David Letterman Tried to Get Cursing Reporter A.J. Clemente His Job Back
Usually, getting fired can be a miserable situation. However, for A.J. Clemente, it was his ticket to fame.
Usually, getting fired can be a miserable situation. However, for A.J. Clemente, it was his ticket to fame.
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.
Sweet Brown, I know "ain't nobody got time for that," but I would like you to meet Michelle Clark, she may have just gave a better post disaster news interview than you believe it or not!
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.
Thank God this worked out — if it hadn't, it could have resulted in some serious dead air!
I will forgo being too PC for this awesome holiday. It should probably be "Hug a News Anchor" or "Hug a Newsman/Newswoman Day."
Hug a Newsman Day is celebrated every April 4th. The "holiday" gives you the opportunity to give a great, big hug to your local newsperson
The Legendary Ron Burgundy from the Will Ferrel "Anchorman" movie was notorious for reading ANYTHING on the teleprompter.
Watch this video from a TV station out of Green Bay, where the weather guy has a bit of the same problem
Oh boy here we go, these videos will now live in Infamy. Being in the broadcast field I know all to well about flubs on the air, but the nice thing about being on the radio is that nobody can see your face as you are scrambling behind the scenes