# Ashleigh Banfield is a BABE **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499 "2003-03-23T04:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/21 "2003-03-25T10:21:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > **I likes me some Soledad O’Brien.** Ooh yeah. But then, I like Katie Couric. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/22 "2003-03-25T16:19:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo \* > \*\*I remember Ashleigh back when she was toiling away as a reporter for channel 7 here in Calgary. It does my heart good to see the Canadian talent make it big on an international stage. Yeah, she’s hot. > > [slight hijack] I still can’t take John Roberts seriously. After years of watching him as one of the original Much Music VJs, I can’t look at J.D. (as he was known back then) without remembering him with his long, curly, Van Halen-style hair, red and white Hawaiian shirt, and disturbingly tight jeans, talking about upcoming videos from Spandau Ballet and the Spoons. [/slight hijack] \*\* See, I’ve been shaking my head free of thoughts that “She’s that girl from 2&7.” I was about to look it up. I am so with you on JD Roberts. It’s just not right! That means that we’re old! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/23 "2003-03-25T17:42:50Z")
Tina! Tina! Tina! Fey! Fey! Fey! ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/24 "2003-03-25T21:07:56Z")
Hands down, I think [Rudi Bakhtiar](http://www.geocities.com/rudinews/gallery.html) from CNN Headline News is the most beautiful anchor out there. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/25 "2003-03-25T21:42:56Z")
I liked Natalie Allen from CNN, but I guess she’s not there anymore ☹ : [http://home.planet.nl/~wolf0620/allen.natalie.html](http://home.planet.nl/~wolf0620/allen.natalie.html) [http://www.home.zonnet.nl/kraan90/allen.natalie2.html](http://www.home.zonnet.nl/kraan90/allen.natalie2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/26 "2003-03-25T21:46:12Z")
I’m still pissed Lynne Russell retired. * * * Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/27 "2003-03-25T23:03:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*See, I’ve been shaking my head free of thoughts that “She’s that girl from 2&7.” I was about to look it up. > > I am so with you on JD Roberts. It’s just not right! That means that we’re old! \*\* Yeah, she’s the 2&7 girl. Can’t say as I was ever blown away by her journalistic talents or anything back in the day, though. And as for my rapidly advancing age, don’t remind me! ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/28 "2003-03-25T23:49:07Z")
[Homer] mmmmm [http://www.lauriedhue.com/](http://www.lauriedhue.com/) [/Homer] ---
**Author:** ![springfeva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@springfeva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/springfeva)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/29 "2003-03-25T23:52:45Z")
That’s wild! ---
**Author:** ![mmm.forbidden\_doughnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@mmm.forbidden\_doughnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmm.forbidden_doughnut)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/30 "2003-03-26T02:33:38Z")
Hubby told me just yesterday that I look like Banfield in my new glasses. She aggravates the crap out of me but I think he meant it as a compliment. :dubious: mmm… ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/31 "2003-03-26T03:56:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WillSantini \* > \*\*[Homer] mmmmm [http://www.lauriedhue.com/](http://www.lauriedhue.com/) [/Homer] \*\* And working for Fox, she’s Hitler-riffic!!😃 I don’t know why people dog Banfield’s glasses–I _like_ 'em. Anywho, I remain skeptical that a news personality more beautiful than Maria Bartiromo will ever exist. She’s like Coca-Cola: An object of platonic beauty that humanity shall never top. Though I must also give props to Patricia Sabga, BBC Breakfast’s Natasha Kaplinsky, and Tech TV’s Lindsey Arent (for whom I can find no link). ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/32 "2003-03-26T04:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by troub \* > \*\*I liked Natalie Allen from CNN, but I guess she’s not there anymore ☹ \*\* Are you _sure_? I coulda sworn she is still on CNN or possibly Headline News. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/33 "2003-03-26T06:59:33Z")
I kept telling myself I wasn’t going to get pulled into this thread, but since we’re sharing… [Campbell Brown](http://www.msnbc.com/news/625103.asp), NBC News White House correspondent, and hot as tar. [Jodi Applegate](http://www.fox25.com/dynamic/images/stories/personalities/newscasters.html), used to do “Later Today” for NBC and now anchors for the Fox affiliate here in Boston. Also wears glasses, but only on occasion; anybody else notice a trend developing here? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/34 "2003-03-26T12:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo \* > \*\*Yeah, she’s the 2&7 girl. Can’t say as I was ever blown away by her journalistic talents or anything back in the day, though. > > And as for my rapidly advancing age, don’t remind me! \*\* “Makes no difference where I go You’re the best hometown I know Hello Calgary, Hello Calgareeeeee 2&7 loves you!” Ugh. Ugh ugh. Plus she’s related to a friend of mine. I just didn’t see her as the same person, and now that stupid song is running through my head a LOT. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/35 "2003-03-26T13:25:37Z")
NewsBabe threads belong in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/36 "2003-03-26T13:44:09Z")
Bah. Diane Sawyer is still the #1 NewsBabe Queen. Soledad and Campbell are a close #2 and #3. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/37 "2003-03-26T14:37:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neuroman \* > \*\*Are you _sure_? I coulda sworn she is still on CNN or possibly Headline News. \*\* I thought so too, but she is not listed on the website ([http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors\_reporters/](http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/)) as an anchor for neither CNN nor Headline News. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/38 "2003-03-26T15:06:35Z")
For me there is only Bianca Ferrare. (Oh, Bianca, where have you gone?) I couldn’t find a pic – it’s been years since she was on the air. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/39 "2003-03-26T15:18:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo \* > [slight hijack] I still can’t take John Roberts seriously. After years of watching him as one of the original Much Music VJs, I can’t look at J.D. (as he was known back then) without remembering him with his long, curly, Van Halen-style hair, red and white Hawaiian shirt, and disturbingly tight jeans, talking about upcoming videos from Spandau Ballet and the Spoons. [/slight hijack] yeah when i see him all I recall is Toronto Rocks Toronto Rocks that show. ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499/40 "2003-03-26T15:27:58Z")
**flyboy88** You’re right, she could be talking about the mating habits of the underwater pickle weasel and I’d be mesmerized. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashleigh-banfield-is-a-babe/163499.md?page=3)