Take local television, add maps. What could go wrong?
We admit that the connection to planning on the inaugural Friday Funny of 2016 might be a little more scant than usual. But, this reel of weather reporters flubbing their lines, being overwhelmed by technology, and generally just making a mess of the weather brought laughter to our office during an otherwise quiet week. Please enjoy over college football and a Rose Parade.
Warning: the blooper reel includes some foul language (most of it employed inadvertently). There is also one blurred out, but still risqué moment.
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