The RidicuList on CNN

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Well first, I gotta say that frankly, I really hate Anderson Cooper. At first I didn't, but the the guy is just so pandering, conceded and condescending. To me - and I could be wrong, because every time he gives a news report,, we are looking at him head on (and man does he have quite the oddly-shaped skull on him) it looks like, well, imaging trying very hard to stare straight in front of you whilst forcing your chin to touch your neck, that's what he seems to be trying to do. Anyway, i really hate his RidicuList segments on cnn.com. They are not funny Anderson. you're not funny.

[Joker]Not. One. Bit.[/Joker]

And you don't make things funnier by calling other people except the person who you are trying to call ridiculous the actual ridiculous ones. For example, his recent entry about Rebecca Black, he calls 'Rebecca Black hates" the ridiculous ones and not the girl whose music he is making fun of. Ditto for that teenager whose hates made it on the list after she married a fifty-year old man.

Anderson; get over yourself. Your act is dry and unfunny.

 

[137th Gebirg]

It's a shame - I remember before he made it big, probably 5 or 6 years ago now, he was on really late night and his commentary was considerably funnier and fresh. His new "RedicuList" bit seems to be an attempt to recapture that old concept, but not doing terribly well at it. I'm personally really liking Erin Burnett on "OutFront". She has that same sense of snarky humor but without any real political undertones or agenda from what I can tell. Very refreshing. I predict she'll be the next A.C. in the near future.

And as bad as A.C. is, I REALLY just wish Wolf Blitzer, Piers Morgan and Soledad O'Brien would just go the fuck away. Talk about a boatload of pretentious asses...

 

[auntiehill]

I get the impression that Anderson Cooper, who started out as someone who appeared to be interested in being a good reporter, is now being "groomed" by the network to be a celebrity. And it is SOOO not working. The man is too stiff and awkward, and really not a joke-teller. They should have left him as an in-the-field reporter.

As for the pandering jackasses of Blitzer and Piers Morgan----PLEASE, CNN; I watch you for the news. I want to see reporters, NOT "personalities" or "celebrities." I want to see reporters and news anchors giving me the NEWS.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Sounds like he needs to be on the list himself.

 

[davejames]

I don't watch him often, but yeah I've caught a few of those Ridiculists, and they ARE pretty bad. But that's just one short segment at the end of the show.

The rest of the time I think he comes across as plenty professional and hard-hitting. I don't really have much of a problem with him.

And yeah, guys like Blitzer and Morgan can come across as a bit full of themselves, but compared to the extreme blowhards on FOX, they seem pretty damn normal.

 

[FreezeC77]

What you described Anderson Cooper as sounds to me like almost every single 'lead name' on a cable news program... and why I watch none of those programs.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I find Anderson Cooper fine as a journalist. I liked him better in the show than in person when I've seen him speak. The ridiculist is about 3 minutes long. It's not spectacular, but at least you get to learn about something really stupid. Overall, I can't really complain about him. There aren't many great journalists, I can at least say he's a competent one that handles important situations fairly well.

 

[CorporalClegg]

As for the pandering jackasses of Blitzer [...] I want to see reporters, NOT "personalities"

Blitzer has personality?


As for AC, I've never found him to be anything but a complete tool. I honestly have no idea how he got where he is.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Boston Legal occasionally had someone doing a Blitzer-esque "best political news team on television" impersonation schtick called "Wolfgang Blitzkrieg". They also frequently lampooned Nancy Grace (another vile creature with whom I cannot stand to share the same planet) with a character by the name of "Gracie Jane", whose dialog was usually limited to "Guilty, guilty, GUILTY!"

It's too bad they stopped there. CNN's anchor pool is a particularly target-rich environment for parody.

 

[auntiehill]

As for AC, I've never found him to be anything but a complete tool. I honestly have no idea how he got where he is.

Well, being the heir to the Vanderbilt fortune probably didn't hurt....

He was a reporter for Channel One (if anyone here is old enough to remember that), and later as a war-correspondent(Bosnia, Somalia, etc) on ABC. He was then the host of The Mole. ( )

 

[23skidoo]

Sounds like he needs to be on the list himself.

Actually he's put himself on the list at least twice. Once for his on-hair crackup over the Gerard Depardieu airline peeing incident, which is one of the funniest things I've ever seen (both the original Ridiculist and Cooper putting himself on it for his reaction). I enjoy it personally.

Maybe they should just ban TV commentators from commentating. Keith Olbermann does his Worst Persons in the World and would get slammed even if he were to put Hitler on the list. Maddow and Beck and O'Reilly do similar things and they get raked over the coals.

The Ridiculist is a harmless bit of fun not meant to be taken seriously, and as such it's no more than a successor to AC's dramatic animal videos segment. And the fact he's willing to put himself on the list shows he isn't taking himself that seriously.

I've got nothing against the guy and I certainly find him more watchable than most of the pundits out there. Though the show hasn't been the same since Erica Hill left. Those two had chemistry.

Alex

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

The Ridiculist is a harmless bit of fun not meant to be taken seriously, and as such it's no more than a successor to AC's dramatic animal videos segment. And the fact he's willing to put himself on the list shows he isn't taking himself that seriously.

Uh, no.

Just no.

he's so condescending and conceded, and pandering. Not to mention the opposite of funny.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

He was then the host of The Mole. ( )

Hey! Don't knock the Mole!

 

[Kira's Mom]

He's conceded? Conceded to what? Maybe he's a bit conceited...

 

[Starbreaker]

I don't find Anderson Cooper conceited. I like that he's a little offbeat.