‘I can do that?’ Hilarious moment The Chicago weatherman loses his composure when he discovers that the board in the studio is a touchscreen during the live broadcast
- Greg Dutra, a weatherman for ABC 7 Chicago, couldn’t contain his delight at a Thursday morning show when he discovered it had a touchscreen display
- Dutra, who has worked at the station for three years, was shocked at first and exclaimed, ‘Can I do it?’
- News anchor Terrell Brown walked over to the screen and played with it too while cheering with delight
- Dutra discovered even more features during the live morning show, including tilting and zooming the map
A Chicago weatherman was pleasantly surprised to discover that the screen he used to display the local weather each day was actually an interactive touchscreen.
Greg Dutra, who worked for ABC 7 Chicago for three years as a weatherman and forecaster, made the startling discovery live on air during a Thursday morning broadcast.
While showing residents the predicted rain on his map, Dutra accidentally touched the screen, moving it slightly, prompting him to exclaim, “Oh, I moved the map! I can do that?’
“No way,” Dutra said, continuing to play with the card, moving it back and forth. Val Warner, another news anchor who was not on camera, asked Dutra if he just spotted it?
ABC 7 Chicago weatherman Greg Dutra was delighted to discover that the screen he works with every day to show the weather was actually an interactive touchscreen that could zoom and tilt
According to his LinkedIn profile, Dutra has worked for the station for three years. After the wholesome clip was posted to Twitter, it received over a million views
The morning news colleague Terrell Brown then jumped out of his seat and declared he had to “try this.”
Brown walked over to Dutra, who couldn’t stop grinning, and flexed his fingers on the touchscreen while yelling with delight.
As if things couldn’t get any more exciting for Dutra, he then asked, “Can I zoom?” before using his fingers to zoom in on a specific location on the map, causing Brown to double over with laughter as Dutra announced, ” It’s a great day!”
The weatherman then tries to get back on track, telling the audience, “The temperatures are going to be nice and warm this afternoon,” while grinning from ear to ear.
But Dutra’s morning news collaborators had other plans, asking him again why he “didn’t know,” to which the weary meteorologist replied, “I’ve never touched it!”
Dutra then discovered another feature while swiping the screen and learned that you can tilt the view of the map displayed from above.
‘Oh my God! can you tilt?! What’s going on here?’ he asked before snapping back into reality and the live show he was presenting.
Dutra posted the clip on Twitter and joked, “It wasn’t in the training manual!” while admitting that he had “gone out of control” in the healthy clip.
The clip has been viewed more than 1.3 million times on Twitter.
While many Twitter users take advantage of a viral tweet for their own benefit, Dutra simply said, “I have nothing to sell or pocket except to be nice to those around you. Everyone goes through something.”