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Yesterday and Today

Horace Rumpole — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:19:58 -0800

If Matt Lauer doesn’t want to be seen with sharp knives, it’s because last summer his co-host Ann Curry was discovered with one in her back. Five million viewers, the majority of them women, would not soon forget how Curry, the intrepid female correspondent and emotionally vivid anchor, spent her last appearance on the Today show couch openly weeping, devastated at having to leave after only a year. The image of Matt Lauer trying to comfort her—and of Curry turning away from his attempted kiss—has become a kind of monument to the real Matt Lauer, forensic evidence of his guilt. What followed was the implosion of the most profitable franchise in network television.

When all is said and done, it makes good toast.

usonian — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:11:46 -0800

This woman had a haunted toaster. (Originally aired on the Today Show in 1984.)

"Alison, can you explain what internet is?"

ricochet biscuit — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:49:00 -0800

Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel, in the distant era of 1994, try to puzzle out what "internet" is. They should have asked Peter Mansbridge and Bill Cameron at the CBC, who had reported a year earlier about this revolution in which fifteen million people were taking part. Boy, the sight of Telix takes me back.

Commuting To 30 Rock

hermitosis — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:16:32 -0800

The 11th annual NYC Commuter Race -- starring Al Roker on a bike, Meredith Vieira in a car, and Matt Lauer taking mass transit, each traveling from 72nd and Broadway to 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The event (previously on MeFi) is organized by Transportation Alternatives.

Whose leg do I have to hump to get a martini around here?

Christ, what an asshole — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:06:36 -0800

"You're not allowed to have vodka...sorry, no vodka for Ewoks." Two purportedly drunk actors ~~spoil~~ enliven Today Show segment.

The Yellow Shark [NOT MUDSHARK-IST]

not_on_display — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:18:06 -0800

In 1993, we said goodbye to Frank Zappa, fallen victim to prostate cancer. A 1993 Today Show interview with Frank. A 1993 BBC documentary about Frank. {Parts 2, 3, 4.} "Outrage at Valdez," from 1993's The Yellow Shark. [Zappa mega-post previously on MeFi]

16...er...6:15 on a Saturday morning.

Sticherbeast — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:56:36 -0800

Pierce Bush in 2024?