How Did Charlie Rose Get His Black Eye?

For those of you watching Charlie Rose last night and wondering, "How did Charlie get that black eye?" or "What is that bandage doing on Charlie's face?" TechCrunch has the answer. He was, apparently, bruised trying to save his brand new MacBook Air:

Rose had a choice to make when he tripped on a 59th street pothole in New York City: protect his newly purchased MacBook Air, or his face — he chose the former. According to his producers, "The Macbook Air is fine, he showed us the blood stains on it this morning."

Comments

[VivaZapata]

are they sure he didn't run into a bore? like mccain?

[CalculatedRiskTaker]

Charlie is great guy!

[ruyen]

Man, if he can't afford to buy another laptop PBS really needs to pay him more. Well at least Bush didn't get his way when he wanted to kill the public station.

[MelindaPost]

Have to thank him for putting alot of his shows on youtube since I don't own a TV.

[DerSonikGuppy]

I'm not a doctor. From the look of the eye, discoloration of surrounding area, placement of secondary wound as well as his general demeanor, he's probably not bullshitting us. Why do so many wish to entertain the otherwise?

[Ironfox]

Questionable, perhaps, but more plausible than choking on a pretzel and hitting a coffee table!

[The9th]

Ahhh, the things people will do for their Macs! A true aficionado.

(But then, when did he stop getting beaten by his spousal unit?)

[The9th]

... which reminds me:

There are SOOOO many more bandaging options than "a sticking plaster" (from the 1800s, maybe?) or a piece of white adhesive tape over a few stitches (like a spray-on clear bandage — and the stitches themselves need not be black, but can be done with flesh-colored sutures) that I'm wondering what the dickens kind of doctor was it he found at, where? Roosevelt hospital?

[sa]

somebody punched the fuck out of him -
i'd say it was norman mailer
over his karl rove interview
(and laura bush interview),
but norman mailer is sadly passed.

maybe it was the ghost of norman mailer.

p.s. charlie - get right.

p.p.s. not "right" as in right wing - right, as in just.

[pithy]

Actually, he was gang mugged by 12 of his previous interview subjects who each had the experience of being booked on the show, flew across the country, got all dressed up, had their make-up done, got comfortable on the set - and then never had a chance to get a word in edge-wise because Charlie Rose simply can not shut up!!!!!!!.

[Izadora]

I agree 1000% what the poster "GAYGRANDPA" said. Am a big fan of Charlie Rose. He has an

Extraordinary Show.

[BushSunkOurShip]

Words from all republican would be the same....

[vandegrasse]

Censors, there was absolutely no valid reason for removing my comment about Charlie Rose pimping for the corporations and their bitchslapping him.

[vandegrasse]

I think the corporations he pimps for bitch-slapped him!

[novowel4me]

Left eye = right cross

[plutorage]

Anybody who believes this story is under the age of 5.

Not that I care how charlie got his black eye, although I bet it's an interesting story, and probably not one we will be hearing on the charlie rose show anytime soon!!

[BushSunkOurShip]

Cheney took Charlie Duck Hunting, for having a democrat on his show..

[JuniorBug]

If I had tripped while carrying my Gateway laptop, it would have automatically deployed airbags and contacted emergency responders. But no, I'd like to pay twice as much for the McDonalds cash register of the computer world, particularly a new model that's so delicate that I have to protect it from harm with my FACE.

[ProfessorDuh]

I imagine he refused to have Blackwater on for another pro-mercenary propaganda segment, and got himself worked over by "security experts."

[SCG]

I thought it happened when he hit the doorknob, peering into the keyhole of the Council of Foreign Relations?