Overview
- A routine WABI TV5 weather forecast on Sunday turned into an uncontrollable laughing fit by meteorologist Patrick Osborn after a prank sound effect played during the live segment.
- Osborn says he and a producer tried to prank anchor Josh Gabbard with a short Charlie Brown 'wa‑wa‑wa' clip but pulled up an hour‑long compilation that replayed periodically during the broadcast.
- On air Osborn broke into squeaks and snorts, begged Gabbard to take over, and heard Gabbard quip 'Whatever happened to professionalism, Patrick?' as the second replay set both anchors off.
- The clip was posted to TikTok and spread widely, leaving Osborn’s phone 'blowing up' and keeping the footage in circulation as of August 27 with no public report of disciplinary action.
- The episode highlights how small mistakes in live local TV can quickly reach national audiences and could prompt stations to tighten pre‑broadcast checks on external audio and video files.