Top Ten Reasons Reporters Should Not Profess Devotion to their Significant Others in TV Stories:
10. After the break-up, it will still live forever on the web.
9. You’re not likely to do it as stylishly and amiably as John Gerard did.
8. Odds are, your significant other isn’t as absurdly adorable as Janet, nor are you as adorable as John Gerard.
Team Coverage: John and Janet
7. Folks will continually ask: Is that really your girlfriend?
6. Next time, you’ll have to record a song for her.
5. When she tells you “we’re getting a pet together,” you’ll have no choice but to agree.
4. Subsequently, you’ll have to buy her jewelry. It’s a slippery slope, yo.
3. TV viewers will suspect the worst when they see you out alone.
2. You don’t want to be another Commuter Dude copycat.
1. You’ll tick off your coworkers and competitors, whose significant others will hound them with “Hey, Lame-O. Where’s my on-air valentine?”
Posted by JimmyD on August 17, 2010 at 8:44 am
Funny stuff! Normally I would consider this cheeseball stuff not something I want to see on air, but I’ve got to say, he pulled it off.
Yet another sign how different WXIA is from the rest of the pack.
My wife has solved the dilemma of how to watch y’all and still get some news. She gets up a little earlier, and DVR’s both WXIA and WSB. First stop is a quick check of ‘SB to see who shot who and what actually happened, then it’s on to WXIA for the non-news content.
Posted by wagwar on August 17, 2010 at 9:11 am
Ouch! Was that a compliment?
I think y’all should call everyone ‘dudes’:
Reporter-dude
Anchor-dude
Weather-dude
Sports-dude
Winnie-dude
…
Posted by Deanna on August 17, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Wow. Did that really air? Was there a point to it at all? And the banter at the end was truly atrocious!
Posted by jill on August 17, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Are you serious? This was for TV? OMG…. the levels wxia has falled to is startling.
Posted by Mr. Bear on August 18, 2010 at 5:12 am
Of course, there is the minor matter of whether the average viewer really wants to know the on-air personalities that much or not.
Posted by Stay-n-play on August 18, 2010 at 5:47 am
There is some witty stuff on the air over at 11.
Very clever Commuter man or dude.
Posted by JimmyD on August 18, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I think it’s a compliment in the sense they’re trying something different, and a commentary on how well it’s not quite what she’s looking for. She likes the human element a lot. In fact, I know of three people she has actually shared the above discussed package with-every one of them thought it was cute.
However, the fact that you have to also check out WSB to see what actually happened is a bit of a problem.
Seriously, keep up the good work, but try to remember that people still want to know the “real” news stories.
Posted by Element on August 18, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Icky.
Posted by KD on August 20, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Sorry, but I found it quite creepy. A “newsperson” goes out to do a story and then hits on the subject. Ick.
And that they had to banter about it to fill time was sad.
What size market is this?
Posted by Larsen E. Whipsnade on August 21, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I’d rather watch commuter dude’s love life than the fuz and wuz on We Suck and Blither.