucial interview and nurse my hungry newborn daughter, or should I ignore her wails and carry on? I went with the latter, put the speaker on mute and kept it short. I am sure my husband would have thought me a murderess, but she survived and thrived, and I filed my story, and it was the first of many such heart-tugging parental dilemmas.
Maintaining a career is about balance — and realizing that you cannot reliably work from home if the child is around. The minute she realizes you need to concentrate, her determination to wail/sing/get your attention by any means necessary goes into hyperdrive.
My dilemma - Should I ditch the crucial interview and nurse my hungry newborn daughter, or should I ignore her wails and carry on? I went with the latter, put the speaker on mute and kept it short. I am sure my husband would have thought me a murderess, but she survived and thrived, and I filed my story, and it was the first of many such heart-tugging parental dilemmas.
Maintaining a career is about balance — and realizing that you cannot reliably work from home if the child is around. The minute she realizes you need to concentrate, her determination to wail/sing/get your attention by any means necessary goes into hyperdrive.
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Today is my birthday. I woke up this morning thinking, "Please don't let something horrible happen today" and instead I got this. Thank you Professor Kelly and family for the delightful, if unintended, family scene.
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The wife's entry is priceless. It's as though she's channeling Jerry being chased around a corner by Tom.
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Her entry is more like Kramer on Seinfeld!
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I was giving a live radio interview a few years back, when our intern opened my office door and to ask if I wanted him to pick me up some lunch. As I frantically waved him off, he continued to ask, in a louder voice, what I would like, and then asked a third time, despite my manic signs for him to be quiet and leave. Later I asked him why he wouldn't stop talking and go, and his response was that "it'd only take a minute." The kid was totally brilliant, and at the same time, completely clueless....
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So stinking adorable.
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So happy to see this. Usually it is Mom trying desperately to maintain professional composure. I remember being on call with the Emergency Room giving the correct dosing of morphine for my patient. Meanwhile my then 2 year-old in the bathtub: "Mom, there's poop in here!"
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As good as, if not better than, the woman on the Chewbacca mask. Such welcome laughter these bad days.
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Mom performs impressively throughout the video. Very fast, focused and perfectly gentle with her children. Her total commitment to solving the problem and getting the job done reminded me of my time working in South Korea during the '80's and '90's. What a great family!
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Loved it.
Shows to prove we work and then we have a Life as well.
Shows to prove we work and then we have a Life as well.
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In the days before cell phones and caller ID, I was changing my son after coming home from work. The phone rang once several times and I ignored it. Then it rang repeatedly again. Thinking it was some kid of emergency, I grabbed my son sans diaper to answer. It was a coworker telling me about issues that could wait until the next day. While we were talking, you can guess what happened. I was pretty wet when I told her not to call about something that could wait and that I was otherwise occupied with a diaper change.
She was not a mom and really made it clear she did not like kids. But even she laughed at the whole thing. After a while, I did too.
Stuff happens. This video is hilarious. Both the professor and interviewer handled it very well. The mom could try out to be a pinch runner or fielder in Major League Baseball. She made quite a slide and a good catch of those two children. Loved it!
She was not a mom and really made it clear she did not like kids. But even she laughed at the whole thing. After a while, I did too.
Stuff happens. This video is hilarious. Both the professor and interviewer handled it very well. The mom could try out to be a pinch runner or fielder in Major League Baseball. She made quite a slide and a good catch of those two children. Loved it!
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Can't get enough of watching the daughter's joyful entrance! Yeah for joy!
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When his wife come *sliding* in and the happy way the daughter walks in is the best!
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Love it. And reminds me of a time when my then very active 2 year old picked up a call on our business phone and proceeded to hang up despite the caller desperately pleading with my son to
"Just get Daddy- no! No! Don't hang up!" Which of course my son promptly did. Best part of it all- it was captured on the answering machine for posterity- especially the caller's final words: "I can't believe that little ...... hung up on me!"
Then he burst out loud laughing.
30 odd years later, we're still laughing, too.
"Just get Daddy- no! No! Don't hang up!" Which of course my son promptly did. Best part of it all- it was captured on the answering machine for posterity- especially the caller's final words: "I can't believe that little ...... hung up on me!"
Then he burst out loud laughing.
30 odd years later, we're still laughing, too.
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Probably the most interesting thing in the piece. Kids should interrupt all the time, just to prove the people talking are really adults, which I doubt most of the time, based on what they say.
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Such a delightful reminder of this fundamental part of so many of our lives that we too often try to pretend is not a factor in our professional lives!
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I hope he doesn't mind. Many more people know his name thanks to them.
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I LOVE THIS FAMILY
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It makes me ineffably sad that the mere appearance of small children for a few moments during a televised interview is considered an embarrassing, newsworthy crisis by some people.
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ineffably sad? You might be taking this too hard. Most commenters seem to have found it very entertaining.
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Only you. The rest of us are laughing with him, and thinking his family is terrific.
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DW, I heard a large number of media commentators discussing this brief incident today as though the momentary appearance of little kids onscreen was a serious professional embarrassment and somehow consequential. I wasn't referring to the reactions of the commenters here specifically. And yeah, the attitude that kids should be hidden away makes me ineffably sad.
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Thank you for some happy news that is not about American Carnage
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I can't stop laughing, because this has happened to me on my most important business calls from home. Of course, this never occurs when I'm just ordering pizza.
I certainly hope that Professor Kelly didn't have an argument with his wife (the woman in the background) after this "incident". She looked mortified and wrangled her kids in like a pro.
I certainly hope that Professor Kelly didn't have an argument with his wife (the woman in the background) after this "incident". She looked mortified and wrangled her kids in like a pro.
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I saw this at 7am and I'm still laughing at 9:30 pm every time I think of it. I hope Dad wasn't too upset with his family stealing the limelight but it's truly hilarious. I love the baby rolling in like any open door is a new adventure. Priceless!
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I've been laughing all day! Beautiful family.
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Conference call with senior bond traders trying to sound intelligent after a night awake with my sick toddler. She waddles in midway through a bowel movement screaming "mummy I can't poo". Not on mute.
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I love watching his wife. With moves like that, she should be on the national women's soccer team! If you're gonna go viral, it might as well be like this. Action-packed and adorable.
No personal mishaps with cameras, but a story I heard last summer was about a guy on a conference call who didn't realize everyone could see him buck-naked. These are the things I use to remind myself to take working from home seriously!
No personal mishaps with cameras, but a story I heard last summer was about a guy on a conference call who didn't realize everyone could see him buck-naked. These are the things I use to remind myself to take working from home seriously!
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Bravo Robert E. Kelly! I love the way his little girl in the yellow sweater comes marching in and then plops down next to him! And then when the baby comes rolling in! Just too much!!!
Aplomb is the best word to describe how Kelly handled the situation.
The fall person in this whole slapstick routine - Kelly's wife!
Aplomb is the best word to describe how Kelly handled the situation.
The fall person in this whole slapstick routine - Kelly's wife!
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She is a first class athlete the way she skid in and wrangled those children! LOL!
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And the thing she plops down on collapses underneath her...
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Refreshingly human and handled with remarkable grace. Thanks to the professor for allowing this to be shared. Wonderful break from weird news churning away everywhere. And yes, listened to thoughtful comments about Korea.
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Daughter, wife, and human father.
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So your takeaway was that the learned professor sufficiently terrorizes his servants that they crawl on all fours? You have a very...active imagination.
Push his "daughter" out of the way?? In a moment of acknowledging they're walking in during a live interview, he was pushing her back GENTLY to prevent her from coming too close live in air. Then the small toddler in a walk strolls in and bam! Mom (not nanny!) comes flying in skidding around the corner to pull the kids away from the live interview that was going on.
I can't believe you perceive him pushing his kids back and assuming that woman was his nanny.
I can't believe you perceive him pushing his kids back and assuming that woman was his nanny.
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Oh so cute. Lest we forget what's most important in our lives.
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This comedy gold. You can't script this stuff. Brilliant!!
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The escalation was hilarious!
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I see the hand of the North Korean dictator in this.
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Of course, she is the wife. No professor can afford a nanny, or, for that matter, a mistress either.
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No apologies needed! We all have families. It's good to see yours. :)
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Spare me the lectures about letting cats go outside but being on a conference call when your cat brings in a bird, lets it go, and then it starts flying around the living room, is always a fun day. (The bird was emancipated after the call.)
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The reason this went viral is the second kid who rolls in to the room in a baby walker. That was absolutely golden.
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I think it's the way the mom careens into the room like a car taking a corner on two wheels. I've watched her moves repeatedly ... despite her desperation, she's unbelievably skillful at corraling them and maneuvering them out of the room in no time flat. Then when she crawls back in to pull the door shut ... OMG.
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With such gusto.
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I had a telemarketing job selling ads for a medical journal. I made lots of calls from that house in Shifflett Hollow in summer, sometimes from the screen porch. I had gotten used to the ambient noise, sort of thinking no one could hear much, but one day a customer politely asked, "Is that a cow?"
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This brings back memories. I was a single mom and my rule was u don't interrupt me on a call unless there's blood or smoke. Period. So in large on call meeting with about 20 people, daughter keeps trying to get my attention after shushing her, I finally in frustration asked, "Is there blood or smoke!?" Yup...forgot to mute...Dead silence than hilarious laughter. Sheesh.
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Why is this news? Anyone who has kids can appreciate the challenges of balancing multiple life roles. If anything this is refreshing.
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On a glorious early summer day in 2015, I decided to haul my laptop and monitor to my balcony and work outside. In the middle of a call with colleagues in Europe, a train came by and did the long-long-short-looooong horn blast. The tracks are about 100 yards away, but it sounded like 10 feet. I rushed inside to hear them laughing and wondering who was traveling. When I explained where I was working, they were a bit envious.
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I would have more respect for this guy if he had put the child in his lap, rather than pushing her away, and explained to her, for all to see and hear, that Daddy is working, and could she please go to Mommy and get ready for playtime with Daddy in a few minutes. We are all people, and this guy is lucky to have a family, so why hide it? I would even give more credence to his professional opinions knowing that he is a fully realized person who can recognize that politics affects real hums lives, like those of his children.
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He's on live TV!! He's trying to maintain his focus and composure without picking up his children during the interview for the TV audience as you suggest. I love kids but his reaction was probably how I'd react too being in shock and not quite knowing what to do at that moment. His reaction was priceless and appropriate.
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No that would have been unprofessional. You don't do TV interviews with noisy children on your lap. This isn't Mary Poppins, it's the BBC.
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Love it. Kids are so amazing with very little inhibitions, which makes this so refreshing.
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As a dad who works from home 3 days a week I can totally relate to this perfect storm! I've also been on live TV when my 2-year-old decided to burst in. First, the little daughter in yellow is a total rock star but my favorite part of the video is when the woman (whom I wrongly assumed was the nanny, she's the mom!) comes furiously sliding in to save the day. Well played by all!
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I could tell she was the mom because she reacted like she had a dog on the fight.
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I am most impressed by the infant who manages to crash the video in a baby walker! Can we please get an interview with him/her?
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I have a feeling that the little girl knew her dad was videoconferencing; that entrance was definitely not for his benefit. She probably had no idea that daddy was talking to the BBC, but I'm sure she sees that as icing on the cake. We'll be seeing that little girl on stage soon.
I have to admit that I thought the woman who came in was the nanny, more because she seemed so young and casually dressed then because of her race. But why wouldn't the mother be casually dressed? She's not being interviewed by the BBC. It seems the poor woman was trying to take a bathroom break and the kids took that moment to pounce.
I can understand that the father might not be happy about having his family all over the internet. He's a professor and a professional 'talking head'. And he probably doesn't want his family exposed to all the negativity that comes with internet celebrity.
I hope that mother and father sit on the couch and have a good laugh, after they've put the kids to bed. Letting that little performer know she's world famous might turn her into an obnoxious little attention-seeker and the world doesn't need more of those. But mom and dad should enjoy it. Their kids are cute and seem happy and healthy; they're doing well.
I have to admit that I thought the woman who came in was the nanny, more because she seemed so young and casually dressed then because of her race. But why wouldn't the mother be casually dressed? She's not being interviewed by the BBC. It seems the poor woman was trying to take a bathroom break and the kids took that moment to pounce.
I can understand that the father might not be happy about having his family all over the internet. He's a professor and a professional 'talking head'. And he probably doesn't want his family exposed to all the negativity that comes with internet celebrity.
I hope that mother and father sit on the couch and have a good laugh, after they've put the kids to bed. Letting that little performer know she's world famous might turn her into an obnoxious little attention-seeker and the world doesn't need more of those. But mom and dad should enjoy it. Their kids are cute and seem happy and healthy; they're doing well.
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This is me on call at home. Every time. Whenever I get an important phone call, invariably one of my kids starts screaming or they start fighting or they need me (not their dad, of course, who is right there) RIGHT NOW. I can't tell you how much medical advice I've given ignoring the sound of screaming in the background.
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Just wonderful!
Every second....
Hope he wasn't too hard on the fam....especially the wife.
Every second....
Hope he wasn't too hard on the fam....especially the wife.
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His wife is blameless. He should have locked the door! But the kids were so adorable!
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Love love love it. Super great, it's today's life as a parent!
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That was cute, sweet and so-so ordinarily beautiful, and beautifully delightful. But I did not like the way the man handled this normal intrusion when working or interviewing from home...with his three piece suited serious professional professorial self.
In India and few other countries, like in Africa, men give interviews with their children or babies, and the kids are well behaved. Or...they attend to them first, and then come back to the interview. Or...like in some working parents working from homes (WoPaWoHa), lock the door and let the baby sitter, a relative, a partner or the wife or husband take care of the children for the duration of the interview. They serious severe White male did not handle it well.
In India and few other countries, like in Africa, men give interviews with their children or babies, and the kids are well behaved. Or...they attend to them first, and then come back to the interview. Or...like in some working parents working from homes (WoPaWoHa), lock the door and let the baby sitter, a relative, a partner or the wife or husband take care of the children for the duration of the interview. They serious severe White male did not handle it well.
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I agree completely. He could have handled this very differently. He handled as one would expect a man from his country to handle it, a man from the chilly global north.
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The interview is about South Korea politics, not really about showing what kind of a dad he is. When giving an interview/ presentation, you do your best not to distract the viewers from the actual topic being discussed. He's in South Korea so I'd expect he'd be thinking of what's appropriate way to act there. It doesn't make sense for him to act contrary to the society he's in. India /Africa social culture is entirely different.
Maybe he doesn't have a lockable door. It does appear that his wife was minding the kids, but she's only human so she can get distracted. Kids react very quickly.
I think he did a great job. Some parents just get angry right away when interrupted. He kept his cool and tried to keep a straight face while waiting for his wife to carry out her responsibility. I think that's great he didn't try to complicate the situation further by trying to "help".
He did push the older kid back, but that's understandable. You wouldn't want kids to start grabbing wires and things on the desk.
Maybe he doesn't have a lockable door. It does appear that his wife was minding the kids, but she's only human so she can get distracted. Kids react very quickly.
I think he did a great job. Some parents just get angry right away when interrupted. He kept his cool and tried to keep a straight face while waiting for his wife to carry out her responsibility. I think that's great he didn't try to complicate the situation further by trying to "help".
He did push the older kid back, but that's understandable. You wouldn't want kids to start grabbing wires and things on the desk.
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Absolutely adorable! Especially the baby in the walker coming in. Can't keep out real life.
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Truth is funnier than fiction.
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My personal favorite is when I have several C-suite execs on a conference call and UPS drives by. And the dog goes berserk.
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Not the professor's finest moment. I don't mean the kids coming in, I mean the way he kept on with the interview. Say excuse me, help your wife, hug your kids, show them some love, and demonstrate a bit of poise. Instead, he just smiles. apologizes, and keeps glued to the screen trying to push them away and pretends they were not there. I can say for certain they are more important than this BBC interview. Epic father fail.
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Oh, cut him a break, he was on live television, he did his best to carry on. Cute as they were, I think he would have been wrong to think that his tv audience wanted to see him cuddling his kids. He just tried to stay on message and get through it.
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You are kidding, right? He's on national TV and now has entertained millions of people. It is a sweet video of a family and real life. I am sure he spends plenty of time with his family and loves them very much. Epic comment fail.
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Perhaps in other circumstances, but giving a Skype interview with what I imagine would be a short time limit over a touchy internet connection professor Kelly did the best he could. Life happens, and we have to carry on.
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So been there. Recently was in the midst of a negotiation with a big corporation when my toddler daughter sauntered in (she woke up an hour early), and started to yell - Mommy! MOMMy! Poopy diaper! Diaper! Poopy diaper! Thank god the folks on the other line all had kids. Reminds me not to take myself so seriously. Ha!
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I used to be a nanny of a couple that the husband was working from home .BUT they lived in a three floor house that I just didn't go to where he was during "work hour", even though he didn't have live broadcast or anything but he was on conference call that tend to go on all day. I'm surprise of this one that the kids are just next door from his "office"! I want to know what happened to that lady?
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His wife? She is his wife. I'm sure they had a laugh about it after realizing the humour of it all.
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Kids exist in the world.
And while grown ups go off to the workplace daily, sometimes kids show up too.
I recall fifteen years ago, handling a court appearance by phone from a phone booth in Disneyland, because the appearance couldn't be rescheduled and neither could the trip to Disneyland with my small child.
Most of us simply do the best we can with the juggle.
And while grown ups go off to the workplace daily, sometimes kids show up too.
I recall fifteen years ago, handling a court appearance by phone from a phone booth in Disneyland, because the appearance couldn't be rescheduled and neither could the trip to Disneyland with my small child.
Most of us simply do the best we can with the juggle.
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When my wife and I moved to Moscow in 1993 I had to get a door for my home office (an extra bedroom) because my then three year old daughter Georgia would scream for Daddy to come out and play ALL DAY LONG. She used to hang on the door knob and use two feet to beat on the door. This lasted about six months and pushed me to get a real office even though we couldn't afford it.
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Nice to see some of life's reality while reporting on all the chaos going on in this world
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A software expert was trouble shooting with me a critical component of a scientific instrument shortly before it was to be deployed. We interrupted the session so he could retrieve his children from daycare and resumed when he returned home to his office. In the middle of a very focused period, knock knock, louder and louder. Then his frustrated 5 yr old broke down the door and exclaimed "DADDY You are late for my story!!!! I have been waiting." At which point I learn his son had just learned to tell time. We agreed his son was right! Science could wait. Morale- we all have personal lives and we should celebrate the raw interests of our children
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A dear friend passed away this week. With sadness consuming me, and the constant barrage from horribles of the Trump gang, I have to say I was just now hysterically laughing out loud for the first time in a long time (and I could hear my dear pal's laughter in my brain if she had been able to see it as well.)
Thank you, Professor Kelly's children.
Thank you, Professor Kelly's children.
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I do not find this video funny in the least. Professor Kelly could have managed this unplanned interruption as a loving father instead of putting his arm out and then having his children literally dragged from the room with the older child screaming.
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Don't be so presumptive and judgmental. He is obviously a loving father or the kids wouldn't have felt so comfortable sauntering casually into his office. And every parent of toddlers has to corral them screaming here and there sometimes.
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Just saw this on Greta and laughed out loud..needed that with all the daily upsetting news. Can sure relate to mom's panic face as she discovers where the kids went..been there..kids are sneaky fast. :)
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if he had pants on, then he probably could have resolved it quicker.
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Aha!!! You may be on to something.
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What a wonderful video! Dad trying to maintain his composure while Mom saves the day with remarkable grace and agility.
And the children are show-stoppers!
And the children are show-stoppers!
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When my daughter was 4 someone called the house and asked her if they could make a plane reservation to go to DC thinking they had called an airline She replied " i cant but my mom can!"
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This is just AMAZING! It gets better as it goes along and it's too perfect from a comedy perspective. I've been laughing all day long. My husband works from home and is always on video conference calls. I can tell you that although this exact situation has never happened, I imagine we would both react very similarly in a panicked moment. My husband is a loving and warm father, but he also takes his profession very seriously. The pressure is even greater for work at home folks to keep an air of professionalism. If the kids ever snuck in during one of his video chats, I'd be in a panic to get them out for sure. He always tries to give us fair warning beforehand but all it takes is a trip to the bathroom. And this was on LIVE television! I'm sure Mr. Kelly was wondering if his career was over in that moment. (It's always much, much funnier in retrospect.) Hopefully he and his wife get a good hearty laugh now that its over!
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I was in interviewing an important physian at our hospital when my young daughter, who I thought was sleeping, suddenly came in and started talking. I frantically snapped my finger at her and from the phone I heard the doctor say "Oh that never works!" We both had a good laugh.
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Look of fear? Are you serious? This is a lighthearted moment. Get a life.
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Professor Kelly was remarkably composed, and the kids will enjoy the video twenty years from now. Mom deserves a fireside gourmet dinner and a glass or two of champagne to recover from the experience.
Comic relief from a weighty issue, was enjoyed by all.
Comic relief from a weighty issue, was enjoyed by all.
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His treatment, brushing/pushing aside, his daughter and then his wife's or nanny's look and sound of fear as she crawled in to pull out the baby, made me fear the after interview conversation that was to come and lose respect for him.
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It was his wife who came in, and she was just embarrassed because the children interrupted a TV interview and she slipped on the floor while trying to corral them.
Also, he gently kept his daughter at bay and away from the camera. If you pay attention, you see she was smiling the whole time. A child who is shoved or feels threatened would not be smiling and acting bubbly.
Also, he gently kept his daughter at bay and away from the camera. If you pay attention, you see she was smiling the whole time. A child who is shoved or feels threatened would not be smiling and acting bubbly.
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Sorry to take up space -- this is my second comment in the last 10 minutes -- but the more I read other people's comments here, the more I keep on laughing!
Not a bad way to start the weekend.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you too...
Not a bad way to start the weekend.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you too...
Mr. Kelly, I'm a patent lawyer who spends hours on the phone each day with kids, nannies, babies, play dates, cleaners, contractors, the wife and anyone else you can imagine lurking in and around my home office desk at the most inopportune times. Very often they have little to no regard for my calls and exude all manner of squeals, squeaks, whines, burps, questions, conversations, demands and proclamations to me and, inadvertently, my clients. My last line of defense, the mute button, catches 75%, but I would be resolutely defeated frequently if I were to appear on video like you . Thanks for the light moment and being a real human being, and have no shame about it.
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Totally hilarious on every level ... the professor handled it wonderfully and the Mom was heroic in her efforts. One of the best moments on television!
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I hope this guy takes his kids out for a treat. Who would have heard of him? Now everyone knows who he is and what he does for a living!
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I bet more actually watched the entire thing now than might have before. That's a good thing!
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I was once on a live panel discussion with BBC Radio World Service, discussing global rates of domestic violence, and my four-year-old picked up the extension phone one floor above me, breathed really loudly for a few moments, and then started singing "Old Macdonald Had a Farm."
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This is hilarious!
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I just think of the laughter and sweet memories the event will make for this family for all time. One question: I think the books, including those that fall, are actually on a bed, no? The surface seems to bounce like one. All the more endearing to think of the space transformed so earnestly from an everyday part of the home to something that looks official (office-related). No wonder the kids thought it completely natural to bounce and roll in! So many of us have been in these shoes.....
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Haha! Real life comes crashing in to interrupt intellectualism ...
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Kramer himself couldn't have come through that door any better than the mom did. this made my day, I hope the family takes it in stride. it's all good!
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Pixar couldn't have animated a more entertaining sequence!
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A joyous clip indeed!
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I am happy the Internet was invented just for this video. I spend a good amount of time working from my attic office, and I immediately recognized that situation from years of experience. I once took a call hiding in the back seat of my parked car in my driveway to escape my son...also, just watching this scene develop, it's better and funnier than fiction. if this was an I Love Lucy episode, it would be on a TV's Greatest Hits clips show endlessly. Lucy gets a job as a nanny at a professors house...and hilarity ensues. I imagine it will already be on America's or South Korea's Funniest Home Videos show every day anyway.
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I thought he could have handled it better than pushing the child back as he had.
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Parents of young children handle things the best they can, and not always perfectly. Let's not be so judgemental; give him (and the rest of us) a break and enjoy this very human and funny moment.
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This was clearly a very unexpected intrusion while he was on live television. This is not something one plans for nor should one judge a clearly mild but panicked attempt at maintaining professionalism. Give the guy a break.
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She was completely unharmed and unfazed. She was smiling and giggling the whole time. A child who feels threatened would not be smiling. He gently kept her away from the camera, he did not injure or frighten her.
And, what would you have him do? Let her walk in front of the camera and further interrupt the interview? He gently kept her back, it was not a shove, and it did not bother the child in the least.
And, what would you have him do? Let her walk in front of the camera and further interrupt the interview? He gently kept her back, it was not a shove, and it did not bother the child in the least.
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Parents should be told to get that baby out of that "squeaky walker" since it's endangering the poor thing. There's a reason they're banned in Canada and the AAP has called for their ban here, too.
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But that's the best part of the video! ;)
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Working at home for Verizon while managing a large project with well more than 30 people I was conducting an important conference call when one of my cats ate through the telephone wire. I had two phones in the house so called back in on that phone but as I was running the conference it was quite embarrassing and long remembered.
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Hilarious! Wonderful reprieve from all the depressing news of the day.
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I was on a long conference call with a colleague and some clients, calling in from from home as I had a sick child sleeping in the next room. As a subject matter expert, I only had about five minutes of the call in which I actually had to speak, and everything seemed to be going along fine, until my child suddenly woke up, came looking for me to tell me that he felt sick and proceeded to vomit all over the stairs. Which coincided with my colleague asking me to provide the crucial information the client needed from my area of expertise. I took the phone off of mute and calmly said "I'm sorry, my child has just thrown up on the stairs, can I have five minutes?" Client was very gracious, got my kid cleaned up and tucked back in bed then chimed back in acting every bit the total professional.
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I love this! It's so relatable to all parents everywhere! and that momma is a ninja! Sliding in like a pro!
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Prof Kelly,
May I recommend switching from video calls to audio calls--and using the "mute" button liberally.
A "learned the hard way" working parent
PS: Thank you for having me fall off my chair laughing...in sympathy!
May I recommend switching from video calls to audio calls--and using the "mute" button liberally.
A "learned the hard way" working parent
PS: Thank you for having me fall off my chair laughing...in sympathy!
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I loved this! I'm still laughing!!
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The baby coming in 2nd on her own accord was 100% adorable.
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I am on the phone all morning while working from home. My talking puts my two dogs fast asleep and other than the occasional snoring, they are quiet. The cats however show no respect. There is a piano just outside my work area, and during a call when I was training a group, the cat decided to jump up on the keyboard and slowly walk on the keys, playing his own tune. Luckily everyone on the call enjoyed the show and we continued on after completion of the interlude.
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I hope this guy is not too embarrassed. The World pretty much understood the situation immediately. It was adorable. Just glad we all got to see that these things happen to fathers too.
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The people who are lamenting the fact that an expert being interviewed by THE BBC about a WORLD CRISIS didn't simply get up and usher his children out and/or was 'abusive' to his daughter as he clumsily attempts to keep her away from the computer are absolutely ridiculous. The mother, yes the MOTHER of these children, likely was taking a bathroom break [notice that her pants are falling down] and the children scampered away. Stop judging [the sheer numbers of people who assumed she was the nanny because she's Asian or "subservient" or "mortified" should ponder that response] and open your eyes. This is life for working parents, pure and simple. And I'm ever thankful for the laughter and the love I see in this video. The little girl is OBVIOUSLY adored; the way she marches into the room with a song in her heart and her crayons at the ready indicate love not "strong-arming".
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Maybe you could stop judging the people who are judging?
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This is the first time since November 9 that I have found a piece in the NYT that had me in tears because I was laughing so hard. I have taken to conducting conference calls in my car in the driveway when I'm working at home, but that wouldn't work so well for a live BBC interview. This dad and mom and their adorable kids have given us a gift.
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This is great! Don't we all love the work at home model?
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#iamprofessorkelly
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I absolutely loved this - really made my day. Hardest I have laughed since the election. The strut of the daughter and the careening of the son are reminders of how irrepressible children are. We need diversions like this these days.
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As a newly minted mom with twins, I was going back to work, thinking my nanny situation was fixed. However, I woke up one morning to get her resignation over the phone. As my husband had already left for work, and I had a "must go to" conference at which I was presenting an important program, I packaged them up, took them in, and promised my admin the world if she would just watch them for the one hour (in retrospect, not very nice foisting this on her - how could she refuse her boss?). In the conference room, as I was giving the presentation, the phone rang. I stopped and waited while someone picked up the phone, at which time wailing and screaming came through the loud speaker. "That's for me" I said....and promptly left (after apologies) to administer to my children, save my admin, and hear later that all had a good laugh. But lost the program, and subsequently lost my job. Ah well....such is life - but wouldn't trade my daughters for anything!
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Good for you for making light of what seems to me to be evident prejiduce against mothers in the workforce. A company who fires you for a situation out of your control isnt one you should work for anyway! Good riddance to them and bless you and your daughters.
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This is simply the best. I recently made the leap from a comfy office job to a business startup launched from my home office. My kids know I'm near, but not to be disturbed, hough they manage to squeeze by their adult supervision every once and again to surprise me. One morning, a few months back, while on the phone with a VIP on the east coast, my 2-yo daughter silently snuck in, and delightfully exclaimed at the top of her voice: "MOMMY WHY YOU STILL WEAWWING YO' JAMMIES!?!" Unlike the professor (who could easily have been wearing HIS most comfy jammie bottoms during this interview), I had the luxury of hitting the mute button and screaming for help. Of course, we all had a good laugh about it later, but only after my heart rate slowed back down and the sudden sweat wore away!
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Someone make a meme of that kid marching with her hands in the air, too cute!
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I rarely laugh at loud but this made me do it (in a quiet open plan office of course). Brilliant start to the weekend. Bless your gorgeous family, Professor Kelly!
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Working from home with pets can also be fun. I had a job interview over Skype and was in the middle of my presentation when one of my cats appeared on a counter behind me over my shoulder and began contemplating whether to jump on me or not. He eventually decided not to and vanished about the time I finished my presentation.
My audience (who I thought had been reacting a bit oddly) told me about the interruption and burst out laughing, and I apologized profusely while explaining that it was a small apartment and locking him up wouldn't have been better, as he would have been audibly scratching/banging on the door the whole time.
I didn't get the job. I'd like to blame it on the cat, but I suspect he might have been the best part of the interview--certainly the most memorable!
My audience (who I thought had been reacting a bit oddly) told me about the interruption and burst out laughing, and I apologized profusely while explaining that it was a small apartment and locking him up wouldn't have been better, as he would have been audibly scratching/banging on the door the whole time.
I didn't get the job. I'd like to blame it on the cat, but I suspect he might have been the best part of the interview--certainly the most memorable!
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The good news on this video is that it's almost universally viewed as sweet and funny at the same time. The look of chagrin on Professor Kelly's face as he realizes what is going down behind him is priceless.
If you have to have your fifteen minutes of fame be for something, it's not a bad thing to be viewed as a working dad with two kids who clearly are loved, or they would not have felt so free to just saunter in so casually.
If you have to have your fifteen minutes of fame be for something, it's not a bad thing to be viewed as a working dad with two kids who clearly are loved, or they would not have felt so free to just saunter in so casually.
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This video gets more funny each time you watch it. The little girl's confident saunter, her mother's panicked slide into the room, the father's smirk. So good. I really needed this today.
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I'll never forget the time that, as a part-time law firm associate, I had to get on a conference call with terrifying senior partner and cocounsel while chasing my 3- and 1-year-old through the rose garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Stressful and picturesque, all at once.
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In 1983 I was working at home for Information Systems News, doing a telephone interview of Charlie Lecht, author of "Waves of Change." My two-year-old daughter was in a crib in the room sleeping. In the middle of the interview, she started crying. I apologized to Lecht. He said, "I'm hanging up, don't call me until you have consoled her. She is more important than I am, and if you don't know that now, you'll figure it out some day."
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Precious!
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I'd bet money Mom was using the bathroom when the kids got away.
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She was. Her trousers are have down!
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Most of the viewers are commenting on the professor's manner and his children's cuteness. But, none of them seem to be viewing this from the Asian woman's perspective. Is she part of the family? Is she working in the house? What is she feeling when she "bursts and skids around the corner?" What the video revealed to me is an event in which the white media's learned conversation on Korean politics was pleasantly(!) interrupted by subjectivities without access to it. I hope that the man kept his respect to (if not fired) her after this.
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She's his wife.
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AFAIK she's his wife (he lives in Korea). Maybe she will "fire" HIM ;).
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I don't get this at all. I presumed it was his wife, the mother of the children. It's 2017. 15% of all marriages are interracial and the number is climbing.
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This made me laugh out loud. It's lovely to see real life intrude like this. I think the slow escalation of disaster is what makes it comedy gold - Basil Fawlty lives! I hope the adults in question ignore all the censorious comments here and elsewhere and simply celebrate this as "one of those days". And I hope the kids keep conspiring to get into dad's office!
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Kids do the darnedest things! (: Hilarious
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Robert Kelly, I congratulate you! Your kids clearly had no fear at all about barging into your sanctuary, and that says to me that you have a friendly, loving relationship with your children.
I loved my dad very much, but if I had gone into his study without an invitation, well ... let's just say I knew better than to try.
The videos made me laugh so hard - thank you!
I loved my dad very much, but if I had gone into his study without an invitation, well ... let's just say I knew better than to try.
The videos made me laugh so hard - thank you!
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I love this. I'm a professor who works from home several days a week and I can totally feel their pain.
Btw, that woman is working HARD to get those kids out of there. You know she was probably guilty of trying to use the bathroom or, I don't know, dared to look away from the kids for half a second. Such is the life of work-at-home parents :) I'm so glad to see the comments mostly offer empathy!
Btw, that woman is working HARD to get those kids out of there. You know she was probably guilty of trying to use the bathroom or, I don't know, dared to look away from the kids for half a second. Such is the life of work-at-home parents :) I'm so glad to see the comments mostly offer empathy!
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I had three children within five years and on days I worked from home and had conference calls I would always go out to the garage and take them in my parked car. The nanny was inside with the kids but if they knew I were in the house, they would inevitably seek me out just as Professor Kelly's did. My colleagues always complimented me on my quiet "office".
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He should have put his child on his lap and said something quasi-apologetic. Would have made an impressive point about priorities.
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No. He was trying to remain professional. The two-year-old would have hijacked the interview.
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He was on live TV and panicked a bit. Give him a break. That is clearly a happy child if she feels comfortable to swagger in like that. He's fine.
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I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time. I'm happy I opened the NYT app today after weeks of trying to ignore the Trump news.
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Hilarious! Great to see a story to grin about. First the strutting, yellow jumpered girl then followed by the baby on wheels-classic!
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Over practically the whole of the history of humankind, grown-ups were constantly surrounded by children. Modern society is an extreme outlier in this regard.
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Hard to believe all this happened in under a minute!
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So good for so many reasons. The way the adorable little daughter marches into the room, expecting her to break out in a song and a dance. Then when it appears she is content to sit off to the side, in comes the baby in the walker. However, the mother's "Kramer" entrance is the best of all.
As a parent of four grown children it brings back so many memories, at the time they had occurred I was horrified, but that I have come to cherish. How many of us can relate to the father attempting to be professional until one of our children to prove the contrary and with the mother in her attempt to be discreet just to add to the chaos.
Finally, the exit! The mother crouching down along with the daughter escaping with the baby in the walker and just as they’re about to be out of visual sight one of the children begin to cry - the timing. And then the best scene of all - the mother crawling, believing that she is out of sight, comes back to close the door.
I love this video & this family. It’s not only hilarious but contains those precious moments that make a family a family. Here's hoping the Dad never locks that door & the world is fortunate enough to be provided with a sequel.
Lastly, for all you judgmental posters, do you not understand what has taken place in S. Korea - the impeachment of the president and the killing of 2 protesters? Out of respect to what has transpired do you think that the dad should have allowed an unpredictable toddler to remain on camera?
As a parent of four grown children it brings back so many memories, at the time they had occurred I was horrified, but that I have come to cherish. How many of us can relate to the father attempting to be professional until one of our children to prove the contrary and with the mother in her attempt to be discreet just to add to the chaos.
Finally, the exit! The mother crouching down along with the daughter escaping with the baby in the walker and just as they’re about to be out of visual sight one of the children begin to cry - the timing. And then the best scene of all - the mother crawling, believing that she is out of sight, comes back to close the door.
I love this video & this family. It’s not only hilarious but contains those precious moments that make a family a family. Here's hoping the Dad never locks that door & the world is fortunate enough to be provided with a sequel.
Lastly, for all you judgmental posters, do you not understand what has taken place in S. Korea - the impeachment of the president and the killing of 2 protesters? Out of respect to what has transpired do you think that the dad should have allowed an unpredictable toddler to remain on camera?
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My kids always were fascinated when I had an international Skype conference call and some 5 or 8 experts from all over the world put me through the wringer. They loved the various accents and way of expression and how to control emotions. They sat there quietly, hiding from the Skype and felt they were part of the world.
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Those children are super cute. I cannot get enough of how fast the baby in the walker was. Some interviews need a side bar and what a wonderful side bar that was.
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He has a smile under his frown. It's a human moment. He has my sympathy. Been there. Done that. No one saw...
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I got sad for the toddler when Dad reaches behind himself and pushes her away. Why couldn't he just pick her up and put her in his lap? And then to be so unceremoniously dragged out by the nanny. Hope her arm is OK.
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Not the nanny. Their mother. Geez.
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I got sad reading how you presumed his wife and the kids' mom was the "nanny" -- because...? Give him a break; life with toddlers is a maestrom and if you watch the video, it's a gentle nudge and she's totally fine afterward. As others have noted, you know it's a relaxed loving family if they feel so free to saunter into dad's home office like that.
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I second your "geez". Interesting how it's the judgmental posters--the ones tut-tutting the dad--who assume the Asian woman must be a nanny rather than his wife/their mother.
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Tears streaming down of pure absolute delight! With the heavy weight of our daily news, this is a welcomed reprieve.
Please note: no children were harmed in the making of this video.
Please note: no children were harmed in the making of this video.
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I am not sure I can remember the last time I laughed that hard out loud.....and I am the sort of person who enjoys a good laugh...but oh. my. God.
So I think the reason this has gone viral is because this is a microcosm of the way work has changed for many executives world wide. There is such a blurring now between work and home, thanks to technology. Even outside of work, we can all think of embarrassing moments courtesy of an ill-timed FaceTime call.
I hope, for all involved, that the Professor is able to see the humor and ride his wave of fame good-naturedly. He appeared annoyed, which while understandable, does sort of reveal the potential for an old world mentality--especially given the scurrying of the woman minding the children. The smart thing to do. at this point, from a PR perspective is to not take himself so seriously and have a good laugh along with the rest of us.
We are not laughing at you, Professor, we are laughing with you......because chances are, in one way or another, it's happened to us too!
So I think the reason this has gone viral is because this is a microcosm of the way work has changed for many executives world wide. There is such a blurring now between work and home, thanks to technology. Even outside of work, we can all think of embarrassing moments courtesy of an ill-timed FaceTime call.
I hope, for all involved, that the Professor is able to see the humor and ride his wave of fame good-naturedly. He appeared annoyed, which while understandable, does sort of reveal the potential for an old world mentality--especially given the scurrying of the woman minding the children. The smart thing to do. at this point, from a PR perspective is to not take himself so seriously and have a good laugh along with the rest of us.
We are not laughing at you, Professor, we are laughing with you......because chances are, in one way or another, it's happened to us too!
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"especially given the scurrying of the woman minding the children"
His wife, you mean? Scurrying? You're projecting your own preconceptions.
His wife, you mean? Scurrying? You're projecting your own preconceptions.
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I was on the phone (pre-Skype) pitching a very, cranky, very distracted reporter a story about my biotech client. My then 3 year old burst into my office & announced "I just went poop, mama! Like GIANT poop! Look!" I cringed & prepared for the reporter to hang up on me but instead he burst out laughing! We chatted about our kids for a few minutes then he asked me to resend my pitch. He ran a story on my client the next day. :-)
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There is nothing charming about disruptive children. These kids need to hear a discussion about Respect, and then they need a spanking.
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Jimmy, I think those children are far too young to know why what they did was inappropriate. They appear to be at most three and one, or perhaps two and zero. Quite likely even the three-year-old had no idea her dad was doing an important interview and just wanted to pop in to say hi to him in his office, where she had no doubt been welcomed in the past. And the idea of spanking a baby who's not even walking yet is just awful. Discipline has its place, but only for children who are old enough to understand it.
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Hope you are not, and will never be, a parent, unless you become a mensch first.
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I am genuinely sorry that you were not, apparently, raised in a relaxed, child-centric household like Prof. Kelly's.
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I can so identify with Dr. Kelly (and his wife). My videoconferencing experiences have included my husband walking up to my study and asking where his clean tennis shorts are and our cats jumping on the back of my chair or appearing from no where and jumping on the keyboard, staring into the camera! Dr. Kelly, you handled this SO well. Take your lovely wife out to dinner (sans children) this weekend, as she was much more stressed than you were! Thank you for the smile after a long week.
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I watched this earlier thinking it would be funny instead I see a scared woman dragging a child by the hand across the floor then jamming her between the door frame and the infant walker, all after Dad pushes the poor child away.
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I thought the same exact thing. Not exactly handled delicately
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The mother was panicked and so was the father, although he was trying to remain calm and professional. Her main objective was getting their kids out of the room as fast as possible. Give them a break.
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People -- if you've had young children, you'd know: it's all fine. It's daily life. Relax and enjoy it, the kids and mom and dad will be laughing hard about this and savouring it as a happy funny family story for years, if they aren't already.
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My cat did that to me during my business calls.
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As a playwright with a new production coming up, I was doing a telephone interview on live radio on the home phone. I thought my baby Sam was asleep in his crib when his deafening cries started. As the interviewer began his next question, I dropped the phone receiver, ran into Sam's room, shoved the pacifier in his mouth, ran back to the phone and started answering a question I hadn't heard, trying to use impressive sounding abstract theatre jargon that might be applicable. I loved this video and it made me and thousands of other worker parents feel less alone!
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Once had a critical phone interview destroyed by a screaming baby. To make things worse, my house was in a cellular dead zone. If you moved about six feet in the wrong direction you would lose signal. Didn't get that job for some reason.
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As an attorney, I often have to take business calls even when I'm home with a sick kid. I can't wait to show this to my family tonight. They always act like I'm so crazy when I give them them pre-phone conference talks about staying out of the room. Thankfully phone calls are much more forgiving (with mute) than live TV. Robert Kelly was a great example of how to handle interruptions with humor instead of anger. As far as I'm concerned, he's a working parent hero.
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"Scandals happen all the time, the question is how democracy will respond to those scandals?"
Masterpiece – the writing's as good as the direction.
Masterpiece – the writing's as good as the direction.
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It's really tough to decide who enters with the most panache, but I give the edge to Mom, who skids in like Tom Cruise about to defuse an explosive device in a Mission: Impossible movie. Keeping kids out of Dad's way during a live interview is the real impossible mission!
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Best comment of the day. And there were many.
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Her frantic skid around the corner on 2 wheels (or 1) was priceless!
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I've worked from home for 12 years now, and it's not always a physical office invasion that gets you.
It was summer and we shared a nanny with two other families. They set up a Slip-n-Slide down the hill, just outside my office window. The kids sat down and went nowhere, so the nanny decided to demonstrate how to do it. She took a running leap onto her stomach that shot her off the end, a good ten feet through the air, landing in a flower bed.
I was leading a corporate meeting, reviewing performance metrics with Sr. Mgmt when I witnessed this. Without thinking where I was or what I was doing, I fell into hysterics. I think every last person on the teleconference thought I was certifiably insane.
It was summer and we shared a nanny with two other families. They set up a Slip-n-Slide down the hill, just outside my office window. The kids sat down and went nowhere, so the nanny decided to demonstrate how to do it. She took a running leap onto her stomach that shot her off the end, a good ten feet through the air, landing in a flower bed.
I was leading a corporate meeting, reviewing performance metrics with Sr. Mgmt when I witnessed this. Without thinking where I was or what I was doing, I fell into hysterics. I think every last person on the teleconference thought I was certifiably insane.
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I am glad professor Kelly was not applying for a job. I was once a member of a panel hiring a school director, we were interviewing a candidate via Skype, and in the middle of it we could all hear a door being pounded. It turned out the candidate had locked his children out of his apartment in an attempt to have a quiet environment for his interview: The kids just couldn't take it, and started banging the door. It was not a determinant factor in the hiring, but it did cause an impression, and I am afraid it was not positive.
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Been there, done that.
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Family matters.
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I laughed harder than I have in a long time. This was so funny. Bless this family!
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I loved that it was a dad instead of a mom :-)
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I did laugh out loud, because parents *know* it could happen to the best of us. I can't honestly say what I would have done in the moment, but having watched it a few times now, I felt a sobering reminder of the constant balancing of home/work. What would have really won the internet in my opinion, was if Kelly had just looked into the camera and said "family comes first folks. just give me a minute". If he had just taken less than one minute to usher the kids out himself, I would have had a lot more respect for him as a father. Darn! Those kids were so cute!
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Trying to imagine the reaction if the interviewee had been a woman. I suspect the comments would have been really ugly.
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Great story. I was a work-at-home "pioneer" in the 1980's. A client called when I was in the bathroom, and I heard my son say, "She's going poop on the potty." When the MD client called back a little later, he first asked, "What are you doing?" Those were the days!
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I once had a Skype interview and, in the middle of the interview, the interviewer's husband walked into the frame completely nude. I tried my best to keep a straight face while he figured out that I could see him. I'm not certain she knew I had just seen her husband but we both pretended nothing happened and faked our way through the rest of the interview.
Needless to say I did not get that job.
Needless to say I did not get that job.
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Well, since I know that becoming a parent expanded my own worldview immensely, I would regard toddlers roaming about an interviewee as an asset to his credibility.
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I so agree! My husband and I are both college professors and had our only child later in life. My entire view of the world and universe changed and we are better spouses, better citizens, and more engaged in the future of our planet and our careers than before parenthood. We are more patient and accepting of the small things that tangle up our days, which extends to our attitudes toward all diversity in this great planet.
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Not kids, but I work remotely and often have conference calls with weird things going on in the background. My most memorable was a call which included an Executive Vice President of my company. I was sitting near an open window and my chickens were free ranging in the yard. They all went nuts doing the "egg song" while I was in the middle of an explanation that only I could give, thus no opportunity to mute. Finally, the VP interrupted me and said, "I'm sorry, but is someone in a place with CHICKENS?!" and I had to admit it was me. They couldn't see me over the phone, but my face was glowing bright red.
This video was fabulous and I love what it says about how work takes different forms these days. I would love to hear this family debriefing what happened- and hope they got a great laugh as the rest of us did.
This video was fabulous and I love what it says about how work takes different forms these days. I would love to hear this family debriefing what happened- and hope they got a great laugh as the rest of us did.
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So far, yours is the absolute best story! Got to laugh. And we KNOW yard chickens.
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This video is great - who among us that works from home can't relate? No kids here, but my pups have always "helped" out. My last dog was very "chatty" and would make the oddest sounds, to the point that someone once asked if that was a seal - yes, a seal - in the background.
My current dog is the master though. He stays upstairs sleeping while I go down, but then at some point he wakes up and starts barking, because he needs his royal escort down the winding wood staircase. I've gotten quite adept at timing it so that I can hit the mute button while carrying my laptop and doing said escort.
Then (and luckily I'm generally just on voice, not video), he waits until I'm on an Important Call, and grabs things to trade for a treat. One time I wasn't quick enough for him, so he grabbed a shoe, started tossing it around, stomping his feet, etc. All during an Important Call that I was of course leading. Again, I've gotten REALLY good at walking around with my laptop, giving him high-value dog treats, while continuing to speak in a professional voice. It's a gift.
My current dog is the master though. He stays upstairs sleeping while I go down, but then at some point he wakes up and starts barking, because he needs his royal escort down the winding wood staircase. I've gotten quite adept at timing it so that I can hit the mute button while carrying my laptop and doing said escort.
Then (and luckily I'm generally just on voice, not video), he waits until I'm on an Important Call, and grabs things to trade for a treat. One time I wasn't quick enough for him, so he grabbed a shoe, started tossing it around, stomping his feet, etc. All during an Important Call that I was of course leading. Again, I've gotten REALLY good at walking around with my laptop, giving him high-value dog treats, while continuing to speak in a professional voice. It's a gift.
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This was priceless! It made me laugh out loud. Loved it! Kudos to Prof Kelly for handling the intrusion so well. Slapstick at its best.
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I'm just surprised we don't see things like this more often with all the Skype interviews that now take place.
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I'm a psychotherapist in private practice. My client called re an emergency with her young son. I was at home with two young boys 3&6 running around the house. I closeted myself in the bathroom for the call. Meanwhile my youngest yells out, "Mommy, Jeremy is chasing me with scissors!" I finished the call praying that all would be ok when I emerged and both kids laughed at me when I came out thinking this was hilarious. I think now in hindsight I would have called the lady back.
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uh... ya think so? Scissors? Nah, nothing urgent... (eyes rolling out the back of my head)
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Just kidding, Professor?
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Love it! It reveals so much about our silly society - the interviewee and the woman are trying desperately to make it appear as though the children don't actually exist.... meanwhile the kids definitely know they exist.
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Basketball MVP Steph Curry at a post-game intervew -- with help from his daughter Riley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evjJJoEONgo
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" And then a woman burst into the scene, skidding around a corner and frantically trying to herd the wayward young people out the door."
You mean...his WIFE? Yeah....
You mean...his WIFE? Yeah....
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Absent direct knowledge if she is wife / nanny / au pair, she is still a woman. Not sure what the issue is.
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Why do you automatically assume wife? The woman may very well be the children's nanny.
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Another commenter who speaks Korean said that the older child was shouting (in translation) "Mom, why are you doing this? Why?!", so it seems that the woman in the video was indeed the professor's wife. However, without that foreign-language context, I don't think there was any way to know for sure. There is no need to take offense. (Could it not have been just as much of a faux pas to assume that his nanny was his wife, instead of vice versa?)
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OMG, this is so funny. Love it! The best part -- the little girl strutting in, the baby gliding in, and then the poor woman sliding into the room at breakneck speed. How the BBC interviewer kept his composure, I don't know.
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Typical pre-schooler- bopping along (marker in hand) straight for the glowing source of technology. When rebuffed, she sets to work getting the cap off that marker. Next stop, hardware store for some door locks... every parent can relate!
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Laughed at this, but have to say, I feel pretty racist for assuming that woman is his nanny when she is in actuality his wife. Going to flog myself for my liberal hypocrisy for quite a while over that one.
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I thought she was the nanny for two reasons, she looks a lot younger than her husband and she crawled on the floor and behaved like a terrified woman, as if her job depended on it. I would think a wife would be a little more confident and less subservient.
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Hey Frances, I don't think there's any need to feel bad. I was also trying to guess whether she was the nanny or the wife, and ended up guessing nanny, for the same reasons TS-B mentions below (also, the kids have both light hair like their dad, not dark hair). I think either assumption would have been quite reasonable. There was really no way to know without more context.
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Of for crying out loud, she was not subservient, she was probably trying to stay out of view of the camera.
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I think the woman strong armed the child, not the man.
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I'm not sure why you wouldn't have a lock on your home office door. And if you did have one, why wouldn't you use it? This is why I have a dog!
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No need to be so uptight. What was the big deal? None. No big deal at all.
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Here is one of the funniest parts in the video that most people will never catch or understand unless they speak Korean. The little girl in yellow sweater is screaming in Korean while being dragged out of the room "Wae Gue Rae, Uhmma, Wae" which translates to "Why are you doing this? Mom, why?"
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A sign the child is accustomed to play and welcomed company of her parents? =)
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It looks to me like a not very nice father pushing his kid back in a rude way. He could have turned to the child and gently prodded her toward the nanny. Sort of pathetic behavior as a father, in my opinion.
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Are you kidding me? When I was a young kids got the belt for this kind of behavior. Crash Dads meeting online? There would be hell to pay, not just a loving nudge. Those children are not hurting for anything. The father is doing very well by those children.
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That's probably not the nanny. The professor lives in Busan, South Korea, and is married to a Korean woman.
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What is pathetic behavior is assuming the woman was her nanny! I think we can all relate to being in the fog of a panic.
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My first son was 9 months old when my I started grad school and my wife started her residency. By the time I defended my dissertation and had been teaching for a few years, my third son was a preschooler. I can completely relate to the juggling (my career is the more flexible, so I spent a lot of time with my kids). One can't predict how one would react to something like this, but I think I would have picked up my toddler and continued with the discussion. That might also have advanced the cause of involved parenting, regardless of gender, for all of us who are still doing the dance.
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Great moment! On conference calls while working from home, attendees have come to ask for Gracie the English Bulldog when she can't be heard snoring while she sleeps.
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When both technology and my son were in their infancy -- around 1990 -- I was a corporate speech writer working from home. While interviewing an executive on speaker-phone my then toddler-aged son dashed around the corner with my make-up bag. You guessed it, I stayed calm and carried on while he proceeded to happily grind my eye-shadow into our hardwood floors. Not quite a BBC television moment, but close enough!
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Nice to see humanity prevailing over "professionalism."
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The moment when the baby rolls in like it owns the joint was when this video went from "amusing" to "instant classic." My father was a political science professor like Mr. Kelly. While I never interrupted his workday, my mother (an attorney) once had a board meeting broken up when my teen sister called. Unbeknownst to my mom, sis had changed the ringtone for when she called my mother to the song "I'm Too Sexy for My Shirt," which caused my mother no small amount of mortification.
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Not the same but when my four children were small, we had a built-in phone booth under the stairs to the second floor. The booth had a door with a glass window, which was always covered with tiny fingerprints. I wish it were such today.
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This made me laugh and reminded me of trying to juggle conference calls with my baby daughter's naps and feedings. 'Did you notice your mike is on mute?' - YES. It needs to be unless you want a baby's squawking and feeding as the background noise to this call!
I do wonder, however, if the reaction to this video would be different if this were a mom who was interrupted by her kids. I have a feeling, based on my own experiences, that she would be judged more harshly either for not having organized her situation more 'professionally' or for not fawning over her kids the minute she saw them. When it's a dad though, we all think it's adorable.
I do wonder, however, if the reaction to this video would be different if this were a mom who was interrupted by her kids. I have a feeling, based on my own experiences, that she would be judged more harshly either for not having organized her situation more 'professionally' or for not fawning over her kids the minute she saw them. When it's a dad though, we all think it's adorable.
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These kids clearly love their father and vice versa otherwise they wouldn't have strolled in like that. Hilarious!
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A real breath of fresh air from a serious subject matter. I love the kids plus the "nanny"? or mommy?
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It's the mother.
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He was trying to be professional... he did not harmed his child... I think it was funny and at the end he could keep doing the interview... poor lady I think she fell and hit herself on the floor.
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Kids love to remind you that ego is not your amigo. As for those that say he should have acknowledged her, there's nothing wrong with learning that sometimes you must wait to be acknowledged when someone (parent, teacher, sales associate etc) is busy.
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Wish I could give this comment a hundred thumbs up. Not only nothing wrong with it, everything right with it.
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The baby in the walker deserves the Comedy Award of the Year, she's much funnier to me than older sister. The part where they were being dragged out the room, pure slapstick, do you notice that she's practically running over the oldest while dragging the walker out of the room. So far the best slapstick routine that always gets me laughing is the ol' Murphy Bed that folds back up with someone in it, be it from a silent Chaplin flick or The Three Stooges, The Murphy Bed just got moved down a notch in my opinion.
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I think it's cute and funny. This is every parents life. Kids have this in built beacon for interrupting parents and the most inconvenient times LOL.
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Hmmm. "Strong-armed" one of the children? Whoever said that never had the experience of Catholic school in the 1950s. Mother Superior ruled ours (in the Archdiocese of Boston) with a steel ruler, and I mean ruled!
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All true. I believe the Vulcan Death Grip was invented by my fourth grade teacher at St. Columbkille's in Brighton. But on the positive side, I'm sure you still know what 7 times 9 is, don't you?
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Ah, yes..but I learned to write and spell. I do remember 9 times 7 and the JMJ (Jesus, Mary and Joseph) we had to place at the top of our notebook and loose leaf pages. Those were the days. (:
The delightfulness of this video has been severely dampened by the people all over the internet assuming that's his nanny.
It's 2017, people.
It's 2017, people.
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Hey Abby, the woman in the video could certainly be the kids' mother - it's hard to tell from a 10-second video cameo - but something about her frantic and apologetic demeanor, plus the fact that both kids had fair hair and not black hair, plus the fact that this incident took place during working hours, made me guess that she was more likely to be the kids' nanny. You have to admit that both guesses are reasonable ones. If I were writing about this absurd little incident, I would be sure to cover my bases by writing "the kids' mother/nanny." Seems like that would be an appropriate caveat regardless of the woman's race.
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To be fair she's very young... though I'm sure it wouldn't make a difference if she wasn't.
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It is possible that it is either a mother or a babysitter, an aunt a neighbor pressed in for emergency service. The Korean translation comment above indicates it's Mom, but non-korean speakers could not be certain.
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really cute!
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As a somewhat recent young widow, my days are often sad and stressful and the current political circus/cesspool /crisis adds anger. This....THIS....made me laugh harder than I have in months. They all handled it so well. I have watched it again and again. Thank you for the accidental much needed laugh, Professor
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You've got it exactly right, Miss Creant. From one young widow to another, keep finding your laughter wherever you can; it helps immensely. (I bookmarked Pharrell William's "Happy" video for the same reason :)
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This is modern life and this is real "reality" TV.
He handled it well!
He handled it well!
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And he is clearly no "Apprentice" as a dad! The youngster looks like he's comfy in dad's office and may he be used to participating in Skype video calls to relatives or friends. I ALOVED this...
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The world's dose of "happy" for the day :) This video is about 40 seconds of pure delight - they should make "Child-Wrangling in a Home Office During a Skypecast" an Olympic sport!
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My kids and my cat have a knack for making the maximum amount of noise when I'm on the phone. Quiet for hours until I need to make a call, then screaming their heads off. My mom likes to tell a story of taking me to work with her when I was little. I couldn't go to school, but she had a deadline that couldn't wait. She set me up in a conference room and told me to read and color quietly until she was done. Angry at being shut up all by myself, I made a sign saying "I HAVE LICE" and taped it to the window of the conference room for all her coworkers to see. Kids are unpredictable. Give this guy and his poor frantic wife a break. It's funny.
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How do we know it's his wife?
I love your story more than I can say.
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Google, doncha know? Not only do other news articles name her (Her name is Jung-a Kim, if you're interested), but there's even a long feature article in the Daily Mail, with an interview of Robert Kelly's mom talking about this wonderful family.
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I've been there. I had a contract job, where I worked remotely and sometimes I'd be in meetings in the late afternoon after my daughter came home from school. She never interrupted my meeting, but the temptation to be in the room to see what was going on, was too strong. Usually I would just turn off the video portion and keep on the mute, just in case. But we always talked about it. When mommy has a meeting, you have to stay quiet and do something by yourself. She complied most of the time.
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This is so funny - this is the reason most of my work-related Skype conversations from home were conducted with the camera off and the microphone muted unless I was talking. But you can't turn the camera off while you're on TV and speaking! I thought he handled it very well - it's not too often that you get to be on the BBC, after all.
A recent online meeting with a few colleagues featured a number of animals, which was fine until two large dogs belonging to the organiser started a fight - off-camera, but loud nonetheless!
A recent online meeting with a few colleagues featured a number of animals, which was fine until two large dogs belonging to the organiser started a fight - off-camera, but loud nonetheless!
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I once ambled downstairs in my chonies to skype with a woman I had been given an introduction to in China, in pursuit of business. I usually use my iPhone but picked up my iPad instead. We connected and I suddenly realized that the camera was on - it is set to be off on my phone. I'm not sure who was more embarrassed, her or me. This was compounded by the fact that I could not get the camera to turn off. The rest of the 1 hour call was done with me holding the iPad at a very awkward angle and her not daring to look at the screen.
It was our one and only chat...
It was our one and only chat...
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You had me at the word "chonies." Thanks for the laugh ... and for the tears rolling down my cheeks!
Endearing and humanizing! We are not the serious stuffed suits we portray on television. The world’s compassion might grow if more people stopped hiding their human. Parenting doesn’t degrade credibility or professionalism, it’s an enhancement. Be it a Washington D.C. loud presidential motorcade in the background or an infiltrating toddler; we must embrace the moments we are presented. He should have put the toddler on his lap and engaged him in the conversation. Children deserve respectful exposure and experience in the world they will inherit. Do you hide your human! Why?
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You can't be serious. Engage him in the conversation?
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At times like this, there is no, "should have." There is only "did." And laughing til it hurts.
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Most parents believe in teaching their children to respect their need for concentration. There are parents who force the world to bear the disruptions of their children, but the children will not be welcome everywhere if they are too young to have self-control. Obviously this man's children are pretty used to bursting in on him. How silly to judge him and reccommend he follow sappy admonitions.
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I was home interviewing a priest via telephone for a local newspaper story when my baby's dependable nap ended an hour early, a few rooms away. She started screaming and after 10 seconds or so, the priest said, "Why don't you hang up with me and comfort that baby."
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To those saying he should have continued with his daughter on his lap or carried her out: Ever consider he was in home interview attire of jacket, tie, shirt and boxers?
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This is me (and my spouse) every Sunday: negotiating the responsibilities of parenting and my role as a clergywoman. I still remember preaching through my toddler's temper tantrum as my spouse attempted to carry her into another room.
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I see that many are assuming that the woman in the video is an au pair or a nanny. I hope that assumption isn't based her race. I think it's far more likely that the woman is the mother of the two adorable children. As a Korean-American mother raising a half-Korean and half-Irish child in NYC, I find assumptions like these deeply disturbing, harmful to the whole family when they occur, and alas, all too common.
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That's not the reason. The reason is her demeanor. A wife would never be this frantic. This woman seems to be mortified.
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Why do you assume his wife is a stay-at-home mom? I assumed this was a nanny because his wife was out working at her job.
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Had nothing to do with race. I guessed au pair solely based on her level of panic.
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A good reminder to never, ever take yourself too seriously. Love how the little girl struts in -- stole the show!
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The baby had his moment too! That kid's my hero!!!
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Funny to see a dad in this position rather than a mom. And hilarious toddler/sibling dynamics! Can't help wondering how the comments would run if the gender roles had been reversed - as the YouTube title says, "nanny's bad day at work" - if it had been a guy on his knees with the door bumping and the screaming kids, and a mom being professional, keeping them at bay...It's nice if you really can separate yourself and have help. If not, much harder. One short nap time when I really needed a couple of hours to think and write on a proposal deadline, and I booked another day per week in the office with a sitter at home. Separate worlds can help everybody, if/when you can afford it.
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Every mother (or father) who works from home has been in this situation, which is why it is so endearing. I've locked myself in closets, huddled in the trunk of my car and under blankets to have a conference call. I almost always turn down video conferencing for this reason -- and because it would force me (and the kids) out of my pajamas.
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Ah, give the guy a break. He didn't strong arm his child. He was very gentle.
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Yes, indeed. He was just holding his child back, not clocking him.
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Are you truly unaware that a child is a human being, and that you can talk to it, it has a name and ears and everything? And then the completely terrorized woman (wife? servant? both?) on all fours in the background... I had a very different impression from you.
"Terrorized woman"? She was probably panicked because her kids were interrupting her husband's TV interview with the BBC, but she wasn't terrorized or subservient, just trying to stay out of the camera view.
People sure project a lot.
People sure project a lot.
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I hope that this video will become a cherished family heirloom, to be played at weddings and the birth of grandchildren.
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What really matters here is the woman in her stocking feet that slid through the doorway to rescue the BBC from the stroller baby.
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indeed! being eurasian myself, I assumed she was mommy! but she could be an au pair, I guess.
either way, great effort!
either way, great effort!
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She had ninja skills!
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Yes! Dads are multi-tasking too!
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This one is about my cat, not my kids, but...
Several years ago, I was working at home and had to Skype in for a large group meeting. I had a large (full) cup of milk sitting next to me.
My cat jumped up on the table, knocked the cup over, and started lapping up the milk --- to the delight of everyone at at the meeting. I don't know what was more ridiculous: the cat, who clearly seen a situation waiting to be exploited, or my goofy reaction to being suddenly covered in milk.
Several years ago, I was working at home and had to Skype in for a large group meeting. I had a large (full) cup of milk sitting next to me.
My cat jumped up on the table, knocked the cup over, and started lapping up the milk --- to the delight of everyone at at the meeting. I don't know what was more ridiculous: the cat, who clearly seen a situation waiting to be exploited, or my goofy reaction to being suddenly covered in milk.
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As I watched this video, I thought about my cats, too.
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I have cats too. One of them is very affectionate and a loud purrer.I often have to do phone interviews from home and when I'm transcribing the conversations I can hear him purring on the tape. It's very possible the interviewees have heard him too! :)
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After a tense morning of being horrified by our current "administration" and its enablers, this was balm for my soul. I laughed so hard I cried. Thank you Kelly and Co.
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And yet your bringing politics into this was not "balm" for anyone else's "soul".
the fathers performance w/children was disappointing!
I agree! Why didn't he just gently turn to his daughter and explain briefly she needed to remain quiet? He pushes her away like she's toxic!
What? Why would you say that? He was on international television! They shouldn't have been in there, bothering him.
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I hope the poor au pair survives the wrath of which she's onviously terrified.
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How do you know she's not the wife?
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That's his wife.
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Because I'm biracial and the kids don't look biracial , but MOSTLY because if she were his wife, I doubt she'd be as terrified as that. (I think this vid is hysterical).
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The most enjoyable piece of news since Trump has been elected! First time in months I have actually smiled while reading what's going on here and elsewhere. Wish we had more witnessing of "real" life in the US and more people like Mr. Kelly.
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Oh this brings back memories...my favorite being when I was on a call with the executive team of the Fortune 500 health insurance company I worked for discussing health care reform when one of my children yelled from the bathroom, very loudly, "Mommy come wipe me!"
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And yes, memories for me too... My favorite is after I went back to work (remotely) to finish a project 4 weeks after giving birth. For reasons I never understood, this little guy sounded like a donkey while feeding. During a conference call, my coworker finally asked, Umm, are you nursing the baby? More recently, my kids all grown, I was on a conference call that included a new dad. He had to call in remotely (5 am his time) to join an international call. We'd ask a question, and then long long pause before we'd hear the answer, interspersed with water running, dishes clinking. Eventually he admitted, Yep rough night with the baby...he was bottle feeding while mom tried to catch a few last winks... But as the BBC video proved--parents can still get it done!
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KSM - your baby probably had GERD. My second one did and made awful gasping sounds when nursing too. Thank God for the mute button.
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That au pair deserves combat pay...
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I'm pretty sure that's the mother.
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that's the MOTHER
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How do you know?
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Stroller baby felt like it was out of a horror movie
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Oh, I think the world needs #StrollerBaby!
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Can't stop watching it. SNL couldn't have done it better. Who of the three makes the best entrance?
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The woman, no question.
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And the icing on the cake is when she reaches up from the floor at the end to close the door!
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It's her grand exit - grabbing the doorknob from the floor - that made me laugh!
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This supports the theory that Asian children do excel in early development. That little tyke barreling in after his sister is determined not to be left out of the party.
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How are they Asian?
They are half-Asian (in the video that's their mom, who is Korean) but I don't see how it supports the murky theory of Asian children excelling in early development; it supports the long-proven theory of toddlers excelling at charming the world.
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Well done Professor Kelly! Delightful children. I imagine the nanny must have been in complete panic.
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That's the mother of the children; not the nanny.....
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It made this guy look like a uptight jerk, and I was especially put off with his pushing his small daughter away. He could have picked her up, jostled her on his knee, and continued talking. Put it this way: If it were a woman speaking, she'd have handled it more humanely.
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Unfair to suggest a woman would have handled it differently. It was just an unforeseen, unfortunate moment for any parent. I can tell you that a woman might have done the same.
You can do a hundred calls and have no kids enter the room. Through experience, I've learned that you have to lock the door, put your microphone on mute -- unless you're speaking (just in case any kids pop up in the background to ask questions), and check where your camera is pointed. I had a kid quietly enter the room, climb the counter behind me, wave to the camera, and raid a box of crackers -- in full view of a Webinar audience. They were most impressed with her climbing abilities. (In retrospect, I can laugh now...)
Working at home has positives -- it allows you to be there for your kids during the day. But there are times when it can get tricky!
You can do a hundred calls and have no kids enter the room. Through experience, I've learned that you have to lock the door, put your microphone on mute -- unless you're speaking (just in case any kids pop up in the background to ask questions), and check where your camera is pointed. I had a kid quietly enter the room, climb the counter behind me, wave to the camera, and raid a box of crackers -- in full view of a Webinar audience. They were most impressed with her climbing abilities. (In retrospect, I can laugh now...)
Working at home has positives -- it allows you to be there for your kids during the day. But there are times when it can get tricky!
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He may have been wearing "casual" pants.
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Really? Are you a mother who has worked from home? It's easy to tell people how best to behave and to hold them to a high standard. It's hard to actually do!
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It is absolutely hilarious! Anyone who has ever been a parent can totally relate!
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Next time lock the door. Kids are like Racoons. They can get into anything.
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We've all been there! Life rules.
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I needed that. Hysterical - and so cute.
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I too am a professor, and have had my children do this to me as well (also our dog Morris). I believe toddlers and dogs have an innate sixth sense for such sorts of things. Professor Kelly handled it quite well. Kudos.
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When the kids are home and I have to take a call, thankfully a rare occurrence, they inevitably choose to do something out of the ordinary. I can count on three fingers how many times they've wrestled on the family room floor near my desk while I'm working quietly, but if I'm on the phone, they'll decide to not only wrestle a little but also use the furniture as props. Or ask to use power tools or spray paint "for a project". Or be so ravenously hungry that they must be fed right then, even if lunch was five minutes ago.
It's always funny in hindsight.
It's always funny in hindsight.
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#mylifetoo
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Not only funny, but poignant. Because these days with the kids are numbered and the "projects" will pale in comparison.
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Kudos to the professor for keeping his thoughts centered during the unanticipated visit. It looks like the toddler was accustomed to a warm reception when visiting Dad at work -- it's just that the circumstances were just not appropriate that time.
I telecommute from home. There are times when my kids can make a quick wave and even chat with those with whom I'm talking; other times when they know Mom is on an important call and questions will need to wait. It's good for kids to learn that, in life, there are times one needs to wait for a moment.
In the end, no harm; no foul - and a cute video that shows the new world of work.
I telecommute from home. There are times when my kids can make a quick wave and even chat with those with whom I'm talking; other times when they know Mom is on an important call and questions will need to wait. It's good for kids to learn that, in life, there are times one needs to wait for a moment.
In the end, no harm; no foul - and a cute video that shows the new world of work.
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I love this family. I laughed so hard watching this that I had tears streaming down my face.
Guy finally gets featured on BBC.... and toddler steals the show. Who can't relate to this level of "oh no!"
All I ask is that the parents enjoy laughing at this, too. They're all totally adorable.
Guy finally gets featured on BBC.... and toddler steals the show. Who can't relate to this level of "oh no!"
All I ask is that the parents enjoy laughing at this, too. They're all totally adorable.
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I agree...though am compelled to add, out of respect for him: Robert Kelly is a well-known expert on Korea, and has frequently been interviewed on BBC, CNN, and other major media outlets.
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You didn't read the article--he has been on BBC for years.... unless you meant to say "the guy finally goes viral..."
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Smart enough to be a foreign policy analyst but not smart enough to lock the door?
Next time - Instead of throwing an arm block, just get up and gently put the child out of the room.
Next time - Instead of throwing an arm block, just get up and gently put the child out of the room.
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but what if he wasn't wearing pants (As people tend to do when they only need to look nice for a video chat up top)
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Perhaps he was not wearing matching pants for him to stand up on live TV!
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The door does not seem to have a lock, just a regular handle. He also must have assumed that because the children were supervised by an adult, he did not have to worry. It is possible that the woman taking care of the kids had a moment of distraction or something similar and kids can do things in a matter of seconds. He did not throw an arm block, he was probably trying to remain professional while hoping the adult with the children would soon rescue the situation.
The unpredictable situation does not make him "not smart enough" and it is easy to appear or be smart on hindsight.
The unpredictable situation does not make him "not smart enough" and it is easy to appear or be smart on hindsight.
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That will go down in viral history.
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Those kids rule.
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Totally.
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He asked for it. He should've read the riot act to his wife or nanny about keeping absolute silence in the house before he had his interview. He compounded his error by not having the door locked at the time.
And my word, what a messy room!
And my word, what a messy room!
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Because it's usually quite effective to read the riot act to toddlers, said no parent ever.
;-)
;-)
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