As a good riddance to 2023 *spits for dramatic effect, hits pant leg*, this is a 32-minute compilation of news bloopers from the year. There are some goodies in there. There are also some not-so-goodies. Still, it’s a great way to waste 30 minutes at the office like I just
This a vintage news report from the vaults of ABC7 in New York highlighting the crazy demand for Cabbage Patch Dolls leading up to Christmas in 1983. Man, those parents are NUTS. Me? If my kids want something and it’s out of stock or hard to get that’s just too
This is a video of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) journalist Alvin Kaunda reporting about the orphaned elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust when a baby elephant named Kidani decides to interrupt Alvin’s report, trying to grab his ear and face with her trunk. Classic Kidani right there! God, I wish
Take a trip down memory lane all the way back to 2001 with this BBC news report about the upcoming release of cameraphones — phones that can take and send photos in addition to text messages. The future! I love how the multimedia message the guy sends in the video
This is a video report from a news agency (BBC) that attacks the hard-hitting stories just like I do, reporting about a baby seal that broke into the home of a New Zealand marine biologist (“Study me!” I imagine the seal thinking) via a cat door, raising heck (even harassing
Kingsland, Arkansas: the birthplace of Johnny Cash. And to honor the musician, the city painted a silhouette of him holding a guitar on a water tower. Then a week ago some vandal/sharpshooter went and shot him right in the crotch so it appears Johnny is peeing. Peeing to the tune(!)
In response to news host and comedian Tabitha Lipkin’s TikTok ‘News Anchor Challenge’ in which participants are asked to report on something mundane in life in their best news anchor voice, this is a video of fellow news anchor Kayla Marie Sullivan reporting on her son’s recent meltdown at an
This is some archival footage from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), featuring a 1985 news segment of skiers versus snowboarders. According to the quintessential 1980’s ski patroller seen above: “Quite a lot of them are uncooperative. Some of them had a little bit to drink and, uh, smart alecks. You