Bloopers? More Like Awkwardly Hilarious Television Moments That’ll Be Hard To Forget
Baby Nolan Makes a Cameo
As far as interruptions go, Leslie Lopez from ABC7 is not the only reporter who’s had to juggle parent duty while giving a live forecast. And when the weather forecast is being delivered, the last thing anyone expects to see is a toddler on set. But then, 2021 was a year of working from home.
Thankfully, Lopez is as professional as they come. So when her 10-month-old son, Nolan, tried crawling up her leg in the middle of her morning weather forecast, she laughed it off. Ever the doting mother, she explained how he had just started walking. Unfazed by the incident, Lopez scooped him up and continued reporting.
All Work and No Play Makes Ripple a Dull Dog
Every dog owner knows that the creatures love attention. And dogs, like all pets, have trouble understanding that you’re busy with work. Because as far as they’re concerned, their owners only exist to please them. And Mike Sobel, a meteorologist with Global Edmonton News Show, learned his lesson firsthand on this day.
His Shepherd-Mastiff mix, Ripple, joined him for the day’s weather forecast. Sobel probably thought he could keep things simple by having the dog on a leash, but Ripple had something else in mind and wouldn’t stop jumping around until the leash broke. Kudos to Sobel for maintaining his balance all through the show.
ESPN Reporter Gets a Taste for Powerade
When television anchor and reporter Emily Jones left home on May 31st, 2015, she couldn’t have predicted how it’ll end. And a Powerade dunk while attempting to interview Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton is the last guess anyone would make. But the story gets funnier when you realize that Jones hadn’t been the target.
This picture was taken during a second incident a year later when Rougned Odor grabbed a bucket and dumped its contents on Jones. She was armed with a can of silly string at the time, but that clearly wasn’t enough to protect her. Good thing she wasn’t upset by the incident.
Wendy Burch Gets a Shock
If the photos on this list prove anything, reporters are probably not appreciated enough. Because they do come across the weirdest and most unusual situations in their line of work, take Wendy Burch, for example. As an award-winning television journalist, she’s no stranger to the unexpected.
In fact, her work with KTLA’s Morning News indeed has its memorable moments—the good and bad ones. A good example was this moment when a random video bomber leaned into Burch as she reported on which city might host the Summer Olympics in 2024. When she noticed his presence, she was scared. So much for someone’s 15 seconds of fame.
“Hello?! Can Anyone Hear Me? Guess Not”
News transitions on TV can be incredibly challenging sometimes. And no one gets the short end of the stick like the reporters who sometimes get caught making ill-timed gestures, all the time unaware that the cameras are rolling. BBC Breakfast weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker, once voted Britain’s favorite meteorologist, was also a victim of such a glitch.
After his multiple “Hellos?!” went unanswered on that day in 2018, he assumed he was off-air. And the good folks back home watched him wander off-screen, picking at his nails and clothing all the time, waiting for the crew to resolve the issue.
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