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[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
FYI, on this board we are allowed to curse for real.

For the vast number of expletives I toss around every day, it seems really tough to put them in print. Go figure. Midwest childhood.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I will be there a week. I need a living room and room to hang out. I can compromise some "nice" for room. Is there a running path along the beach like in Santa monica/Venice?

I love your sig line do I get royalties?

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by nononono
[honest question] Are there a lot of weathermen out there who give opinion or give tough interviews? I'm thinking of the (white white white) weathermen around here, and they all seem to try to be congenial and inoffensive and do stupid shit like deliver welcomes at the local berry festival ribbon-cutting, etc.

Al does the occasional interview. In fact, when Star Jones quit/was fired, he was the one (at her request, if memory serves) who interviewed her. So, he's more than just a mere weatherman.

And, to catch-up with the rest of the Today Show discussion: (1) I like Meredith -- she's smart and funny and doesn't seem too afraid of appearing to be a real person; (2) as previously noted numerous times, I am desperately in lust with Katie Couric -- the whole perky and imperious and wholesome while wearing stilletos thing works on me. Not enough to get me to watch her on the CBS Evening News, but still; (3) I like Ann Curry better than the random lollipop girls (Campbell and whoever) who sometimes fill in; and (4) I wonder if Tiki Barber will have Al's job next year.

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You know that's an asinine response, TM. First off, Matt doesn't ask tough questions, he backs off of them. Even more so with Katie. But even if they do, when does the weatherman ask tough questions? They don't ask questions at all--they give a 15 second summary of the national weather.

So, what you must be talking about are the fluff pieces he does later in the show. Well, those are fluff pieces, and he does as much with them as katie, matt, meredith, anne, or any of others do, which is fawn over stars, let the info-people tell you about the newest thing in health care/travel/cars/etc., and smile when they eat the food.

You know, unless you're being obtuse, that Steven Smith or "uppity" black men have nothing to do with anything we're talking about. You want a weatherman who does something more than being a weatherman, but that's not the role, whether it's Al, Willard, or the goofy guy from the local NBC affiliate who fills in occasionally.

This whole bit sounds like a literary review of the underlying meaning of the movie "LA Story".

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
You know that's an asinine response, TM. First off, Matt doesn't ask tough questions, he backs off of them. Even more so with Katie. But even if they do, when does the weatherman ask tough questions? They don't ask questions at all--they give a 15 second summary of the national weather.

So, what you must be talking about are the fluff pieces he does later in the show. Well, those are fluff pieces, and he does as much with them as katie, matt, meredith, anne, or any of others do, which is fawn over stars, let the info-people tell you about the newest thing in health care/travel/cars/etc., and smile when they eat the food.

You know, unless you're being obtuse, that Steven Smith or "uppity" black men have nothing to do with anything we're talking about. You want a weatherman who does something more than being a weatherman, but that's not the role, whether it's Al, Willard, or the goofy guy from the local NBC affiliate who fills in occasionally.

Al did interview Star Jones after her plastic surgery debacle and The View firing. I think it was because none of the other employees of Today wanted to talk to her. Because she is black.*




*Actually what I heard was that she is friends with Al and his wife and she would only agree to do an interview with anyone (and for some reason all the morning shows wanted her) if she was assured that the interviewer would only be nice to her. Al was very nice to her. He didn't even tell her that [whatever her gay husband's name is] will probably never get another word in.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
You've already forgotten Willard Scott's hard-hitting 12 part series "State Fair Food: Which State has the Greasiest?" I believe it earned him an Emmy. Or a Tony. I forget which.

It is like TM wanting the Hooters girls to be intellectually stimulating that is not what they are there for.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Yay!!!

Anne Elk is back!

For today. I've got jury duty tomorrow.

please don't pick me
please don't pick me
please don't pick me

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by nononono
[honest question] Are there a lot of weathermen out there who give opinion or give tough interviews? I'm thinking of the (white white white) weathermen around here, and they all seem to try to be congenial and inoffensive and do stupid shit like deliver welcomes at the local berry festival ribbon-cutting, etc.

I think Paul Konrad of the WGN morning news is hilarious. I look forward to the weather every morning b/c of him. He is dry, sometimes crude, and yet he's always smiling. His face is so innocent that it all works perfectly, especially when he acts like he hates children (which may not be an act). The only time he's somewhat serious is when he's doing the weather, and he's involved in many other ridiculous morning segments in which he makes funny off-hand/peanut gallery comments which are occasionally inappropriate. Good times!

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I am desperately in lust with Katie Couric -- the whole perky and imperious and wholesome while wearing stilletos thing works on me. Not enough to get me to watch her on the CBS Evening News, but still.

Oh, Not Bob. I am sooo disappointed in your taste in women now.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I think Paul Konrad of the WGN morning news is hilarious. I look forward to the weather every morning b/c of him. He is dry, sometimes crude, and yet he's always smiling. His face is so innocent that it all works perfectly, especially when he acts like he hates children (which may not be an act). The only time he's somewhat serious is when he's doing the weather, and he's involved in many other ridiculous morning segments in which he makes funny off-hand/peanut gallery comments which are occasionally inappropriate. Good times!

Our local weatherman is named Dallas Rains. I am not kidding.

[nononono]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Al does the occasional interview. In fact, when Star Jones quit/was fired, he was the one (at her request, if memory serves) who interviewed her. So, he's more than just a mere weatherman.

And, to catch-up with the rest of the Today Show discussion: (1) I like Meredith -- she's smart and funny and doesn't seem too afraid of appearing to be a real person; (2) as previously noted numerous times, I am desperately in lust with Katie Couric -- the whole perky and imperious and wholesome while wearing stilletos thing works on me. Not enough to get me to watch her on the CBS Evening News, but still; (3) I like Ann Curry better than the random lollipop girls (Campbell and whoever) that sometimes fill in; and (4) I wonder if Tiki Barber will have Al's job next year.

I am so, so, so glad I don't know who any of these people are except Al and Katie, and that's only because I used to work in that building and couldn't avoid it. I don't find a single one of them entertaining or interesting.

Oh, and Matt Lauer, he of the ridiculous hair. Flipping the channel past him "interviewing" someone is just a joke.

But I'm thinking Al could go the opposite direction from the dreaded "threatening black man" and cut a new path with a Barbara Walters-style interview gig. I'm seeing the soft focus really working and it would allow Al to show his tenacious side without alienating the fans of the avuncular.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
You're hooking up with Britney and the kids?

whenever I ask travel questions Anne comes back. where have you been?

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
It is like TM wanting the Hooters girls to be intellectually stimulating that is not what they are there for.

I used to be a bartender at Hooters.

I believe I was there to be intellectually stimulating.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I like Ann Curry better than the random lollipop girls (Campbell and whoever) who sometimes fill in.

Sorry--campbell's smokin', at least in the network newsbabe category.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Oh, Not Bob. I am sooo disappointed in your taste in women now.

I know. What can I say? I yam what I yam.