So what?

Her Perkiness, the likely product of an unholy union between Hillary Clinton and Molly Yard, is supposed to announce that she is leaving Today to take up Dan Rather's chair at the "Tiffany" network of the antique media. Does anyone care?

YIPS FROM STEVE---YOU'D THINK THEY'D LEARN DEPT.: I should know not to read blogs while eating cheerios, as I got a nice spew of 'o's onto the screen reading Paul's post, as the title came out in the voice of the alien (which, if memory serves, was John Bigboote, and not Lord Whorfin) at the end of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai when, having been thwarted in his plot to take over the world, he says in his best old man voice, "So what? Big deal!"

For earlier generations, their cultural touchstone was the King James Bible, or maybe Shakespeare. Me? It's Buckaroo Banzai, Escape from New York, Red Dawn, and Caddyshack.

Nothing like a perfectly good liberal arts edumahkayshun flushed down the crapper, eh?

Yips! from Robbo Big-Bootay: Jonah talks about the National Nooz Anchor's new clothes. And he has this to say about Katie's! training to fill the spot:

As co-host of The Today Show, Couric seamlessly moves from hosting a fashion show to baking ladyfingers to discussing Social Security reform. The only thing that distinguishes her "news" personality from her work as a cruise director is which camera she looks into and how she pitches her voice. Often it's difficult to tell the difference. She began one interview thusly: "When I got this assignment I thought, 'Whoa, slow news day!' But the importance of the sports bra to American women can't be overemphasized."

BTW, it was one of the Elders of the Black Lectroids that uttered the "So what? Big deal." line in TAOBB. Right at the end when Buckaroo is kissing Ellen Barkin.