Conan thinks that beefing up his achievements in Iraq may not be the first time NBC anchor Brian Williams has stretched the truth and grabbed glory from someone else. Brian appears in several outrageous video boasts – which I won’t reveal. I truly won’t you will have to watch the video. I am no spoiler – so far this year, but the year is young. However, various wags have reported exploits that are now attributed to Williams.
Did you know he trained Bruce Lee? Williams also shot down the Red Baron. He famously won the Stanley Cup. Williams is the author of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, and led the march in Selma. A grateful nation will never forget, he put his foot up the Kaiser’s behind and stopped WW1. And yes, he did build a time machine.
The best thing Williams can do after the public apology is to poke fun at himself. His self-deprecating dry wit has made him a favorite guest on late night television,so let’s not be too tough on Bri Wi, Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Rappin’ the News’ buddy.
As you may already know, Williams apologized on air Wednesday for telling his story about the supposed grenade attack on “Nightly News.” He admitted that his helicopter was not hit by a grenade after war veterans came forward to question the account. Some even disputed whether Williams’ helicopter was in a group that came under direct attack…Which caused the pilot to suffer an odd bout of amnesia.
Richard Krell, the pilot of the helicopter Brian Williams was in, said the helicopter had taken small arms fire – if not a grenade attack, but said Friday that he was questioning his own recollections after being contradicted by other veterans.
Clearly they were hit, and hit hard enough to impact the pilots’ memory and make him susceptible to peer pressure. Free Brian Williams! Er…KEEP him.