ShanSlam wrote:
Anderson WAS asked by Stone himself to come back to the show...and they had a good laugh about it!

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/tube-talk/tube-talk/2008/05/the-mole-returns/

Jon Kelley ("Extra") is the new host. The legendary host of the original was Anderson Cooper, now of CNN. "It wasn't beyond me to ask him to come back," Scott said. "I did, and we had a good laugh about it." By the second episode, he promises, Kelley is comfortable enough to employ some of the wicked humor Cooper was famous for.
^^ From that blog. Let's hope he relaxes some. Is voice is annoying but he seemed "normal" and laid back when at the dinner table w/everyone...