Today
Had trouble sleeping this morning. More to the point, I woke up at 6:45 and I could tell I'd not be able to go back to sleep. At 6:58 I realized that if I got up immediately I could watch the beginning of the Today Show with their shiny new, mostly orange set.
Who's idea was that?
What?
The orange?
I don't know, but I'm not certain it's a good one.
So I did. Didn't expect Savannah Guthrie to also be wearing a bright orange outfit -- that was a bit of a blow to the head that early.
I can promise you she didn't just walk in this morning with an orange dress on.
Not likely.
I mean, I bet there were several meetings and a screen test done before anybody gave that dress clearance for airtime.
No doubt.
But I soldiered on. Made the best of things, even though it was horrid. Who watches this stuff? And when I say soldiered on, I managed to make it to 7:45 before I simply had to tune away. I spent some fairly enjoyable time watching Charlie Rose and Gail King on whatever show theirs is. I think it's on CBS. Vastly superior.
The good news? I used to watch Today every day. This was years ago. But then it got more and more insipid until finally I just said no to morning television. So it was instructive, I suppose, to go back and see how much worse it's gotten since I said goodbye. And I say all this as someone whose work has been covered, quite favorably, by the show. So I honestly wish them the best. Although that fuck-up with my girl Anne Curry still sticks in the craw.
Me? I could watch that CBS show. That felt much better on almost every level.
Who's idea was that?
What?
The orange?
I don't know, but I'm not certain it's a good one.
So I did. Didn't expect Savannah Guthrie to also be wearing a bright orange outfit -- that was a bit of a blow to the head that early.
I can promise you she didn't just walk in this morning with an orange dress on.
Not likely.
I mean, I bet there were several meetings and a screen test done before anybody gave that dress clearance for airtime.
No doubt.
But I soldiered on. Made the best of things, even though it was horrid. Who watches this stuff? And when I say soldiered on, I managed to make it to 7:45 before I simply had to tune away. I spent some fairly enjoyable time watching Charlie Rose and Gail King on whatever show theirs is. I think it's on CBS. Vastly superior.
The good news? I used to watch Today every day. This was years ago. But then it got more and more insipid until finally I just said no to morning television. So it was instructive, I suppose, to go back and see how much worse it's gotten since I said goodbye. And I say all this as someone whose work has been covered, quite favorably, by the show. So I honestly wish them the best. Although that fuck-up with my girl Anne Curry still sticks in the craw.
Me? I could watch that CBS show. That felt much better on almost every level.
posted by Geoffrey at 9:08 AM
1 Comments:
I went through the same arc with the Today show about three years ago. It's not news, or even trying to be any more. It's The Talk but in the morning. I too started watching CBS.
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