The news team of NBC affiliate KJRH in Tulsa, Oklahoma lost it in the middle of a broadcast after a human interest story about beavers. The broadcast showed young beavers being handled by their keepers. After the clip, Daniel Winn said:
‘The beavers I’ve seen are bigger … and they don’t look as friendly. So, I don’t know, maybe I’ve seen my beavers in the wrong place.’
place.’
Last month, NBC 12 Virginia did a segment on faulty slow cookers that were being recalled.
Anchor Eric Phillips meant to say ‘check your pantries’ but his script was missing the ‘r’ he said instead ‘check your panties’.
His co-anchor Karla Reddite began to laugh sand said: ‘I couldn’t warn you before I saw, I couldn’t warn you. Eric, I’m so sorry.’
She was laughing so hard, Phillips had to help her finish the next segment.
Only 15 minutes after the segment, the phrase had become a meme.