All those hours of Olympic coverage make for some choice bloopers
Let’s have some sympathy, please, for all the hardworking sportscasters around the world, local and national alike. Each day, these brave, blazer-wearing, well-coiffed men and women are tasked with filling up hours upon hours of television time, much of it unscripted, and they have to appear poised, knowledgeable, and in control at every second. And every two years, like clockwork, the Olympics provides its own set of challenges, from uncooperative athletes and horny mascots to faulty microphones and easily distracted camera operators. Naturally, glitches are going to occur now and then. When they do, rest assured that the popular YouTube channel News Be Funny will be there to collect them. In honor of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, the channel has assembled a highly entertaining, 12-minute video entitled “Best Funny Olympic News Bloopers.” This failure-focused supercut includes footage from Rio as well as past Olympics in London, Sochi, Atlanta, and elsewhere. Bored with the thrill of victory? Here’s some agony of defeat.
