“Say hi to the internet!” advised one anchor, as another delivered a classic news blooper.
Richmond, Va., news anchor Eric Phillips was reading off of a teleprompter when a misspelled word caused a pretty funny flub on air.
“Check your panties,” began Phillips, as he looked a bit confused, but kept delivering a story about rice cookers. “I think that’s supposed to be pantries.”
“I couldn’t warn you before I saw it, and I couldn’t warn you, Eric,” said his co-host between hearty laughs.
Phillips took the typo like a pro and delivered the rest of the story while the rest of the studio giggled and laughed at Phillips’ delivery, even going so far as to walk onscreen to tell Phillips to say hi to the internet, predicting the flub would go viral.
The flub was so funny that Phillips had to deliver the rest of a story for his co-host as she tried to get it together and failed, still giggling over Phillips’ goof.
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