TGIF: Anchor Handles Local News Blooper Like A Pro

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by Alex Alvarez | 4:51 pm, October 21st, 2011

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The sign of a professional is not, apparently, screaming angrily when something goes wrong, and then throwing a mostly full bottle of Snapple against a wall while calling your office mates a bunch of “clowns” and/or “buttfaces.” This is a thing I learned today.

Acting like a professional means going with the flow and making the best of a bad situation! Just like this Fox17 reporter did.

When a camera went haywire (Did the camera person fall asleep? Did anyone check if he or she is ok? Can we blame the rapture for this? I’m going to.) during a news report inside Fox17′s West Michigan studio, morning news anchor Mike Avery gave viewers a nice smile and a wave to let them know everything was both going crazy and completely ok. This is a good idea, because people generally respond to better to nice smiles than a lot of yelling and sobbing and Snapple bottle throwing. Evidently.

So, happy Friday, everyone! Let’s start the weekend with a lesson from Fox17′s Mike Avery: “Something something something smiling and waving something something important life lesson.”

Have a look:

h/t The Daily What

blooper, Fox 17, funny, Mike Avery

http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Joyella/559643735 Mark Joyella

I miss the way you always threw your Snapple and called us buttfaces, Alex. As for the clip: don’t blame the camera operator! Mistakes that bad are almost invariably the work of robots. Seriously. No camera operators, just robotic cameras–and when they go bad, they go very very bad.
Anonymous

People tend to almost enjoy the yelling and throwing after a while, I’ve found.

Except HAL.
http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

This guy acted the exact opposite of Bill-O when something goes wrong!! This guy was a professional and Bill-O needed to enroll in anger managment!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5qU4qudJYk
Moderate

My favorite screwup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGQHBGab8ZU
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SIYF5565LXG7BBKTKGSSFWU7TA The Rock

Mike Avery is a pro I have always liked him on TV he use to be weekend anchor before moving to the mornings on Fox 17. This market GR/Kzoo doesn’t need 4 hour news cast I think 2 hours is enough since really nothing really happens is this market not Detroit. Fox 17 is my favorite station for local news if they had a noon news cast I would watch I don’t watch morning news I’m sleeping I know no cares LOL.
PaulG85

I was hoping for something much more humiliating and painful.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VYUK3HIJFCPFBZUHRHN6HCR5AA MarkfromSavannah

Without a doubt, the most chaotic minute and a half in local TV news reporting:

http://tinyurl.com/2mwq8s

Rest in peace George – we miss you!
Anonymous

Is there any laughter sweeter than when your not supposed to laugh? Kudos to Mr Avery for his quiet dignity and composure. The perplexed look on his face was priceless!