Regular viewers of the E! clip show “The Soup” are probably familiar with the (almost) weekly segment “Rayr with Brian Williams.” Th segment features clips of Williams from “Rock Center” and other programs getting catty with people and things in the news.

Well “The Soup” was in New York this week, and Williams showed up in person to take host Joel McHale and “The Soup” team to task.

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ICYMI, Joel McHale debuted a new segment on “The Soup” last week, called (insert cat sound effect here) …with Brian Williams.

McHale played a clip from a recent episode of “Rock Center” during which Williams called out McDonald’s after the fast food restaurant released a video of its executive chef mixing up the restaurant’s “special sauce.” Williams cattily remarks, “He goes on to make a Big Mac at home and by hand, just like the kind you buy at McDonald’s except for the way it looks and tastes.”

Not to be out-clawed, Williams’ ICYMI last week on “Rock Center” included his own cat sound effect when Williams called out London’s mayor for seeming to diss New York. Watch after the jump…

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HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell will do anything to hawk her book: first this, then that and, over the weekend, dressing up like Lindsay Lohan and strutting on to “Talk Soup.” Velez-Mitchell told host Joel McHale that she’s “going everywhere” to promote “Addict Nation,” “even this rinky-dink production.”

McHale responded by saying he’ll “feel so bad making fun of her next week…for a second.”

Thanksgiving is a day for thanks. So what are we thankful for? Moments like this:
“The Soup” host Joel McHale went on the fourth hour of the “Today” show Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb to promote his NBC show “Community.” The fourth hour of “Today” has been one of McHale’s favorite targets on “The Soup.” The bottle of Scotch McHale brought helped the conversation:

Kotb: “Why do you mock our show?”

McHale: “Have you seen your show?”