Caption contest: Ellen DeGeneres and her ʞoou giveaway

Look, sometimes show hosts can get a bit too excited, especially when it comes to Christmas giveaway segments behind a massive pile of gadgets -- most of which they've probably never heard of until ten minutes before the show. If you were Ellen DeGeneres here with the upside-down Nook e-reader, what could possibly be going through your head? Video after the break.

Ross: ".ɹıɐɥɔ ǝɥʇ uı ʞɔɐq puɐ dn ǝɯ d1ǝɥ ǝsɐǝ1d 'ʞoou sıɥʇ pɐǝɹ uɐɔ noʎ ɟı"
Chris: "Everyone gets a (deafening applause, people fainting)."
Joanna: "Oh cute, Ellen pulling a Michael Jackson. Where is the closest balcony?"
Vlad: "And with your purchase of the androgynous android, you get an added value ebook reader -- absolutely free!"
Don: "The good news? B&N has settled its dispute with Spring Design. The bad news? You have to hold it this way."
Richard Lawler: "Read this way, Twilight has an entirely different double meaning."
Paul: "I'm holding it upside down because it's a non-working dummy unit and it doesn't matter."
Nilay: "God I wish this was a car."
Richard Lai: "Look!! It's got the same smile as me! It's just like a magical mirror."
Ross Rubin: "Maybe one day, the Nook will be like me and finally come out."

[harkening Posted Dec 5th 2009 2:59AM]

@RobotAnswerMachine

ןɯʇɥ˙sɹǝʇʇǝןuʍopǝpısdn/ʎɐןd/ɯoɔ˙sǝɹıʍuǝʌǝs˙ʍʍʍ//:dʇʇɥ

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http://www.sevenwires.com/play/UpsideDownLetters.html

[RobotAnswerMachine Posted Dec 5th 2009 11:29PM]

@harkening ˙sʞuɐɥʇ

[MichaelDola Posted Dec 5th 2009 1:28AM]

The way those ladies were screaming, you'd think she was givin' out vacuums and sewing machines.

[xy Posted Dec 5th 2009 1:46AM]

so cool, giveaway will not happen here.

[httph2rtnblogspotcom Posted Dec 5th 2009 2:46AM]

looks like the uook will be the next best kirf gadget.

[harkening Posted Dec 5th 2009 2:50AM]

Memo:

The 12 Days of Christmas run from December 25 to January 6. It doesn't run before and 'til Christmas. Would that advertisers would do a little research instead of misnaming this nonsense.

[harkening Posted Dec 5th 2009 2:57AM]

Also: the Nokia Notebook 3G comes with two months of free service from AT&T, but then they toss the audience a Palm Pixi...on Sprint. Fail. Oh, and a MiFi 2200...on Verizon. WTF? (Although, MAYBE you could get the MiFi ESN attached to the spring account with the Pixi?)

[afrovballpride Posted Dec 5th 2009 11:12AM]

@harkening I checked Ellen's website and supposedly the MiFi they are given is generic and can be used on either Sprint or Verizon.

[smudley Posted Dec 5th 2009 3:44AM]

I find it hard to believe that Ellen has a large pool of page turners in her audience.

[PhotoGuru Posted Dec 5th 2009 5:03AM]

wow, I'm a gadget lover, but the crowd sounded like they just got a free home from Ty Pennington - you couldn't pay me to be THAT excited.

And Ellen's mind was in the gutter thinkin' of a little nookie 69 style.

[fshizl Posted Dec 5th 2009 5:34AM]

upside down or not, i was at the taping... i got my free nook... and the mifi, and the nokia netbook... and the powermat, and the free palm pixi all with service, 6 months prepaid for the mifi, 2 months att, and 5 months spring for the pixi... lol...

[evilanimator Posted Dec 5th 2009 5:41AM]

"Just keep reading. Just keep reading. Just keep reading reading reading. What do we do? We read, read, read."

[Robertvickrey Posted Dec 5th 2009 5:55AM]

It's the apple tablet!

[owuaarontsi Posted Dec 5th 2009 7:18AM]

"...As of today, there seems to be a software problems which cause the nook to display the books in an unfamiliar language. It is rumored to be affecting early releases only and a patch should follow in January. However, other rumors indicate Apple has a patent on the English language used on any tablet screen and therefore Barns and Noble are in fear of causing a lawsuit..."

[Captain Underpants and the Bring Posted Dec 5th 2009 7:31AM]

Just wait to see the look on her face when she finds out you can't burn eBooks.

[Tesche Posted Dec 5th 2009 8:23AM]

One of the many advantages over a traditional paper book is that when you turn the Nook over, the letters do not fall off of the page!

[DallasGeek Posted Dec 5th 2009 9:11AM]

"Do you want a phone that's really thin?"
-crowd goes wild

"and one that has a real keyboard?"
-crowd realizes it's not an iPhone and the roar dies down...

[Stereotype Posted Dec 5th 2009 9:05PM]

@DallasGeek

Exactly what I thought!

[magusxxx Posted Dec 5th 2009 9:16AM]

Will the Alaskan version be known as the NaNook?

[artist Posted Dec 5th 2009 10:30AM]

.ʇɐǝb s,ʇɐɥʇ

[artist Posted Dec 5th 2009 10:33AM]

people think that if they get a e-reader; they will have more desire to read.

you know i'm right.

[iam4everalive Posted Dec 5th 2009 11:12AM]

Gay.

[MacVaultDweller Posted Dec 5th 2009 11:20AM]

I like it on top.

[jjp Posted Dec 5th 2009 1:50PM]

did any body figured out why those womens are screaming in that video .. ??? do they know any of those devices ... come on none of them will get it ... all were screaming like they are seeing tom cruise naked ....

[pankomputerek Posted Dec 5th 2009 2:23PM]

T&C apply?

[tdunleavy Posted Dec 5th 2009 4:23PM]

"It's not a nook, it's a silent metaphor for my sexuality."

[Sparkicus Maximus Posted Dec 5th 2009 8:02PM]

Ellen debuts the hot new gadget for the holiday '09 season - The Barnes & Noble Nook e-Reader: Dyslexic Edition.

[Alexander Mihajlovic Posted Dec 5th 2009 8:06PM]

What I saw in that clip totally justifies misogyny.

[lifan Posted Dec 5th 2009 8:52PM]

i guess audience gets free stuff...

[c0rinne Posted Dec 5th 2009 9:18PM]

"What? I read. Seriously. I'm just testing you.... Seriously."

[idlemind1999 Posted Dec 5th 2009 9:51PM]

"I was so happy to beat Oprah to something... I didnt care if it was upside-down or not..."

[SergioAM Posted Dec 5th 2009 9:55PM]

That was one happy shoe o.o

[variblex Posted Dec 6th 2009 12:18AM]

"portia de rossi is all on that nook"

[dvturner Posted Dec 6th 2009 12:37AM]

Like a vulture devouring a carcass, Ellen takes aim at Oprah's "Favorite Things" and "Book Club" in one fell swoop.

[DrEngrish Posted Dec 6th 2009 1:03AM]

*during commercial break*

"If you all don't scream loud enough, we ain't givin' you s***!"

[shinrasboy Posted Dec 6th 2009 1:59PM]

I love the fact that she gave them away, but really, how many will know how to use it or care? I would love one. I owned the Sony Reader PRS - 505, which is discontinued and looks WAY better than the crappy new model and I loved it. These readers are actually pretty nifty. I had so many books that I ended up just tossing out or scanning into digital format...

[Wwhat Posted Dec 6th 2009 2:22PM]

If I were a host I'd feel embarrassed for my audience when they behaved like that, and I'd say to my producer "let's not do this", so it seems really weird she'd do it 12 times to me, sad too.

[Wwhat Posted Dec 6th 2009 2:27PM]

She should use the money to produce some episodes of better off ted for portia instead, that would be a better gift for everybody.

[HowardtheDuck Posted Dec 6th 2009 4:26PM]

Wow, I wish I was in the audience. Though I would have been embarrassed to be the only non screaming person, and be the only person with a penis. But still, all those gadgets for free...

[Danook Posted Dec 7th 2009 7:49AM]

If you were Ellen DeGeneres here with the upside-down Nook e-reader, what could possibly be going through your head?

Between all these giveaways and Oprah going off the air shortly, I should be able to get to number one by this time next year.

[fadeddeath Posted Dec 7th 2009 9:55AM]

"And for those of you in Australia, Here is the Down Under series!"

[tristanfey Posted Dec 13th 2009 11:12PM]

The NOOK. So good it will teach you to read umop-ǝpısdn!!