Speaking of lead-ins...
I've never been able to watch the CBS News with Dan Rather. Even back in the early 90s when I was a raging news watcher, I'd always pass on Dan. Not only because I can't stand the guy's schtick (and no anchor should have a schtick), but because the guy just oozes self-love. And not the good, healthy zen confidence kind of self-love. I'm talking about the narcissistic, smug, self-satisfied kind.
He's finally retiring, and CBS News can now grow from being Rather biased into a watchable news broadcast. If they hire the right guy to take his place. It's a real opportunity to gain back all the viewers they've lost over the years.
The right guy is Tim Russert. He's quick, he's eloquent when a moment calls for it, he's clear, he's fair, and his objectivity has a proven track record. If Russert is the hire, CBS News will be in my living room when I wanna see what's going on out there in ze vorldt.
And I'm not just saying all this because Russert is from Buffalo and is a huge Bills fan.
Seriously.
No, I mean it.
Shut up.
Speaking of football fandom, ya gotta hand it to the Yale pranksters for pulling this one off. Love it. How will Harvard respond?
Speaking of higher education, I think the half film/half documentary masterpiece "Band of Brothers" should be required viewing for every senior class in every high school in the country. The further we get from the greatest generation, the more important it is to keep them alive in our minds. Cheers to Tom Hanks for realizing that and pulling off the best, most impactful war film ever made. That's saying a lot, but I think it's true. If you haven't seen it yet, I bet you'll agree.
Speaking of required viewing, you *have* to check out Kurt Wenner's street art. In a word, incredible.
Speaking of incredible, if you haven't seen Pixar's latest, what are you waiting for? I won't bother singing its praises here. It's Pixar. Go.
7 Comments:
As much as I liked The Incredibles, I preferred the dancing sheep and its burrow owl. Hoot, hoot!
11:37 PM
I agree 100% with everything you said, but I haven't seen the Incredibles yet.
I would, however, like to say that you let Dan Rather off lightly. I can't stand the guy. Never could. He's a friggin nut, and ever since I studied that kind of thing in college (both the fact that he's a nut and the Journalism stuff), he sucks.
News anchors at his level should have some personality, but he took things way too far, and let his socialist bias show through too much.
1:33 PM
Here you go Todd:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/12/01/expensive.martini.reut/index.html
12:35 PM
you do realize it is december-friggin-tenth, doan you? yes, the whole series of the young ones is on dvd (which is "incredible"), but you've got to pull your slack-ass away from such productive matters and throw up another thingy.
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