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Reporter gets his mic stuck in a sousaphone

"You know I love the tuba."

An overly excited reporter found himself with his arm up a large brass instrument, in a hilarious live moment that will live on forever thanks to the Internet.

Cory McCloskey was reporting on an upcoming high school football game by showcasing the enormous marching band.

The band, along with a crowd of cheerleaders and students, excitedly jump around and cheer as McCloskey speaks to the camera.

“If you haven’t been to a high school football game in a while, this is the one to come to,” he says.

The reporter, who’s decked out in a football jersey, then gets closer to the marching band.

“I like to wade into the band, because you know what we don’t get very often?” he asks. “Marching baritones. Here’s one right here.”

He then sticks his mic in the mouth of a brass instrument as a student plays away.

McCloskey then approaches a student playing what he believes is a tuba.

“Plus, you know I love the tuba,” he says as he positions his mic into the mouth of what actually looks like a sousaphone. Static can then be heard as the mic is shown being dropped down the mouth of the instrument.

The live hit then cuts to the studio, where McCloskey’s co-workers laugh at what’s going on.

McCloskey gets the student to reverse the instrument as he lies on the ground and jams his arm up in an attempt to rescue his mic.

Static is heard again and McCloskey triumphantly raises his mic in the air.

“Victory,” he exclaims and waves to the camera.