You Can’t Say That on Television!

To start you off this morning, I have a clip from a last night’s 10 o’clock news on FOX5 WNYW.  Anchor Ernie Anastos apparently did not graduate Television School, which is where you learn simple dictums of television such as, “Don’t swear on television,” “Don’t be drunk on television unless it is VH1,” and “Don’t use your favorite idiom about sex with chickens on television.”  I think he broke all three rules here!  I didn’t even go to Television School, and I can tell that much.  During a segment about young mothers working out, he talks over his co-anchor, catcalling the moms on the screen: “Hey, look at you!  Hey… lookin’ good out there, ok!”  (The moms can’t hear you, Ernie Anastos.)

But that’s nothing compared to the other bon mot he drops, presumably while thinking he’s off the air (language NSFW)…  

An excellent expression useful in many everyday situations, to be sure.

Source: Gawker.