A Look Back: Bryant Gumbel Flips Out At Prince

28 November 2011 1:59 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Bryant Gumbel is a crazy, fanatical Prince fan. How do we know? Compelling and conclusive video evidence, that's how!

The video comes from Gumbel's last day as a co-host of the "Today" show. As is that program's wont, there were acres of surprise guests, tears and testimonials from high-powered figures. (You can read this article for a fuller picture).

The biggest surprise guest? The musical giant now known as Prince who, back in 1997, was calling himself The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. (As Katie Couric says in the video, "The Artist is here!") Prince comes out looking exactly like Gumbel, right down to the glasses, and Gumbel just flips out. It's like when Oprah was surprised by Mary Tyler Moore and lost it completely.

We here at HuffPost Media consider ourselves to be students of history, and so we're honored to include this video in our occasional series "A Look Back. »

- Jack Mirkinson

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