When you screw something up so badly in front of so many people, that you wish you were being pre-recorded on TV so you could ask the technical staff to literally "
cut to commercial break."
The cut to
commercial break indicates that you have achieved an Xbox like screw up. If you were in a video game, the achievement "Worst thing you've done this year" would indicate below you on screen.
I had a savage,
throbbing boner during my job interview yesterday. When I stood up, it
kinked in my pants like a broken candy bar and I know the hiring manager saw it. I really wished I could have
cut to commercial break. I could hear him telling his buddy I must be "fun sized" on the way out of the lobby.