My favorite part about this clip is how angry Bryant Gumbel appears to be over this whole “Internet” thing and how he doesn’t understand what the @ symbol represents.
Shows you how smug and stupid these talking heads were. And they remain so. Not so much because they didn’t know what “internet” was; who really did back then?, but their blase attitude toward the subject and each other is sickening.
That’s why they’re more like talking props than journalists.
Thank you for absolutely making my day with this. I can’t believe someone actually said those words, but I know there was a day when I said them too.
Pure. Gold.
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The internet and sleep deprivation and Katie Couric…. sort of solves itself.
Jan 31st, 2011 / 2:39 pm
My favorite line:
“Internet is the massive computer, the one that’s becoming really big right now.”
Jan 31st, 2011 / 2:53 pm
Did you see the NPR back-to-the-future internet podcast? It’s pretty rad.
Jan 31st, 2011 / 3:41 pm
My favorite part about this clip is how angry Bryant Gumbel appears to be over this whole “Internet” thing and how he doesn’t understand what the @ symbol represents.
Jan 31st, 2011 / 3:43 pm
wauw.. this is classic
Jan 31st, 2011 / 3:56 pm
TOO funny!
They’re not even saying “What is THE internet?”… they’re just saying “What is internet?” which is even funnier.
Really, who remembers Brian being so angry? I guess technology does that to some!
Jan 31st, 2011 / 4:00 pm
LOVE this…hahahaha. How quickly things change.
Jan 31st, 2011 / 4:58 pm
Too cool! (;
It’s only 16yrs ago! (;
Jan 31st, 2011 / 5:06 pm
Shows you how smug and stupid these talking heads were. And they remain so. Not so much because they didn’t know what “internet” was; who really did back then?, but their blase attitude toward the subject and each other is sickening.
That’s why they’re more like talking props than journalists.
Jan 31st, 2011 / 5:26 pm
Thank you for absolutely making my day with this. I can’t believe someone actually said those words, but I know there was a day when I said them too.
Pure. Gold.
Jan 31st, 2011 / 5:50 pm
Soo good!!!!!!!!!!
Jan 31st, 2011 / 10:06 pm
This one is really cool!
Feb 1st, 2011 / 2:08 am
They cut the part out where Bryan says, “Apparently you can get porn on this thing?”
Feb 1st, 2011 / 11:48 pm
Are we sure this isn’t Katie Couric in 2004?
Feb 2nd, 2011 / 2:33 pm
Aw, the guy who found this in the archives got fired. http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/05/nbc-fired-employee-for-posting-bryant-gumbel-what-is-the-intern/
Here’s another link to the video, looks like the original is down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUs7iG1mNjI
Feb 6th, 2011 / 2:59 pm