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A Good Year for Kickers
Aired January 01, 2004 - 06:24 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.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: 2003 was a good year for kickers. Kickers are what we in the news biz call those stories that usually run at the end of a newscast; you know, the happy or strange stories, or, frankly, just the silly ones.
Our Anderson Cooper takes a quick look at the year in kickers. And you might notice there were a lot of naked people running around last year.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There were nearly naked men at the Mr. World contest in Tel Aviv and nearly naked women at the Victoria's Secret fashion show in London. And still in London, there were both men and women not nearly naked, either, but starkers, as they say over there. This was for an art project by a New York photographer.
A lot of people threw caution to the winds in 2003. They threw other stuff, as well. Tomatoes in Spain; keyboards in Russia. In Germany, they threw things that were supposed to fly but didn't. In Georgia, a man decided not to throw, but to pull a car with his ears. Frankly, we don't get it either. There must be a shortage of tow trucks in Tbilisi.
It was a good year for dogs, though, what with a laundromat of their own and designer sunglasses of their own and yoga lessons. It seems you can teach an old dog new tricks.
An old octopus, as well. This one in Munich was trying to open a jar.
On the other hand, 2003 was a mixed year for worms. Things were good in Cheshire, the annual worm charming championship. Being charmed is nice. But being chewed isn't. Not a good year for worms in Madras (ph), India.
For higher forms of life, though, like antler wearing deer men doing the ancient meaningless horn dance in Staffordshire and underwater kissers in Italy; for Welsh bog snorkelers and California mud runners; and for the guys at the Great All American Beard and Mustache finals in Nevada, 2003 was a banner year, always to be remembered.
Not least of all for the introduction in New York of a fitness program called slavercise, based on the theory that when a leather clad personal trainer wielding a whip tells you to drop and give her 20, you won't give her any back talk. It's enough to knock you on your rear, isn't it? Good thing an Israeli designer came up with some pants that are also a chair. What a year.
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COSTELLO: What a year.
Thank you, Anderson Cooper.
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Aired January 1, 2004 - 06:24 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: 2003 was a good year for kickers. Kickers are what we in the news biz call those stories that usually run at the end of a newscast; you know, the happy or strange stories, or, frankly, just the silly ones.
Our Anderson Cooper takes a quick look at the year in kickers. And you might notice there were a lot of naked people running around last year.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There were nearly naked men at the Mr. World contest in Tel Aviv and nearly naked women at the Victoria's Secret fashion show in London. And still in London, there were both men and women not nearly naked, either, but starkers, as they say over there. This was for an art project by a New York photographer.
A lot of people threw caution to the winds in 2003. They threw other stuff, as well. Tomatoes in Spain; keyboards in Russia. In Germany, they threw things that were supposed to fly but didn't. In Georgia, a man decided not to throw, but to pull a car with his ears. Frankly, we don't get it either. There must be a shortage of tow trucks in Tbilisi.
It was a good year for dogs, though, what with a laundromat of their own and designer sunglasses of their own and yoga lessons. It seems you can teach an old dog new tricks.
An old octopus, as well. This one in Munich was trying to open a jar.
On the other hand, 2003 was a mixed year for worms. Things were good in Cheshire, the annual worm charming championship. Being charmed is nice. But being chewed isn't. Not a good year for worms in Madras (ph), India.
For higher forms of life, though, like antler wearing deer men doing the ancient meaningless horn dance in Staffordshire and underwater kissers in Italy; for Welsh bog snorkelers and California mud runners; and for the guys at the Great All American Beard and Mustache finals in Nevada, 2003 was a banner year, always to be remembered.
Not least of all for the introduction in New York of a fitness program called slavercise, based on the theory that when a leather clad personal trainer wielding a whip tells you to drop and give her 20, you won't give her any back talk. It's enough to knock you on your rear, isn't it? Good thing an Israeli designer came up with some pants that are also a chair. What a year.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: What a year.
Thank you, Anderson Cooper.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
