Finnish Anchorman Fired for Drinking on Air

Nonstopdrivel
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14 years ago

Oct 14th 2010 By Alastair Plumb
Finnish Anchorman Fired After Drinking a Beer During Live TV Report

[img_r]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.asylum.co.uk/media/2010/10/finnish-newsreader-mantastic.jpg[/img_r]In what turned out to be his last on-air report, Scandinavian anchorman Kimmo Wilska carried out a rather amusing prank that unfortunately got him oh-so-very-fired.

As he narrates over footage of beers being poured, the camera quickly cuts back to the studio to show Kimmo, beer in hand, the amber nectar dribbling out of the top.

He says it was a joke for the crew's amusement, which wasn't meant to be aired, but his bosses failed to see the funny side, promptly giving him the boot.

Known as "Finland's Barry White" because of his sonorous voice, a Facebook support group has already sprung up, defending Kimmo.

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His American accent was almost perfect. Had I not known he was Finnish, I would have barely noticed the increased articulation of the t's and d's. Impressive.

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Packers_Finland
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14 years ago

You wouldn't belive how much this stuff dominates the headlines of our tabloids.

The dude needs his job back. He's a great anchor.

Join a facebook group in support of this guy. Almost everyone I know has.

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Nonstopdrivel
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14 years ago

What does he mean, "I've nearly finished building a protective ----"?

Why does Finland have a news-in-English program anyway?

Packers_Finland
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14 years ago

What does he mean, "I've nearly finished building a protective ----"?

Why does Finland have a news-in-English program anyway?

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

The vid was from some guys taped news program, and he failed in starting the video from the correct spot.

Finland has lots of immigrants, and it never hurts to have an extra news airing.

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Cheesey
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14 years ago

Wow.......seems like his boss over reacted. But i guess that's "drinking on the job" and wouldn't be tolerated here either.
Funny thing is, he probably could have stripped down naked and not got fired! LOL!

Nonstopdrivel
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14 years ago

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Packers_Finland
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14 years ago

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"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

Plenty of more finnish news bloopers if you want to find them. Especially from this lady. She's a good anchor but she blunders like this quite often.

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