If Morning Joe seems every-so-slightly less up-to-date, there's a reason for it. The show is now seven seconds behind the times. A tape delay has been instituted in the wake of Joe Scarborough's unintentional dropping of an
f-bomb
two days ago.
B&C reported the change yesterday, and NewsBuster Ken Shepherd discussed it here . The Morning Joe crew had fun with the move on today's show. Coming back from its first break, the show aired tape [via Jimmy Kimmel Live] of CNN's Rick Sanchez coming back from a break of his own. With a screen over his shoulder reading "Transition to Power," Sanchez said: "We welcome you black. Uh, welcome you back." Point made: Joe's not the only cable TV guy capable of an embarrassing slip 'o the tongue.
The crew proceeded to a light-hearted discussion of the move to tape delay, with executive producer Chris Licht proudly displaying his finger poised on the red button.
View video here .
Predictions, anyone?
B&C reported the change yesterday, and NewsBuster Ken Shepherd discussed it here . The Morning Joe crew had fun with the move on today's show. Coming back from its first break, the show aired tape [via Jimmy Kimmel Live] of CNN's Rick Sanchez coming back from a break of his own. With a screen over his shoulder reading "Transition to Power," Sanchez said: "We welcome you black. Uh, welcome you back." Point made: Joe's not the only cable TV guy capable of an embarrassing slip 'o the tongue.
The crew proceeded to a light-hearted discussion of the move to tape delay, with executive producer Chris Licht proudly displaying his finger poised on the red button.
View video here .
WILLIE GEIST: Poor Sanchez. Do we have the taser video?It was then that Licht displayed the red button of doom. After Joe gave a bit more of the background on the decision, even mild-mannered meteorologist Bill Karins got into the act, wondering about the Vegas odds on who would cause the button to be hit first.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: He needs the seven-second delay. Seriously, we asked for one.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I know; you asked for one.
GEIST: You got it.
SCARBOROUGH: I demanded it.
BRZEZINSKI: You ask for it, you get it. Thattaboy, Chris.
SCARBOROUGH: If you talk for 47 hours a week --
BRZEZINSKI: That's correct.
SCARBOROUGH: With a sidekick all doped up on Ambien and [inaudible] and vodka --
BRZEZINSKI: Well, stop talking about me. That's not nice.
Predictions, anyone?
