Ernie may have lost some viewers, but he gained one big (fat, revolting) fan.
Posted on 09/17/2009 12:26:38 PM PDT by Justaham
Talk about winging it!
Emmy Award-winning Fox 5 anchor Ernie Anastos dropped an F-bomb live on the air last night while making a bizarre chicken reference during an odd exchange with weatherman Nick Gregory.
"I guess it takes a tough man to make a tender forecast," Anastos said to Gregory during the station's 10 p.m. newscast.
"I guess that's me," a bewildered Gregory replied.
Then, as both men shared a chuckle during the playful banter, the 66-year-old anchorman shocked his colleagues -- and the audience at home -- by saying, "Keep f---ing that chicken."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
That’s all folks!
Weird. Drunk? Ernie’s been around forever.
Ah, the ethereal effects of Jim Beam!
Face lift melting!!
Check out the anchorette’s face immediately after he dropped the bomb. Priceless.
Has this made it to youtube yet?
WTF?!
Maybe he said “plucking that chicken?”
Ernie may have lost some viewers, but he gained one big (fat, revolting) fan.
botox will do that to ya....his face is so tight his adams apple IS his lower jaw
“I like Scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch. Here it comes. Down to my belly.”
The video is here:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/anastos_drops_bomb_on_air_5lTNTgSPaezgUjAJEW0gIO
lol
Really weird clip. He obviously knew he was on the air, and just kept going, after he said it, as if nothing strange had happened.
I wonder if he was trying to say “keep pluckin’ that chicken” and didn’t realize he mispronounced it.
He’s been on the air in NYC for over 30 years, and has always had the image of a very affable, polite guy. Not the type you would ever expect to drop on f-bomb on the air.
paging Freud.
That’w what he said, all right. Not much doubt.
His co-anchor looks like she could plotz!
The man clearly says “... keep plucking that chicken.”
Anyone ever tune into late night AirAmerica Mike Malloy’s show? I don’t know what words can get your show or station in trouble, but I have heard about everything come out of his mouth.
That sounds like the Perdue chicken slogan "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken" which was mistranslated into Spanish as "It takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate." I wish I had the actual Spanish wording to see if it was a really bad translation or just something a little naughty with a couple double entendres.
Anoastos pretty much called Nick Gregory a chicken f#%&er on live TV! Whether he meant to say that or not, it’s still hilarious.
Rollin’
I never drink in the afternoon
I never drink alone
But I sure do like a drink or two
When I get home
Let me tell you what I do
I sit here in this chair
I pour myself some whiskey
And watch my troubls vanish into the air
CHORUS
Rollin’, rollin’
Ain’t gonna worry no more
Rollin’, rollin’
Ain’t gonna worry no more
Used to worry about gamblin’
Throwin’ my money away
Used to worry about wastin’ time
And layin’ round the house all day
But I’m all right now
I’m all right now
I never thought I’d make it
But I always do somehow
I’m all right now
Randy Newman
uh....no.
>>I wonder if he was trying to say “keep pluckin’ that chicken” and didn’t realize he mispronounced it.<<
It sounded like “plucking” to me. It reminds me of a similar thing that happened in a live performance of one of my bands. They took forever to tune up, etc. between songs and were not very good. During one of these breaks at an outdoor art walk I said on the mike that the band was trying to choose between the key of “f” and the key of “suck”. I got stern emails from the band leader that what I said was inapropriate and was merely referencing the old Far Side joke about the suck knob.
Anyway, we went round and round and it suddenly hit me that they thought I had said “F@@k”. That settled it...
Looking at this video I think that is what happened here.
That’s what I thought I heard at first.
What the pluck?
Keep forking that chicken
WTF?!
Ted Baxter Gone Bad!
It was only a matter of time before somebody lost it on live air with the giggles ... melted ... this has to go down in history. The anchorette's expression ... Thank God for bloopers files!
My favorite was when the two anchormen on some old radio show, famous guys, bantering back and forth, and the phrase "Beat your feat in the Mississippi Mud" slipped out as "Beat your meat in the Mississippi Mud" and for the next three or four minutes these two seasoned pros try to make it through straight ... and fail miserably. No more than three our four words can come out before the speaker disolves in giggles as the enormity of the goof hits them. It is tears-streaming-down-your-face funny.
My favorite?
“So Bob, where’s that 8 inches you promised me last night?”
stay classy, new york city!
Hahahaha, sure he does. However, the anchorette, sitting right next to him, heard it a lot more clearly than you did.
Oh, you were j o k i n g .
;-)
He didn't mispronounce it. He said "plucking." It was quite clear on the video.
Somehow I missed that one. And I was a pretty faithful Far Side reader, too.
Keepin' it real, Hollywood.
Keepin' it real, Hollywood.
This thread is hilarious. Thanks to all!
I guess we are seeing the future! Ugh! The anchor goes on as if nothing at all happened! Most disturbing are the comments after the clip.
He obviously meant to say plucking, but it just didn’t come out that way. The lady anchor’s eyes are priceless.
Yeah, right!
It sure wasn't "clear" to the woman sitting right next to him.
That doesn’t look like the same guy.
It’s Larry Flynt, a noted chicken f____r.
Oops! I should have known that.
well that certainly clarifies things, thank you.
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