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Did you see Cody Gifford doing a film review segment on the Today Show, during his mom, Kathie Lee’s last hour on Friday? Even allowing for the fact that it was his first appearance, he was still awful. His report was full of clichés and vocalized pauses and his mom, as she always has, did her very best to embarrass the poor kid. Incidentally, her best efforts to embarrass him are extremely good.
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Senator Brown’s daughter, Ayla, is on CBS TV, but it’s the Early Show so almost nobody sees it. Luke Russert, the late Tim Russert’s son is a correspondent for NBC news. Jenna Bush Hager, President Bush’s daughter is on the Today Show and now, so is Cody Gifford. When did network news become a haven for the children of politicians and the children of people who already work in network news? Plus, it almost seems like a requirement that they be either horrible, or at least so inexperienced that they get on-air network exposure long before they’re up to the task. John Cameron Swayze was one of network TVs first anchormen. His son, Cameron Swayze is also a broadcaster; a good and well respected broadcaster. And Cameron Swayze eschewed the famous last name for many years because he didn’t want people to think he got where he did because of his dad rather than because of his own talent and hard work.
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I read that a local TV station took a poll and determined that eighty percent of New Yorkers think our new license plates are ugly. That figure seems low to me, very low in fact. How about you?
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Having declared Cooper’s Beach in Southampton the best beach in the country, does Doctor Beach realize how much it costs non-residents to park there for a day? Last time I was at Doctor Beachs second-best beach, the north public beach on Siesta Key off Sarasota Fl., parking there was free.
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How are old people going to get around in Florida once Ford stops making the Mercury Grand Marquis?
