--- title: Best, Funniest News Bloopers October 2015: Viral Video description: Plus, a whole bunch of unfortunate technical difficulties canonical: https://time.com/4098031/october-news-bloopers/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-03T16:57:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:58.476Z og:title: Watch TV Anchors Get Pranked in October's Best News Bloopers og:description: Plus, a whole bunch of unfortunate technical difficulties og:url: https://time.com/4098031/october-news-bloopers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch TV Anchors Get Pranked in October's Best News Bloopers twitter:description: Plus, a whole bunch of unfortunate technical difficulties twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch TV Anchors Get Pranked in October's Best News Bloopers ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 3, 2015 4:57 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 3, 2015 4:57 PM UTC 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/). _Read next:_ [_Watch the Funniest Halloween News Bloopers of All Time_](http://time.com/4090478/halloween-news-bloopers/) Best, Funniest News Bloopers October 2015: Viral Video ```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":"2026-08-04T07:47:58.476Z","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"}}] ```