A crazed "Today" show fan jumped a barrier Tuesday, giving the show's hosts quite a wake up call on live TV.
Meredith Vieira, Al Roker and Willie Geist were standing outside at Rockefeller Plaza when the guy "hurled" himself over the barricade, according to Vieira.
The incident occurred as a film clip was on the screen, so viewers heard the man - and Vieira scream "Oh Jesus!" - but didn't see the action.
Producers at the top-rated NBC breakfast show then quickly cut to Ann Curry inside at the newsdesk while security guards and cops nabbed the guy.
"We're certainly awake now," Vieira said later in the show.
Roker said the guy screamed "God's gift to music."
Roker told Vieira and Geist, who was in for the vacationing Matt Lauer, that he looked to them to see how they reacted to the jumper.
"Well - yeah, I was gone," Vieira said.
"Were very lucky we have great security that's on hand, also the New York Police Department, so they were able to get him down on the ground very quickly," Vieira added.
rhuff@nydailynews.com
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