(By Joe Kukura)

From the “We’ve watched this twenty times over today” department, footage from last night’s Scripps National Spelling Bee where little Sameer Mishra above thinks he’s been asked to spell a dirty schoolyard taunt, then repeats this dirty schoolyard in front of his mom, a national tv audience, and to the perky fake blond sideline reporter backstage. Best of all, he spells his way of this jam and goes on to win the 2008 National Spelling Bee!