Posted by JV on November 14, 2009 at 09:18:27:
In Reply to: Re: Bill and Walter were great!!!!! posted by biggj on November 14, 2009 at 07:32:02:
: : Ya it was kind of sappy. Ya it was not hard hitting but it was fun. Brought back good memories of good news and true professionals.
: : Ashame they can't bring Carol and Ron back....
: : -30-
: i have to say i loved it.....sure there were a few missteps...sure the 'banter' was forced at times...but has there ever been a better anchorman than bill kurtis or a better commentator than walter...i guarentee the ratings will be thru the roof...and would bet if they teamed these guys up again (say at 6) they would smoke 'em....also drop the deferential tone with rob johnson....legends don't defer to rob johnson.....a simple we're in for rob would have sufficed...find johnny morris and harry volkman and let's go
You hit it on the nose. To avoid some of the missteps I think they could have used an extra rehearsal just to get familiar with each other some more again and with the CBS 2 studio digs. And there was definitely some awkward banter at points, over-cheesed.
But overall I really enjoyed the broadcast and (gasp) may consider watching CBS 2 News a bit more now. Ann State fit in well with the guys. Ryan was my only partial disappointment.
One wierd thing was the actual weather only got about a minute for the segment maybe because they spent some time reminiscing with Steve.