Like all of her fans, I was nauseated watching Ann Curry sign off from her co-host job at the Today Show. Fighting back tears, she struggled to be gracious, while the barracuda replacement, whose name shall not be mentioned, waited in the wings. Let's call her Pepsodent Girl. Curry had 15 years of superb reporting, award winning stuff. She was the good soldier, watching while the network brought in Meredith It's All About Me Viera to take Katie Curic's place.
Because the ratings slipped a notch and Good Morning America crept ahead, panic ensued. The change was bad enough, but the awkward way it was handled made you cringe. Matt Lauer seems semi-comatose, Al Roker's bad puns multiply and Hoda and Kathy Lee are two bar flies swathed in makeup. So let's blame the only professional journalist on payroll. Wonderful.
I haven't watched the show since, except for the Olympics. I have to say Josh Elliot on GMA is getting on my nerves. I'm not going to call for Regis. That would be an easy solution. No, the person we need to see and hear early in the morning, the one guy who would start our day right is Larry King. Let's start a petition.
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