MetaChat - Tyra Banks loses her mind.

The boobs are still OK though, right??

posted by jonmc 20 October | 13:13

And those morons who kept cheering her on never had any mind to lose.

posted by Orange Swan 20 October | 13:25

Seriously, wtf?

posted by dobbs 20 October | 13:28

In fairness to Banks, this really isn't much worse than other things I've seen in the few minutes I've been able to endure watching other daytime talkies. Ellen DeGeneres does some stupid dance in the audience's are and we're all supposed to be beautifully entertained.

posted by Orange Swan 20 October | 13:32

But really, Vaseline really does do wonders. Who knew she had bags that big under her eyes?

posted by me3dia 20 October | 13:34

All Tyra has to offer is a pretty face and a nice set of boobs. Just STFU and look pretty, OK, you're about as sharp as a bowling ball and less funny.

(to be fair there's plenty of male stars you could say the same things about, except for the part about the boobs. unless we're talking about Jack Black)

posted by jonmc 20 October | 13:41

I've always hated Tyra Banks. But I'm pretty sure that was meant as an over-the-top parody of the Oprah car giveaway. The "You get Vaseline, you get Vaseline..." is a beat for beat reference to the infamous Oprah ~~car commercial~~ giveaway.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 20 October | 13:45

Pretty retarded, but she's clearly spoofing the Oprah Pontiac giveaway, which would explain her transparent overreaction. I'm sure every woman in the place was aware of that. People love being asked to play a role, especially a group of like-minded folks in a TV crowd. Hey, we're on TV!
Come on, Internet.

damn you Flo.

posted by Hellbient 20 October | 13:47

Yep. What IRFH said. Except for the hating her part.

posted by iconomy 20 October | 13:49

Does anyone but me remember a certain moment at the 2000 Academy Awards?

Tyra Banks was interviewing Ashley Judd on the red carpet and asked her which movie she thought would win for best picture. Judd probably should have followed the convention of saying some quick nothing like "Oh, such and such a picture, because I just loved it!" but instead she gave an intelligent and thoughtful mini-critique in which she used words like "plot", "theme" and "subtext".

Banks looked stunned by this flow of coherent, multi-syllabic words, but gamely rallied to say, "Your dress and your eyeshadow and the bow in your hair all match!"

I had to hand it to Judd. I could not possibly have stopped myself from shooting Banks a "You are the biggest fucking idiot it has ever been my misfortune to meet" look, but Judd merely smiled nicely and said, "Yes, they do."

I was doing laundry at the time and damn near collapsed on the floor of the laundromat from my hysterical laughter.

posted by Orange Swan 20 October | 13:51

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by shane 20 October | 13:58

(I didn't make that gif.)

posted by shane 20 October | 13:59

Oh it's definitely an Oprah parody. But I'm pretty sure Oprah didn't roll around on the ground. I still like Tyra Banks (in that Love Her/Hate Her way)- I just think it's a funny thing to watch on a Friday.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 20 October | 13:59

Orange Swan: that sounds fricking hilarious.

posted by agropyron 20 October | 14:04

Oh crazy TyTy. I do so love her and her vagina arms.

posted by jrossi4r 20 October | 14:22

All Tyra has to offer is a pretty face and a nice set of boobs. Just STFU and look pretty, OK, you're about as sharp as a bowling ball and less funny.

I have to say, though, that if somebody would pay ME a gazillion dollars to stand there on tv and scream like a crazy woman with crazy women screaming back, I'd totally do it, and would not the least bit care how stupid I look.

posted by JanetLand 20 October | 14:32

What's a vagina arm? And is it something I should get?

posted by mudpuppie 20 October | 14:45

I have to say, though, that if somebody would pay ME a gazillion dollars to stand there on tv and scream like a crazy woman with crazy women screaming back, I'd totally do it, and would not the least bit care how stupid I look.

Word. I gotta give Tyra props- most models fade into obscurity after their time is done. Tyra is working on building an empire, and not doing a bad job (Top Model is on in it at least half a dozen countries).

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 20 October | 14:48

I thought it was pretty funny, actually.

posted by court siem 20 October | 14:54

Vagina arms. (You may actually have to scroll UP.)

posted by jrossi4r 20 October | 14:57

Tyra is working on building an empire

An Empire Of Shit is still shit.

posted by jonmc 20 October | 15:00

Yea, I'm sure Tyra cries about that every night on her big bed of cash monies.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 20 October | 15:14

Well, since when has commercial success determined artistic worth? Barry Manilow, Duran Duran and countless other talentless morons have made tons of cash, too. Dosen't mean they've produced anything of value. But the entertainment industry will keep producing and promoting such people since as a wise man said:

there's only two things that make the world go round...

posted by jonmc 20 October | 15:20

Vagina arms AND ham!

posted by WolfDaddy 20 October | 15:26

well, almost...

posted by jonmc 20 October | 15:30

Ah, thanks jrossi. I have to quibble just a bit with that blogger, though, and point out that those are actually vulva arms, not vagina arms.

But what the hell. I learned something!

posted by mudpuppie 20 October | 15:31

And pigs have vulva toes.

posted by danostuporstar 20 October | 15:35

Banks looked stunned by this flow of coherent, multi-syllabic words, but gamely rallied to say, "Your dress and your eyeshadow and the bow in your hair all match!"

Oh shit, they all matched? Is this Judd some sort of engineer or physicist? Surely that kind of talent is not being wasted on acting alone.

And vagina arms? I'd hit it.

posted by mullacc 20 October | 15:55

Your favourite talk-show host sucks.

posted by deborah 20 October | 20:10

Dosen't mean they've produced anything of value.

I dunno- she's entertaining. No one will know who she is in a 100 years, but that might be OK. Not everybody can be Shakespeare. I kind of admire that she doesn't take herself too seriously (diamond encrusted Vaseline, lol). Last week on America's Next Top Model, she told all of them that fashion modeling is basically just tricking people into thinking stupid things look fierce. I was impressed by that self-awareness.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 20 October | 23:56

TPS, good for you! You and your sisters will have a blast!

posted by LoriFLA 19 February | 20:08

20 October 2006