It doesn't take much to recognize who the recent heat wave is taking its biggest toll on – television news anchors. Simply flip on any nightly newscast and hear them lament to the weather forecaster how hot it is. A sampling:
Marty, it's hot out there.
Susan, when is this heat going to end?"
Kathy's here with the weather and the flaming pitchfork she picked up when she got the 10-day weather forecast from Hell!
Banter, schmanter. TV anchors are now apparently so detached from reality that they actually believe the weather people are in control of the weather. In actuality, TV anchors have no reason to complain about the heat (trapped inside their air-conditioned studios) than they do to coo and coddle when one of their poor reporters is standing at I-25 and Surrey Ridge reporting about a blizzard.
Anchor: Tasha, it looks miserable out there.
Reporter: No s$%!*, Sharon. Thanks for sending me out here to do this stand up in a frakkin blizzard. Can I pick you up a coffee when I get back to the office in two days?
