This guy has this F’d up mouth/front teeth that make him appear to be smiling at all times. At first this was quite amusing, but now it drives me crazy. He sits there reporting all of this terrible news, and he’s smiling.
Lester: (grinning) “In breaking news…Two new cases of Athrax confirmed today…” (more grinning)
He’s not really smiling of course, but if you turn the volume down and look at him you’d be sure this guy was almost laughing. Lester seems to be a good anchor man, but I just can’t get past his mouth. There’s no real point or complaint in this post, just wondering if anyone else has noticed. Check him out… It’s funny at first, but don’t watch him too much.
Heh. I’ve had MSNBC on pretty constant since 9/11 and from day one I’ve wanted to hit this guy. I know it’s not his fault and he can’t help it and it’s not nice, but yeah, he drives me nuts too. I’d never seen him before and was like “Why the FUCK is that guy smiling?” Oy. It’s just how his bottom lip kinda dips a bit. Constant smirk.
uuuummmmmmmm…Greta! i’ve wanted to slip her the meat from the O.J. days…
and whats with the hotties they got over at CNN? first it was lynne russle, now they got a whole pack of em’! the other night, i was just watchin’ the news and the next thing you know, i sportin’ wood! unfortunatly, they got so much shit on the screen with thier tickers and weather and quotes from the man on the street, i couldn’t catch her name (for stalking purposes, later).
can’t even get the latest on world terriorism without puttin’ up the peepee teepee!
What a relief that someone else noticed this. I’ve been complaining about it to my husband all week. Too “smirk-y”! I think what also adds to the illusion that he’s trying not to laugh is that his eyes are sorta merry/twinkly like Santa Claus or something. Very disturbing.
I’m glad someone else noticed this. It has been bothering me since the first time I saw him reporting on 9/11. It looks like he is about to bust out laughing at any moment. I know that it is just the shape of his mouth (and perhaps the twinkly eyes mentioned by voguevixen) but it drives me insane. It just seems so wrong. Can’t they assign him to sports and human interest stories? Either that or make him sit on a tack while reporting sad / serious news. That oughta wipe the smirk off of his face. :o
I don’t get MSNBC on my cable system, but I have the exact same feeling about Aaron Brown at CNN. It bugged the hell out of me when he seemed to be grinning while reporting in the hours after the Sept. 11 attacks with the WTC site visible over his shoulder.
I got hooked on MSNBC during the presidential election, but I’ve been switching to CNN every time Lester comes on. I wonder if MSNBC knows how many viewers are turned off by him?
Who’s the guy on CNN who was doing a stand-up in front of a map of Afghanistan in nothing less than a full tux? He looked like he just dragged in from a Christmas party?
What are these CNN folks smoking? Their boss launches a heavy effort to court conservatives in Congress and they go ape-shit over Chandra Levy between Larry King interviewing the Legal Blondes (all right, not all of them were, but you gotta admit they were verrry photogenic) and Condit’s son and daughter (yep, they’re gonna admit dad’s a horndog but he’s all right for a father.) :rolleyes:
He’s always been like that. I remember when he was doing the local news here in Chicago (on CBS, IIRC). Drove me nuts, and I was only a little prepubescent git back then.