Morning Madness: Richard Simmons invades 'Today'

91821__simmons_l We all know Richard Simmons (near left) is nuttier than a PayDay bar, but apparently, his brand of lunacy is contagious. Midway through an interview on this morning’s Today, Katie Couric (far left) led the snap-tastic fitness guru to the control room, where he said a prayer to help the show’s staffers control portion sizes and move their ”buns” in the new year. Next thing you know, he’s running his hands down Couric’s torso and muttering something about her toned physique. For her part, Couric pointed out one staffer who she felt needed ”to get in a little better shape,” and then reminisced about playing baseball in the street as a child. I’m not sure there was a single newsworthy nugget in the segment, but watching a short-shorts-clad Simmons brave near-freezing temperatures to hijack the beginning of Couric and Matt Lauer’s post-commercial-break intro from Rockefeller Center was strangely entertaining.

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Thad
Tue 01/03/06 2:34 PM

Man you are hurting for news posts. If Richard on the Today is Pop Watch worthy, 2006 is starting off very badly.

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FPC
Tue 01/03/06 3:31 PM

Think they’ll use that clip in the opening of “The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric?”
Another hard-hitting news score for KC!

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pop
Tue 01/03/06 3:46 PM

it was very scary! pleaqse richard put some pants on!! and katie, is so smug!

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Trish
Tue 01/03/06 6:47 PM

It was a freak show. But as I noted in my own blog, all this insanity made Alexis Glick look far less the freak in comparison. And that can only be good.

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