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| Connie Croaks Adieu |
| 2006-06-19 |
| June 19, 2006 -- The ratings-starved Maury Povich and Connie Chung weekend show on MSNBC ended its short, six-month run with a bizarre send-off - sure to live on as a tone-deaf stunt Chung will not soon be allowed to forget. Perched on the edge of a white grand piano and decked out in a full-length evening gown, the former CBS and CNN anchorwoman warbled a farewell song that put down Dan Rather (with whom she co-anchored the CBS news in the early 1990s), her husband and cable TV - all at the same time. "Thanks for the memories," she sang to the tune of the old standard: We came to do a show for very little dough By little, I mean I could make more working on skid row That's cable TV. Thanks for the memories This half a year flew by That Maury, what a guy Instead of asking: Who's the daddy? He could talk Dubai How stunned were we all Thanks for the memories The thing I love the most About hubby as co-host Is all those other anchors were as dull as melba toast The sparks really flew Thanks for the memories Now that the show is through I've got bigger things to do But Maury is back weighing in: Fat babies, how taboo! He can't get enough. At the end of the song, she collapsed on the floor of the studio as the camera faded out. Video excerpts of Chung's off-key performance began popping up on the Internet almost as soon as it aired Saturday night. The couple's half-hour talk show, "Weekends with Maury & Connie," aired its final edition Saturday and Sunday. The weekly program, which began last January, marked Chung's return to TV after her weeknight CNN series was canceled in 2003. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 If you have a strong stomach, go to the Drudge Report for the video. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-06-19 21:13 |
| #8 "Fire up that speedboat, Maury, I'm gonna get on my water skis and jump over that shark enclosure!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-06-19 15:28 |
| #7 They had a show together? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-06-19 13:07 |
| #6 Well, it beats SNL. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-06-19 13:05 |
| #5 Did you ever notice the number of transexual shows Maury puts on? Ever really looked close at Connie? One of those things that make you go hmmmmmm. |
| Posted by: Throlump Thromoth7510 2006-06-19 10:51 |
| #4 The highlight of Connie Chung's career was when Jane Curtin ripped off her blouse and cried "Try these on for size, Connie Chung! If it's raw news you want, it's raw news you'll get." |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-06-19 10:39 |
| #3 Yeah, I saw a few second of that, flipping through channels. I figured I was hallucinating or something. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-06-19 10:12 |
| #2 Connie and Maury, the Not-Ready-For-Cable-Access Players... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-19 09:40 |
| #1 I watched it a couple times since Fox had their weekend bulls and bears show on. The two of them are unrepentant liberals, who let every story gt their spin. Connie's the worst. Happy early retirement, losers. Canned by the third-ranked cable news network?....maybe she can do traffic and weather in Racine |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-19 09:29 |