David Gregory Must Be Stopped

This morning, Imus pressed NBC WH correspondent David Gregory on his ongoing descent into dancing foolery. Video here . And, truly, it must be seen to be believed.

IMUS: You're hosting "Meet the Press" this weekend?

GREGORY: I am. I am.

IMUS: This is huge, huh?

GREGORY: I'm looking forward to it.

IMUS CRONY: Not if they saw the tape of him, you know, grooving to Hillary Duff.

GREGORY: Well, look, I believe that, you know, the viewers can handle all of this. They can understand that I've got a funny side and I can show some personality like the i-man here. And they're willing to accept that. I'm very serious about what I do. Serious about dancing, serious about the news.

IMUS: Who are you having on, Lil' Kim? P. Diddy again?

GREGORY: I like to keep in shape too. I don't think people have a problem with that.

IMUS: Charles, we have him now on the "Today" show doing a step thing with a bar. I mean, you've got to stop doing this. This is insane.

GREGORY: One other point before we get on to talking about the serious news. . . .

IMUS: And Al Roker. that is really troubling. You've got to stop doing this. This is going to ruin you. Who's going to be on ""meet the press""?

GREGORY: We're going to have Senator Lott and his new -- talking about his new book, ""Herding cats,"" talking about the Strom Thurmond incident from 2002. His views on Iraq and John Roberts.

IMUS: You're dancing with Al Roker? Oh, God almighty. This is...

IMUS CRONY: David Gregory has jumped the shark.

IMUS: He's slapping hands with some of the workout babes. Oh, my God. Oh, look at that. look at that!

GREGORY: Stop it. Just stop it.

IMUS CRONY: That's Tommy Tune. That's not David Gregory.

IMUS: You are just -- this is horrible. I mean, what's wrong with you? You can't be doing this. what are you, nuts?

We have to agree with the I-Man here: Please, David, for all that is holy, stop, stop the madness. Though, you know, if you're going to be covering the Roberts hearings, it makes a, uhm, queer kind of sense....

BTW: "Serious about dancing, serious about the news"? We're totally stealing that.