But try telling that to CNBC. The other day, while giving a report on the weekend box office, anchor Joe Kernan said that Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest beat the previous record set by Aquaman, which had beaten a previous record held by Spiderman.
Um, does anyone at CNBC know that this Aquaman movie is a fake movie from Entourage? As Jossip says, Kernan was only reading a teleprompter, but the person who wrote the copy should have known (and where exactly did they get this "info" that Pirates had beaten Aquaman?) Video after the jump.
Update: Keith Olbermann talked about this just now on Countdown, and played the whole clip. Seems that Kernan actually did talk about Entourage just before this and made a joke. So the web has been corrected. Thanks to everyone in the comments who pointed this out too.
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7-12-2006 @ 7:26PM
Jose said...
That clip is very misleading. They were talking about Entourage on the show, just not in that one sentence.
Here's the full trasnscript:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnbc/someone_didnt_get_the_joke_39990.asp
Heres a clip'from today, which shows the missing Entourage reference.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnbc/someone_didnt_get_the_joke_39990.asp
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7-12-2006 @ 7:28PM
elf said...
This would be a good story if it were entirely true, but it's not. The anchor was very aware that the Aquaman film was fictional as he had already referenced Entourage only moments prior to when this linked clip began.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnbc/someone_didnt_get_the_joke_39990.asp
From the TVNewser story:
"Yesterday, TVNewser linked to this blog, which alleged that the CNBC Squawk Box co-host said Pirates of the Caribbean beat the box office record held by Aquaman, the fictional movie from the HBO hit Entourage. He did say that -- but he was joking. I clarified that in an update to the original posting, but the cat was out of the bag.
In the earlier segment, Kernen said: "These numbers are staggering, reminds me of Entourage, Aquaman, when they finally got the numbers there." Since most viewers heard that segment, Kernen didn't mention Entourage the second time around. As a CNBC spokesman, said, "there are always quick cultural references" on Squawk Box.
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