May 5, 2008 5:58

CNBC's Becky Quick "role plays" with Warren Buffett

Yes, it's true, I do have a magazine story to write, but first I must share this video of CNBC's Becky Quick interviewing Warren Buffett. This is like day 226 of CNBC's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting blitz coverage. I tried to keep up, really I did.

Becky starts off by saying that after more than five hours of questions from shareholders on Saturday and another 3+ hours from reporters on Sunday, it gets kind of hard to figure out what else to ask the Oracle.

Her solution: role play. Buffett has a pretty interesting answer to the second question, but (make a note) you do not want to hire Becky Quick if you're making prank calls pretending to be Ben Bernanke or Hank Paulson. I was really hoping for all-out impersonations.

You can also notice that Buffett is starting to sound a little hoarse. Might be about time to kick the journalists out of Omaha for another year. The whole thing reminds me of that "til-they-drop" press conference Arnie Vinick (a.k.a., Mr. Alan Alda) holds in Season 7 of the West Wing, which I only mention because the West Wing is to me what Scandinavia is to Justin.