I'd like to see this become a trend. The first step in making this a trend is coining up with a concise, quirky and appealing term for it - probably something ending in -ing. Any Ideas?

is the trend harrassing anderson cooper? or is it showing up at natural disasters dressed as poultry? perhaps it is simply a drive by chickening at any opportune time? define the trend, the name will come.

also, i would like to see some geraldo footage.

Better version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OApb1VtqNAQ

Watch Anderson Cooper's face after he checks his monitor and realizes there is a chicken behind him.

It's a trend that probably already started when TV first started making live reports in the streets and had difficulty clearing the background.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Charity-Mascot-is-Policed-for-Intefering-with-News-Broadcast
Another example of "live TV interruption", a culture jamming technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH7CTzbMWec
There probably are other/more specific terms to describe this phenomenon..

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
I'd like to see this become a trend. The first step in making this a trend is coining up with a concise, quirky and appealing term for it - probably something ending in -ing. Any Ideas?

A Norwegian comic did a very similar stunt (featuring a chicken costume and everything) a good couple of years back...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lErBLh1DXEY