--- description: Plus, a whole bunch of unfortunate technical difficulties title: Watch TV Anchors Get Pranked in October's Best News Bloopers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch TV Anchors Get Pranked in October's Best News Bloopers by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2015 4:57 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2015 4:57 PM CUT Another month, another delightful assortment of on-air mishaps. October’s best news bloopers include the usual assortment of Freudian slips, technical difficulties and videobombs. Oh, and lots of really entertaining uncontrollable giggle fits. This month, you’ll also get to see a few anchors who are convinced they’ve been sprayed by a skunk. Oh, and a weird incident with a sousaphone. And another with a giant runaway inflatable pumpkin. Also, be sure to keep an eye out for a surprise appearance from [Mr. Belding](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368172/ "undefined"). _Read next:_ [_Watch the Funniest Halloween News Bloopers of All Time_](http://time.com/4090478/halloween-news-bloopers/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4098031/october-news-bloopers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4098031/october-news-bloopers/"},"headline":"Watch TV Anchors Get Pranked in October's Best News Bloopers","datePublished":"2015-11-03T16:57:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:33.592Z","description":"Plus, a whole bunch of unfortunate technical difficulties","url":"https://time.com/4098031/october-news-bloopers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4098031/october-news-bloopers/","name":"Watch TV Anchors Get Pranked in October's Best News Bloopers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4098031/october-news-bloopers/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4098031/october-news-bloopers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```