Oh, the humiliation!
World Naked Biking Day was this past weekend, and no one seems that thrilled that it happened. Has nudity become so run-of-the-mill that even this prim anchorwoman seems to be stifling yawns at footage of naked biking in the Netherlands? Short answer: yes.
I guess teleprompters don't always include commas and periods when they should, so news anchors just read what they see. I bet Dana, who had the night off, was none too pleased to hear the fate that befell him thanks to anchor Ken Bastida's run-on sentence. You can't trust anyone anymore.
Occupational hazards abound for anchors reporting live. But this one takes the cake. This woman is just doin' her job when — whammo!
It's one thing for a ringer to accidentally sound off at work. Or in class. Or at a movie.
What kind of fourth-rate news correspondent calls in a couple backup dancers and sings the most annoying rap song of the '90s while reporting on domestic abuse charges? See it to believe it folks. This is exactly why I tune into BBC — for sensible, totally decent, nonderogatory news broadcasts.
We've posted so many of these news bloopers but I love this "best of" reel to remind me how great they are. From the news anchor buried by the snow from a passing snowmobile (whoops!) to a guy who gets hit upside the head by some drunken chick's purse, you'd think these folks were reporting live from a war zone. Danger lurks where you least suspect it!
News Anchor Curt Fonger needs to brush up on his ad-libbing skills. Something appears to be missing from his script, so his introductory remarks to a news story about a sexual predator who's flashing women and children seem both rambling and inappropriate. (For a second there, I thought he was saying that what the flasher did was "very good.")
What begins as an incredibly dull news report about elevator repairs ends in an awkward on-air pissing contest between the news anchor and a correspondent who apparently used to be the anchor's boss. The tension begins to rise about 55 seconds in and escalates from there, with the irritated anchor delivering a stern lecture: "Well, if I have to teach you how to be a reporter, Ollie, I'll do that later." I love how they maintain a polite news tone even while hurling insults.