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Tiger Woods and Britney Spears Each Have New Video Games Coming Out

Aired March 06, 2002 - 08:54   ET

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

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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: What do Tiger Woods and Britney Spears have in common? Well, besides the fact both careers are associated with clubs, golf clubs for Tiger and the Mickey Mouse Club for Britney. They also each have new video games coming out.

CNN's Jeanne Moos tries a few dance moves on with Britney and has a tete-a-tete with a Tiger.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Connect the dots and you get -- Tiger Woods making his latest video game, with a real Tiger tee up. Tiger's latest video game debuted at that time world's biggest toy story in Times Square.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Toys 'R' Us, or as we say in the hood, we be toys.

MOOS: We be lying if we didn't admit we were lured into doing this story by the offer of 20 minutes alone with Tiger playing his game.

TIGER WOODS, PROFESSIONAL GOLFER: Now hit this and run after it.

MOOS (on camera): What do you mean run after it?

WOODS: We're playing speed golf.

MOOS (voice-over): Little did Tiger know he'd be stuck with a novice who never before touched a video game nor golf club.

(on camera): Are we at a special golf course?

WOODS: Yes, we're at the first hole at Pebble Beach.

Ready? And go.

MOOS: Wait, I wasn't ready.

(voice-over): Tiger had to wear a special suit for hours of what's called motion capture.

WOODS: Go in the hole! Whoo! MOOS: So his cyber-twin would have all the right moves.

WOODS: It's physically like me, but a little bit bigger. I wish I could be that big.

MOOS: Tiger's been playing video games since he was a kid.

WOODS: So it's weird actually playing your own video game and actually playing yourself. That to me is too trippy for me.

MOOS: Sports video games have gotten so lifelike, the players are almost spooky. Even the coaches are being cyber cloned.

ANDY REID, EAGLES HEAD COACH: With the exception of cutting off one of my many chins, they had me looking like me.

MOOS: And sports figures aren't alone.

(on camera): Look who else has their own video game.

WOODS: Britney, huh?

MOOS: She's really, I mean -- they got her body down, huh?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, yes, she's beautiful.

MOOS (voice-over): The Britney Spears video game is due out in may.

JAMIE BAFUS, PRODUCER, THQ INC.: Well, the idea is you're a dancer auditioning to be on her tour.

MOOS: Britney herself chimes in to let you know how you're doing.

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BRITNEY SPEARS, SINGER: That was awesome!

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MOOS: But when it came to me...

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SPEARS: Maybe you should try that again.

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MOOS (no camera): Britney!

BAFUS: She's not too cruel.

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SPEARS: Come on, now. (END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: The game even comes with a foot pad you can tap on instead of using the control her, sort of the Britney workout.

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SPEARS: Hang in there, Tiger.

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MOOS: Reporter: hang in there, Tiger. He was apparently beaten at his own game by two kids from the Make a Wish Foundation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I beat Tiger Woods, yes!

MOOS: For a minute, I thought I would, too.

(on camera): You're in trouble. I got Tiger Woods on the run.

WOODS: Come on. Oh. You lose.

MOOS: So I lost.

WOODS: Lost by one.

MOOS (voice-over): That's par for the course.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, man!

SPEARS: Better luck next time.

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MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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