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News Anchor Tries to Eat World's Hottest Pie

Emerald Catron — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:21:02 +0000

You might recognize a few of these faces from last week, when we showed the man on the right, Karl Stefanovic, pranking his co-anchor from Australia ‘Today’ on the air. He’s back, and this time he’s trying to eat the world’s hottest pie. If this confuses you, in Australia they make delicious savory pies, so it’s [...]

Reporter Terrified By Rooster Gone Wild

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:35:33 +0000

The guy holding the rooster is a real chicken. This 2008 clip of a British reporter is enjoying a second life because, well, just watch for yourself and you’ll see why. Not only does this fella scream, but he also books it like he’s running the 40-yard dash. Intrepid reporter? We think not. Source: Reporter [...]

Morning News Anchor Pulls 'Anchorman'-Style Prompter Prank

Emerald Catron — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:58:32 +0000

One Today Show reporter in Australia had a real Ron Burgundy moment. It seems Roz Kelly will also read anything that’s on the teleprompter. Fortunately, her co-anchor Karl Stefanovic didn’t put an F-bomb in there like Veronica Corningstone, but he did get her to imply that she enjoys the “cookies” in Amsterdam. Kelly took it [...]

David Letterman Tried to Get Cursing Reporter A.J. Clemente His Job Back

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:59:25 +0000

Usually, getting fired can be a miserable situation. However, for A.J. Clemente, it was his ticket to fame. Yes, we all remember the video that quickly went viral earlier this week of a young reporter cursing on air. After blowing up online and eventually getting canned, the ‘Late Show with David Letterman‘ made Clemente the [...]

Fired News Anchor A.J. Clemente Talks On-Air 'F-Bomb'

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:26:18 +0000

Over the weekend A.J. Clemente had possibly the worst first day at a new job ever when he introduced himself as KFYR’s weekend news anchor by dropping the “F-bomb” and then following it with a “S-bomb.” Clemente didn’t think the camera was rolling but was still promptly fired for the gaffe, denying citizens of Bismarck, [...]

News Anchor Curses in Debut Broadcast [NSFW]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:46:46 +0000

A.J. Clemente's first day at his new job couldn't have gone any worse. The new weekend news anchor for KFYR, the NBC affiliate in Bismarck, North Dakota, managed to kick off his on-air career with a live mic gaffe consisting of two of the seven dirty words which George Carlin famously explained you can never say on television.

News Anchors Can't Handle How Dumb Ryan Lochte Is

Emerald Catron — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:49:34 +0000

We would feel bad for Ryan Lochte, except, you know, he won all those Olympic medals. These news anchors are so astounded by his amazing stupidity while promoting his E! reality show that as soon as the interview is over, they began laughing uncontrollably. "How are they going to put together 13 weeks of p

Montana TV Station Gets Hacked With Zombie Warning

Kyle Dowling — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:24:07 +0000

Yep, this happened. During what we can only assume was a mesmerizing episode of the 'Steve Wilkos Show,' an Emergency Alert System interrupted a Montana television station with a message claiming that "the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living." Meaning? Yes, a zombie attack was underway.

Reporter Has the Best Response Ever to Rude Videobomber

Donald Deane — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:19:43 +0000

Normally, it’s pretty easy for someone to disrupt a live news report with a carefully-placed videobomb. But the annoying woman in this clip gets totally owned by a reporter who just isn’t having it. Jessica Sanchez of Local 6 News in Orlando was recently broadcasting live from Bourbon Street in New Orleans when a loud [...]

Watch 2012′s Best News Bloopers In One Epic Compilation

Emerald Catron — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:29:42 +0000

It’s that special time of year when people take all the funny things that happen and make them all into one big thing. Here, for example, are the best funny news bloopers of 2012. We like these videos because they not only remind us of the ones we like but forgot because they aren’t from [...]

Watch a Local News Crew Get Hilariously Duped

Kyle Dowling — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:43:19 +0000

With the exception of reality television, it appears that today's small screen is becoming all the more authentic, and thus, relatable. Because of the shows featuring intense storylines and characters that we connect with it's no wonder we feel so heavily for the screen.

The above video -- featuring a news team baffled over a plane crash that left a roadway smashed (yet still with no ambulance in sight) -- demonstrates just how real TV can get, because while the anchors believed to be relaying a breaking news story, the truth was that it was all for show... a television show.

Newscaster Gustavo Almodovar Has the Greatest Sign-Off

Emerald Catron — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:16:40 +0000

At this precise moment in time, we are so grateful that we don’t live in Orange County. If we did, the local news might have driven us insane by now. Here’s a video compilation of reporter Gustavo Almodovar signing off over and over again. And every time it’s exactly the same. We aren’t sure how [...]

Co-Anchors Quit On-Air After News Broadcast

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:11:49 +0000

Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio anchored the evening news together for WVII in Bangor, Maine. On Tuesday, they resigned their positions together right before signing off for the final time. “Some recent developments have come to our attention … and departing together is the best alternative we can take,” Consiglio, 28, explained before the broadcast [...]

This News Blooper Is Great for a 10 Second Laugh

Emerald Catron — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:30:02 +0000

This video has all the things we love. It’s blissfully short. It will make you laugh. It strongly highlights the importance of correct punctuation. Because when you don’t insert commas and periods where they’re needed, sometimes you accidentally tell people your coworker was murdered. Granted, sometimes you don’t, but * sometimes you do. * Source: This [...]

Awkward! Election Reporter Tongue-Tied Over Will.i.am

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:15:14 +0000

We’re not quite certain who’s more hopeless, the reporter who misidentifies Will.i.am as Wyclef Jean (and even when corrected, still can’t get the name right), or the anchor who completely forgets his co-worker’s name. Mike? Blake? Whichever. Eventually the clueless correspondent did identify the Black Eyed Peas bandmember, saying, “Either way, you kind of get the [...]

People Go Crazy In Hurricane Sandy News Bloopers

Emerald Catron — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:24:49 +0000

Apparently even the prospect of being cooped up is enough to make some people go bonkers. Here is video proof — it’s a handy-dandy compilation of all the bizarre antics accidentally caught by news cameras during Hurricane Sandy. Our favorite is either the guys dancing ‘Gangnam Style‘ on the beach, or the reporter telling everybody [...]

KCWY News 13 Meteorologist Joel Barnes is a Self-Proclaimed 'Dufus' [VIDEO]

Tom McCarthy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:48:14 +0000

Watch KCWY News 13 Meteorologist Joel Barnes make a flub on the air and then refer to himself as a 'Dufus.'

Local Anchor Accidentally Reports President Obama Is Dead [VIDEO]

Tom McCarthy — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:21:48 +0000

When breaking news occurs, mistakes are bound to be had. Unfortunately, one local news anchor for Washington, D.C., Fox affiliate WTTG learned this the hard way last night while reporting on the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Shortly after President Obama’s speech to the nation, the anchor attempted to recap the address, saying, [...]