Thanks for the Parody — Maybe
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/tv/articles/_a/thanks-for-the-parody--maybe/20060620104509990002 By Peter Johnson
USA Today
(June 20) — Former network anchor Connie Chung has always had a fun side and loves to sing parodies. "I didn't rebel as a teenager. At 60, you can do anything," she said Monday from her Montana summer home. Chung pushed the envelope Saturday with a purposely off-key and over-the-top swan song to the tune of Thanks for the Memory on the final edition of her short-lived MSNBC talk show with her husband, Maury Povich.
The clip was an instant hit on YouTube.com, where 300,000-plus people — more than watched Weekends with Maury & Connie — clicked to watch Chung, draped across a grand piano in a white evening gown and gloves, singing, "Thanks for tuning in ... to watch the Con take on the Poves."
Reviews were mixed. "There's a fine line between parody and self-parody, and Chung just erased it," said Bob Lichter of the Center for Media and Public Affairs. "I'd say she shouldn't quit her day job, but it's too late for that."
Us editor Janice Min was more generous. Chung has always "been game for making fun of herself, being silly, and having a good time. Her candor probably makes a lot of other TV news anchors uncomfortable, but endears the public to her."
It was a "giant joke," Chung said. And to those who found the parody unseemly for a former CBS Evening News anchor? "Get a life!"
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.