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An editor and I were talking about the way different TV anchors do their sign off. Of course we all know some of the more famous ones like Cronkite’s “And that’s the way it is” or Ron Burgandy’s “You stay classy San Diego”; but what about today’s anchors? Does anyone know their TV sign off?

I checked out some clips and here’s what I found:

Charles Gibson of ABC World News says, “and I hope you had a good day.” He delivers the line in a calm, empathetic tone like you just had a terrible day and he’s there to deliver the news and make you feel better too. When I occasionally watch the World News webcast, Charlie often introduces himself in a funny way like, “I AM Charles Gibson and this is the World News webcast.” It’s like we were questioning if the old man on our iPod screen was the man the show is named after. Or maybe he’s reaffirming who he was as the years catches up to his brain.

Over at CBS, Katie Couric finishes each night of the Evening News with, “Thank You for watching, hope to see you again tomorrow.” Her delivery has a hint of uncertainty that you will return to see her again tomorrow. I love how as the third rated news anchor, it’s like she’s subtely telling you that she hopes she doesn’t lose any more viewers than she already is. She might as well say, “I’m Katie Couric and I hope you don’t switch over to Charles Gibson tomorrow, good night.” Recently she’s thrown in a, “we’ll see you again tomorrow” instead of “hope to see you again tomorrow.” to keep things interesting.

My favorite evening news program is the NBC Nightly News. Brian Williams signs off with, “I am Brian Williams, we sure hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. Good night.” I think the difference between his sign off and Couric’s is that he has a confidence about him that portrays leadership- while Katie often has a dead tone that reflects the dead ratings CBS has. I also enjoy how when you often visit the video page of Nightly News, Williams throws in a freshly updated video welcome that highlights some of the new clips on the page- kinda like a Wal-Mart people greeter telling you what’s on sale.

Well I’m Patrick Pho, and I hope you enjoyed reading my blog. Hope to see you again tomorrow. Good night.

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My love for football has grown steadily since college. From watching Patriots games freshman year to fantasy football last year. Now I’m in two fantasy football leagues and I’m even enjoying watching college football games. My how love flourishes. I think I may have reached the point where Sundays are just going to be useless.

This past week I drafted my team in my office league, I’m satisfied with my choices. I grabbed Shaun Alexander and Tony Romo and even drafted two players that caused me grief last year, LaMont Jordan and Joey Galloway; however with all the preparation I did this year I made sure I grabbed them later in the draft so I wasn’t wasting my picks. Man I feel like a football dork.
But back to Earth for a minute, I enjoyed Labor Day by watching Superbad with Doug. It is by far one of the best movies I’ve seen since Anchorman. It’s the American Pie for a new generation… which really doesn’t make sense since we are the American Pie generation… oh well.

Wednesday’s kickball match was an utterly disappointing loss but we made it up in flipcup afterwards. Ya I woke up the next day without my contacts, car, and sharpie on my left arm. It was one of those nights.

Friday we all celebrated Emily and Laura’s birthday at, where else, Union Jacks. It was an ok night- I wasn’t feeling the tunes the DJ was pumping out.

I don’t know why but last week was all about not sleeping. After three hours of sleep on Wednesday I got just about the same amount after Union Jacks. Why? Because I was smart enough to schedule to bring my car in for an oil change at 8 AM on a Saturday. Ugh- never again. The state inspector was out so that means I gotta bring my car back- and I have to fix my turn signal light before I can get it inspected… great…

At least last night was fun… kinda. Sarah, LJ and his sister Leigh, and I went to the Red Sox/Oriole’s game. LJ and Leigh are Sox fans and I was excited to get a chance to see Dice-K pitch. However Dice-K kinda blew the game and I had to put up with mocking from Sarah instead.

The times after the baseball game were much better. We all went to Fells Point and met out with Cliff and Eliza at Max’s. It was a pretty cool bar with all kinds of different beer but more importantly, multiple TV’s showing all kinds of NCAA games. LJ and I were engrossed with the SFU/Auburn game. It was an intense game that came down to overtime. If you arn’t familiar with NCAA rules for overtime in football, then you should check them out, it lends for lots of suspense.

Ok enough writing I gotta get back to watching the Redskins game- Portis isn’t doing that bad so far… maybe I should of drafted him again too.

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Another Sunday and another great week passes me by. Tuesday I went out with Mallory and Krissy to see Blades of Glory at the Arlington Drafthouse. The drafhouse was really cool, it’s this vintage looking theatre that serves drinks and food while watching second-run movies. The tickets are cheap and the drinks are a little expensive; and I heard that the food should be avoided at all costs. The movie was funny, a typical Will Farrell character movie, it had it’s moments and quote, but not as great as Anchorman or Talladega Nights. Between coffee and rockstar that night I was up at all hours. I even went out on a midnight run around town- it’s not as shady as it sounds. Arlington is pretty safe when all the hoodlums go to sleep.

Thursday I caught up with Wedni, an old colleague from high school who just moved to DC. I moved down here really not knowing anyone and it’s nice to see a few CHS people are around. Besides Rebecca and Wendi I know that Colleen Foley is spending the summer in VA. I think some FSC people need to move down here- but of course it’s Boston, LA, New York for FSC grads.

Last night I went out to the Waterfront to celebrates Ms. Christina Scripps birthday at Tony and Joe’s. Any time out with my work favorites is always a good time. Rachel and I drove down there, Rachel being an TMGer who likes to pop her collar- it must be part of her sorority/preppie chic. I’ll pop my collar to mock her. Damn maybe I should get some topsiders and some Lacoste.

Ok well I need some food before I go out with Reb to Camden Yards for a little baseball this afternoon- nothing like sports to keep me and Reb together.

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