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* I'm driving home Friday night. I didn't check the clock, but it was between 6 and 7, a time I'm infrequently in my car and rarely tuned to Kingston radio station WKNY. So I'm not certain who was on the air, nor do I know if it was a local program. What little I heard was a discussion between two men, both well-spoken, both apparently on the conservative side of the aisle. Apparently conservative? Nothing "apparently" about it. One of them believes Barack Obama is a communist. Not a socialist, a communist. I would say for this guy at least, the president-elect does not get a honeymoon.
* I'm flipping around the channels Sunday afternoon. I haven't paid much attention to pro footbal pre-game shows since Jimmy the Greek, Brent Musberger, Irv Cross and Phyllis George were on CBS. I sampled the James Brown crew on CBS and the Curt Menafee team on Fox. Here's my question: What's so funny? What are these guys laughing at? I mean, Terry and Jimmy and Howie and Boomer and Shannon and whoever else is on the sets are in stitches. Again, what's so funny?
* Here's something I liked about the Fox post-game program: Yes, that was Charles Davis, New Paltz High School graduate, in the expert's chair for college football talk. Charles was a multi-sport star athlete when I was covering the high schools a couple of decades ago. He went on to be a big time football player at the University of Tennessee, and his off-field career has been on the ascent ever since. The last few years he's been a quality TV guy. And when he phoned me a year or so ago for some historical data on his dad, Frank, who was one of the scholastic coaches I particularly enjoyed being around, it was the same old Charles, still too politely calling me "mister." I had zero to do with his success, but I'm proud of it nonetheless.
* I think I've had it with Brian Williams on NBC's Nightly News. Too wordy and flowery. Takes too long to get to a point. I'm finding Katie Couric's CBS' newscast better and better. I'm also more impressed each week with George Stephanopolous' Sunday morning program over on ABC. Bob Schieffer on CBS still has a fastball on CBS. But I'm afraid NBC's Tom Brokaw is slipping. It will be fascinating to see who is tabbed as the new permanent host of Meet the Press.
* I'm flipping around the channels Sunday afternoon. I haven't paid much attention to pro footbal pre-game shows since Jimmy the Greek, Brent Musberger, Irv Cross and Phyllis George were on CBS. I sampled the James Brown crew on CBS and the Curt Menafee team on Fox. Here's my question: What's so funny? What are these guys laughing at? I mean, Terry and Jimmy and Howie and Boomer and Shannon and whoever else is on the sets are in stitches. Again, what's so funny?
* Here's something I liked about the Fox post-game program: Yes, that was Charles Davis, New Paltz High School graduate, in the expert's chair for college football talk. Charles was a multi-sport star athlete when I was covering the high schools a couple of decades ago. He went on to be a big time football player at the University of Tennessee, and his off-field career has been on the ascent ever since. The last few years he's been a quality TV guy. And when he phoned me a year or so ago for some historical data on his dad, Frank, who was one of the scholastic coaches I particularly enjoyed being around, it was the same old Charles, still too politely calling me "mister." I had zero to do with his success, but I'm proud of it nonetheless.
* I think I've had it with Brian Williams on NBC's Nightly News. Too wordy and flowery. Takes too long to get to a point. I'm finding Katie Couric's CBS' newscast better and better. I'm also more impressed each week with George Stephanopolous' Sunday morning program over on ABC. Bob Schieffer on CBS still has a fastball on CBS. But I'm afraid NBC's Tom Brokaw is slipping. It will be fascinating to see who is tabbed as the new permanent host of Meet the Press.
posted by Ira Fusfeld at
Monday, November 10, 2008
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