Video: Meredith Vieira's Most Outrageous 'Today' Show Moments

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted Jun 7th 2011 02:25PM

She may be one of the most candid hosts 'The Today Show' has ever seen -- when Meredith Vieira takes her final co-host bow we won't only be saying goodbye to a beloved news anchor but to an occasionally crude but mostly hilarious morning show staple who's had us laughing for the past five years.

From talking dirty with James Franco to kicking co-host, Matt Lauer in his "peppercorns" to accidentally firing off a joke, while still on air, about a guest who was struck by lightning, it's Vieira's undying and often inappropriate humor that has raked in the viewers and made her the person that millions of Americans choose to wake up with every morning.

Check out our compilation of some of Vieira's most outrageous moments before she bids adieu to her seat behind the 'Today' show desk.

She has technical difficulties:
From joking that a man who survived being struck by lightning has a "slight glow" before she's off air to experiencing the extreme awkwardness of TV delay, Vieira isn't always a total pro, technically speaking.

She gets physical with Matt Lauer:
While rehearsing for a cooking segment with Martha Stewart, as usual, Vieira and Lauer were like two kids on the playground engaging in a friendly push and shove contest until Vieira took it below the belt -- literally. After attempting give Lauer a knock in the shin, Vieira aims a little high and kicks Lauer right in the "peppercorns" as an amused Al Roker pointed out. But Lauer eventually gets his revenge with, naturally, a frosting war.

She likes to talk dirty:
From insisting that her co-host isn't wearing pants to letting her potty mouth run wild while testing out a video game to telling James Franco she would "polish his statue" any day, Vieira is never at a loss for words -- even when her producers would most certainly wish she was.

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Thursday 09 June

By Don

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Ann, is the best pick. Go get em kid.

Wednesday 08 June

By Randy Baldwin

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Meredith is probably the most genuine woman on American TV. She will be sorely missed. My bucket list would include sitting down with her to just converse. She is beautiful in every sense of the word. Good luck and God bless.

By Paddy

I agree with you 100%. She is a great lady and I love watching her and the gang. Will be sorely missed. Good Luck Merideth and Gob be with you.

By jaywest71

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Agree with rcw, not looney lisa!

By Bret

ah...yet another conservative that can not stay on topic. "looney lisa" has a valid point. It's hard for you and your litte friends to stay on topic isn't it? I agree, go out and have some fun today. You live in the greatest country in the WORLD! (regardless of who is behind the wheel for the moment)

By franlove

I LOVE Meredith ! News with humor & wit thrown in. I am afraid that The TODAY Show will now be the Yesterday Show. Meredith was truly an fresh new face. I was hopeful that Matt would be able to embrace her fully , but he was not big enough to do that .
Meredith , the interview you did with Dan & Gil Harrington about their daughter Morgan was by far the best interview of a family with a child who was abducted & murdered. You were empathetic while still covering all subjects , even the ashes of Morgan's in Zambia mixed with cinderblocks for her educational wing & the pictures Morgan Painted with the reflection of the world in her eye.
Bless you Meredith , You are loved by so many !
You HAVE to be back on somewhere soon ...I'm having Meredith withdrawals !
Frances Loper Corwin
Tuscaloosa Alabama

By Nancy

Watching the tribute to Meridith this morning made it worth being a few minutes late to work. I have enjoyed spending the past five years watching her perform. I do think that Ann Curry will also do a good job and feel that to bring Katie would be a huge mistake.

By Sandy

It was my pleasure to direct Meredith in a stage production of INVITATION TO A MARCH at a theater in Providence, Rhode Island, back in March of 1979 when she had not yet left her hometown. She was a delightful young lady then and I have watched her successful endeavors all these years and have seen that she is still a delightful and talented young woman.

By dt

I bet Matt's wife is glad she won't be molesting her husband every morning. She can't keep her dirty mouth from getting sexual every change she gets. I am glad to see her gone. There is enough sexual talk everywhere without it being in your face first thing every morning..

By Anastasia Beaverhausen

Thank goodness you are there EVERY morning to monitor the situation to give us your frank opinion....yeeeesch!

By hc

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Meredith was a breath of fresh air and will be missed. I do wish her well. Katie Couric and Ann Curry never came off as genuine, although they may be. I guess it's the end of watching the Today show.

By holly

Wow bee tell us how you really feel? You write like a 12 year old. And yet you call this woman dumb? She who speaks in broken sentences and clearly doesn't know squat about grammar should not throw stones!

By BETTY BARNES

MEREDITH KEPT YOU ON EDGE OF YOUR SEAT, VERY LIKEABLE LADY.-THE "TODAY" SHOW WILL BE DULL ONCE AGAIN.

BEST, MEREDITH,

BB

By Tracy

good luck and best wishes. Getting the kids of to school wont be the same without you in the moroning. Enjoy our summer what a good byto a great person god show this amm

By georgessc

One down, three more to go. Next should be bumbling Al Roker, fool extrordinaire. Then smirking Matt Lauer. Finally Ann (no clue) Curry. The Today Show needs new blood. It's gotten stale and predictable.

By gerrylev

Meredith was from RI; a small state with a big heart. I will miss her and hope she is back at some point in another venue that will feature her wit and wonderful personality.

By Kenny

Meredith - Maybe now you can take over for Vanna and do "Wheel of Fortune" or be a judge on "America's Got Talent". You need no talent to do either job. Nuff said.

Jersey

JERSEY.......nuff said

By SALLY

LOVE MEREDITH WILL MISS HER. WE WILL STILL SEE HER
ON THE MILLIONAIRE. SHE IS LEAVING BECAUSE OF HER
HUSBAND'S ILLINOIS. MEREDITH IS A PEOPLE PERSON, A
SEMSE OF HUMOR AND A PLEASANT CARING PERSONALITY
WILL MISS U MERIDITH. MATT HAS BLOSSOMED WITH YOU
HE WASN'T GOING ANYWHERES WITH KATE SHE MONOPOLIZED
EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING. GOD GO WITH MERIDITH.

Meredith,
You will be dearly missed! I had two pick-me-ups in the morning...you and coffee. At times you had me laughing till tears ran down my leg.
Thanks for five years of helping me through it!
I raise my cup to you!!
From
A gal just like you

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