As a broadcaster, I'd be the last person to mock someone doing a live programme, for a slip of the tongue. Whilst I've never sworn on air (well, OK, I said "shit" once, but it was drowned out by a Miles Davis tune), I am notorious for getting halfway through making a point, and then forgetting WTF I was talking about.
Actually, I'm painting a bleaker picture than the reality, which is listeners say I make them laugh (perhaps rather more often than I intend).
So I'm watching the news last night, on Denver's Warner Bros. affliate, WB2, and dear old Ernie Bjorkman, is showing footage of the Mardi Gras celebrations going on in New Orleans:
Ernie:"The celebrations continue until midnight, about an hour from now, when police will start shooting party-goers. Err... I mean... shooing party-goers, off the streets."
His co-anchor just about wet herself, trying not to laugh.
Classic.
Posted by Max at February 25, 2004 07:00 PM | TrackbackI have a friend who interns for Fox Sports, and last year I helped him with a video project by interviewing drunken idiots at Fenway. I can't remember the exact context, but I clearly made a reference to one of the players "shitting on the bench." My friend thought it was so damn funny, he left it in the final cut, and played it off as an accident. I hate him.
Posted by: Jess on March 2, 2004 02:19 PM