How's the W-w-weather?
Louis the Weatherman
In college, I majored in Philosophy and Communication. One of the courses I took was Broadcast Journalism. My class had the opportunity to take turns doing all sorts of tasks, from producing to anchoring to giving the weather report.
I can tell you that it's definitely confusing when you're giving the weather report in front of a blue screen. You're looking at a TV or monitor next to you so you know where to point on the map that doesn't really exist behind you. You see that you need to point to the left, which means you really need to point to the right. Getting confused over something like this is understandable for your first time on the air.
Meet Louis. He suffers from this confusion regarding the weather map, but it goes a whole lot deeper than that. In this video, Louis tries to give the weather report. I'm not sure if this was for an actual college news broadcast or if it was for a class, but he suffers from the worst case of Red Light Syndrome I have ever seen.
This truly is painful to watch. If I were the anchor on that program, I would not have been able to retain my composure after that ordeal.
Louis' mind was as cloudy as his forecast.
Updated update: For crying out loud! All three links I posted went dead! I've reposted three more working links: Ebaumsworld.com and Gorillamask.net. Okay, it was three, but even one of those bit the dust, too. Ack!
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January 26th, 2005 at 16:54
I agree, I give it to the guy for sticking it out. After about 20 seconds of that, I would have said, "Back to you girls…"
January 31st, 2005 at 02:21
it was painful. i could only watch for about five seconds, and then i had to avert my eyes and close the browser. and feel really bad for him. and his career decisions.