Posted on 02/17/2005 7:22:15 PM PST by Arnold Zephel
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| Rather to Host His Own Farewell Tribute on CBS Thu Feb 17, 2005 08:31 PM ET
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - No sooner will Dan Rather bid viewers a final good night as anchor of the CBS Evening News than he will be back on the air to lead viewers through a retrospective of his 50 years in broadcast journalism.
CBS News said on Thursday that an hourlong special, "Dan Rather: A Reporter Remembers," will be telecast on March 9, at 8 p.m. EST, within an hour of his stepping down as host and managing editor of the "Evening News."
The broadcasts come exactly 24 years after Rather assumed the anchor chair from legendary newsman Walter Cronkite.
The prime-time special is billed as a "candid memoir of Rather's extraordinary career, told in his own words." CBS said it will span the past five decades of his life and include never-before-seen archival footage.
A network spokeswoman said Rather would address the controversy surrounding his now-discredited "60 Minutes" report last September questioning the military service of President Bush.
The program will undoubtedly highlight the more celebrated points of Rather's career, including his coverage of the Kennedy assassination in 1963, the tumultuous Democratic National Convention of 1968 and the Watergate scandal during the 1970s, not to mention testy on-air exchanges with President Nixon and then-Vice President George H. W. Bush.
It remained to be seen how CBS would handle Rather's less flattering moments, such as walking off the set in 1987 after a tennis match pre-empted the start of a newscast, or the jokes he endured after being assaulted on the streets of Manhattan by a man who asked him: "Kenneth, what's the frequency?"
While TV retrospectives have become ubiquitous on prime time, paying homage to figures ranging from Johnny Carson to "Laverne & Shirley," a self-hosted special paying tribute to a living broadcast journalist on the day of his retirement is rare.
"I don't remember them doing one like this for Walter Cronkite, but you could bet they would if Walter Cronkite were retiring today," said Robert Thompson, director of Syracuse University's Center for the Study of Popular Television.
On the other hand, Thompson said, "He (Rather) has got a lot of good clips."
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LOL Dean always made me think of this scene before I saw this picture. It is right on.
Extraordinarily well put!
This is something that has always annoyed me endlessly about Danny the liar. He never finished Boot Camp. In fact he was there less than 3 weeks. If you don't complete Boot Camp you are not a Marine.
Like so much in his life Danny LIED about being a Marine. Quite cleverly too. He talks baout his time in Boot Camp but never admits that he couldn't take it and ran home to his mommy.
I heard it in a speech at Marine Corps League convention. Separately Col. Oliver North mentioned it on Fox News once when Danny was making up his fairy tales.
Who else is going to toot his horn??
EXCELLENT movie poster....hits awfully close to home
Dan couldn't find anyone else to host it? Maybe the integrity of CBS is improving.
'I just havent changed my name yet....i dont know when or if I will....'
You tolerated it?
I did not watch one second - I win!
His failure to make it as a Marine is, I believe, behind his dislike for the Bush Presidents.
#41 was the youngest fighter pilot in WWII
Senior Bush was elected President.
#43 was a fighter pilot
#43 was elected Governor of Texas twice
#43 still looks mighty fine in a flight suit
#43 was elected President once and then DAMMIT
elected again IN SPITE OF DAN RATHER's EFFORTS TO AFFECT A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
I could be wrong...............but I'm not.
Any Gunga Dan pics still in your inventory?
And I'm sure he'll be hotter than an armadillo crossing a Texas two-lane on the Fourth of July (wha?)...
At least we won't have to endure the endless good-byes that Brokaw got.
ratherbiased.com
I wonder why we don't have a popularity poll in his native TX to see how popular he remains.
this is grotesque- hosting his own farewell ?
how crass can you get
"This is my last show, goodbye"
-- an hour later--
"Im back and here is a tribute to... ME"
Looks like Dapper Dan is soldiering-up to Castro in anti-capitalist drab-attire designed for "liberal" elites to signal their eqalitarian solidarity.
Observing "no obscenity" regulation: **** **** ****
#20 ping.
Please!!?
Post #107 ping.
Oh, yeah. I did this pic last September 17th:
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