Thursday, April 06, 2006

A Good WomanTV Host - Who Can Find?

I think I may have spoken a little hastily yesterday. I confessed my utter disdain for Katie Couric. Her cutesy, little, fake smile is so irritating that I have had to stop watching the Today Show. And, I had been a fan of the show since Dave Garroway and Jack Lescouli.
Well, if there’s anyone in the show/news business with a more obnoxious smile than Katie’s, it’s Meredith Vieira.
So, who does NBC go out and get to replace Couric? Exactly. I don’t think NBC spent enough time in finding a replacement. I bet if they had taken a little more time they could have come up with someone even more obnoxious than either Katie Couric or Meredith Vieira.
For instance, why not pick Rosie O’Donnell? Now talk about one irritating gal (and I use the term loosely). If I had my choice between spending a week with Rosie or Katie, my vote would go to Katie every time. I’m sure O’Donnell would say the same.
Rosie has already done morning TV, so she’d be a natural. That’s not to say she’d be good, just that she’d be a natural.
Or how about Martha Stewart. Now that’s one tedious woman. If I had to listen to her voice every morning, I think I’d stay in bed. Her smile is not as hideous as the other ladies, but she makes up for that with her over all phoniness.
But, I think there’s one woman even more obnoxious than any of these other gals. In fact, if you took Martha, and Rosie, and Katie, and Meredith, and rolled them into one, they couldn’t compete for obnoxiousness. This woman is currently employed, but her job may be in jeopardy.
She’s got everything one would need to irritate the average viewer. She’s opinionated. She’s belligerent, she has a constant chip on her shoulder, and, evidently she packs a pretty mean punch, which just might come in handy, particularly if Matt Lauer gets on her nerves.
You’ve probably figured out who my choice is to replace Katie Couric (or Meredith Vieira, when she decides Who Wants To Be A Millionaire is a better career choice), I say why not offer the gig to U.S. Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney.
The only thing she doesn’t have going for her is an obnoxious smile. Actually, her smile is rather pleasant, but, hey, with a little work that can be taken care of. After all, a smile is just a frown, turned upside down.
Listen to me NBC, Cynthia McKinney is your girl…oops, your lady. Let her replace Katie Couric and you can’t lose. Just make sure studio security knows what she looks like.