Gizmodo: today show

This Is Why You Shouldn't Put Drunk Ewoks On Live TV

Rosa Golijan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

In honor of Halloween, the Today Show had a Star Wars themed episode. The only trouble is that no one considered that sticking a bunch of drunk midgets into Ewok costume might end with dry humping, fighting, and moon-walking.

According to the Warming Glow, there's confirmation that the people inside Ewok costumes were genuinely drunk, but whether that's true or not, this is bound to turn into a Halloween classic. [YouTube via Warming Glow]

The Today Show Has Seen the Future of Gadgetry, and It's Idiotic

Adam Frucci — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:45:00 EDT

You've gotta feel sort of bad for people who get all of their gadget news from places like the Today Show. I mean, they did a section on future gadgets this morning, and what did it feature? A $700 doorbell! A $430 water filter! A $1,200 microwave that cooks entire turkeys! Nothing any sane person would ever buy and not even anything that uses technology that gives us a glimpse at future gadgets. Instead, it's just normal items with gimmicks and ridiculous price tags. For shame, Today Show. For shame. [Boing Boing Gadgets]

Wired Editor Drops, Destroys RAZR on Live TV

Adam Frucci — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:38:06 EDT

Wired Senior Editor Nick Thompson was on the Today Show this morning talking about why the N95 and iPhone are the best high-end phones and the RAZR is the best cheap phone. OK, fair enough. Unfortunately for Nick, when he dropped the RAZR to the floor to demonstrate its durability, it ended up getting destroyed in the process. It's a sound and sight I'm sure many of you former RAZR owners are familiar with. Well, I guess it proved your point, Nick: the RAZR is cheap. Very cheap. [Boing Boing Gadgets]

Today on 'Today': Wine Openers and Circumcision Jokes

Adam Frucci — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:50:00 EDT

The Today Show's love and knowledge of gadgets is well documented. On today's entry into gadgets that your parents would love, we have a guy showing off a wine opener that looks and sounds suspiciously like something your wife would keep in the back of the nightstand drawer. It's actually a pretty cool-looking device, as it uncorks a bottle of wine with what seems to be as little effort as humanly possible.

But the real highlight of the clip, in my humble opinion, is that delightful "foil mohel" joke that he made that elicited a good two minutes of guffawing from the comedy aficionados on the Today Show set. Someone get this man his own half-hour series! Foil mohel! That's rich! Oh man, I've gotta write that one down. –Adam Frucci

Forbes Managing Editor Attempts Techno-Cold Turkey for a Week on NBC

Charlie White — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:37:01 EST

When good-sport Forbes managing editor Dennis Kneale let NBC take away his cellphone, Blackberry and email for a week for the Today show special segment entitled "Could You Do Without?", little did Kneale realize he would end up in tears. What an excellent segment! It's a testament to the techno-addiction to which few of us are immune. Especially us.

How about you? Could you do without? – Charlie White