Blog Posts by Nikki Boyer

 A viral video on the "Today" show features a deer crashing through the windshield of a bus! It happened in rural Pennsylvania and gave the bus driver quite a scare. The stunned animal scrambled around the vehicle, trying to leap back out the way it came in, and then began to look for another exit. Eventually the driver, who stayed calm and collected, stopped the bus and opened the door so that the frightened deer could scamper away. “Today” anchor Natalie Morales obviously felt bad for the deer, calling it a “poor thing,” although it didn’t appear to be injured. But why doesn’t anyone feel bad for the bus window?!

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 Relax! It's not a real baby!

That's what the producers of "Live! With Kelly and Michael" were no doubt writing when they hit "Reply All" to the tons of confused emails that deluged their inbox overnight, after a very, um, surprising moment from Tuesday's show, where it appeared that ex-NFL star Michael Strahan flipped the script on an "exercise with your baby" segment and decided that kid needed to go long.

Of course, it was just a gag, and a good enough gag that they needed to replay it during Wednesday's host chat segment ... even if just to watch Kelly's jaw drop all over again, in slo-mo!

Kelly was the perfect mark for this prank, since the moment she got paired up with her real live baby co-star, an adorable little bundle named Delilah, she was instantly infatuated, and completely missed the moment when producers swapped out Mike's tyke for a plastic baby doll.

A just-now-recovering Ripa narrated the instant replay: "I'm exercising and playing with Delilah, and all of a sudden, I

 Rachael Ray welcomed guest Bert Kreischer, host of "Trip Flip" on Travel Channel, to her show. And in the spirit of his show, which takes unsuspecting people on spontaneous and adventurous vacations, Kreischer took Ray on a challenge course known as a "Warrior Wash," where she tackled mud, fire, and barbed wire! Upon her messy completion of the course, Ray earned a warrior hat -- similar to a Viking helmet -- and of course a glass of red wine!

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"Y'all really want to see the other finger?"

Yeah, we probably should've known to stop him right there.

Usually when a funny guy on TV holds out his finger, there's a "whoever smelt it dealt it" joke coming at us. But on Tuesday's "LIVE!", Michael Strahan showed us how he landed his new gig co-hosting with Kelly. It's either because he's crooked, or because he's literally very, very flexible.

This all started when they sat down with Mark Harmon, who has a lot in common with Strahan: They're both ex-jocks who transitioned from feared football stars to Hollywood nice guys. Once upon a time, before he starred on "NCIS," Harmon was a golden boy quarterback at UCLA, and Strahan tied his hands up in knots chasing down guys like Harmon as a defensive end for the New York Giants. And all those tackles and sacks have left Strahan's stra-hands a bit, err, re-shaped. Let's just say he's probably never gonna give a piano recital. But having double-digit double-jointed digits does make for a pretty

When "The View" welcomed the cast of the hit show "Scandal" on Tuesday, Sherri Shepherd got more than she bargained for. A huge fan of the show, Shepherd asked Tony Goldwyn, who plays the president, to re-enact one of her favorite scenes. And sure enough, after reciting the line "Sit right here and watch me choose you, watch me earn you," Goldwyn planted a big kiss right on her lips! The other guests, the co-hosts, and the audience very much enjoyed the moment -- but not as much as Shepherd!

And speaking of Goldwyn, he was in the movie "Ghost" alongside Whoopi Goldberg, and the two of them had a nice reunion hug before his interview.

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Call off the "Ellen" audience hidden-talent contest -- we have a winner!

Well, at least we would if I got to judge. I know Ellen's had this contest going on for at least a month now, and sure, some of the previous entries have been pretty impressive, and some, maybe not so much.

The thing is, I enjoyed Joe Gaudet, who did dead-on impersonations of both Michael J. Fox and Ice-T (nice range, Joe!). And I'll forever be grateful to a guy named Jamie, the one-hand clapper, who finally answered the age-old question "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" But guys, I'm afraid all that work may be for a race to second place. 'Cuz I believe I've pretty much seen all I need to see to make my decision, now that I've seen April, the Canadian butt-rope jumper. I mean, how can you not be impressed? Just look at her go! Look, Mom, no hands! That jump rope and wooden deck are no match for April's impressively -- um -- "unique" talent.

(Hey, that reminds me, I need to floss!)

I know the contest

The ladies love cool James, and Barbara Walters is no exception! During his interview on "The View" Monday, LL Cool J could not ignore the historical announcement made by Walters earlier in the show that she is retiring from television in 2014. So he took a moment to relay his feelings about it: "I just wanted to say to you, Barbara, that what you've done in your career is amazing, and the example that you've set for women -- I hope my daughters take that example and run with it." Walters was so moved by the kind words that she asked for a hug and a kiss, to which he gladly obliged. Sherri Shepherd then tried to lighten the mood by saying, "I don't know if you know this, Barbara, but LL's been working out; he can, like, bench-press you too if you want." After some laughter, Walters responded, "When nobody's looking. When this section is over, we have a date."

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[Which Hoda actually made, landing at No. 79!]

Just think how high she could've scored if she'd posed with an adorable fuzzy little tin-can-chewing baby-goat Hoda! But wait, hang on: They really named them "Hoda" and "Kathie Lee"? Not "Goata Kotb" and "Kathie Lee Goatford"? Come on, you've goatta be kidding me!

But cheer up, kids, it could be way