During a speech Monday, Barack Obama's teleprompter mysteriously came crashing down. After a brief pause to acknowledge the fallen machine, the president -- who has been accused by his rivals of being overly dependent on the reading device -- was able to gamely finish his remarks using only his notes and the remaining teleprompters.

Others haven't been so lucky. After the jump, Obama averts disaster, and some of our favorite teleprompter FAILs.


This clip speaks volumes about both Olivia Munn and the state of MC Hammer's career.


Charles Barkley may be an entertaining off-the-cuff speaker, but he suffers from a severe case of Burgundy-itis once the teleprompter roles.


In a battle of local newscaster vs. teleprompter, bet on the teleprompter.


Obama the candidate didn't always handle teleprompter hiccups as gracefully as Obama the president.


If everyone treated teleprompter malfunctions with the NSFW seriousness of, say, Bill O'Reilly, maybe the damn things would finally quit their acting up.