Friday Q&A: "Ooops!", summer jobs, and the Great Wall
June 20, 2008
Meredith tackles more of your questions! Ask yours today, and check back next Friday for the answer. Maybe she'll choose yours!
Tracey said: Ha! Meredith, that's why I feel like I could sit down and chat with you in a coffee shop - my mind is always going too fast for my mouth! I heard you say Beirut, too, but I just chuckled and chalked it up to jet lag. I love that blog about your missteps and can laugh about them - it makes for an interesting read and a delightful glimpse into your personality. So now I'm curious, though - what was your biggest "oops!" on live TV?
My biggest "oops" moment occurred on The View. We were doing a show on proms and at the end we all put on our prom dresses and I was trying to show how you could "enhance" your bosom by simply reaching into the gown and scooping up one breast at a time. Well, with my first "scoop" my cup runneth over and the camera caught it (but even more disturbing is the fact that no viewers seemed to notice). The View enjoyed replaying that moment over the years. As they say on the show: "Take a little time to the enjoy the view."
Jodie said: Hi Meredith....Are your kids out of school yet and do they have summer jobs to earn spending money?
Ben will be an intern with sports at the Olympics, Gabriel will be a counselor at Camp Pals again; they team up counselors with campers who have Down Syndrome, and Lily is going to a camp for the performing arts.
Amy said: Which section of the wall did you visit Badaling or Mutianyu?
I don’t know which section it was - it wasn’t the part of the wall that’s really wide, but I don’t remember the name of the section. I just remember there were a lot of steps and it was breathtaking.
Feel free to post a question of your own for next time!
Meredith tackles more of your questions! Ask yours today, and check back next Friday for the answer. Maybe she'll choose yours!
Tracey said: Ha! Meredith, that's why I feel like I could sit down and chat with you in a coffee shop - my mind is always going too fast for my mouth! I heard you say Beirut, too, but I just chuckled and chalked it up to jet lag. I love that blog about your missteps and can laugh about them - it makes for an interesting read and a delightful glimpse into your personality. So now I'm curious, though - what was your biggest "oops!" on live TV?
My biggest "oops" moment occurred on The View. We were doing a show on proms and at the end we all put on our prom dresses and I was trying to show how you could "enhance" your bosom by simply reaching into the gown and scooping up one breast at a time. Well, with my first "scoop" my cup runneth over and the camera caught it (but even more disturbing is the fact that no viewers seemed to notice). The View enjoyed replaying that moment over the years. As they say on the show: "Take a little time to the enjoy the view."
Jodie said: Hi Meredith....Are your kids out of school yet and do they have summer jobs to earn spending money?
Ben will be an intern with sports at the Olympics, Gabriel will be a counselor at Camp Pals again; they team up counselors with campers who have Down Syndrome, and Lily is going to a camp for the performing arts.
Amy said: Which section of the wall did you visit Badaling or Mutianyu?
I don’t know which section it was - it wasn’t the part of the wall that’s really wide, but I don’t remember the name of the section. I just remember there were a lot of steps and it was breathtaking.
Feel free to post a question of your own for next time!
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To: Meredith Vieira
From: Ken
Meredith,
I enjoyed your segment on the teen mothers at Gloucester High School. It’s sad but true and needed to be addressed.
My hat off to Greg Virga (chairman of the town’s school committee) for defending the school’s day care facility. I think Mr. Virga is a little short sided though. We need to consider lifts and special restraining devices on all school busses for strollers. After all we need to be politically correct and not offensive to our infant citizens.
Thanks you.
Ken in Oklahoma
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Meredith:
Is there a way to get a tour of NBC News Washington DC Bureau? I love politics and NBC News, why not merge the two.
The teen pregnancy pact is beyond disturbing on many levels. When experts are interviewed they concur that the optimum environment for raising a child is a stable household which includes 2 parents. The experts also agree that the media is responsible for glamorizing teen pregnancy as well as bombarding teens with sexual content.
The message from Murphy Brown's having a baby without a husband was that it's fine to deprive your child of its father.
The message sent each time an interviewer congratulates an unwed celebrity on a pregnancy is that it's an event to be celebrated.
The message sent each time the media makes light of promiscuity and teen pregnancy is that there are no downsides to having sex and babies.
Everyone in the media needs to take responsibility for their part in kids having kids.
Hi Meredith,
Do you have a workout routine or anything that you try to do on a consistent basis? Also, how do you handle everything (family, time alone, chores, etc.) with your busy schedule? If you have several assistants...just say so :- )
Meredith, has the air in Beijing gotten any better since you were there last time? I think about what it will be like for the athletes in August.
I agree with what Tracey said in her question. I like how you write about your missteps and are able to laugh. I don't want to read "celebrity" blogs. I like real people blogs. I come back here because you are genuine and funny.
Hi Meredith,
Did you sail down the Li River? I lived and taught English in China for seven months in Yangshuo on the Li River. I wrote to my friend, Jonathan, who just opened his own school there, to yell "hello Meredith" if he saw any cameras!