"Don't get me wrapped up in a menage-a-trois here."
That's how NBC "Today" show co-host Meredith Vieira cracked a tasteless joke to prevent viewers from mistakenly assuming she is married to former NBC "Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw.
The comment came shortly before 9 a.m. on the August 3 program, following the close of an "American Character" piece narrated by Brokaw from Cincinnati, Ohio, some "642 miles down" and "2,431 to go" along historic U.S. Route 50.:
AL ROKER: Tom's got 2,000 miles to go. He's never going to see Meredith.
MATT LAUER: You mean his [wife] Meredith.
ROKER: His wife Meredith.
MEREDITH VIEIRA: Don't get me wrapped up in a menage-a-trois here, or whatever.
[laughter]
ANN CURRY: Okay...
ROKER: What?!
[laughter]
[rimshot]
[laughter]
CURRY: That, okay...
LAUER: Getting back to Highway 50 here, for a second...
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Wow, almost every man's
August 3, 2009 - 18:56 ET by buddycWow, almost every man's dream. But only with attractive women. The second women with Vieira would probably be a Rosie O'Donnell look a like.
August 3, 2009 - 19:09 ET by jessieHHow can this woman keep her job with this kind of "humor"? Is Tom her pimp? Seriously, if this is all they can find to report, it's time for them to leave. Not one word about the cash for clunkers B.S.. Not one word about the people laughing at our "elected officials. Not one bit of news that pertains to the people. Nothing but fluff...... Patriot & Proud!
Well they are number 1 Jessie H.
August 3, 2009 - 20:07 ET by shawn228They have been number 1 well before Katie left the show, so I guess she gets to keep her job because she brings in the viewers.
I was not offended by her joke.
"I swear sometimes the self-appointed moral police are as obnoxious and demanding of big government interference as "environmentalist" gun control advocates, labor unions and trial lawyers" ~fitzfong
(shrug)
August 3, 2009 - 21:31 ET by UnsaneThey have been number 1 well before Katie left the show, so I guess she gets to keep her job because she brings in the viewers. There's no accounting for taste.
I was not offended by her joke. I sense if that was not a joke and actually the introduction to a demonstration thereof, you wouldn't be offended. But that's just me.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
"There's no accounting for taste."
August 4, 2009 - 00:22 ET by shawn228"There's no accounting for taste"
Yes, everyone has different tastes. Say FOX News is also number 1 right? ;-)
"I swear sometimes the self-appointed moral police are as obnoxious and demanding of big government interference as "environmentalist" gun control advocates, labor unions and trial lawyers" ~fitzfong
Oh, aren't the little
August 3, 2009 - 21:23 ET by RR GOPOh, aren't the little talking heads so cute...mmmm and naaaaaaughty...
BLEAH!!!
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Lobotomized Housewives
August 4, 2009 - 07:04 ET by allanfThe Today Show is entertainment for "lobotomized" housewives robotically going through the morning routine. A serious broadcast would not have Ann Curry or Al Roker on its staff. Meredith is not unintelligent. But her Today Show part eschews intellect.
Meredith "Lilith" Vieira
August 3, 2009 - 22:32 ET by BarkerWTF did she "know", and WTF did she "know" it?
(apology after the fact, but only to those offended)