Annoying Orange, the popular YouTube series about just that, is primed to make its way to your TV soon.

Management/production company The Collective has joined forces with Annoying Orange creator Dane Boedigheimer to create six episodes of the show, according to Deadline.

Conrad Vernon (Monsters and Aliens and Shrek 2) will executive produce the show and Tom Sheppard (Pinky and the Brain) will write it. Annoying Orange is following in the footsteps of another popular YouTube show, Fred (another The Collective project), which scored a TV movie on Nickelodeon.

Annoying Orange is already an extremely popular web series (and, now, iPhone app) — it has more than 560 million views, 50 million monthly viewers and is the eighth most subscribed YouTube channel of all time — so we wager that a TV version would be well-received by the pre-existing fan base.

We talked with Boedigheimer about what the show will entail. Check out our Q&A below:

How far along are you in the production process?

I can’t talk about placement and/or networks just yet, but we are in the preproduction stage at this point. Shooting begins very soon. Lots of really talented people are on board and it’s exciting to see all of it coming together.

What will the show look like?

At it’s core it will look a lot like the web series. We will continue to use realistic-looking animation assets, so that the Annoying Orange world resembles our own, but there will also be many kinds of other style of animation/filmmaking incorporated as well. The biggest change will be locations. Whereas the characters mainly live in the kitchen in the web series, now they will live on a fruit cart that can end up in any location at any time…whether it be space, prehistoric times, or Canada.

Will there be new characters/voices?

Yes! Lots of new characters actually. There will still be the core group – Orange, Pear, Passion Fruit, Grandpa Lemon, Grapefruit, Midget Apple, and Marshmallow (all still played by the same people), but now we’ll have other characters that live on the fruit cart with them too. We’ll also have a main human fruit cart vendor that can interact with the fruit.

Why translate a popular web show to TV?

I love challenges. Every time I do a new video online I try to incorporate something new that challenges me and forces me to learn something new. This is kind of an extension of that tactic, on a much bigger scale. Obviously the web show is simplified because you only have a few minutes to work with each episode, but with TV you have the ability to really incorporate a lot of story and open up the world these characters live in. It’s a challenge to make that kind of transition, and one that I’m really excited about. On top of that, Orange has a very respectable following online, and I think being able to create a TV show that works in tandem with the web series would be huge. You could do so many things with cross promotion and driving traffic to each medium. It’s exciting!

What has the reaction been so far?

Overall the reaction has been positive. I’ve seen a few comments here and there where people say, “Orange is getting a TV show? The world is ending! He’s so annoying!!!” And those always give me a good chuckle. You know why? Because you know exactly what the show is about from the title. It’s called the Annoying Orange. Anyone expecting a life-altering experience is barking up the wrong tree. Sometimes people just need a good laugh. Plain and simple. Fans of Annoying Orange are ecstatic to see the transition to television, and honestly, it seems like most people are excited to see what happens even if they aren’t fans, because if Orange can make a successful to jump to TV, that opens the door for many other web entities to do the same thing.

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News anchor fails are always hilarious, because they are a stark contrast to the usual poise you generally see from such professional figures.

Here, we bring you a catalog of spoonerisms, giggling fits and the odd swear thrown in, from a variety of hapless anchors, roving reporters and weatherpeople.

View our top ten news bloopers below and as always, we’d love to hear about your favorite clips in the comments.

1. DID SHE SAY ASS CREAM?!

Yes, she did. And thanks to the wonders of the modern world, she shall henceforth be known as the “ass cream girl.” Only joking, love — at least you’ve got really shiny hair.

2. News Anchor Fail

Yes, the suspect does have very boggly eyes that we haven’t seen the like of since we last watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, but you’d think the gravity of the phrases “torso and body parts,” and “mother of two,” might keep Miss Chuckles here in check.

3. Live News Blooper – R Rated!

This delightfully random, and even more delightfully explicit, outburst comes out of nowhere. We love the cheeky chappy grin at the end as Mr. Potty-Mouth casually sticks his hands in his pockets. In his position we’d be placing them on our posterior, to protect from the butt-kicking about to be received.

4. News Blooper “Magniturd”

A 7.2 Magni-turd earthquake is serious stuff indeed, that’s pretty high up on the old Rectum Scale.

5. BBC Newsreader Blooper – FACEPALM

This gets inclusion not because the blooper was so terrible (we mean, who hasn’t confused “pay” for “pee”?) but, as the uploader of this YouTube video points out, it’s a magnificent example of a genuine, honest-to-God, live-on-TV, facepalm.

6. News Blooper – Spanked as a Kid?

“No, I wasn’t spanked as a kid per se, Bob, but I’ve seen plenty of paddle-action in my thirties…”

7. Fox Business Fail

The message here appears to be don’t go to Fox for your breaking financial news, as the team passes the Chrysler story around the studio as if it were a baby with a dirty diaper.

8. News Blooper: News Anchor Gets Lost and Confused

If you tuned in to this broadcast to learn more about Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder then you’d have been happy to see the anchor seems to be willing to give an on-air demonstration. Is this irony? We think it might be. Where’s Alanis Morrisette when you need her?

9. News Blooper “I’ve Got Gas”

We’d imagine there’s a real sense of freedom in looking America in the eye on live TV and announcing you’ve got wind. Then again…

10. Fox News Lady Slip Up

We wouldn’t be surprised if ole Shep had uploaded this clip himself, seeing his reaction to his co-presenter’s “cock”-up and his undoubted certainty that it would make it to YouTube. We’re watching you Shepard Smith…

BONUS: Zombie Kid Likes Turtles

Relegated to bonus status as the news person actually handles this as well as can be expected, this proves the ancient adage of never work with kids — or zombies.

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