WLOS Tuesday 0816 dailies

Pass the torch

The WLOS pun torch was apparently passed to Susan Mundy on Tuesday. John “Punnyman” Le usually upholds the duty of delivering the groaners, but he passed while Mundy made us bang our heads against the wall as we listened to her lame report about some swans stolen from the Deerwood Apartments pond in Ashvegas.

The story could have been (dare we say, should have been) treated with sensitivity, for that neighborhood had become quite attached to the birds in the 14 years the two female swans lived there. But nooooo. Mundy kissed it off into an irreverent punfest that showed no respect.

We made note of the following pun-phrases used in the report: “swan song”; “fly the coop”; “Swan Lake”; “fowl play”; with the kicker from Susan, who said she hoped the “swan song ends on a high note.”

OMG. Kill me now.

Saturday night’s all right for…”
Russ “Beefcake” Bowen. Russell has been holding down the Saturday night anchoring gig for two weeks in a row, with Candace pulling Sunday duty. Used to be Candace pulling Sat. and Sun. What gives?

Whatever happened to…

Mike Hydeck? Ol’ Snaggletooth, as we liked to call him, hit the Ashvegas scene in 1999 or 2000, and stayed around for about three years, just long enough to hook up with Candace Little. Then the two un-hooked up.

Hydeck never really did anything memorable here. I’m trying to remember at least one story he worked on, but I really can’t. Actually, now that we think about it, did Hydeck ever really work here in the first place? Maybe he was just a figment of our imagination.

Hydee-Ho moved on to Boston’s CBS Channel 4 in 2003, where he is weekend morning anchor. Looks like he ran the Boston Marathon.