Ernie Anastos: "Keep fucking that chicken" (Fox "News" Channel 5, New York)

[Ian David]

Run time: 00:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdnXYWSa56w   Posted on YouTube: September 17, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 17, 2009 By DU Member: Ian David Views on DU: 7487

 
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[dugaresa]

1. did you see his coworker's face? that woman's eyes got so big

lol

[Buzz Clik]

7. LOL!!!

[demwing]

23. And the guy to the right was shrugging his shoulder, holding his hand up

as if to say "Dont look at Me, The OTHER guy said it!!"

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[RedCloud]

36. She reacted to his "fowl" language.

[rucky]

2. I love the expression on the co-anchor's face.

[HopeHoops]

3. I don't even know what the hell that means!

But, the guy is obviously an idiot anyway. He probably doesn't know what it means either. Perhaps he meant "choking"?

[dem mba]

37. he was mangling a Purdue chicken slogan from what i understand

no idea why.

I think he meant to say "plucking", as it makes total sense in this context. I think the "f" just slipped out by accident.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Perdue#Advertising

[global1]

4. Come On - You Know He'll Say He Distinctly Said "Keep Plucking.......

that chicken". (sarcasm)

The fact that his female co-anchor cringed and bug-eyed when she heard it has nothing to do with what he actually said.

[Buzz Clik]

9. Yeah, that word starts with an "f" not "cl"

[Wizard777]

32. I'm hearing "Flucking"

But the the coanchor looks like she heard fucking. Never mind chicken. That was a deer in the headlights look if I ever saw it.

[ScottLand]

43. I think the rule is if it sounds like profanity, then it was.

Sometimes a cigar is more than a cigar.

[L0oniX]

5. She clearly had a dirty mind at the time.

[EnviroBat]

6. You stay classy San Diego...

Are we living in the era of Idocrity?

[Ian David]

10. That's not San Diego, that's New York. n/t

[Twillig]

26. Obviously not a Will Ferrell fan. Envirobat referenced "Anchorman"

In which Ferrell would sign-off with "stay classy, San Diego."

His co-anchor, knowing that he'd say exactly what was on the telepromter
sabotaged him by having a different sign-off put there.


Not Safe For Work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoKAcVL_phI

[Ian David]

27. Ahh... forgot about that. Thanks! n/t

[Buzz Clik]

8. Holy crap. It's like something from a cheesy comedy about a clueless talking head.

[mlevans]

20. Mercy on us!

I think you just described the Glenn Beck Show.

[Lerkfish]

11. that's just a slip of the tongue, HERE's the actual obscenity....

if you're going to report anything, report this racist asshole who calls for the presiden'ts assasination.

[Ian David]

12. It has to be BROADCAST on the AIRWAVES and his has to be a naughty word. n/t

[Lerkfish]

16. I'm making a point that how we define obscenity is bizarre.

[Ian David]

19. Got it. n/t

[tomm2thumbs]

30. +1

[sasquuatch55]

39. Beck really looks like a white supremest.

nt

[psychopomp]

13. That's some pure Ron Burgandy there

:rofl:

[dugaresa]

14. that is what I was thinking

[sharp_stick]

15. Too damn funny

No way in hell I'm going to ever join Focus on the Family mass emailing bitch and moan to the FTC about some guy saying a bad word on the air.

Personally I don't think the word fuck is used to it's full effect on television, it's such a versatile word. That being said, I have no idea how keep fucking that chicken has any meaning whatsoever.

[Lerkfish]

17. am I the only one here who understands the meaning of the term?

not that I'm proud of knowing, mind you, but its in reference to an old joke, the setup of which I've forgotten, but the meaning of the term is akin to "you keep beating that dead horse"

in context, the weatherman was trying to make bad weather sound good, and the anchorman was sayin he could keep doing that all he wants, but the weather is still bad.

[sharp_stick]

34. I had never heard that term

thanks for clearing it up. I probably won't be using it during my next meeting but at least I'll know what it means if it come up. :-)

[svpadgham]

38. There's also

"Hey, who's fucking this chicken?" when people are telling you how to do your job.

[Ian David]

41. Hey, watch it...

[unapatriciated]

18. seems it is not the only this guy slipped up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQTd0t-Pxck

maybe he spends way too much time on the internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TA57L0kuc

[WhoIsNumberNone]

21. That look on her face was great

You can tell she heard what she thought she heard.

[SlingBlade]

22. Crack Head FoxNews Personality, So what's New :)

[JBoy]

25. Not quite as good as Sue Simmons' "What the Fuck are you doing" burst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYAMDhVT50I

That was gold.

[Ian David]

28. Poor Sue Simmons. The dude was probably groping her under the table. n/t

[goclark]

29. Done

[Kablooie]

31. But it's a Fox station and they have a god given right to avoid legal justice.

[Wizard777]

33. This is subject to the power of suggestion. I've reviewed this several times.

Sometimes I hear Flucking. Other times I hear fucking. But what I can indisputably say is that regardless of which way I hear it. The word begins with F and ends with ucking. Sometimes the L is there and some times it's not. So I have to write that off to power of suggestion.

[WheelWalker]

42. Well, that female on the left certainly knew what she thought she heard. n/t

[Seldona]

35. I want the female anchor's face as an avatar.

That was priceless. I listened three times, and cleaned it up a bit, and all I can clearly hear is 'Keep fuckin that chicken.'

Has he resigned? Well, it is Faux.

[bitchkitty]

40. I think he said "plucking".

Although it did sound like fucking, and obviously his co-anchor thought so too...

[EphraimD]

44. That phrase has been around for years.

"Keep f*kin the chicken" is the punchline to a joke that kids have been passing around for quite a while. According to the joke, it is the real meaning of the acronym KFC. This is obviously what Anastos had in mind when he said it, though I'm sure he himself can't believe he actually said it out loud.