An injustice occurred when a viral video misidentified a weatherman who may or may not have farted live on the air, touching off an explosion of wiseassery in the replies.
Our saga begins with a Twitter user named Jordan Doenges who posted a video whose captions asked whether a meteorologist identified as “Jude” farted on camera, and was reposted by sports radio host Matt Jones, who wrote “More weathermen excitement! Did this Louisville weatherman fart on air??”
More weathermen excitement! Did this Louisville weatherman fart on air?? pic.twitter.com/ySryZb96vn
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) January 19, 2022
That tweet from Jones touched off a blizzard of mockery in the replies from users who debated the source of the noise, and made other assorted weather-and-flatulence-related quips:
He felt a movement from the East
— Todd Maynard (@timotheusdaily) January 20, 2022
I think it was a warm front moving in from the South.
— Ryan Waddles (@docwaddles) January 19, 2022
She’s correct!
— Isaac Elizabeth WX 🌝🌪⚡️🌬⛈🌞 (@iElizabeth_Wx) January 20, 2022
It happens… 🤣 https://t.co/LTlXoCTXzd
— Chris Johnson FOX 56 Weather (@cjwxguy56) January 19, 2022
Buddy did a double leg lift and everything. Like he was about to blast off to space. He definitely farted. Case closed! https://t.co/66gXwFsRox
— Evan Heichelbech (@evanheich) January 20, 2022
@tiffanysalsman it’s not a fart. https://t.co/pmjfSxqgnM
— Dewayne Lawson (@dlawson78) January 21, 2022
More like a warm “back”.
— Michael Perkins (@gocatsgo08) January 19, 2022
The “Jude” in question is WDRB Morning Meteorologist Jude Redfield, but as several of the replies pointed out, it was not Redfield in the clip.
No, that honor goes to WDRB Chief Meteorologist Marc Weinberg, whose distinctively halting Adam West-meets-William Shatner delivery is evident throughout the report in question.
While it is not normally the policy of this website to engage in the exploitation of fart-related content (please ignore the fact that we have both a “fart” tag and a distinct and separate “farts” tag), there is a greater principle at stake in this case. Whether you believe that the subject of this clip broke wind live on the air — or worse — fidelity to fact compels us to correct the misidentification of the alleged culprit.
Also, we don’t need any lectures from you, who literally clicked to read about it.
Watch the original report above via WDRB.
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