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Does anyone remember Jessica Savitch? She was an anchorwoman for NBC, who died in a car accident many years ago, maybe 30 years ago even, I'm not sure, but I remember seeing her on the news and at the time I thought she was an older woman like in her 40s, not that she was old looking, but she seemed very poised and mature. She actually was only 36 years old when she passed away and already a veteran of the news business for a number of years. That is very young! People in their 30s today seem too young these days even in their dress and things they do for fun.
Yes, I remember Jessica. I thought she was older too. 36, a kid to me now!
Does anyone remember Jessica Savitch? She was an anchorwoman for NBC, who died in a car accident many years ago, maybe 30 years ago even, I'm not sure, but I remember seeing her on the news and at the time I thought she was an older woman like in her 40s, not that she was old looking, but she seemed very poised and mature. She actually was only 36 years old when she passed away and already a veteran of the news business for a number of years. That is very young! People in their 30s today seem too young these days even in their dress and things they do for fun.
I know it's not the same, but Jimmy Fallon is about the same age other late night show hosts started as. He looks so much younger then they did when they started. He even looks a lot younger than Conan who's only 10 or so years older than him.
I know it's not the same, but Jimmy Fallon is about the same age other late night show hosts started as. He looks so much younger then they did when they started. He even looks a lot younger than Conan who's only 10 or so years older than him.
If I didn't know how old Jimmy Fallon really was, I would place his age as mid-20s. He looks a lot younger than his age! People in their 30s, 40s, look a lot younger than previous generations.
Does anyone remember Jessica Savitch? She was an anchorwoman for NBC, who died in a car accident many years ago, maybe 30 years ago even, I'm not sure, but I remember seeing her on the news and at the time I thought she was an older woman like in her 40s, not that she was old looking, but she seemed very poised and mature. She actually was only 36 years old when she passed away and already a veteran of the news business for a number of years. That is very young! People in their 30s today seem too young these days even in their dress and things they do for fun.
Yes, I remember her. In the 60s, she was a DJ on our local WBBF station. She called herself "Jessica Honeybee."
She was in her 30s when she died (horrifically, BTW), but who's to say she wouldn't have remained in the profession to attain that "old age" the OP's complaining about?
One thing that hasn't been touched is that the values were very different. You were rewarded socially for appearing poised, mature, together. Now you are rewarded for appearing and teen-like as possible: baby faced, irreverent, a little disheveled. They are working hard at being cool not knowing the depths of various issues like regional history as it pertains to this country's role in supporting or destroying a given country or tribe. A bro would say "they are jealous of our freedom, just haters". An adult says "we have a troubled history at best so some animosity is a given when you inject a country with a totalitarian abuser who's looted and tortured for decades". It's a good look on Saturday night out with the bros to be flippant and look like you don't care deeply but not as a news anchor who may be called on to interview a head of state, a jihadist, a mass murderer, etc. Powerful people from all walks of life chew up and spit out the young. They know all kinds of emotional and linguistic tricks to push their emotional buttons and get them off their game. They are often master debaters, master manipulators,etc. I know the mind tricks that got by me at 23 wouldn't last a moment today at 45.
Bothers me when some kids study hard to be journalists hoping to get a job in the future , then the networks hire people like Clinton & Bushes daughters , now NBCs hiring Pipper Middleton , it's all in the names I guess,
Yeah, it hardly seems right to always hire for name recognition mostly.
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They are the only ones that can get up early enough to do the show..
Lol! That may be true but the last thing I want to see first thing in the morning is some old fart near my own age reminding me just how old I am and appear!!
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