April 29, 2009 on 8:43 am | In Television, Weak Attempt | 2 Comments
While sitting in the airport today, on my way to Chicago, I couldn’t help but hear the CNN they have blaring through the terminal. They were doing a story on MAD Magazine’s 500th issue, which is awesome. I have a collection of MAD Magazines that’s taller than I was when I first started buying it in 1988 (I have since dropped the title when it went color and quarterly), so I’m a fan of the work.
CNN, must not be familiar with the book, as the news anchor, a ditzy, ditzy woman, started off the report by saying, “As Alfred E. Newman would say, ‘What? MAD? Why worry?’”
Ugh. A few minutes later the weatherman made a joke about “putting the lotion in the basket” and this wonderful anchorwoman didn’t know what he was talking about.
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*Sigh*. Women.
I wonder if the staff at CNN purposely throws misquotes and pop culture referrences she won’t understand onto the teleprompter, just to watch her make a fool of herself.
“So you would like the truth? You cannot withstand the accuracy!”
Comment by clodia83 — April 29, 2009 #
She was 0 for 2, it was pretty sad.
Comment by Ethan Kaye — April 30, 2009 #