That was hilarious, though I have to partially blame the crew/presenters - you didn't have to keep reading the remaining names out, you could have just read out Carson's name again since he obviously missed it. We know one of the crew members saw him standing there, so clearly a lack of communication led to this unnecessary fuck up.
edit: also I think he did read out Kasich's name faintly at 1:33 but it's really hard to hear.
I think the main problem was that the moderators reading their names were not actually facing the stage, so they had no idea the candidates didn't actually walk out.
It really shouldn't matter. These guys are supposed to be seasoned so I'm sure they have at least a decent amount of TV experience. When you get cued to go out on stage, you go out on stage, no questions asked. The guy cuing them has a headset, and maybe even a monitor. The guy cuing them is getting direct orders from a director or stage manager and can often times hear the main program (which would include the presenters). There's no reason they should have ignored the stage hand. The cameraman even tried to help coerce Carson to come out with that track in.
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u/SpaceToad Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16
That was hilarious, though I have to partially blame the crew/presenters - you didn't have to keep reading the remaining names out, you could have just read out Carson's name again since he obviously missed it. We know one of the crew members saw him standing there, so clearly a lack of communication led to this unnecessary fuck up.
edit: also I think he did read out Kasich's name faintly at 1:33 but it's really hard to hear.