Dec 22, 2009

Whats in a name?

When I was a little kid, I was jealous of WWF wrestlers because I thought their wrestling names were their real names. Hulk Hogan. The Undertaker. Jake the Snake. I wondered how these guys were lucky enough to have parents to give them names like these. Then, when I was 18 I found out that these are "Stage Names", types of pseudonyms. Fair enough, they're in an entertainment industry. Now, I believe this idea of using "stage names" has transferred over to the newscasting industry. Don't believe me? Here's a list of current new casters. You decide if anyone would actually name their kids like this, especially 40-50 years ago.

Anderson Cooper, CNN (2 last names?)
Campbell Brown, CNN, (Must be a CNN thing)
Sheppard Smith, Fox News
Major Garrett, Fox News (This is especially confusing when he is reporting on the military)
Wolf Blitzer CNN, (Sounds like a Nazi military operation)
Malini Bawa, Fox News
Sarah Courtney, Fox News (2 First Names?)
Nancy Grace, CNN (Again?)
Domenica Davis, Fox News (Illiteration?)
Fawn Boyd-Vigil, Fox News (Baby Deer)
Ursula Errington, Fox News (Does not look like an Octopus (Think Little Mermaid))
A.J. Hammer CNN, (Not MC's Brother)

I could go on but you get the idea. The other thing these newscasters are doing (primarily the men) is trying to look more distinguished by dying their hair gray among other things. Some (Shepard Smith) just end up looking plastic. Can you tell which picture is real?



1 comment:

Amy said...

news people creep me out.