The subject of Howard Stern having dinner with William Shatner but never with George Takei came up today.
     
     Humorous teasing proceeded as Howard ran off a phony list of other Star Trek alumni he has also had dinner with. Robin so desperately wanted to participate; and as she started, I felt strongly she would make a blunder. She did not let me down.
     
     Robin attempted to interject that Howard even has had dinner with the actor who played Harry Mudd...only she said it as "Harvey WhatsHisName." The character "Harry Mudd" was quite memorable from the original "Star Trek" series even though he only appeared in two episodes.
     
     Of course, messing up the character's name isn't such a big deal. I am submitting this one more because of the bigger failure of Robin being so desperate to join in this Howard Stern entertaining teasing of George Takei, and then Robin failing so hard. Not only did she not know the character's first name, she had nothing for his last name. So why even bother to speak up? (I know, because she is a 34.)

     The first item on Robin's newscast was about Australian Researchers developing bionic eyeballs. They soon compared this to Levar Burton (Geordi La Forge) on Star Trek The Next Generation and the visor he wore. They said that his visor was screwed in place but it actually snapped onto implants in his temples. Even the geek Howard should have gotten this fact right. I have given up on Robin.

     During the news, Robin asked Howard "Which weighs more, muscle or fat?" Howard answered "Muscle." Robin said he was wrong because "A pound is a pound is a pound," implying that she had asked which weighs more, a pound of muscle or a pound of fat. Of course that's not what she asked. Also, the actual question she asked is stupid anyway. The proper question would be: for the same volume, which weighs more, muscle or fat?, or alternatively, which is more dense, muscle or fat? Howard had the right idea because muscle is denser than fat. http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/576481.html

     Howard was gushing about Megyn Kelly, currently a Fox News anchorwoman. He mentioned her beauty and that she is a lawyer so she's smart, too. Howard mentioned she's booked to visit the show at some point. Robin, always eager to chime in even when she doesn't have any knowledge (which is virtually always) jumped in: "She walked into the Fox studio and they made her an anchor." As anyone who watches Fox News knows, Megyn was originally a Fox News reporter and became an anchor only relatively recently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megyn_Kelly. As stated in the Wikipedia bio:
     
     "Prior to her anchor role, Kelly served as a general assignment reporter for FNC based in Washington, where she provided live coverage of the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Chief Justice John Roberts. She also reported on the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the death of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, as well as the indictments of Scooter Libby and Tom DeLay.[4]" Those events occurred in 2005-2006. Ms. Kelly first became a morning co-anchor in 2007. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/megyn-kelly...
     
     Clearly, Megyn Kelly did not just waltz into the Fox News studio and become an instant anchor. She paid her dues. Robin is just jealous of anyone who has brains and talent because she has neither.

     Howard brought up Lindsay Lohan this morning.
     
     It has been widely publicized nationwide that Lohan filed a lawsuit because of a reference in a television commercial. (The story was also published in the New York Post, which you'd think Robin would read regularly because of her job.)
     
     Both Howard and Robin said it's a commercial where a baby is drinking milk.
     
     There is no baby in the commercial who is drinking milk.
     
     Robin (referring to Lohan): "Right [reiterating that it is a commercial where a baby is drinking milk]. She doesn't want to be known as a baby who drinks milk. A milkaholic."
     
     No, Robin, the commercial is an E-Trade commercial featuring two babies (neither one of which is drinking milk), with the point being they want people to open E-Trade financial accounts to trade stocks. In the commercial, one of the babies makes a reference to another baby named Lindsay.
     
     Yes, Howard did not know this was an E-Trade commercial as well, but I fault Robin more because it is Robin's job to discuss the news. She should be up on the facts so she can report them, etc.

     During the always accurate news segment on Tuesday's show, Robin read a story about how Gonorrhea infection rates are soaring worldwide and how it is now being called a Superbug. She then smartly summarized by adding, "So, Gonorrhea is a very smart drug". Howard had to once again quickly jump in and correct her by saying "Virus". Don't forget that Robin spent her early years as a nurse, and Howard has no medical background other than his chronic hypochondria.

     During her news segment, Robin brought up how the deadline to complete your 2010 U.S. Census form is approaching.
     
     Robin has acknowledged that she has seen George Takei's Public Service Announcement regarding cohabitating gay couples and the 2010 census. You can watch the PSA at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGuc0q9_QWg
     
     There is no doubt after watching the PSA you would not confuse the main message in the PSA, which is that if a gay couple just considers themselves married, they should absolutely put down on the census form that they are married.
     
     During the discussion of this news story, Robin decided to let everyone know that she knows all about George Takei's PSA. She represented that the PSA is to urge gay couples to check the box that they are married only if they are legally married.
     
     George immediately corrected Robin and told her the PSA says check the box that you are married as long as you feel married. You do not have to be legally married to declare on the census form that you are married.
     
     Robin then responded: "Is that what you are saying in that ad?"

     Robin reported Tiger Woods mistress Joslyn James was dancing in Augusta during Masters week. It took one minute on the internet to find out she's dancing in Atlanta at the Pink Pony strip club 150 miles east of Augusta.

     During her news segment, Robin reported that Elin Nordegren will be going to Norway rather than attending the Masters with her husband Tiger Woods.
     
     It has been plastered all over the news media and all over the Internet that Elin Nordegren will be going to Sweden, and not Norway. (Elin is from Sweden.)
     
     In an effort to cover her ass in case she was reporting the incorrect fact, Robin said "...going to Norway...(pause)...or wherever she's from." But either way, since it was during her news segment, and since Robin really should regularly watch and/or read the news, she should have already known Elin is both from and going to Sweden.

     Robin reported that the New York Yankees have the largest payroll of any sports team. Then she said the payroll is $7 Million. She was challenged since that number is obviously too low, so she said "Could it be $7 Billion?" Challenged again, she then said "Maybe it was $700 million." How did Robin f this one up so badly? The answer comes from the article that Robin must have used as the source seen at this link: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/The-10-highest-paid-sports-teams-in-the-world?urn=top,230688&cp=14 Had Robin actually read the article instead of just glossing over it she would have found the New York Yankees first on the list of sports teams with the highest payroll and even would have found the figure $7,000,000 next to the Yankee name. She obviously didn't waste a minute reading the article because it clearly says the following: "Dollar amount given is an approximation of the average annual salary of a first-team player on the team." The $7 Million figure isn't the total payroll, it's the average salary of a first-team player.
     
     The headline is in honor of the late Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen who is reputed to have uttered that quote during budget hearings. The Dirksen Senate Office Building is named after him.

     During a discussion about Pete Rose, Robin said: "He lost his whole baseball career over gambling." Actually, Rose didn't lose a minute of his baseball playing career over gambling. What he lost, so far, is induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has also been banned from baseball for over 20 years. Even if one considers the past 20 years to have potentially been part of Rose's possible baseball career, he did not lose "his whole baseball career over gambling."

     During the discussion of George Takei's commercial for Sharp's new Quattron TVs, it was mentioned that in addition to red, blue, and green, the primary colors, the new TV also has a yellow component. Robin chimed in that green isn't a primary color. Robin is incorrect, as usual.
     
     When discussing the primary colors of light, the primary colors are red, green, and blue.
     
     When discussing the primary colors of pigment, the primary colors are cyan, magenta, and yellow, but sometimes blue, red, and yellow are used instead.
     
     Since they were discussing televisions, the proper primary colors to be discussing are the colors of light, red, blue, and green.
     
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_color

     Howard & Robin were discussing the latest scandal in the Catholic religion. Robin wanted to speak about the leader of New York's Catholic church. First she referred to him as an Archbishop. Then she "corrected" herself, referring to him as a Cardinal. Actually he is an Archbishop, Archbishop Dolan: http://www.archny.org/news-events/columns-and-blogs/archbishop-dolans-column/ Later in the story, Robin couldn't decide whether "precinct" or "diocese" was the correct term. Robin, if you don't have any knowledge concerning a subject (which applies to virtually anything besides breathing), please shut up!

     During her reading of a story about the Pope's involvement in sexual abuse cases involving 200 deaf boys, Robin mispronounced "canonical" as "conical." Robin read:
     
     "The Vatican's secretary of state instructed the Wisconsin bishops to begin a secret 'conical' trial that could lead to Father Murphy's dismissal. But then, uh..." You could hear her pause briefly and stumble on the word "canonical."
     
     Howard responded with: "A secret comical?"
     
     Robin quickly corrected Howard and again said: "conical" and laughed.
     
     Here's the article in "The New York Times":
     
     http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/world/europe/25vatican.html

     Howard asked Robin where football player Ben Roethlisberger was from (basically wanting to know what team he plays for).
     
     Robin replied "Philadelphia" (and then in an instant Fred spoke up to correct Robin...it's Pittsburgh).
     
     Roethlisberger has been on the news frequently because of repeated sexual abuse allegations. Robin has been making the rounds a lot as far as being interviewed because of her desire to plug her new 15 Foundation. Howard brought up that Robin was asked about Roethlisberger, which is why Howard asked Robin where he was from.
     
     

     Sal had prepared a song parody concerning Robin's trip to Guatemala. In preparing, he needed to find out how far it is from New York City to Guatemala. Gary looked it up and found the distance to be just over 2,000 miles. He went to tell Sal and Sal lifted his hand and told Gary he had figured it out himself, the distance is "93,000 miles."
     
     Gary pointed out that 93,000 miles is the distance from Earth to the Sun. Robin jumped in as she often does: "That's what I thought!" As any third grader knows, the distance from the Earth to the Sun is about 93,000,000 miles. Robin's thought was only off by a factor of 1,000!
     
     Admin Note: I had to look this up to verify, but it is correct Earth is about 93.2 million miles from the Sun. Shame on Sal, Gary, and Robin.

     While Reporting on Kelly Osbourne's appearance and future contributions on the Dr. Phil Show, Robin referred to the show as the Phil Donahue show twice. She didn't snap out of it until Howard, realizing Donahue has not been on in ages, said something. Phil Donahue has not been on the air since 1996!

     In a clip from Robin's appearance yesterday on the Jane Velez Mitchell show, Robin opined that Jesse James' prior wives (before Sandra Bullock) were of "a certain type," implying they were like porn star Janine Lindemulder. Jesse's first wife was Karla. From all appearances, she appears normal, not a porn star not a tatoo billboard. This story indicates there isn't much info known about her: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/sandra-bullocks-husband... This story shows her picking up Jesse's kids last week: http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/... Karla James appears normal in the pictures, no face tatoos, no apparent porn resume.

     This morning at the start of the show Howard brought up the movie "The Clash of Titans" and asked what the movie was about. He wondered if it was a sequel or a re-make or what.
     
     Robin immediately jumped in to say it's a re-make and stated... "You know, it's that movie from a few years ago"
     
     Umm... The original movie came out in 1981. That's hardly a few years ago.
     
     What was even better was what happened a few seconds later... Howard took a call from someone who sounded pretty knowledgeable about this movie. He was attempting to answer Howard's questions but no one could really hear him because Miss Quivers kept talking over him and answering the questions before the caller had a chance to respond.
     
     Obviously frustrated from all the interruptions and wrong information he was getting from Robin, Howard finally was about to tell her to shut the f*** up but caught himself as he started to talk and changed that right away to "this guy seems to know something." It was great!
     
     To which Robin replied in a soft, un-Robin like voice, …"ok" and shut up for a few moments.

     Robin reported in her news that the latest porn star to be with Tiger Woods has come forward. Reading from a Daily News article, she said in a radio interview Devon James admitted to a three-some. No one informed Robin that the person who broke the story and the radio interviewer she was talking about was Bubba The Love Sponge. Someone who actually works for the same company she works at. Just another example of how uninformed she sounds when doing the news.

     During Robin's news she reported on the use of synthetic marijuana. She stated many kids are now using it, and while reading the story read that using it "is like playing Russian Roulette. I don't know why that is". She ended the story there.
     
     Within a few seconds I found the actual story Robin read, as she read the first section word for word. Had she taken a mere 25 seconds to prep and do her job, the article clearly indicates why its like Russian Roulette:
     
     "Synthetic drugs and herbal drug products like Spice and K2 are not made in a controlled environment and thus you are playing Russian roulette when it comes to these types of products," said Dawn Dearden, a spokeswoman for the DEA, which first began receiving reports about abuse of the substance last year. "There is no way, outside of a controlled laboratory environment, to determine the chemical makeup, synthetic ingredients or amounts, and therefore there is no way to determine with any accuracy what the potentially harmful effects may be."
     
     The article in its entirety can be found here:
     
     http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/23/synthetic.marijuana/index.html

     During the news Robin started off a story by saying "A Qantas pilot is being allowed to carry on flying despite having urges to fly the plane into the ground". She even made a joke "So you don't want to fly with them!"
     
     If she had bothered to read any article associated with this story she would have seen the incidents occurred between 1979 and 1982, and the man stopped being a pilot late in 1982 when he resigned with severe obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety and depression.
     
     Another case of Robin just skimming a news story and not paying any attention to what it really says.
     
     http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/qantas...

     Robin reported on Michael Jackson's death and his autopsy. She described all his ailments as well as his wig, tatoos, puncture wounds and skin ailment. Then, she continued: "In addition to that autopsy drug, he had a veritable pharmacy flowing through his veins" and then she listed all the drugs the autopsy revealed.
     
     "Autopsy drug?" I taped the story and listened to it three times - there is no prior (or subsequent) mention of an "autopsy drug" whatever that might be & I'm not sure there is any such thing. I don't even know how to explain this one. It is clearly a gaffe that speaks for itself!

     During the discussion of Robin's Blog report on her trip to Guatemala, Howard was joking about Robin finding bibles in the kids' desks.
     
     She cackled and said, "There are Guinness Bibles...!"
     
     Now, did she mean:
     A) a Guinness Book of World Records
     B) a glass of Guinness beer
     C) a Gideon Bible
     
     I'm betting she meant a Gideon Bible, but again she speaks before she thinks.

     Talking about this year's Dancing With The Stars competition, during a discussion of contestant Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver from the Cincinnati Bengals NFL team, Robin said "He's a football player. You never expect them to be able to dance." What a stupid comment. Former NFL player Emmit Smith won the competition the 3rd season and Jerry Rice was the runner up the 2nd season.
     http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080318093730AAh7vUN

     Robin said Buzz Aldrin is the oldest Dancing With The Stars contestant ever. Aldrin just turned 80 on January 20, 2010. Cloris Leachman was 82 when she competed in 2008.

     During the news, Robin wanted to mention Elvis Presley's model granddaughter. She blurted out the name Ashley and had to be corrected as usual - the correct name is Riley Keough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_Keough

     During the news, Robin quoted the Pope as saying "You have suffered 'grieviously'." There is no such word "grieviously."
     
     The word is "grievously." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grievously

     Robin was doing a story concerning Anna Nicole Smith and the fact that a Court had just ruled her estate will receive nothing from the estate of her late husband, Mr. Howard Marshall. During the story, Robin said of Anna's late husband: "She got him to will her his fortune." No, dummy - Anna wasn't left anything in the will. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/... Quoting from the link:
     
     "The 15-year legal saga started just days after Marshall died of heart failure in 1995 at age 90. Smith, who was 26 when she married Marshall a year earlier, said he promised her more than $300 million, though he never added her to his will."
     
     
     

     The gang was discussing Kathy Ireland's stint as an interviewer on the red carpet of the Academy Awards ceremony. Concerning the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Robin said: "She used to be on the cover every year." Of course, this was wrong. Ms. Ireland was on the cover in 1989, 1992 & 1994: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit_Issue
     
     Maybe Robin's comment would be acceptable if Ms. Ireland had even been the cover girl in any two consecutive years. This was not the case. Incidentally, Christie Brinkley was the cover girl 3 straight years (1979-81) as was Elle Macpherson (1986-88).

     On Monday Robin recounted her air travels from Guatemala with one Master Sergeant Pittman (ret). She mentioned how, in 1963, John F. Kennedy urged citizens to "Ask not what your country can do for you..."
     
     Only problem is, those words were quite famously said in Kennedy's inauguration address, which was January 20, 1961. 1963 was the year of Kennedy's assassination.
     
     In other news, Robin is taking up rock climbing. Can a bump on the head reverse brain damage?

     Talking about her trip to Guatemala, Robin opined that she had been 4,000 feet "above ski level." Wherever she was, obviously her brain suffered oxygen deprivation!

     During her news segment, Robin asked Howard if he saw the widely publicized Vanity Fair pictures of John Edwards' mistress (Rielle Hunter)?
     
     Howard corrected Robin and told her the pictures were in GQ.

     Later in the morning, Howard went right back into his rant about Gabourey Sidibe and obese actresses not easily finding major roles in Hollywood movies.
     
     Robin: "Look at Leonardo DiCaprio. He never appeared on screen opposite a fat woman."
     
     Howard immediately corrected Robin and told her that isn't true. DiCaprio appeared opposite an obese woman in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." The actress played his mother.

     There was extensive talk about actress Gabourey Sidibe this morning.
     
     References to other obese actresses were made, and how they found it difficult to find leading roles in movies after their initial introduction. There also was talk about how being morbidly obese can have an affect on long-term health.
     
     Howard brought up Darlene Cates who played the obese mom in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." Robin threw out: "I think she is dead!"
     
     Darlene Cates is not dead.

     Robin reported on the story of 7-year-old Los Angeles County boy who called 911 to alert police of an ongoing home invasion while the armed robbers were holding his parents at gunpoint.
     
     http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/11/...
     
     After playing THE ENTIRE recording of the emergency call, Robin repeatedly expressed how impressed she was that the 7-year-old knew his address and remained calm enough to pass it on to the 911 operator.
     
     First, if she was listening carefully, she would have realized the boy did not mention his address once.
     
     Second, if she was operating at even the most basic level of intelligence, she would know that, in most areas of the civilized world, a caller's address automatically pops up on the 911 operator's screen (if they are calling from a land line). In the US, approximately 96% of locations are serviced by an "enhanced 911" system which includes this address identity feature - L.A. County included.
     
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-1-1#Locating_callers_automatically
     
     To Robin's brain: if you are out there, please call 911 so we can locate you.

     During her news segment, Robin reported the story of the 7-year-old California boy who called 911 while hiding in the bathroom with his younger sister. Gunmen had stormed into the house in a home invasion robbery, holding guns on the parents.
     
     This story was widely reported on yesterday, as the boy was a hero. The boy met the 911 dispatcher yesterday. The compelling 911 call was played.
     
     At the end of the her news report, Robin reported that the gunmen were apprehended. Robin is wrong. After the gunmen stormed the bathroom, they saw that the kid was on the phone and asked him who he called. The kid said "911" and then the gunmen took off. The gunmen got away.
     
     Robin's words were: "...and I guess they were apprehended" (referring to the gunmen and what happened after the police arrived at the house). In my opinion, this is continued shameful and embarrassing and inexcusable story detail reporting by Robin. And so unnecessary if she either just watched the news every night or did a quick Google search.

     As usually occurs, Robin voted for one of the losers in yesterday's Mistress Beauty Pageant. When she explained her vote yesterday as she voted, Robin explained all the reasons why she thought Jamie Grubbs should win the pageant. This morning, she gave this explanation: "I didn't want a runoff between 2nd place and 3rd place." Come on, Robin - you're not fooling anyone. You were voting for the woman you thought should win, not for the 2nd place finisher. What a backpedal!!

     During discussion of David Letterman's blackmailer, Howard threw out there that Letterman likes cars and it seems that all late night talk show hosts like nice cars.
     
     Robin jumped in to proclaim that Johnny Carson did not like cars. (She did it in that voice of hers like she is positive she is right.)
     
     Immediately without missing a beat, both Howard and Fred corrected Robin.
     
     Johnny Carson was indeed into cars. He liked his Delorean so much he gave John Delorean money and became part owner of the company. He also had a GTO and other cars.

     Today Howard was talking about how badly the actors on the stage during the John Hughes tribute had aged, and made the point about how only out of work actors were part of the tribute, to which Robin had to screech in how "Demi Moore and Rob Lowe" decided not to be part of the group...
     
     Um, Robin, the tribute was about JOHN HUGHES, and the actors who were in his movies. Neither Demi Moore nor Rob Lowe ever appeard in a John Hughes movie, which would explain why they were not on stage. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/
     
     Once again, ROBIN'S YAP SPEWS MORE CRAP!

     At the start of the show during the Oscar discussion Robin made the statement that the Wizard of Oz never won an Oscar but people are still watching that movie. While the movie may not have won Best Picture, its was still nominated for Best Picture and did in fact win two Oscars. This took me less than 30 seconds to check.
     
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/awards

     They were discussing the Academy Awards show from last night.
     
     Robin: "There was one speech...the guy...I think it was the guy who wrote the screenplay for 'Precious'...and then that woman barged in and took over his speech. Did you see that?"
     
     Gary came over the squawk box to correct Robin. At the same time Fred chimed in "no, no," to also correct Robin.
     
     It was for Best Documentary Short, "Music By Prudence," where the woman appeared to barge onto the stage and hijack the acceptance speech.
     
     "Precious" won for Best Adapted Screenplay...and that acceptance speech was memorable since the winner was almost speechless. Afterwards, Steve Martin came out and joked that he wrote that winner's acceptance speech. (Robin was corrected about this.)
     
     I'd also like to add that Robin messed up two names: She called Hattie McDaniel "McDaniels" ... and Zoe Saldana "Saldano." For someone who gets paid to talk about pop culture, Robin sure does mispronounce a lot of famous names.

     Robin incorrectly pronounced the name of Jaime Escalante as "Jamey," that is, without the "H" sound for "J." She was "reporting" on the health problems of the real-life educator who was the subject of the movie "Stand and Deliver." Hopefully, she won't make that mistake if she encounters a similar name in Guatemala. Perhaps the undereducated children their could teach her a thing or two.
     

     During her news segment, Robin reported on the Sarah Palin appearance on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno."
     
     Robin reported that Palin's appearance was yesterday (March 3rd). Robin was wrong. Sarah Palin appeared on "The Tonight Show" Tuesday, March 2. (Please note that the Palin appearance received wide media coverage, as Palin did a stand-up comedy routine; and she was up against Mitt Romney's appearance on Letterman, with the Leno show beating Letterman in the ratings.)

     Robin reported that Burt Reynolds is recovering from bypass surgery after suffering a heart attack. Searching the Internet, all the stories about Mr. Reynolds said the surgery was planned a month in advance with no mention of a heart attack. For example:
     http://blog.taragana.com/e/2010/03/04/burt-reynolds-recovering...
     
      So where did Robin get the idea there was a heart attack involved? I did a Google search for the terms "Burt Reynolds" and "heart attack" and one of the first hits read as follows:
     
     "Burt Reynolds recovering after open-heart surgery Mar 4, 2010 ... NEW YORK - American actor Burt Reynolds is said to have undergone ... surgery after suffering a heart attack at the weekend (27-28Feb10). ..."
     
     When you click on the link, you find that the person who had the heart attack was the rapper GURU, not Burt Reynolds. Other hits list other heart attack victims but not Mr. Reynolds. That's why you have to click on the link & not rely on the summary! Great job Quivers!

     While Howard was talking about his conversation with Simon Cowell, he mentioned that it was a good talk and they would definitely be talking again.
     
     Robin, once again proving she pays no attention to the show unless it concerns her, says, "So he'll come back next week..." Apparently she thought Howard was talking about one of the contestants, not the host of the show.
     
     Her score of "34" is probably TOO LOW...

     During a brief discussion of President Richard Nixon, Robin characterized the Watergate break-in as follows: "They learned nothing from that robbery that helped them win the election." It wasn't a robbery, it was a burglary. From the Encyclopedia Brittanica: ""robbery":
     in criminal law, an aggravated form of theft that involves violence or the threat of violence against a victim in his presence. Many criminologists have long regarded statistics on robbery to be one of the most accurate gauges of the overall crime rate" No victim was present nor was there a threat of violence against anyone. It was a third-rate burglary. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1791.html

     Howard asked how many people live on the planet.
     
     Robin answered that she didn't know (although she really should know there are approx. 6.8 billion people total).
     
     After saying she did not know the total population of our planet, she tried to make herself sound better by saying she does know that China has several billion people.
     
     Robin is wrong again. The population of China today is approx. 1.339 billion.
     
     No one would define 1.339 billion as "several billion."

     Mr. Skin was in the studio this morning. During the interview he revealed he has worked out in the same gym with Obama, who was a senator at that time.
     
     Of course Howard wanted to know if perhaps Mr. Skin caught a glance of Obama's penis in the shower. Mr. Skin saw Obama in the shower, but only saw his ass.
     
     It was then thrown out there that seeing Obama's penis at that time would not have been a big deal since it would have only been observing "Senator Penis" (and not "Presidential Penis").
     
     Robin jumped in to add that you can see 100 senators' penises (affirming it would have been no big deal).
     
     Yes, Robin was attempting to be funny, but her saying "100" is inaccurate and not possible. There are 17 female senators right now. That means there are only 83 penises in the Senate.

     Howard announced that he got a call from Jerry Seinfeld, requesting that Howard be a panelist on his new show.
     
     Robin, uninvited, jumped in to let everyone know how smart she is that she knows the name of Seinfeld's new show. Robin said it is "The Marriage Coach."
     
     Howard immediately corrected Robin and told her it is called "The Marriage Ref."
     
     Incidentally, the show is about refereeing arguments between married couples, not coaching married couples.

     During the news Robin reported on a new show called Parenthood starring Peter Krause. Of course Robin pronounced the star's name wrong and said "Krause" (rhymes with house) instead of the correct pronunciation, which is Krow-za(kraʊzə according to Wikipedia). Not a huge mistake, and probably a common one, however a news person should get the pronunciation correct.
     

     During a story about Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan, Robin described her as "the skater whose father was killed by her brother." While it doesn't look good for Nancy's brother, he is still presumed innocent until proven guilty. He has pled not guilty to the charges.
     
     The greenest cub reporter knows to use the word "allegedly" as in "whose father was allegedly killed by her brother" to avoid a defamation lawsuit in the event he is acquitted of the charges. Why doesn't Robin know this basic tenet of reporting alleged crimes?

     During her news segment, Robin reported that Roger Ebert made an appearance on the Oprah Show yesterday, where he was able to speak through a computer program that mimicked his own voice.
     
     Robin expressed she was unhappy she missed the episode. She asked if someone in the back could perhaps pull some clips.
     
     Robin yet again reported the wrong facts during her news segment.
     
     About 2 minutes later, someone in the back informed Howard that Ebert's Oprah appearance will be today.
     
     I knew Robin was wrong immediately, even before Howard corrected her since Ebert's appearance has been widely publicized on the news.
     

     Shortly before Howard's live appearance on the CBS Early Show, Howard talked with the visiting producer of the Early Show segment.
     
     Julie Chen's name was brought up by Howard.
     
     Robin jumped in to shout out: When is Julie going to have the baby? How long can she carry the baby? (Not a word for word quote, but this is what she shouted out.)
     
     The producer informed Robin that Julie did indeed give birth to Les Moonves' kid.
     
     Robin responded by saying she thought Julie had the baby. (Another failed attempt at Robin covering her embarrassment.)
     
     Yeah, right, Robin. If you truly thought Julie had had the baby, why did you say what you said?
     
     The baby was born September 24, 2009. There was wide news reporting when the birth occurred.

     This morning Howard was talking about the Governor of NY and a scandal that he is in regarding a domestic dispute allegation between one of his aides and a woman.
     
     As Howard explained the story to the listeners Robin piped in and said, "Well domestic dispute means that they were fighting in the house", then of course cackled like a moron.
     
     As usual Robin is incorrect. By definition domestic disputes happen by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends or living together. This does not mean that it has to happen in the house, it can happen anywhere. I am so glad she's not an attorney.

     Howard was recounting his attendance at a movie premiere. He saw Regis Philbin & his wife Joy walking down toward seats in the third row. Howard remarked that the seats were so close to the screen that "He's going to go blind." Robin responded: "No wonder he can't find his seats." Wrong again, idiot! What Howard meant was that if Regis watched the movie from those up close seats, he'd go blind as a result. Robin's comment clearly meant that she thought Regis was already going blind before the movie even started. Duh!
     
     Admin Note: This one is iffy. I'm not sure I believe that Robin didn't understand what he meant, I think she just blurted out a dumb comment. They've all done this before. It's because they have to fill airtime and avoid dead air. That sometimes leads to talking without fully thinking through your comment.

     At about 8:17 a.m., Howard was doing a live commercial for AshleyMadison.com which naturally led to him talking about the upcoming Tiger Woods Beauty Pageant since Ashley Madison is sponsoring.
     
     Howard asked: "What day is the pageant?"
     
     Robin jumped in: "March 1st."
     
     Gary immediately piped up to remind Robin: "Today is March 1st" Gary corrected Robin by saying the pageant will be March 10.
     
     Robin then attempted to blame Jason for her error, implying that he was somehow signaling the pageant would be on March 1st (which he really was not), rather than just admit her mind was suffering from some kind of confusion/memory loss.

     Howard said he is appearing on CBS tomorrow morning to bash Jay Leno. Robin chimed in that Howard would be appearing on the "CBS Morning Show." Gary quickly corrected Robin that the name of the show is "The CBS Early Show." Confirmed here: http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/stern-plans-...