August 2007 - Posts
Video: Even Edward R. Murrow made a mistake once in a while. Imagine how many blunders Willie Geist makes on a daily basis.
Video: Willie investigates the latest threat from China -- pajamas. Plus, be careful before you catch obesity and check out this video of a dumb, but helpful criminal.
Before I became the trusted newsman that I am today, I worked in sports television. I covered The Super Bowl, The NCAA Final Four, and The Masters, among others. At the time, I considered those major events. Now that I’ve been to The United States Air Guitar Finals, I know better. You have never seen, heard or smelled a spectacle quite like this one.
I was sent on assignment by “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” to The Fillmore theater in New York City (David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell must have had the day off).
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It turns out dogfighting might be just the tip of the iceberg for Michael Vick. A $63 billion (yes, with a "B") lawsuit brought this week by a South Carolina prison inmate claims Vick stole the man's dogs and sold them on eBay to raise funds to buy missiles from Iran. Did you follow that? The complaint says Vick needed the missiles because he has pledged his allegiance to al Qaida. Seems like we would have heard that on "SportsCenter" or something.
As you read today's "ZeitGeist Story of the Day," tell me which of this guy's previous lawsuits you like the best. I'm going back and forth between his suit against Tony Danza and the one against The Ming Dynasty (kind of tough to collect on that one at this point).
Former New York Yankees player and broadcaster Phil Rizzuto was one of a kind. What other announcer would leave a game he was calling after the 6th inning because he wanted to beat the traffic? Willie Geist remembers one of baseball's all-time great characters.
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If you watch MSNBC TV, you've seen the 30-second anchor profiles that introduce us to a more personal side of the network's on-air personalities. MSNBC wouldn't do a personal profile of Willie Geist, so he took matters into his own hands. Maybe he shouldn't have.
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A Texas man is caught in a relationship with a woman who is not his wife.
You could take personal responsibility in a situation like that, but it's so much easier -- and more lucrative -- to file a $1 million lawsuit against the florist that ratted you out. Today's ZeitGeist Story of The Day proves once again that 1-800-FLOWERS is in the business of tearing families apart.
We here at ZeitGeist couldn't exactly afford the licensing fee for the official footage of Barry Bonds 756th homerun, but luckily we obtained this "rare cell phone video" we think you'll enjoy.
Plus, one candidate moves closer to obtaining the coveted ZeitGeist endorsement and we scare the heck out of you with a report on the dangers of laser printers. WATCH VIDEO
Stop me if you've heard this before: Lindsay Lohan is in rehab. It's her third trip.
As you well know, Lindsay is one third of the ZeitGeist Axis of Evil, and today we present "scientific" evidence that she, Britney and Paris are, indeed, doing Satan's bidding.
Plus, we salute one television reporter who bares the battle scars of journalism. WATCH VIDEO
Elton John wants to shut down the Internet for five years. Willie Geist threatens to retaliate with a ban of the bejeweled clothing industry.
Plus, a radio station takes live, unfiltered calls for OJ Simpson (bad idea), one man goes to extremes to get his liquor fix and Willie answers viewer mail. WATCH VIDEO
