Connie Croaks Adieu

The New York Post ^ | June 19, 2006 | Michael Shain

[Clintonfatigued]

THE ratings-starved Maury Povich and Connie Chung weekend show on MSNBC ended its short, six-month run with a bizarre send-off - sure to live on as a tone-deaf stunt Chung will not soon be allowed to forget. Perched on the edge of a white grand piano and decked out in a full-length evening gown, the former CBS and CNN anchorwoman warbled a farewell song that put down Dan Rather (with whom she co-anchored the CBS news in the early 1990s), her husband and cable TV - all at the same time.

"Thanks for the memories," she sang to the tune of the old standard:

We came to do a show for very little dough

By little, I mean I could make more working on skid row

That's cable TV.

Thanks for the memories

This half a year flew by

That Maury, what a guy

Instead of asking: Who's the daddy? He could talk Dubai

How stunned were we all

Thanks for the memories

The thing I love the most

About hubby as co-host

Is all those other anchors were as dull as melba toast

The sparks really flew

Thanks for the memories

Now that the show is through

I've got bigger things to do

But Maury is back weighing in:

Fat babies, how taboo!

He can't get enough.

At the end of the song, she collapsed on the floor of the studio as the camera faded out.

[Clintonfatigued]

That is seriously odd. I can't wait to see what the fun-loving couple (Chung and Povich) have in store for audiences next.

[GoBucks2002]

I think this is actually another sign of MSM fatigue. :)

[A CA Guy]

She never recovered from leaving CBS and being unable to conceive.

[HitmanLV]

I saw this on Youtube and it's truly insane.

[bannie]

Pathetic.

[Hodar]

I wonder if 'Thanks for the Memories' will be Connie Chung's "Jump the Shark".

[Perdogg]

http://www.wwtdd.com/index.php?type=one&i=1057

I am having trouble with this. All I see is the quicktime movie logo and a question mark. What am I doing wrong?

[Clintonfatigued]

Indeed, just when you thought that Hollywood couldn't surprise you, they do.

[Anti-Bubba182]

I watched a bit of the video of that. It was pathetic. The two of them can't retire gracefully.

[Xenalyte]

Probably means your Quicktime is an old version. Try updating it.

[Flightdeck]

The whole thing is online somewhere. It is not journalistic license or hyperbole to state that she was insane. Chung seriously, literally, had a mental breakdown which unfortunately (or fortunately) was broadcast to millions (okay, hundreds).

[Perdogg]

thanks!

[HIDEK6]

All I see is the quicktime movie logo and a question mark. What am I doing wrong?

You have to disable your "Does this suck or what," filter

[Perdogg]

I have 7.1. Is that not the latest version. I also have Flash 8.0.

[BenLurkin]

Heard it on Rush. As he said. "Once you get canceled from MSNBC there is nowhere else to go."

[potlatch]

I saw a bit of this on TV and it was strange. Another lib goes over the edge!

[Minus_The_Bear]

Thanks Affirmitave Action!

[PGalt]

Chung should've sung "Another One Bites the Dust".