# New Yorkers Rally 'Round Sue Simmons! Or Not! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151 "2012-03-08T15:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/21 "2012-03-09T07:18:41Z")
Apropos of very little, Jim Jensen was reportedly a hell of a tough softball pitcher. I know someone who batted against him in the 70’s and just could not touch his fastball. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/22 "2012-03-09T07:27:09Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Speaking of old-assed anchors, what about [Kaity Tong](http://blog.faboverfifty.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kaity-tong1.jpg)? This woman has a portrait in her basement for sure. As the old T Rex song parody went (probably on Howard Stern’s show though I don’t rememeber for sure), “Get it on…Kaity Tong…get it on”. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/23 "2012-03-09T08:23:35Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > . . . and Jessica Savitch . . . They’ve been trying to get her back, but . . . well, you know. And I remember Sue Simmons very fondly from the years in NYC. Too back about her health problems. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/24 "2012-03-09T14:16:15Z")
I think every big metropolitan area has a team like this - in South Florida, we had [Dwight Lauderdale (yeah, his real name) and Ann Bishop](http://youtu.be/E-5DHtpUn8c) (around 3:30) I liked Sue - she looks fabulous and I suspect there will be some tap-dancing done about retaining Chuck and ditching Sue. UT ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/25 "2012-03-09T14:42:58Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Perhaps NBC got tired of paying so much money for such an old woman. What’s wrong with having “old” anchors? I personally like the continuity and comfort factor of having someone familiar deliver the local news. As long as they still do their job, they deserve to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/26 "2012-03-09T14:56:17Z")
We used to joke about Chuck and Sue being drunk every Friday broadcast. I swear they actually were. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/27 "2012-06-15T22:55:32Z")
Just bumping thread to note that Sue is signing off at 11:00 tonight (Friday). \* \*sniff \*\* ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/28 "2012-06-16T15:08:52Z")
I fell asleep halfway through the broadcast. How did she sign off? Were there tears? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/29 "2012-06-16T16:27:57Z")
Even I got a little teary-eyed. And yes, they did address her obscene rant head-on! She made some noises about maybe doing some weekly or monthly work, so I guess some NBC cable affiliate may have some use for her old bones. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/30 "2012-06-16T17:00:11Z")
I went to school with her daughter. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/31 "2012-06-16T18:40:11Z")
Sue Simmons was doing the news in the D.C. area in the early to mid '70s. Not for long, though, she was very good and was obviously destined for bigger things. Hottie, too (that word did not exist at the time). ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/32 "2012-06-17T03:18:36Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Even I got a little teary-eyed. And yes, they did address her obscene rant head-on! She made some noises about maybe doing some weekly or monthly work, so I guess some NBC cable affiliate may have some use for her old bones. Thanks. I was pissed when I woke up this morning and realized I had dozed off. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/33 "2012-06-17T13:46:38Z")
[It’s up on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MWEtL1Ybow). ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151/34 "2012-06-17T15:50:18Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > [It’s up on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MWEtL1Ybow). _God_, Brian Williams is hot. Loved his Ford’s Theater crack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorkers-rally-round-sue-simmons-or-not/615151.md?page=1)