With snow and ice blanketing much of the United States, a common weather connection brings unexpected laughs. An Iowa sportscaster sets the Newswire apart with his provocative style in the morning snow.
▲ Most of the United States is wrapped in ice and snow, and the fun style of the replacement connection of a sports anchor has aroused discussion. (Image / abstract from Twitter@Mark Woodley TV）
Sports host Woodley (Mark Woodley), who served 20 years on the local television station KWWL in Iowa (Iowa), logged in for three and a half hours early in the morning of the 22nd in a minus 11 degree Celsius snowstorm . was a temporary replacement, he The unique style made the film go viral on the Internet, and was reported by CNN, the New York Times and other national media.
He shared a minute-and-a-half video on Twitter, which had more than 7.3 million views in two days. At first, the anchor in the cabin asked him: “How are you feeling now?” Woodley’s response was a little impatient. Wearing a winter coat, he replied to the studio host: “Again, I feel like you asked me the same question 8 minutes ago.” He mentioned in the link that due to the snow and ice, sporting events in the coming days will be very difficult. Canceled, and then tauntingly said, “This is the best time to assign a sportswriter to work 5 hours before their usual wake-up time, stand outside in the freezing cold and snow, and I urge everyone not to.”
In addition to getting up early to go to work, Woodley also said that he is usually used to doing shows in the evening and the duration of the connection is only 30 minutes, and usually indoors. Now standing outside in the snowstorm, he complained that “this show is too long.” He also told the audience, “Don’t flip the channel, and in a few hours you’ll see me getting more and more irritable.” at least There is heating in the room, and he deliberately said “there will be no heating outside”.
Another hilarious scene is when she explains her situation to the studio host: “I have good news and bad news. The good news is my face still feels. The bad news is I wish my face didn’t felt”. it.” At the end of the connection, he seemed to be a bit overwhelmed: “Can I go back to my original job? I’m sure you guys only extended the show by an hour because someone wanted to torture me, because with two and a half it’s getting really colder here than it was hours ago.”
In an interview with CNN, Woodley talked about the behind-the-scenes look at this popular video. When asked if these funny scenes were pre-planned or improvised, he replied, “I think that’s my style. I plugged in on the spot. At the time, I always liked to complain about my colleagues.” Woodley said that he just knew he had to connect to the weather on his behalf, but he didn’t know it was so early that it was too late to adjust his schedule.” I only slept 3 hours the day before. If I had slept for 8 hours, I might not have said those words.”
In an interview with CNN, Woodley made it clear that he takes this job very seriously: “This blizzard is serious.” Her job is to tell the public how to ensure their safety. She believes that if she has a “little attitude,” maybe the audience will be less inclined to spin the channel and be able to hear the message she wants to convey.
Woodley said he was making a 90-second connection every 15 to 20 minutes, and the other clips that didn’t make the cut were very serious, not all of them funny. The highlights of what she posted on Twitter are kind of like “a terrible trailer for a comedy movie, put all the funny parts in it.”
Woodley was a hit and the film was re-released by celebrities like director Judd Apatow and Josh Gad. He was asked if he was worried that the harsh talk would make the TV station executive unhappy? He replied: “They know this is my style and they have always supported me.” (Central News Agency, Los Angeles, 24)
