In Schafer’s books, each blooper has the hermetic feel of a Reader’s Digest anecdote, where the reader gets only enough context to set up the joke before the joke itself is delivered, and there’s no time for analysis of the aftermath, because another joke is already being set up. “Wire service typos are very often responsible for newscasters goofs, especially when news is read ‘cold’ right off the ticker,” Schafer wrote. “Here is an example of a newsman’s reading an Associated Press news item that was handed to him while he was on the air an which was broadcast over KFRB, Alaska. ‘A secretary who humped her boss caused more than five thousand dollars in damage…Er, I’m sure they must have meant “bumped into her boss”!’”