After NBC’s punny story on giant cow, Lester Holt ‘cries’ over spilled jokes

By Michael P. Hill • November 29, 2018

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After Knickers the giant cow took the Internet by storm, “NBC Nightly News” couldn’t resist milking the story for all its worth.

'#NBCNightlyNews' created this infographic comparing #KnickersTheCow to @Jumpman23 https://t.co/w0YsNwluOx pic.twitter.com/w01CK04Shu

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The network featured a short package from NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren on its Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, edition that was full of cow puns.

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At the end of the story, “Nightly” anchor Lester Holt lamented that Dahlgren “took all the good puns” — though the network missed quite a few by our count — ranging from “chewing the cud” to “udderly big” to “moo-ving over” and more.