Tag: TODAY SHOW

By now, you've probably seen the chuckle-inducing video of Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel on the Today Show in 1994, trying to figure out just what "the Internet" is. (If you haven't, check it out after the break.) The video was a quaint reminder of just how far we've come in the past decade and a half, but apparently someone at NBC didn't think it was so cute, even after the Today Show crew ...

If you're like us you're probably a little sick of hearing about Twitter and all its social networky ramifications, such as causing mistrials, killing job offers, and even burning down houses. It seems 2008's 'Webby Person of the Year' Stephen Colbert is not immune to the craze, and its corrupting influence isn't limited to the online realm, as an innocuous question lead to the somewhat curious ...

Gadget licking: It's an odd phenomenon that we first heard of when gamer pin-up Jessica Chobot made a name for herself as the celebrated PSP licker. Since then, gadget licking (or GL) has became a bit of an underground trend, with Olivia Munn licking an Apple TV on G4TV and some dude licking his iPhone. However, it certainly didn't seem like a mainstream phenomenon -- until 'Today Show' host ...