So we’re not making fun of Michael Bay, we’re sympathizing.

Unbeknownst to me, then-Secretary of the Interior James Watt was pictured in a little box next to my head, with the words “Up Next: James Watt.”įinally, the floor director said, “This is today on NBC,” and I dutifully repeated, “This is Today on NBC.” Director Michael Bay got flustered at a failed teleprompter at Monday's Samsung press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show, and ended up walking off the stage. Bay awkwardly walked offstage in the middle of Samsung’s press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday after a teleprompter stopped working. But when an apparent teleprompter error (or an error by its operator) stifled his scripted speech. I froze. The kind floor director began whispering, “Watt!” Bay, who was onstage a grand total of 47 seconds, was there to discuss Samsung's new curved HDTVs. but also says it hasn't exactly hurt him. I was so excited because I’d written a pretty good piece and breezed through it - only to look up and see words fly like little birds, up and off the teleprompter screen, until none were left. 10:51 AM PT ' Transformers ' director Michael Bay says his epic meltdown in Vegas yesterday might not make him popular with technology nerds. Hes also physically ill at ease and avoids. You hear his shallow breathing and the slight tremor in his voice. It reminded me of a stint on The Today Show a million years ago, sitting in for Jane Pauley. You can tell that Bay is nervous from the start.

He said later in an email that he’d been so excited he’d jumped off his script, and that confused the poor teleprompter operator, who’d jumped ahead. We began our story today on the Consumer Electronics Show by mentioning film director Michael Bay’s onstage meltdown at the show.

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