On Thursday, December 4, 2014 2:48:52 AM UTC-5, Joe Coughlin wrote: > > Yeah, this is in the lighten up category. Anchors aren't news robots > who can and should do only one thing (though some do seem that way for > sure). Brian Williams is a multi-dimensional person who has a really > good sense of humor about himself. His ability to tell a joke or be in > a sketch or to slow jam anything has zero to do about his ability to > anchor a network newscast. > > Agreed. But I want to add one more thing. In March of last year, Brian did a terrific, hour-long interview on Alec Baldwin's podcast "Here's the Thing." Brian said that when Lorne Michaels asked him to host SNL in 2007, he took six months to decide, worried that he would flush 25 years worth of credibility down the toilet. Everyone he asked for advice gave him "a cautious yes." When he went to the SNL offices for the last time to meet with Lorne, he met Chevy Chase in the hallway. Brian said that after introducing himself, "I asked Chevy. His answer was fascinating. He said 'I watched Dan Rather for twenty years, and the day he retired I was no closer to knowing who he was than... the day he started. I think you should do it.' And so Chevy, in a way he does not yet know, decided that."
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