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Published Wednesday, February 15, 2006 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

FINALLY, CELEBRITY LUGE!

Ask, and ye shall receive. For at least a month now, I've been arguing in my news pages that if the Olympics really wanted maximum viewership for the craziness that is two-man luge, then they'd need some stunt casting. And today, on Today, we had just that. Matt Lauer and Al Roker donned the duds, hopped on the sled (Roker on top) and went for a ride. Gawker has the play-by-play and slideshow. MSNBC has the full five-minute clip with appropriately inappropriate soundtrack, comments and close-ups. Or, thanks to VH1 and YouTube, you can get the highlights.