Media Appearances
His appearances on several early episodes of COPS conducting drug stings led to him hosting World's Wildest Police Videos. Bunnell attained a cult following due to his over-the-top commentary style. Bunnell hosted the show, which originally ran from 1998 to 2001 and again since 2012, describing situations featured on the program as they developed and offering personal opinions about the criminals and the police that pursued them using innuendos and double entendres such as "This man decided to rob a bank, now he'll learn CRIME DOESN'T PAY".
Bunnell's hosting of World's Wildest Police Videos led to him hosting a similar show, Train Wrecks, as well as many other police related specials, such as World's Scariest Police Stings, and World's Craziest Police Chases. He also appeared on America's Most Wanted.
Bunnell lends his voice to the Sony PlayStation game World's Scariest Police Chases, warning that "Due to the graphic nature of this game, player discretion is advised.", at the beginning of the game, similar to the warning at the beginning of the program, which warns that "Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised." He has also had minor acting roles in Ghost World, and Bad Santa, both directed by Terry Zwigoff.
In "Quagmire's Baby" and "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side", both 2009 episodes of Family Guy, Bunnell provided the voice of himself during gags that referenced World's Wildest Police Videos.
In 2010, Bunnell appeared on commercials for the Adult Swim Block Party.
Many firearms aficionados complain that Bunnell refers to a "magazine" as a "clip", which is a fundamentally flawed error.
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