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[00:01:47] The second is Barney Fife, because he was the precursor. [00:01:52] He was the prescient, envatic, pythonic augury of kind of like RoboCop, because he was basically this kind of a demented... === Crazed Newscasters Predicting The Future (09:27) === [00:02:10] Crazed, lunatic, psycho cop ready to lose his mind with his single bullet. [00:02:15] I love that. [00:02:16] But also Ted Baxter. [00:02:18] Ted Baxter was of course a mythical, but not so mythical, newscaster on the Mary Tyler Moore show. [00:02:25] And he was the first person ever, ever, to suggest, to presage, to predict the Ron Burgundy Who came afterwards. [00:02:40] Kind of a dumbass, dimwit, doltish, fool, rube of a newscaster, news announcer, news anchor. [00:02:51] And what's so interesting right now is every now and then I will just... [00:02:56] I'm watching TV cable less and less and less. [00:03:04] And when I do, I will always think... [00:03:06] Who are these people? [00:03:07] What are they, 12? [00:03:08] And of course, it's always a diverse look. [00:03:11] It's got to be diverse! [00:03:12] It's got to be diverse! [00:03:13] The day you see two older white men on a... [00:03:17] Forget it! [00:03:19] Forget it! [00:03:20] They could be Nobel laureates! [00:03:22] And they won't do it because... [00:03:24] Well, you know that routine. [00:03:25] You know what. [00:03:26] Look. [00:03:29] DEI and all of its manifestations of... [00:03:34] DEI is a nice way of saying kind of like a demented affirmative action where you just want to go for plug and play. [00:03:42] Can we get somebody with a turban? [00:03:44] You know, it doesn't really matter. [00:03:45] How about, you know, do we have any Micronesians here? [00:03:49] I got a checkpoint. [00:03:50] Okay, that looks good. [00:03:52] Now that looks diverse. [00:03:54] What about the talent? [00:03:55] Eh. [00:03:57] Nobody is waiting until 6 o 'clock. [00:04:01] Nobody is waiting until 6 o 'clock, especially to hear and to see local news and the like. [00:04:08] And the only exception, the only exception might be Fox News, and even that has dropped. [00:04:17] I mean, it's the only game in town, but even that has just absolutely plummeted in terms of its watchability. [00:04:27] And why is that? [00:04:29] I'll tell you why. [00:04:31] I'm maybe your target market or your target demo, theoretically, because at least I come from a background where I've seen this before and it's somewhat recognizable. [00:04:45] Nothing compares to the excitement, the interest, and the fascinating coverage of streaming platforms and streaming media. [00:04:56] Look, It's just that simple. [00:04:59] I can go down the list. [00:05:02] I mean, I can just name them. [00:05:06] And I watch, if I want to find out what's going on, it's kind of a bit of a niche kind of watching, so to speak. [00:05:15] It's a little narrow casting to an extent, but that's fine. [00:05:20] But the idea of somebody sitting around doing news, the weatherman, The local weatherman? [00:05:26] What am I, Dave Garroway going to pop his head in any way to him? [00:05:29] You know, J. Fred Muggs? [00:05:30] Are you kidding? [00:05:31] The weatherman? [00:05:32] That's still one of my favorites. [00:05:34] Because it goes back to a time when you really didn't know anything. [00:05:38] I remember there was a time when I could call a number, a local number, on a phone to get the time of day. [00:05:47] I don't even know why anybody would want to do that. [00:05:50] Maybe it was sponsored by a bank, and they might throw in the weather. [00:05:54] But at the time, I was like, hey, what about my watch? [00:05:58] Forget it. [00:05:58] Let's call the phone. [00:06:00] Let's call the phone company. [00:06:01] Do you remember the operator? [00:06:03] Do you remember ladies who was a comedian one time who called up? [00:06:06] If you dial zero, I don't even know what you get. [00:06:09] That was then. [00:06:13] Innovation. [00:06:14] Change. [00:06:15] It's different. [00:06:18] I was explaining to somebody the other day that General Trump was on Lex Friedman. [00:06:22] Lex Friedman's broadcast that not even 24 hours after had, I don't know, 4 million people. [00:06:30] Who knows? [00:06:31] More than the entire Fox News. [00:06:35] I mean, that's the most overrated thing in the world. [00:06:39] And by the way, that's going to the same people. [00:06:41] These are young people. [00:06:44] This is the most, this is the most. [00:06:49] Demographically pluripotent group? [00:06:51] You talk about diverse, young people, older people, educated, cool people, hipsters. [00:06:58] Basically, Lex Friedman is saying, hey, this Trump's okay. [00:07:01] This is a demographic you would have never been able to get into because if you talk about independent and undecided voters, that would be it. [00:07:07] First, it's going on the Jesse Water Show? [00:07:12] Oh, I'm sorry. [00:07:15] You can watch it if you want. [00:07:16] It's very successful. [00:07:18] Roller derby was successful. [00:07:20] A lot of things. [00:07:22] Dialing for sports shirts was successful during this time. [00:07:25] I'm not saying it's not successful, but successful doesn't make it good. [00:07:31] And lower viewership doesn't make it bad. [00:07:36] But I know that. [00:07:38] And if you're watching this now, which of course you would be, how would you know I said that? [00:07:42] You know this too. [00:07:44] You recognize this. [00:07:46] This is a brand new world. [00:07:48] I think I was going to, maybe I said it, I forgot at this point. [00:07:52] But I told somebody who's been in the news business, you know, Trump was on with Lex Friedman. [00:07:56] Who? [00:07:56] Who? [00:07:57] Oh, Joe Rogan. [00:07:58] Ah, that's not a show. [00:08:01] No, that's not a show because it's not a couch. [00:08:03] It's not a guy with a bad suit. [00:08:05] Or some team is trying to be cute or she's trying to dance. [00:08:11] This is over. [00:08:15] And finally, traffic on local TV stations? [00:08:20] Traffic? [00:08:22] Do you have a TV in your car? [00:08:25] If I find out that the Van Wick is backed up at JFK, I'm... [00:08:33] Unless I'm there, and by the time I get there, it's already over. [00:08:38] Not only that, there's 800 million places that you're not mentioning, but you're still doing it. [00:08:44] And the reason why you did New Sports and Weather was to sponsor. [00:08:49] To sponsor. [00:08:50] Weather is brought to you by PC Richard. [00:08:51] Weather is brought to you by this. [00:08:53] Traffic is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. [00:08:57] It was a way to sell something. [00:08:59] They would have the wind. [00:09:02] If they could, they would have... [00:09:03] And now the wind... [00:09:05] Let's go to the wind reporter. [00:09:06] That's right, Dave. [00:09:07] The wind's coming out of the southwest at about 5 to 6 miles per hour. [00:09:11] This wind advisory was brought to you by Sears or whatever the hell it was. [00:09:15] I mean, this is what it was. [00:09:18] Nobody needed the wind. [00:09:20] Sports might have been the only legitimate... [00:09:24] Because it was interesting because you had a local guy and a local... [00:09:27] And it was kind of interesting in the old days. [00:09:31] Whether it was always a roly-poly kind of a, you know, that feller from the Today Show who was the original Clarabelle. [00:09:43] I mean, this is just... [00:09:44] It's done! [00:09:47] It's done! [00:09:49] But yet, you know what's still pretty good? [00:09:52] Even though it's different and it's still innovative. [00:09:55] And that's CBS Sunday Morning. [00:09:57] That's good because at least... [00:09:59] At least they have a story and they give it some time. [00:10:03] By the way, have you ever watched that show? [00:10:04] You know what they do? [00:10:05] They repeat the question in a moronic, kind of a half-assed, narcotized tone. [00:10:12] Like if somebody said, that's right Dave, I've been collecting motel keys for years. [00:10:20] You've been collecting motel keys for years. [00:10:27] That's... [00:10:27] That's right, just like I said, motel keys. [00:10:30] But now they don't really have, I don't really call them motel, but they have a little card and they're programmed. [00:10:35] And now they have cards. [00:10:38] Why are you talking like that? [00:10:40] Why? [00:10:41] Because it's stretching. [00:10:43] And it's the best they can do. [00:10:46] And it's, it's different if you can stomach it. [00:10:54] But I guarantee you, If something big is going to happen, if something enormous or ginormous, it's not going to appear on the 6 o 'clock news on Channel 4. It's not going to happen. [00:11:07] And it's not going to happen at 11 o 'clock or 11.30 after the news with Jimmy Kimmel or whoever these people are. [00:11:14] That's over. [00:11:15] If it's going to happen, it's going to happen immediately on X or Twitter or on YouTube or something. [00:11:21] That's it! === Please Hit The Bell (00:22) === [00:11:22] You know it, and I know that. [00:11:25] But they don't know that. [00:11:27] And that's why they are going to ride that Titanic into the deep because they just don't get it. [00:11:38] All right, dear friends, you do get this. [00:11:40] Please subscribe to the channel. [00:11:41] Please like the video. [00:11:42] Please hit the little bell so you're notified of live streams and new videos.