  Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 88 Registered: 05-2007 |
Lucy Noland http://www.twango.com/media/es pyther.newswomen/espyther.1000 8 | ||
Meaghansdad Member Username: Meaghansdad Post Number: 91 Registered: 07-2007 |
Devin Skillian, especially on FlashPoint | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 5867 Registered: 11-2004 |
G'Lord! Lucy Noland's dang near popping out of that outfit! What are some of these anchors thinking? Was it Sweeps Week? | ||
Paulc Member Username: Paulc Post Number: 143 Registered: 03-2005 |
Bill Proctor from Channel 7 gets my vote... he has 24 years experience and has always carried himself as a very professional "man on the street" - especially during some ungodly hours and weather conditions. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 5870 Registered: 11-2004 |
Good call there Paulc. I think we've all related to the "man on the street" sorts much more so than the "behind the desk" people. Guys like Bill Proctor, Al Allen, and Bob Bennett are just a few of those fine folks who've been on the beat with us. Lord knows we've all seen them on some overpass during a blizzard or on a flooded street or two trying to inform us. | ||
Dougw Member Username: Dougw Post Number: 1875 Registered: 11-2003 |
Derricke Dennis is pretty good as a reporter. | ||
Falstaff Member Username: Falstaff Post Number: 7 Registered: 09-2007 |
I don't recall Lucy Noland having that look when she worked here!  | ||
Falstaff Member Username: Falstaff Post Number: 8 Registered: 09-2007 |
I've always liked Huel Perkins as an anchor. | ||
Trstar Member Username: Trstar Post Number: 8 Registered: 05-2007 |
Emery King. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 4897 Registered: 10-2003 |
Mort Crim. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 202 Registered: 06-2007 |
If we are including anchors...how can anybody even think that your nomination holds a candle to Bill Bonds? We're talking about the immortal Billy 'freakin' Bonds here! There should be a statue of him downtown somewhere (probably in front of a bar). | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 5876 Registered: 11-2004 |
If a Bill Bonds statue were to be erected, shouldn't it be face down in a bar or at least face down in a gutter somewhere nearby? | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 353 Registered: 02-2007 |
The heavy drinker thing they hang on Bill Bonds is more than likely just urban legend. So what, the guy got hammered a few times (frequently) and got pinched. And it was only a big deal because of who he was/is. He can't be that much of a drinker or he'd be dead. Heavy drinkers usually don't live to his age. It's probably BS and media hype. My experience with people that get out of control when they drink its people that don't drink very often and only do when they go out and overdo it trying to keep up. Some people just shouldn't period. I remember some of the stuff he used to say on the news. Holy smoke, it was rough. Never get away with it nowadays. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 205 Registered: 06-2007 |
sstashmoo... My cousin went to AA meetings with him at Maplegrove (rehab center) in West Bloomfield. It was court ordered for him. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 354 Registered: 02-2007 |
Because of a DUI maybe? If so, it's mandatory. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 206 Registered: 06-2007 |
I also used to be friends with bartenders at some of his favorite haunts in Birmingham..trust me, it was no urban legend. Maybe he's slowed down a lot. | ||
Pjazz Member Username: Pjazz Post Number: 83 Registered: 04-2005 |
Thanks for that link. I miss Bill on 7 | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5269 Registered: 08-2004 |
Bill was just interviewed on Labor Day by Eric Smith (who admitted in the interview that he told his boss not to hire pompous Bill Bonds). It was an interesting 15 minutes to watch Bill admit to his drinking problem (which he's abstained from now for many years). He even mentioned that drinking is what killed his teen age daughter about 25 years ago. Bill also admitted that he had a big ego, and was pompous. They showed many of the showdowns he had with politicians and others, such as CAY and Utah senator Orrin Hatch. He was not quite remorseful about his past, but admitted that he had his faults. It was a very interesting interview. | ||
English Member Username: English Post Number: 572 Registered: 10-2003 |
My vote's for Al Allen. | ||
Falstaff Member Username: Falstaff Post Number: 9 Registered: 09-2007 |
How about current reporters / anchors? | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1862 Registered: 01-2004 |
Hottest reporters: Amy Lange, Camille Amiri | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 41 Registered: 08-2007 |
Has anyone else noticed that Karen Drew's forehead is remarkably smooth lately. In the past her forehead looked like Star trek Romulan make-up. Like the bottom of an expando file-folder. Now her forehead is flat and doesn't scrunch up when she delivers the news. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1864 Registered: 01-2004 |
looks like dead lunch meat ! | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 42 Registered: 08-2007 |
Mauser, What does LIVE lunch meat look like? lol | ||
Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln Post Number: 137 Registered: 06-2007 |
Since Mauser beat me to it.... Ive always had a slight crush on Amy Lange....just thought getting into such things was a bit irrelevant and would be told so under no uncertain terms. But if we're going this route, then ill give my 2 cents worth and leave it at that. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 5878 Registered: 11-2004 |
They don't call it FOX 2 for nothing. | ||
Falstaff Member Username: Falstaff Post Number: 10 Registered: 09-2007 |
I didn't mean for this to turn into a "newsbabe' contest. That being said, I'm still voting for Mara MacDonald. Smart and cute is a good combination.  | ||
Abracadabra Member Username: Abracadabra Post Number: 70 Registered: 04-2007 |
I was in Maplegrave while Bill Bonds was. I remember him rolling in the Channel 7 Jaguar XJS, which for those that wouldn't know is a convertible. The wind made the back of his toupe stick straight out, like a spoiler. He swore often and had too much cologne on. He was the big news story until a rogue Aerostar ran over half a dozen people sitting outside of the facility. | ||
Falstaff Member Username: Falstaff Post Number: 11 Registered: 09-2007 |
Bill Bonds really left an impact in this market long after he left the news desk.  | ||
Falstaff Member Username: Falstaff Post Number: 12 Registered: 09-2007 |
Bill Bonds / The Planet of the Apes newscast |
