IN A RELATED STORY...:

TV anchor's flub turns into catch phrase overnight (The Associated Press, 9/17/09)

Ernie Anastos of Fox affiliate WNYW was bantering with the weatherman Wednesday night when he cheerfully dropped an F-bomb on the air. What he likely intended to say was, "Keep plucking that chicken."

Anastos didn't appear to recognize the error, though co-anchor Dari Alexander's eyes bugged out after he said it.

Just before the flub, Anastos told weatherman Nick Gregory, "It takes a tough man to make a tender forecast," a play on an old chicken commercial.

...the network announced Mr. Anastos is being transferred to Emunclaw...

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 18, 2009 6:52 AM