I watch a lot of NECN. A LAWT. There's usually nothing on that doesn't suck (on the other channels), and NECN seems to regularly skew in a more lighthearted direction than say, the "Murder-Murder-Murder-Arson-Rape-Horrific-Crash-Murder-Weather-Murder-Unspeakable-Crime-Sports" network newscasts. As such, the hubster and I have an ongoing conversation about some of the regulars on NECN:
* Scott Montminy is a funny mofo, and we regularly laugh out loud at....well, pretty much everything he says. He's awesome. Here's to you, Mr. Makin' Fun of Traffic Morons Guy! You RULE!
* Matt "THE NOYES" Noyes. I hear that 80's tune about feelin' the noise (Quiet Riot, you know the one) whenever I see The Noyes. His weather forecasts are the best in the region, and I never wonder why he gets paid to do what he does (unlike those other weather dudes who just phone it in and go "oops, my bad"). The Noyes really needs his own bumper-thingy (commercial type thing extolling his abundance of WIN) complete with the accompanying theme song mentioned above.
*Latoya & Prat: A strange shift in the universe occurred at some point within the last year or so and now Latoya, instead of getting shipped off to places like Mattapan and Stab-n-Kill to report on drive-by shootings, drug deals gone bad, other unspeakable horrors and dumpster-bound murder victims, is sittin' at the BIG DESK, oh hell yeah! It's pretty awesome. Latoya is (it seems) the new weekend anchor, which is great, and more than that, it's nice to see her being utilized more to her capacity and less as an embedded reporter in the hot zone. Prat, on the other hand, definitely lost either a bet or an arm wrestling match, perhaps with Latoya, and/or drew the short straw. Poor Prat is being sent on the absolute worst assignments - this just in, an orphanage for disabled cancer-suffering, one-eyed babies is ablaze, cooking everyone inside. Or, "I'm standing on the shore as the waves pound me like a jackhammer and fling shards of clam shells into my eyeballs, just so I can tell you the weather sucks out here. Back to you, Mike". It's almost like Prat is in newscaster purgatory (or whatever you call it in News Land) and has to suffer for a while before being let out (e.g., allowed to cover something other than the bottom feeder stories).
* Leslie Gaydos loves to throw the "Milky Minutes" finger and we find that hilarious. She's sassy, that one! (The milky minutes finger is a reference to the commercial with the lady talking to her family about throwing away those extra minutes (they're rollover minutes!!!!) and the husband makes the crack about the sister being lactose-intolerant, etc. If you've seen the commercial, you know the one I mean. She waves her finger at the husband and sons and it's pretty stinkin' funny. At least it would be if you lived here. Anyway.....
