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MSNBC took away Tucker Carlson's show because it was terrible and no one watched it. They gave to former White House correspondent David Gregory (the tall guy). We're not sure if his show is terrible or not, because no one still watches it. But regardless, rumors continue to fly that Gregory is being "groomed" to take the place of Hardballer Chris Matthews. Matthews is a network star, but he comes with a lot of baggage, like accusations of sexism, embarrassing magazine profiles, and his inability to deal politely with his staff. Gregory—famous for, in addition to his height, his testy and sarcastic exchanges with Bush press secretaries—doesn't have the ratings to justify any of this yet, obv, but supposedly CBS wants him so therefore NBC needs him even more because that's how TV works with its "talent." But would replacing Matthews with Gregory be even more of a disaster?
Gregory generally came off as awkward when trying to lighten up during his gig guest-hosting Today—he also did quite a bit of dancing. He also once called in to Don Imus either terribly jet-lagged or comically drunk. And some people claim he's hated by his staff and, uh, mouths off to the help.
He might well be hated by his staff and mean to wait-staff. He's smug, self-important, and largely humorless despite his on-air geniality (it's almost like he's in television!). But we bummed around DC for a little while doing not much of anything in particular and from what we heard at the time, from people who might happen to know him, he's not Chris Matthews bad.
We could be wrong. Anyone work with or for the man? Or served him dinner? tell us how it went.
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I hasten to add that David Gregory's Tom Brokaw impression is absolutely superb.
Leave "Lil Stretch" alone. He's has to endure GWB for 8 years...his own career waterboarding, if you will.
1) When part of the WH Press Core, he actually asked QUESTIONS and put people's feet to the fire.
2) When he was jamming to Mary J, he had my vote and free rein on one of my ovaries. The rhythm! YES!
But actually, they need to bring up David Schuster. He's never been the same since Hilary threw him under the bus for that "pimp" comment... which was such a stupid issue.
@richardmarxhatesmyhair: ^^^had, not has. can we take up a collection so RMHMH can take some typing lessons. and get a new keyboard?
Can't we just assume that he's a jerk and mean to his underlings? Case closed. Who's next?
In terms of persona he seems like Sam Donaldson - kind of stupid, but has the ability to fly off the handle with a false sense of outrage when it most counts - during sweeps week.
He was a regular at the Starbucks I worked at for a while in DC. He was much friendlier than the majority of the customers, always tipped, and has amazing hair. However, Tim Russert has a much better sense of humor.
David Gregory is talented, smart and ambitious.
He is also SUPERB at managing up. The man could teach a master class in the subject.
Usually, this ability comes with age and experience, but David had this skill set down cold at a very, very young age. But since he always worked his ass off WHILE kissing ass, it was kind of easy to overlook.
Plus, he's consistently funny.
dude, Gregory is not a jerk. Compared to Matthews or Tucker.
Of course that's bad company but still.
Gregory is affable but charisma-less. I guess it's a matter of taste whether or not that's better than the douche-y charisma of a Matthews or Scarborough or Tucker Carlson. Anyway, the David Gregory-hosted show that is now the meat in a Hardball sandwich is basically a total abortion. Not pretty.
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