Video: Richard Simmons adjusts himself on “Today” show

posted at 12:21 am on February 9, 2007 by Ian

As Al Roker said, that was scary:

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Who would have thought it? One of the girliest men around, doing something the manliest are afraid to do on TV because “it’s rude”. As weird as it would be to see it become a regular thing, simply because “manners” (whoever settled on them?) have dictated it unacceptable, in theory I have no problem with everyone adjusting whenever they feel like it. We don’t notice when they stcratch their arms or necks, etc.

RightWinged on February 9, 2007 at 12:33 AM

That would have been totally nauseating but for the babe to the right of Matt. Who is she?

infidel4life on February 9, 2007 at 12:33 AM

I think it’s Natalie Morales.

Ian on February 9, 2007 at 12:35 AM

I think it’s Natalie Morales.

Ian on February 9, 2007 at 12:35 AM

Whoever she is, she still doesn’t hold a candle to my Kiran Chetry. Speaking of which… Where does that phrase come from? “Hold a candle to”? Perhaps I’m just having a brainfart here and not remembering, but I can’t say as I’ve ever seen anyone attempt to hold a candle to another person.

RightWinged on February 9, 2007 at 12:39 AM

Should they really let that guy around children?

TexasRainmaker on February 9, 2007 at 12:42 AM

I think it’s Natalie Morales.

Ian on February 9, 2007 at 12:35 AM

Morales, who speaks Spanish and Portuguese, was born in Taiwan and spent much of the first 18 years of her life living overseas in Panama, Brazil and Spain as an Air Force “brat.”

I think I’m in love lust.

:-P

infidel4life on February 9, 2007 at 12:43 AM

Balls.

Watcher on February 9, 2007 at 12:46 AM

I thought that was only allowed at baseball games!

Kini on February 9, 2007 at 12:51 AM

Looks like he’s got a surprise in his short-shorts for all the little kiddies!

Parley on February 9, 2007 at 12:53 AM

Here’s some rarely seen footage of John Freeking Kerry at a party at Davos

pedestrian on February 9, 2007 at 12:55 AM

Gumballs.

infidel on February 9, 2007 at 1:01 AM

Should they really let that guy around children?

TexasRainmaker on February 9, 2007 at 12:42 AM

My thoughts, exactly………..

PinkyBigglesworth on February 9, 2007 at 2:00 AM

I’m shocked he doesn’t do it more often, considering those nuthuggers.

Kid from Brooklyn on February 9, 2007 at 6:14 AM

Hmmm. Question: If Rosie hears Al Roker called that “scary”, will she, AS A GAY WOMAN, think it was homophobic, and go on a two-week rant?

BigOrangeAxe on February 9, 2007 at 7:31 AM

….she still doesn’t hold a candle to my Kiran Chetry.
RightWinged on February 9, 2007 at 12:39 AM

Your Kiran Chetry? She’s my Kiran Chetry, RW. Mine I say!

Richard, don’t you just hate it when your package gets misaligned?

BacaDog on February 9, 2007 at 7:58 AM

What? You people never seen a girly-man shifting gears before? I just thank God he didn’t drop his differential. That my friends would have been scary!

Booo on February 9, 2007 at 8:06 AM

Tinkie Winkie?

soulsirkus on February 9, 2007 at 8:22 AM

That is exactly why I don’t like to shake hands with men.

bloggless on February 9, 2007 at 8:50 AM

Super!

Good Lt on February 9, 2007 at 8:53 AM

Hmmm. Question: If Rosie hears Al Roker called that “scary”, will she, AS A GAY WOMAN, think it was homophobic, and go on a two-week rant?

BigOrangeAxe on February 9, 2007 at 7:31 AM

Only if Richard puts his hand over her mouth a la Clay Aiken, in order to get a point across.

MASHED POTATOES! BISCIUTS! AND GRAAAAAVY!!! WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO!!!

Kid from Brooklyn on February 9, 2007 at 9:10 AM

Hey, when you’re as … blessed … as Richard and me, sometimes a little adjusting is just necessary.

Especially when you’re faaaaaabulous.

Professor Blather on February 9, 2007 at 9:21 AM

Disturbingly Hillarious!

Lawrence on February 9, 2007 at 9:22 AM

It happens to the best of us.

ballz2wallz on February 9, 2007 at 9:25 AM

This video belongs with the nose picker video.

That is exactly why I don’t like to shake hands with men.

bloggless on February 9, 2007 at 8:50 AM

You and me both. And people are afraid to stand up to him and tell him to quit it.

CrimsonFisted on February 9, 2007 at 9:28 AM

Poor Richard Simmons. But you gotta give it to him–he’s been doing this for over 30 years and people love him. Gay or not, he often cracks me up. He’s always been a positive force in the media which is more than I can say about 90 percent of the idiots on tv.

I honestly think a world without Richard would be a less happy place.

Now wear did I put my daisy dukes…

robblefarian on February 9, 2007 at 9:54 AM

How you guys walk around with those things is beyond me.

honora on February 9, 2007 at 9:56 AM

That is chalushis.

(It’s Yiddish, ya gotta look it up.)

WriterMom on February 9, 2007 at 9:57 AM

I’m amazed… I didn’t realize he had anything to adjust.

E L Frederick (Sniper One) on February 9, 2007 at 10:02 AM

That is exactly why I don’t like to shake hands with men.

bloggless on February 9, 2007 at 8:50 AM

C’mon, he used his left hand, give the guy a break…

NRA4Freedom on February 9, 2007 at 10:04 AM

I’m amazed… I didn’t realize he had anything to adjust.

My thoughts exactly.

vcferlita on February 9, 2007 at 10:10 AM

What’s to adjust?

Doesn’t estrogen shrink those clangers?

fogw on February 9, 2007 at 10:18 AM

That’s what easy chairs and TV are for…the problem is (this is why I don’t believe in evolution) we need a hand for the beer, and a hand for the channel changer and…hey, somethings gotta go.

right2bright on February 9, 2007 at 10:49 AM

This site is all over the Rosie’s and Richard’s crotches. Can someone explain this to me?

lorien1973 on February 9, 2007 at 10:53 AM

This site is all over the Rosie’s and Richard’s crotches. Can someone explain this to me?

It’s called humor..it lightens up the mood.

Pam on February 9, 2007 at 10:59 AM

I’m shocked he doesn’t do it more often, considering those nuthuggers.

Kid from Brooklyn on February 9, 2007 at 6:14 AM

Now that’s funny!

Ann on February 9, 2007 at 11:04 AM

I thought ace had the moron blog thing covered. Never you mind, more crotch please!

spmat on February 9, 2007 at 11:28 AM

A cherry picker and cherry mover in one day. Too much. I’m gonna feel a bit nauseated all day now.

Excuse me…

Kokonut on February 9, 2007 at 11:38 AM

Ian, an acquaintance saw your post and wrote, “He should blog a little less Ted Kennedy, Barak Obama, and Richard Simmons, and a little more Brent Corrigan.” He refuses to explain.

Kralizec on February 9, 2007 at 11:44 AM

How you guys walk around with those things is beyond me.

honora on February 9, 2007 at 9:56 AM

How is it that you survive without them?

;) {a friendly jab…}

Lawrence on February 9, 2007 at 11:46 AM

How you guys walk around with those things is beyond me.

honora on February 9, 2007 at 9:56 AM

Ask my wife why she can’t play golf. We gents don’t have a monopoly on difficulties caused by endowments.

Kid at zoo: “But when I asked Mom, she said it was nothing.”
Dad: “Your mother is spoiled.”

Freelancer on February 9, 2007 at 11:47 AM

Ask my wife why she can’t play golf. We gents don’t have a monopoly on difficulties caused by endowments.

Kid at zoo: “But when I asked Mom, she said it was nothing.”
Dad: “Your mother is spoiled.”

Freelancer on February 9, 2007 at 11:47 AM

LOL, cute. I’ll have to tell my husband that one. Tell your wife to look into a good sports bra. (I still play a lousy game of golf, but at least I’m not hurting myself!!)

honora on February 9, 2007 at 12:23 PM

Maybe he just wants to think he has something to adjust in his shorts.
But then who wants to know…really.

Speakup on February 9, 2007 at 3:21 PM

Where does that phrase come from? “Hold a candle to”?
RightWinged on February 9, 2007 at 12:39 AM

Made me curious too. From word-detective.com:

… if one were doing delicate work after dark, it was best to have an assistant to hold the candle to maximize the usable light. “To hold a candle to,” a phrase which first appeared around 1550, meant “to assist in a subordinate position,” and if you were “not able to hold a candle to,” it meant you were too incompetent to be trusted with even a simple task. Eventually, “can’t hold a candle to” became a generalized way to say that something is so inferior that it cannot be fairly compared to its betters.

lan astaslem on February 9, 2007 at 4:41 PM

Ugh! Frankly, I’m a bit shocked that he had anything big enough to worry about. Are we certain this isn’t a panty adjustment?

thedecider on February 10, 2007 at 12:25 AM

I don’t exercise…. I’m afraid it might make me look like Richard Simmons.

Maxx on February 10, 2007 at 2:02 AM

news to me. I didn’t know that sissy even had anything down there. Oh excuse me… rish sissy… :)

johnnyU on February 10, 2007 at 11:13 AM