Mark Wahlberg and Allen Hughes — respectively, the star and the director of the upcoming Broken City — took over morning TV in Philadelphia the other day by delivering a less than useful but more amusing than usual traffic-and-weather report. Have a look (via TVSpy):
Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29
In a similar vein:
Who would you like to see on a celebrity newscast?
Would George Clooney read the headlines while Jane Lynch did sports? Ryan Gosling on weather?
Go for it…
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I would like to see breaking news, first response, “we don’t know anything about what’s going on but hey we’re FIRST!” type stories being reported by Nick Cage in full on crazy freak out mode.
He’d also be good for the weather.
“NooOoooo! The raaaaaaain! It won’t bring back your honey!”
And now, with sports, here’s Samuel L. Jackson!
NO, I want Samuel L. Jackson as the White House Correspondent.
I could just see him in the White House press room. “Come on, man, you mean we’re just out there killin’ motherf***ers with remote control planes? You think you can just do that sh*t?”
And, “What?! No muth****ing prosecution of the banks for illegal forclosures?”
…edited to add…which reminds me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4CsCuMcSPs
exactly. sports should be read by werner herzog.
I’d make it a Doctor Who cast news team with David Tennant and Catherine Tate – news, John Simm – traffic, Matt Smith – sports and either an Ood or a Dalek doing the weather.
Oh! And Billie Piper!
I can’t decide whether I’d prefer Steve Martin’s weatherman from L.A. Story or Bill Murray from Groundhog Day. Maybe I’ll just go with David Letterman, since he got his start as a weatherman in Indianapolis anyway.
I’d just have the Muppet News Flash guy anchor the show, with frequent on-the-scene reporting from news correspondent Kermit the Frog.
Would Sam the Eagle have his own Bill O’Reilly-style talk show?
I’ve said it before: Many prominent politicians are secretly Muppets. There’s no other explanation for Sarah Palin. And Michelle Bachmann is obviously Animal in disguise.
There is no way Animal could be that mean.
:-(
I’d like to see a newscast with spontaneous musical numbers, like on a Joss Whedon show. But then, I think every movie and TV show would be better with musical numbers.
Bill O’Reilly IS Sam the Eagle. Whenever he says “pinheads” I hear Sam saying “you are all weirdos.“
Of course, I’d sit for George Clooney reading the phone book. (Remember phone books?) But for reals, I’d have Sam Waterston or Tom Selleck reading the news. Or how about Venus Williams and Jennifer Lopez? Selleck could do sports as well but I’d choose Martin Scorsese. Colin Powell would be a weatherman you could believe in. You’d really pay attention to Hillary Clinton doing traffic. Possibly Cyndi Lauper.
Sarah Jessica Parker doing a Money segment.
Bianca Del Rio for Local News.
Or Vince Vaughan could do money . . . He’s got the catchphrase and everything. “Now here’s ‘You’re So Money’ with Vince Vaughan.”
Jane Lynch did a great Rachel Maddow when actually on the Rachel Maddow Show (it was just replayed on her NYE show, and it’s probably over at YouTube, which I can’t get to here at work), and when Laurence O’Donnell has actors on as guests, they tend to do the bumps as psuedo-cable-news-hosts–I’ve seen George Takei, Richard Schiff, and a few others doing a great job.
Takei would have to do the entertainment news. “Lindsay Lohan has just been arrested for drunk driving again. Oh, myyyyyyy.”
that would actually get me to sit still for entertainment news.
David Tennant has the regional accent and that earnest/serious – trust me I’m a doctor – quality that would him an appealing newsreader with Steve Carell as his weatherman he could banter with at the “And finally ..” bit.
The Sam Jackson and Nic Cage suggestions below are GENIUS
Morgan Freeman and Hillary Clinton as the main anchors, with sly inside jokes between them.
Adele doing the traffic and commenting about arseholes driving all bloody wrong.
Conan O’Brien doing the weather and fighting with the maps.
Jimmy Kimmel covering financial news and getting it all screwed up.
Sofia Vergara doing the Hispanic interest section — and getting THAT all screwed up, but doing it beautifully.
Bill Cosby doing the person-on-the-street interviews.
Roseanne Barr covering kids’ issues.
Michael Caine reporting on fashion and makeup.
Ellen DeGeneres as the international roving reporter.
I forgot sports! …
Cindy Lauper! ;0)
Peter Lorre and Carmen Miranda to read the news.
Outside coverage by Charlton Heston
The financial section to be covered by Frank Gorshin in full Riddler Mode
Politics by Samuel L Jackson (as said before) and I love the idea of Michael Caine on fashion
Cooking by Christopher Lee
Cinema reviews by Vincent Price
Sports: Peter Cushing