--- description: His CNN coworkers are sick of the smelly candle on his desk title: Watch Anderson Cooper Get Totally Punk'd on His Show image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Anderson Cooper Get Pranked by His Staff  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 12, 2014 4:10 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 12, 2014 4:10 PM CUT On _Anderson Cooper 360_, the “RidicuList” segment is a time to poke fun at absurd news stories of the week. Last night, the show’s staff made it all about a foul-smelling scented candle on Anderson Cooper’s desk. He claims he had no idea they felt that way until he was reading their list of grievances off of the teleprompter, which says the candle smells like “Mario Batali’s Crocs” and “a garden gnome’s underwear drawer.” Looks like [Festivus](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/23/happy-festivus-9-people-who-went-viral-for-airing-their-grievances-in-2013/ "undefined") came early this year for the CNN host. **WATCH:** [Anderson Cooper Thought Seth Meyers Was Gay](http://time.com/28522/late-night-highlight-anderson-cooper-thought-seth-meyers-was-gay/ "undefined") **MORE:** [Anderson Cooper Gets ‘Sunburned Eyeballs,’ Goes Temporarily Blind](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/12/04/anderson-cooper-gets-sunburned-eyeballs-goes-temporarily-blind/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3580912/anderson-cooper-ridiculist-prank-by-staff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3580912/anderson-cooper-ridiculist-prank-by-staff/"},"headline":"Watch Anderson Cooper Get Pranked by His Staff","datePublished":"2014-11-12T16:10:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:34.055Z","description":"The airing of grievances on live TV was like an early Festivus present","url":"https://time.com/3580912/anderson-cooper-ridiculist-prank-by-staff/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3580912/anderson-cooper-ridiculist-prank-by-staff/","name":"Watch Anderson Cooper Get Pranked by His Staff"}}]}] ```