"NBC co-host Meredith Vieira failed to do her homework and thus did not recognise the importance of the inventor of the world wide web. "If you haven't heard of him, we haven't either," she said. "Google him," joked co-host Matt Lauer." - M F

The world already has a pretty low opinion of Americans. Thanks for having just as low a one, NBC. :( - Spidra Webster

I like this a lot. It feeds many of my - occasionally wide of the mark - views of these people. I read too that the ceremony wasn't shown live in the US, I wondered what that said about the country; perhaps nothing good. - Winckel