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Headlines Making News 'Over There'

Aired July 11, 2003 - 07:54   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: There's a bit of a diplomatic snit going on in Europe between the leaders of Germany and Italy, much to the delight of all of the other European countries who have nothing better to do this summer than sit around and watch them fight it out.
For more on that and other news "Over There," it is Friday, and each and every Friday we go across the pond and check in my friend, Richard Quest who is live in our London bureau.

Good morning -- Richard.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Jack.

First of all, the Italian prime minister calls a German member of the European parliament that he would make a very good Nazi commandant in a concentration camp. He said he was sorry for that. And now, the Italian tourism minister -- now, it's important. The Italian tourism minister says of German tourisms, they are uniform, loud, hyper- nationalistic blondes, who invade Italian beaches. He also said they take part in belching contests.

CAFFERTY: Oh, please!

QUEST: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) people there who get involved in that. And they also consume tantagrulion (ph) quantities of Binal (ph).

The Italian -- the German chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, a man not to be messed with, with a pint of beer at any time, he has just cancelled his Italian holiday. Get this. Get this. He was going to the beaches of Italy. Now he's going to the industrial part of Germany to Hanover.

CAFFERTY: Yes, go to a ball bearing factory and lie around in the parking lot.

QUEST: Jack, this is the equivalent of planning a San Diego or Hawaii vacation...

CAFFERTY: Right.

QUEST: ... and deciding to go to Pittsburgh or Cleveland instead.

CAFFERTY: There you go. Let's move forward, because I want to make sure there is time for us to see the video of a 71-year-old woman knocking the snot out of you. I can't wait. QUEST: Right. This is one about the I-toy (ph), which is part of the Playstation II, and basically instead of using a joystick, it allows you to do all of this sort of stuff. Now, instead of having a Laura Croft or somebody like that doing it, some cyber-babe, they went for a 71-year-old granny. Her name is Dot Evetts. I think you can see a couple of pictures as Dot Evetts shows you how you're supposed to play this game. And what you see is basically how you do it. She was the one they chose by Sony.

But when dear Dot Evetts came to talk to me on our international morning show, I bit off considerably more than I could chew.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

QUEST: So, when you're actually doing the boxing, what makes a good box for a video game?

DOT EVETTS, NEW PLAYSTATION CHARACTER: Well, you have to center yourself with me.

QUEST: Right, right.

EVETTS: And then you sort of...

(CROSSTALK)

QUEST: Oh, hang on, hang on. So, I've got to center myself.

EVETTS: Yes, and you've got to put your fists up like this.

QUEST: Right, like this.

EVETTS: And you've got to really go for it. Come on, man. Come on.

QUEST: No, no. Go on, go on.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

QUEST: Now, this woman was absolutely fearless (UNINTELLIGIBLE). She hit me here. Then she went for a right jab over here. She's 71!

CAFFERTY: Yes, and she didn't have any trouble smacking you around either.

QUEST: I tell you, anyway she was an absolutely dear. Finally -- finally, as if that wasn't enough, she gave me a big smack on the cheek. I don't mean that. I mean a big kiss on the cheek, and then toddled off into the distance saying she was sorry.

CAFFERTY: You've got to work on your Marcus Queensbury (ph) form I think there, Richard. It leaves a little to be desired.

Good to see you as always, my friend. Thank you. Richard Quest "Over There."

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Aired July 11, 2003 - 07:54   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: There's a bit of a diplomatic snit going on in Europe between the leaders of Germany and Italy, much to the delight of all of the other European countries who have nothing better to do this summer than sit around and watch them fight it out.
For more on that and other news "Over There," it is Friday, and each and every Friday we go across the pond and check in my friend, Richard Quest who is live in our London bureau.

Good morning -- Richard.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Jack.

First of all, the Italian prime minister calls a German member of the European parliament that he would make a very good Nazi commandant in a concentration camp. He said he was sorry for that. And now, the Italian tourism minister -- now, it's important. The Italian tourism minister says of German tourisms, they are uniform, loud, hyper- nationalistic blondes, who invade Italian beaches. He also said they take part in belching contests.

CAFFERTY: Oh, please!

QUEST: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) people there who get involved in that. And they also consume tantagrulion (ph) quantities of Binal (ph).

The Italian -- the German chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, a man not to be messed with, with a pint of beer at any time, he has just cancelled his Italian holiday. Get this. Get this. He was going to the beaches of Italy. Now he's going to the industrial part of Germany to Hanover.

CAFFERTY: Yes, go to a ball bearing factory and lie around in the parking lot.

QUEST: Jack, this is the equivalent of planning a San Diego or Hawaii vacation...

CAFFERTY: Right.

QUEST: ... and deciding to go to Pittsburgh or Cleveland instead.

CAFFERTY: There you go. Let's move forward, because I want to make sure there is time for us to see the video of a 71-year-old woman knocking the snot out of you. I can't wait. QUEST: Right. This is one about the I-toy (ph), which is part of the Playstation II, and basically instead of using a joystick, it allows you to do all of this sort of stuff. Now, instead of having a Laura Croft or somebody like that doing it, some cyber-babe, they went for a 71-year-old granny. Her name is Dot Evetts. I think you can see a couple of pictures as Dot Evetts shows you how you're supposed to play this game. And what you see is basically how you do it. She was the one they chose by Sony.

But when dear Dot Evetts came to talk to me on our international morning show, I bit off considerably more than I could chew.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

QUEST: So, when you're actually doing the boxing, what makes a good box for a video game?

DOT EVETTS, NEW PLAYSTATION CHARACTER: Well, you have to center yourself with me.

QUEST: Right, right.

EVETTS: And then you sort of...

(CROSSTALK)

QUEST: Oh, hang on, hang on. So, I've got to center myself.

EVETTS: Yes, and you've got to put your fists up like this.

QUEST: Right, like this.

EVETTS: And you've got to really go for it. Come on, man. Come on.

QUEST: No, no. Go on, go on.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

QUEST: Now, this woman was absolutely fearless (UNINTELLIGIBLE). She hit me here. Then she went for a right jab over here. She's 71!

CAFFERTY: Yes, and she didn't have any trouble smacking you around either.

QUEST: I tell you, anyway she was an absolutely dear. Finally -- finally, as if that wasn't enough, she gave me a big smack on the cheek. I don't mean that. I mean a big kiss on the cheek, and then toddled off into the distance saying she was sorry.

CAFFERTY: You've got to work on your Marcus Queensbury (ph) form I think there, Richard. It leaves a little to be desired.

Good to see you as always, my friend. Thank you. Richard Quest "Over There."

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.