Wonkette
- LAMERS: The Huffington Post hears from secret NBC people that America’s Safe Pick, David Gregory, has been tapped to host Meet The Press, replacing interim host Tom Brokaw, who can finally retire and fulfill his lifelong dream of fighting in World War II. If Gregory ends up being the official pick, then… then this really won’t affect our lives much at all. [HuffPo]
Aww, boo, I like Brokaw, and Gregory’s goofy as hell.
David Gregory is a tool. He ought to be waterboarded for dancing/rapping with Karl Rove at the Congressional Correspondent’s dinner.
Chuck Todd will have his revenge!
Texan Bulldoggette: Tex, you will never fit in with Polite Society if you insist on indulging in “revenge.”
(Which is the Politically Correct term for “accountability.”)
The Great Thing about Modern America is that NO ONE is accountable. From Vietnam to Beruit to Iran-Contra to the Savings & Loan collapse to 9/11 to Wall Street: NO ONE is to blame.
I guess that x-wire dude turned it down, huh?
only way i’ll watch is if he does another variety hour with should be felon MC Rove. his first guest should be W, so they can discuss whether he’s been a great president or the greatest president, mark halperin will provide special guest analysis.
I think Dick Gregory will do a fine job. He’s hilarious.
Thank God, Olberman or Mika didn’t get it.
Gregory is a talent.
Neilist: Yeah, I’m a bitch about things like that. I also recall how pissy David got when Scott McClellan wrote in his book that the White House press corps totally fell down on the job during the run up to Iraq. He was aghast & spluttering, ‘not me, I asked the hard questions.’ Douche bag.
Also, are you saying Howard Jones was prescient? Here’s a linky in case you missed the cheesy 80s pop music era.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_Is_to_Blame
He reports, I decide.
Gregory’s prime time shows were a massive, massive hit with David Gregory, though.
Long-time lurker, first-time commenter. I just had to let you know that I went into the future and found this photo of David Gregory 20 years from now after a grueling two decades at the MTP helm:
http://www.bonesteelfilms.com/Images/carl%20portrait_large.jpg
Kidding! That’s Carl Sandburg, Swedish-American Illinoisan. Come on you thought I was for real for a second though, right?
noooooooooooooooo.
rocktonsammy: “Gregory is a talent.”
finally, someone on this site with a keen sense of humor…
if, by “talent”, you mean “douchebag.”
i hope msnbc’s loss leaves an opening for an andrea mitchell show. i’ve gotta crushhhhh onnnn mitchellllll!
http://www.charlietueats.com
MTP sponsored by ProActive and Vagisil. Do Not Want.
FAIL. But we know that already. At least it gets him off the ever improving MSNBC line up — perhaps that’s the plan.
gambypants: I could be down with that. Mrs. Greenspan keeps it classy.
I’m either asleep or listenting to This American Life, so whatever. But Gregory did piss of Georgie a coupla times, I’ll give him that. And he’s gotta be better than Brokaw, whose only perceivable talent is that he’s distinguished looking.
tsunami:
meant to say “such” a talent
Brokaw’s retiring to write a book about the Bush dynasty. It’s called ‘The Great Ass Generation.’
What a hack. They’ll have to change the show’s name to Naptime with David Gregory.
If they wanted some random, generic bore, they might as well have gone with Dan Abrams. He isn’t doing anything since they took away that one godawful show of his, and Gregory already has a show (that nobody cares about).
He won’t last. Sign up Russert’s dietician to fatten him up for the kill,
then get Gwen Ifill.
Al Franken might be available.
They might be able to get Alex Jones to do it for mucho Ameros.
Texan Bulldoggette: This bit from the Wikipedia article caught my eye:
“The song [No One Is To Blame] was also a top 10 hit in Australia . . . .”
There is something so incredibly pathetic in that statement.
(And not just because Me Mum is from there.)
Was Rita Cosby otherwise engaged?
i thought Lauer was a cinch for this gig.
So what if Dave Gregory is married to former Fannie Mae executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary Beth Wilkinson,. No question that Dave can be objective so long as Beth doesn’t show him her boobies prior to their annual post-Federalist Society meeting coitus.
No, seriously. I mean that.
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No person will ever replace My Tim. No. One. Ever. As I grieved over Tim, I was thinking, who would replace him? The answer, no one. MTP was smart, they put a really generic bland Brokaw in the chair, just to dull the palate. Of course, my druther would be to retire MTP, because no one would replace Tim. But they won’t, and so Gregory… he’s not an idiot, neither branded as right or left, he’s got hella bad hair in the hands of the wrong stylist, and a great smile. Let’s give this boy a chance.
As a federal attorney, Dave Gregory’s wife Beth Wilkinson’s big win was the “rabbit-put-into-the-hat” Timothy McVeigh bombing prosecution. Some cynics might say that a local dogcatcher could have won that prosecution, a RePug plum.
But I say “score”, with all due admiration to Beth, even after knowing of her subsequent appointment by the Bushies to Fannie Mae.
See Wiki.
He will always be “Dances With Rove” to me.
I think Gregory Hines would work fine, and he could tap dance when things got slow. But he’s dead, so I’m for Sarah Palin–I’ve heard she has TV Presence. She’d get right to the point: “So the terrorists over there in Eye-rack, are they Shee-ites or Hindus or Episcopalians or what, and can’t we just hire some of these extra Mexicans around here to go clean em out?” “Mrs. Clinton, as a secretary, does it bother ya to hafta open the mail and get coffee for the guys?” “The economy thing there is hard. When I was doin the library budget up there in Wasilla, I remember we had ta get rid a more n’ a hundret books to make space for the bible series. But we just dumped the bad books there, like Huckle…. uh, somethin, and the Harry Potters and dinosaur books and all that there. It was kinda fun. We built us a bonfire out front there and everyone brought moose sausage.”
jilly: Russert often looked like angry balloon. But he was aggressive (for a TV talking head.) Gregory is merely another pretty boy. Slow pitches tossed in an arc to home plate from now on.
rocktonsammy: gurukalehuru:
In their passion, where is the sin?
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09WeaTa4HXgD7/610x.jpg
David Gregory and Karl Rove: butt buddies.
Guess what I won’t be watching? Uhg. He looks like he still wears Earth Shoes and he isn’t even fit for a game show. Tim Russert was a cool dork. David Gregory is a very condescending, annoying dork - like an assistant manager at Florsheim or something. Ugh Ugh Ugh.
I used to like Brokaw. Did he become a huge douche, or did I just become way more cynical and bitter?
Naked Bunny with a Whip: Could be both.
I’m cynical and bitter enough to agree.
Tom Brokaw, who can finally retire and fulfill his lifelong dream of fighting in World War II.
This would make a great episode of Fantasy Island.
S.Luggo:
His Royal Grayness has a teeny!
S.Luggo: I thought her big win was when David romanced her during the trial.
Ahem… I called it, a long time ago; where’s my credit?
I’m holding out for Howard Feinman. He’s much less of a sphincter than Gregory, and he actually has an upper lip.
That blows. I was hoping for Chuck Todd (so dreamy!) or Gwen Ifill. Gregory can shove his Prada boots up his arse.
SayItWithWookies: agreed. although i rather enjoy waking up to “From the Top” on PBS with faggy Christopher O’Reilly and the talented musician kids on PBS. Ira Glass’s voice starts melting my brain after awhile.
I’m really not illiterate. I just cant rite good.
Well, at least Gregory won’t be crawling under the table and trying to sniff the soiled jock strap of every military guest…
G’bye Tom Brokaw!
Gregory should stick to daily news reporting–and that’s it. Not hosting Sunday morning screamfests. He should just remain as a reporter.
The best option for “Meet The Press?” How about a rotation of Tom Brokaw and Ted Koppel? Imagaine that? Switching from Brokaw to Koppel every week! That was the best option–and NBC blew it.
Watch for the ratings to tank immediately with Gregory. People just do not like certain people in certain hosting positions. I.e., Katie Couric, who never should have left “The Today Show,” and who is talented as a morning news-talk host, but who made absolutely the wrong decision to anchor “The CBS Evening News.” And CBS made a bad decision there.
Who are these people in charge of the network news divisions? Why are they continuing to make these bad decisions?
Brokaw and Koppel on “Press,” and find a new anchor for CBS’ “Evening News.” Couric would be good, actually, doing news and feature pieces for “60 Minutes,” “Evening News” and even prime-time specials for CBS–that’s what she should be doing.
If Kevin Bacon and Barney Rubble had a child together it would be David Gregory.