On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the place they're best known for, this Monday (30). > > http://www.thewrap.com/today-show-bryant-gumbel-jane-pauley-guest-hosting > It is surprising to me to see that they only did the show together for 7 years (82-89). While I remember watching Hugh with Barbara as a kid, and saw a lot of Bryant and Katie and Katie and Matt, I think it will always be the Jane and Bryant version of Today that will be prototypical, and I think the high water mark of the program. I was not a regular morning tv watcher during the Brokaw years - he was good of course, and his paring with Jane was arguable better than Bryant's, but only seeing them periodically makes it resonate less deeply with me. I grew up with both Brokaw and Gumbel as fixtures in LA local news, and as a big sports fan was shocked and delighted when Gumbel made the move over, which is probably why I stated watching Today more regularly as a young adult. Bryant is a lot of things (arrogant and aloof being two of them) but he is also a smooth and skilled broadcaster, and well suited for that morning show job. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
