Squawk Box host Joe Kernen this morning compared CNBC on-air editor Charlie Gasparino to Stuart Shugarman, the Wall Street hedge fund manager who alleged he was assaulted during a spin class for grunting too loudly.
In an informal segment of the show referred to as "seats" (because the three hosts sit in directors chairs and talk about more light-hearted fare than the usual market chatter), Kernen said that he was glad that the accused Christopher Carter, a stockbroker, was acquitted by a jury yesterday. Kernen described people who grunt loudly in the gym as people who "you can't stand." Then he turned his fire on Gasparino.
"You know Gasparino grunts in the gym," Kernen said. "He's a grunter."
Kernen quickly added that he's unlikely to attempt to throw Gasparino around the gym the way Carter allegedly threw Sugarman.
"You going to go tell Charlie to stop?" Kernen asked co-hosts Becky Quick and Carl Quintanilla. "Then I'd have the herniated disc."
Charlie Gasparino could not be reached for comment. Probably because we didn't want to call him at 6:30 in the morning.
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 9:07AM
vanity to the point of self-destruction.
that's wall street.
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 9:08AM
Never mind whether Gasparino is a grunter, I think we're all more interested in whether Erin Burnett is a moaner or a screamer.
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 9:10AM
I thought bess is the official Gasparino correspondent.
You should put that on her business cards.
Posted by HAM05 , Jun 03, 2008 9:27AM
carney, how many rails of devils dandruff did you crush this morning??
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 9:32AM
Did anybody notice Becky Quick looking exceptionally fine this morning? I think she might be equally as attractive as Erin Burnett.
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 9:46AM
I think she is better than erin.
Incidentally, did anyone see Charlie G's must-read article "Inside the Bear Mauling" in this month's Trader ragazine?
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 9:59AM
I want Becky to give me a rusty trombone.
Bo Diddley (posthumously)
Posted by Anal_yst , Jun 03, 2008 10:02AM
MUSCLEMILKKKKKK!!!!!! POWERBARSSSS!!!!!!
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 10:03AM
@9:08 - moaner. it's more difficult to scream when you're being bookended.
Posted by ab , Jun 03, 2008 10:11AM
c'mon, becky doesn't even compare. plus you've got to compete with buffett...i doubt any db readers have that kind of game.
Posted by Finnegan , Jun 03, 2008 10:12AM
Bookended.. interesting visual.
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 10:13AM
she can still scream if she is doing dp. probably would have to scream actually.
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 10:14AM
I'm not your friend, guy!
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 10:14AM
I'm not your guy, buddy!
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 10:21AM
I'm not your buddy, friend!
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 10:38AM
I'm not your airplane, partner!!
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 10:53AM
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/165191
Posted by onetwo , Jun 03, 2008 10:59AM
Not now chief, i'm in the fucking zone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JMOh-cul6M
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 11:04AM
I'm not your friend...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqkN8XsYtJI
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 11:09AM
@ 10:53, good link.
Won't you take that ride-ride-ride-ride on Heavy Metal?
It's the only way that you can travel down that road.
Satisfied-fied-fied-fied, on Heavy Metal,
Baby won't you ride, ride it until it explodes.
Anal_yst will be all over this.
--Calgary Schmooze
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 11:30AM
This is exactly what my Ipod-type device has been missing...
http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,item,3273786861.aspx
Posted by guest , Jun 03, 2008 11:49AM
If you hedge your bet on a clean corvette, does that make you a car fucker?
--CS
Posted by MGR , Jun 03, 2008 2:39PM
ab @10:11 - I totally disagree. Becky over Erin anyday. The whole Buffett thing just adds to her appeal.