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June 5th, 2008
09:52 PM ET

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What do people named Gerald, Jordan, Tomeka, John, Matt, Donna, Jerry, Lisa, Jeff, and Juan have in common?  They all work on the staff of CNN Student News, and they were all in on the second-biggest practical joke of my career.

I say second-biggest because, as ashamed as I am to admit it, this happened before last December:  I was told we were running a report about something newsworthy, I believed it, and instead our producers showed some goofy bloopers of yours truly.

This time, I thought I was prepared.  This time, I checked the video before the show to make sure there were no surprises.  This time... I was wrong again.

Wanna see what happens when an anchor is duped on his own program?  Watch the last part of Friday's show!

Carl Azuz, Embarrassed Anchor


Filed under: Behind the scenes
soundoff (16 Responses)
  1. jojo

    how funny anf mean but mostly funny

    June 5, 2008 at 10:27 pm |
  2. Tiffany

    That sure is embarrassing! But I think the last one is much funnier. 😀 And the producers are pretty sly.

    June 6, 2008 at 7:36 am |
  3. Alice

    Ha ha ha ha ha.....! 😀

    Thank you,everyone(especially the producers) for this show!
    Great summer, everyone! (Although I'm not having a vacation...)

    June 6, 2008 at 7:40 am |
  4. Sara

    ALL RIGHT!! GO Carl, GO Carl, GO Carl, GO GO!! 😀
    I was laughing harder than ever watching the bloopers just keep on coming. I loved that they put all your puns together as well.
    "Here's a thought-BYE!" 😀 😀
    The dancing rocked as always! I can't believe those producers got you again. When you became a spainard was the funniest of them all!!!! HA!

    But don't be too embarrassed, everyone is crazy. Although you are exceptionally crazy.
    Have a GREAT SUMMER CARL!! 🙂

    June 6, 2008 at 1:41 pm |
  5. Claire

    Great year Carl. Can't Wait TILL NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    June 6, 2008 at 2:04 pm |
  6. Annie

    That show made my WEEK! Carl is AWESOME! 🙂

    June 6, 2008 at 4:13 pm |
  7. Hera

    Carl, you're awesome! I never knew you were so pun-ny (funny) and great at dancing!
    Everyone does weird stuff, it's just that you were unlucky to be caught on tape. Keep it up!
    Thanks, producers, for catching Carl like that!
    p.s.

    Your dances are better than your puns, no offense.

    June 7, 2008 at 6:50 pm |
  8. :)

    THAT was sooo funny! I suppose there will be a different dance next time......? 😀

    June 8, 2008 at 7:46 am |
  9. Chen

    CARL, TAHT DANCING IS ABSOLUTELY COLL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOUR SHOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahhahahaha

    June 9, 2008 at 5:15 am |
  10. Soi

    Hi, I'm Soi from South Korea and I always enjoyed your show.
    You(Carl) always made me smile by doing something strange. (To tell you the truth, I was surprised, at first, to see you cross your legs on the real program)
    Great Summer~ I hope to see you soon~

    June 9, 2008 at 6:41 am |
  11. Tim

    Hej Carl, your dancing good! do something with it 😀
    I wanne thank the team for the great shows last year, i'm living in the Netherlands so i'm always a day behind 🙂 i hope to see you back next year!

    June 10, 2008 at 6:16 pm |
  12. Tiffany

    Today is Friday the 13th! Maybe this Friday isn't as awesome as other Fridays, Carl!

    June 13, 2008 at 4:24 am |
  13. Chris

    Thank you for this funny show !
    Carl love your diction.Have a great and happy summer everyone !

    June 16, 2008 at 5:14 pm |
  14. Sang!

    Hey! Carl, I like your dancing!!
    Have a great summer!
    Hope that to see you soon!

    June 19, 2008 at 8:54 am |
  15. Taylor

    Awww man! I want to see this clip! Does anyone know where one can find now?

    July 8, 2008 at 10:33 pm |
  16. Amy

    GO CARL!!!!
    CNN Carl Auz is great!!!
    Seriously!
    Ac tually, I wanted to become an announcer like him...
    Don't you think?

    July 10, 2008 at 9:40 am |