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[Markster]

Sorry if this falls under "Mainstream media notices gaming, NeoGAF poster makes thread", but Anderson Cooper's complete awkwardness upon seeing Wii Fit was just too good not to pass on.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/06/05/ac.shot.wed.cnn

 

[Bamihap]

Damn CNN for not supporting Flash player 10!

Someone Tube this please

 

[TONX]

This is effing hilarious. "This is a workout?" :lol

 

[kenta]

haha, "Why would you want to do that?"

 

[MassiveAttack]

haha, "Why would you want to do that?"

Good question. Why would you?

 

[Speschal K]

I'd like to say his potshots to WiiFit were due to the fact that he was a closet 360 or PS3 player, but I think anyone remotely interested in gaming knows how to pronounce "Wii."

 

[ethic]

Remember when he hosted The Mole? That show was
awesome! Anderson Cooper kicks ass.

 

[Vinci]

Wait till the guy does a few dozen jackknives, then ask him if it's a workout. That's really not the best example of what the game offers, but I did find his reaction to it funny.

 

[Cheesemeister]

Man, and I thought he was a cool guy when he was an anchor on Channel One. He just proved me wrong.

 

[Michan]

Wow, what an asshole.

 

[Archaix]

This is the only thing that could have made the O'Reilly meltdown better. If the machine he were looking at were Wii Fit, and not in fact a teleprompter.

 

[Firewire]

Anderson Cooper on Wii Fit: "Why would you want to even do this"! :lol

 

[Grecco]

Should have been Cambell Brown.

 

[radjago]

Remember when he hosted The Mole? That show was
awesome! Anderson Cooper kicks ass.

Remember when he was a reporter for Channel One news and went to Bosnia? Or when he hosted World News Now? That was awesome! Gunmetal Grey for life!

But back on topic, I've been asking that myself for years.

 

[The Librarian]

"Why would you want to do this?":lol :lol

 

[StriKeVillain]

I saw that last night. Me and my girlfriend couldn't stop laughing.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I guess behind the scenes Dr. Gupta is worried about his health. You wouldn't know it by looking at him, but Anderson is very dense. His show was going to be AC's 360 lbs of News, but that was deemed a mouthful.

 

[prodystopian]

LOL at Erica "Nintendo 64? Do you have a Commodore?"

 

[Calcaneus]

Hahahahaha that was fucking awesome :lol .

Funny how that lady tries to throw in a commodore joke.

 

[v0yce]

:lol

Ouch. Nintendo plant backfire.

That will probably cost them all of 2 or 3 sales.

 

[The Faceless Master]

:lol :lol :lol

he is NOT amused by their product placement for his birthday

he also probably lost a few cool points with some soccer moms who think he was hot...

 

[GQman2121]

Erica Hill is totally in the know. She used to work for Tech TV as a news anchor.

 

[donkey show]

Man, and I thought he was a cool guy when he was an anchor on Channel One. He just proved me wrong.

Holy shit Channel One. When did he used to anchor that? The only person I remember was Lisa Ling. mmmmmmm.

 

[Vinci]

he also probably lost a few cool points with some soccer moms who think he was hot...

"Gosh, he doesn't have any sense of rhythm at all ..."

 

[Meier]

Got a kick out of that last night. Wii Fit was featured prominently on America This Morning or whatever they call it and it got a thumbs up from Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Sanjay > The Coop!

 

[Cheez-It]

Realistically, he was not referring to Wii Fit when he said why would you want to do that... He was referring to a relatively goofy specific activity within Wii Fit.

 

[Fantastical]

I'm already mad at Anderson for not coming back as the Mole host.
This didn't help!

 

[TheGrayGhost]

LOL at Erica "Nintendo 64? Do you have a Commodore?"

Hot intellectual chick knows about gaming...? I'll be watching AC360...

 

[v0yce]

:lol :lol :lol

he is NOT amused by their product placement for his birthday

he also probably lost a few cool points with some soccer moms who think he was hot...

He'll be okay. Renee Zellweger is still foaming for him.

 

[ChryZ]

Realistically, he was not referring to Wii Fit when he said why would you want to do that... He was referring to a relatively goofy specific activity within Wii Fit.

Yeah, he's going to have such a blast with Mario Galaxy

 

[HolyStar]

Erica has got a booty on her .

I'd like to say his potshots to WiiFit were due to the fact that he was a closet 360 or PS3 player, but I think anyone remotely interested in gaming knows how to pronounce "Wii."

No duh, it is called Anderson Cooper 360

 

[Dibbz]

haha that guy is awesome.

"Why would you do this?"

Notice how she didn't have an answer for that. It was a good run Nintendo.

 

[Perdew]

WOW!

That was the most honest reaction I've ever seen from a news anchor.

 

[Creamium]

youtube version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i4CqrrEiQc

 

[Narag]

Holy shit Channel One. When did he used to anchor that? The only person I remember was Lisa Ling. mmmmmmm.

God, it was forever ago. He stood out as he did real stories and everyone else felt like fluff.

 

[camineet]

GAWD AC is such a bafoon :lol

 

[Doodis]

LOL at Erica "Nintendo 64? Do you have a Commodore?"

Haha. That was the best part. Anderson = owned.

 

[A Link to the Past]

Cooper seems kind of dismissive :lol

My Grandma takes to games better than him.

 

[proposition]

Hahaha yeah take that Nintendo, Anderson Cooper thinks Wii Fit is silly.

HARDCORE GAMERS REDEEMED!

Just wait until the crash in Nintendo sales this causes in the NPD thread!!

 

[AstroLad]

sirens going off at the ndfcave

to be fair i agree with his sentiments as to the stupid step game.

 

[proposition]

Anderson Cooper is so dreamy.

 

[Creamium]

that erica hill is crazy hot

 

[Cathcart]

His show is called Anderson Cooper 360. Bias confirmed. Nothing to see here.

 

[besada]

That was great. Hands in pocket, "This is a workout"?

The girl had cankles.

 

[J-Rock]

LOL at Erica "Nintendo 64? Do you have a Commodore?"

Shit that was funny. I can't believe she went off on him like that.:lol

 

[karasu]

:lol That was so awkward.

 

[AndresON777]

Erica has got a booty on her .



No duh, it is called Anderson Cooper 360

that was my main thought thruout that whole thing, but yeah i laughed when he said 'this is a work out?'

 

[BlackTyrano]

Hahaha. I was watching this show for a bit yesterday, but I turned it off before it got to this part. Can't blame him...the stepping game looks pretty lame, and it looked like they were trying to get him to advertise it by using it on tv...on his birthday.

 

[Liquid]

:lol he just walks away from it

 

[Virtua Ben]

I lol'd. That was one of the most awkward transitions to a commercial break though, haha.