It looks like a comedy skit about a shallow network anchorman who emphasizes form to the total exclusion of substance. However, if you look closely at the featured player in this video, you will see that he is not portrayed by a comedy actor. Instead it is the real life Dan Rather playing himself as a CBS News anchorman completely obsessed by his on-camera appearance. This piece, introduced by Harry Shearer with exactly the proper amount of suppressed jocularity, presents an episode from Rather's past when he was about to anchor the news from a Seattle rooftop on a cold, windy day. Rather is presented with a crucial choice: should he wear a trenchcoat or not? And if he does wear a trenchcoat, should the collar be turned up?
It was getting ever closer to broadcast time, and after 20 minutes of pondering his choices, Rather expounds on one the crucial issues of our time:
We need to make a decision---Coat or no coat?
I won't ruin the suspense by revealing the ultimate decision. For that you need to pull out a bag of popcorn and enjoy the unintentional comedy video of Dannie's Choice.
(h/t: MindBender26 of the Free Republic.)
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A little more left.. little more left..little mo.......
October 3, 2007 - 19:32 ET by Gary HallA little more left.. little more left.. little mo.......
.. Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh..
Dan... Dan...
Why wasn't the edge of the roof...right about there?
Holy frequency Kenneth, for
October 3, 2007 - 19:35 ET by SMGalbraithHoly frequency Kenneth, for a couple of minutes I thought it was a parody.
If the phrase pompous ass comes to mind, your brain is still functioning.
CBS plays this at the trial and the defense will ask that the suit be dismissed.
SMG
these things matter to the media
October 3, 2007 - 19:47 ET by TruthMongerits a simple questions dan
are you cold or not?
media matters
CBS plays this at the trial
October 3, 2007 - 20:00 ET by SMGalbraithCBS plays this at the trial and the defense will ask that the suit be dismissed.
Let me edit my own material: If CBS plays this at the trial the jury will award CBS $100 million for pain and suffering caused by having this guy work for them.
Wow, what an ego the man had.
SMG
Shearer Rather two nuts in the shell
October 3, 2007 - 19:39 ET by Lame CherryIt is surprising Harry Shearer could take time off of his New Orleans fetish to do copulate with Dan Rather.
If Newsbusters can ever find a montage video of Dan Rather it would be more amusing than Dan playing Dan........they could start with him laying on hill in Bosnia, hunkered down, dodging bullets.......only to have the camera roll back to see 2 old geezers laying behind him exposed talking and having a good time.
The next best memory of Dan Rather was his seeing a 3rd person at OJ's car chase and Connie Chung telling him, "Uh Dan that is the spare tire".
Oh well, Rather and Shearer........you got the rope keep feeding it as the odd balls you are people think you are nuts in the first place.
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Shallow, self centered
October 3, 2007 - 19:55 ET by VT Con ManShallow, self centered dolt. Just what I thought of him when I was a kid and he started doing the news. Some things never change huh?
lol? The Rocky Mountain
October 3, 2007 - 20:49 ET by wiwflol?
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
So, Dan Rather goes out the
October 3, 2007 - 21:44 ET by Dave RSo, Dan Rather goes out the exact same way that he came in-as a cheap parody of himself.
How delightful.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
And now we know who's the
October 4, 2007 - 00:03 ET by stratmanAnd now we know who's the real father of John "Haircut" Edwards --> none other than the gasbag Dan "Coat Check" Rather.
These two spend more time worrying over their accessories and appearance than Miss Teen USA contestants.
The silken pony and the rooftop clothes horse. Good grief!
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
}}---> Turncoat Dan
October 4, 2007 - 00:08 ET by Cool ArrowCollar up? Collar down?
Turn up? Turn down?
Hence the term "turncoat"?
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
Well, if the coat
October 4, 2007 - 03:08 ET by stratmanWell, if the coat fits...
I ended up changing that and going with something a little less inflammatory and more in line with the video - "Coat Check" Dan.
With his previous and mysterious statement "What's the frequency, Kenneth?", maybe he should be known as Dan "Frequently Checking Coat" Rather.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
What I thought was funny was
October 4, 2007 - 10:17 ET by taznarWhat I thought was funny was that the video starts with Dan wearing the coat, collar down. It stays down until he takes the coat off. Then comes the decision, collar up or collar down? Dan's response is collar up, because nobody wears a trench coat with the collar down. He never wears a trench coat with the collar down... except that's exactly how he was wearing it before it became an issue!
No wonder he has trouble keeping the facts straight!