Local News Blooper

WATCH: Car Crash Occurs Behind WFLA Reporter

Posted 02.22.2012

Local television station WFLA's report on gas prices was taken to a new level on Wednesday, when two cars collided and spun out of control during a li...

WATCH: 'Uh Oh, Here It Comes'

Posted 01.17.2012

Whoever said local news reports were dull obviously hasn't been watching during the right times. We're talking, of course, about the inevitable bloope...

WATCH: Weather Graphic FAIL

Posted 01.12.2012

UPDATE: Since our initial posting, the video has been made private by the owner. We will repost it if & when it becomes available again. What star...

WATCH: What Did He Just Say?

Posted 12.27.2011

You're a young weather reporter and you've just gotten the thankless beat of reporting during a light snowstorm. The weather is just bad enough to mak...

WATCH: Live News Intern Blooper

Posted 12.22.2011

KTLA 5's live local morning show turned a microphone mishap into a running joke this week after audio of an anchor asking their new intern Irene for a...

WATCH: Little Girl Crashes Dad's Traffic Report

Posted 12.07.2011

Oh, the irony: traffic reporter Sean Murphy of NBCLA is on live television talking about car crashes when all of a sudden his own infant daughter "cra...

WATCH: Cow Gives Reporter Big Scoop

Posted 11.22.2011

Sometimes, ok, a lot of times, the videos that make us laugh really have almost no redeemable value. We don't claim to always be motivated by a well-d...

WATCH: Reporter Falls, Threatens Cameraman After Haunted House Scare

Posted 12.31.2011

Our prayers are with the crew behind this local news reporter's haunted house scare. If she has her way, none of them will be going home tonight. D...

WATCH: Funniest Viral Videos Of The Day

Posted 12.24.2011

Silly, sweet & sublime: these are the three S's of today's Urlesque show. First up, we're not sure what's going on with the camera person in this l...

WATCH: Hilarious Vintage News Blooper

Posted 12.23.2011

There's a lot to enjoy about this old-school news blooper: the three-piece suit, the non-computer-generated weather graphics, the awkward pause just w...

WATCH: Funniest Viral Videos Of The Day

Posted 12.13.2011

We know you don't have time to watch every hilarious viral video on the web, but that doesn't mean you have to miss out on the good ones. The Urlesque...

WATCH: Weather Graphics Gone Wild

Posted 11.24.2011

A report on local traffic accidents takes a turn for the absurd thanks to some rogue weather graphics. Occasional flubs are common place for any broad...

WATCH: Local Reporter Makes 'Yo Mama' Joke On Air

Posted 11.08.2011

Nowadays you hear a lot of people saying TV news isn't what it used to be -- that everyone is too focused on whether or not the anchors are sexy and n...

WATCH: Local News Reporter Hates Own News Report

Posted 10.10.2011

We're not sure what's going on here, but this reporter is clearly not happy with his performance. Reporting live from the court house where a convicte...

WATCH: It's Hard Out Here For A Weatherman

Posted 10.04.2011

Being a weatherman is hard work. Not only do you have to make daily predictions, get them wrong and then read all of those angry letters and tweets, y...

WATCH: Why Guns & Local News Don't Mix

Posted 10.03.2011

Guns don't kill people, but they sure do murder a local news report. There's nothing about this local news fail that we don't love. From the "Now? ...

WATCH: Man Has More WHAT Than He Can Handle?

Posted 10.01.2011

Freudian slips are just the best when they happen on local news reports. Clearly, this reporter was supposed to say "...more cats than he can handle,"...

WATCH: Newscaster Cracks Up After On-Air Gaffe

Posted 07.07.2011

File this one under, "because we're still children." A Dallas weather woman got a little tongue-tied on air when she tried to say the phrase "May ...

WATCH: Accidentally Adorable Local News Blooper

Posted 06.17.2011

We came across this on Buzzfeed today and were instantly charmed. Of all the things we've seen anchors doing and saying when they don't know the came...

Top Cock: Bill Ritter, News Anchor, Curses On Air Talking About Bernard Kerik

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

WABC 7's Bill Ritter pulled an Ernie Anastos Tuesday night, accidentally referring to Bernie Kerik as the "former New York City top cock." The Emmy...