IraKere wrote:
dhines1671 wrote:
Fox spared no expense
All kidding aside it doesn't seem like FNC considers her new show a priority at the moment. The couple of times I tried to watch the set was too dark. Worse than F&F1st.
I'm on the fence about Gretchen, but for the sake of all of her loyal supporters... I hope FNC isn't setting her up to fail in order to push her out of the door. She deserves better than that after all her years of loyal service sitting between dumb and dumber.
Totally agree. The show is basically unwatchable, having a hard time finding the proper level between serious and silly. But, Gretchen is as cute as ever, and one can only hope she'll give us some cap worthy material soon enough.
I've lurked on this board for years, this is the first time I felt I truly needed to post (but thanks, seriously, for all the good stuff from others over the past).
I think the problem is Gretchen has played dumber than she really is for so many years she is finding it hard to switch out. I even remember a thread on this board a few days ago where someone had bought into the act, thinking she was actually a ditz. I was in high school when she was Miss America and I remember her visiting my school. She was the most poised speaker I had seen in person up to the point, perhaps ever. She graduated come laude from Standford and studied at Oxford. It is a shame she has had to hide her excellent mind to fit into a morning show act. It is the reason I simply could not watch her on FnF, she was just too different from the sharp, confident young woman I remember all those years ago. Jon Stewart even did a Daily Show segment practically begging Gretchen to stop pretending. Hopefully she can find her stride on her new show. Megyn certainly did not hide her smarts in that timeslot.
P.S. - thanks again to the fine posters/cappers for the great work over all the years I have been lurking.
P.P.S - no idea why the message board code refuses to spell c-u-m laude correctly. Oh, well.
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