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What Is The Internet?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:39 am
by Enigma869
Who knew that 1994 could seem like The Stone Age :shock: This is hilarious to listen to. Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel wondering what the internet even is on The Today Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTPX4JW_Ts

Re: What Is The Internet?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:31 am
by Rick
Enigma869 wrote:Who knew that 1994 could seem like The Stone Age :shock: This is hilarious to listen to. Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel wondering what the internet even is on The Today Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTPX4JW_Ts


Hard to believe. We've come a long way in 20 years.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:36 am
by scarab
thanks you Al Gore!
:roll: :D

PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:31 am
by Rhiannon

PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:35 am
by bluejeangirl76
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Re: What Is The Internet?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:41 am
by AlteredDNA
Rick wrote:
Enigma869 wrote:Who knew that 1994 could seem like The Stone Age :shock: This is hilarious to listen to. Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel wondering what the internet even is on The Today Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTPX4JW_Ts


Hard to believe. We've come a long way in 20 years.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:20 pm
by ebake02
Bryant Gumbel was a real asshole in that video.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:12 pm
by Seven Wishes2
ebake02 wrote:Bryant Gumbel is a real asshole.


Fixed it for ya,

PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:14 am
by RedWingFan
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/05/nbc-f ... he-intern/

NBC Fires Employee for Posting 'What Is the Internet'

An NBC worker who posted old footage from the "Today" show of the hosts wondering, "What is the Internet anyway?" has been fired, the network confirmed, saying the person had a history of distributing material without permission.

The footage, in which Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel and Elizabeth Vargas try to figure out the Internet and e-mail addresses, made the rounds via said Internet last week, posted and re-posted to Facebook pages and sent via e-mail.

Filmed in 1994, the clip features Gumbel demanding, with a befuddled expression: "What is the Internet anyway?" and Couric stumbling to define it as: "that massive computer network, the one that's becoming really big now."

In a statement, NBC confirmed it fired the employee responsible for first distributing the footage.

"The individual in question violated the company's standards of conduct by repeatedly copying and distributing a variety of materials without permission," the statement said. It was reported on media-watching websites including All Things Digital and PaidContent.

In the clip, Gumbel also complains about e-mail addresses, particularly "that little mark with the 'a' and the ring around it."

As the clip gained attention, "Today" itself featured the footage and current host Matt Lauer laughingly noted: "We all felt that way at the time. It was a mystery to all of us."

PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:08 pm
by ebake02
Seven Wishes wrote:
ebake02 wrote:Bryant Gumbel is a real asshole.


Fixed it for ya,


:lol: :lol: