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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Wednesday 08 June

By Nathalie Reis

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I am looking forward to the departure of Meredith Vierra. It will be a new day for the Today show. Since Vierra joined the show all chemistry of the show was gone and I have not watched it since. So I am now looking forward to having my coffee in the morning with some of my favorite people again. Matt Lauer, Ann Curry and Al Rocker. Ann Curry should have gotten the job last time around five years wasted. Thank you for not extending Ms Vierra's contract.

Thursday 09 June

By Allen

No chemistry? You wouldn't know chemistry if it hit you in the face. Producers kinda know what they are doing. If they didn' t have "chemistry" she would have been gone long ago.

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