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Katie Last Act on Today

This Is a special Edtion post of this Blog sight Because this is going to be fun and yes going to be a Kleenex Moment for the Next three Hours.

Today after 15 wonderful years on Today, Katie Couirc will be moving on for bigger and better thing with her new full time job at CBS becoming the first female solo promo time news anchoring of the CBS Evening News to do some hard news and this is going to be special on today, so since this is a big event I decide to hourne Katie by doing a experiment by watching the show and do running commentary during her last show.

if you are reading this later in the day, I know you get the ful Blow by blow but if you up and check out my blog you get a update every 30 minutes from now until the end of the show somewhere around 10:00AM and it wii be official at 10:30 AM to clean up anything bad on my part.

So if the commet will go some thing like this

6:23AM - it 74 when you wake up
I will say that Hot

something like that so I will keep up with the show as best I can you have to understand I typed 22 word a minutes now that slow. but it my first time so let see how this work.

So back story after Dan Rather left the job back in March 2005 it been empty at CBS with Bob Sehecher fill in the anchor chair since then and TV geeks was asking who will fill the chair, Katie Couirc was mention offen more everyone was hoping she would stay at Today inculing this person But it all came around on April 6 at 7:32 AM when she make this announcement:

"After listening to my heart and my gut, two things that have served me pretty well in the past, I have decided I'll be leaving Today at the end of May,"

and with that the Long Countdown began that lead up to this day so if you watching this check back with this site ever 30 minutes but if you miss it you get the full run down and my update today because this is my off day because I have some erron to do on Wednesday and on garbage watch because since Monday was a holiday if about a day late

So enjoy the Blow by Blow of what I been calling it Katie Final act.
(typed at 6:42AM)

(6:48 AM) The local NBC Sation WDIV (Ch.4) do a little plug on Katie last day with a live look at plaza outside 30 Rock as Tony Bennent warm-up for his part in the three hour show

(7:00 AM)the Show begin with what else News and farewell friend started the show

(701AM)with a kenexx box at the desk on the desk as she tell Matt "she feel happy and Sad and out of control"

(702AM) News

(705AM) there getting the hard stuff out of the way

(706AM) They show a video hilight of Katie long career at today with hightlight like a surprise walk in interview with Bush one and show that Katie can do the thought interview and show you why she ready for the Job at CBS and the silly light stuff that make any would be newsebe silly, and back to her true calling her hard news stuff

(719AM) The 1st of what to be many vid tribute ended and they go to break
(Sorry I have one eye on the TV and anoder eyes on the computer)

(722 AM) They thorh to 1st local Break the top story on the local NBC station in Detroit (Home Base)next to the Traffic and weather on the what ever #: Police Investigate Two Smash-And-Grabs in Clinton Township and also some fans tried to win game five ticket in case in ice.(can you say a little crazy

(730) Fans are outside to say there farewell the show

Current Temp 73*

(733AM) a special segment on interview ornaind people Katie did over the tears on today incluing the Central Park Jogger,a suriver from the world trade center and Craig Scott a victim of the Colubine Shooting who Katie comfer after after the shooting

(742AM) piece ends and Katie begin to well up a little bit

() back from break Katie decated song to the people in the last segment song by Country singer Trish Yearwood for the musical "Wicked" (which will begin it rund at the madsic Temple on Wednesday anrunning to mid-June, you can forget about tickets because every show is sold-out)

(753AM) During preview for the next half-hour Katie ask matt are you having fun because she having fun

(755AM)2nd local break and the top story on WNBC-TV in NYC (Today home base/wnbc.com), Freight Train Derails In Paterson, NJ and video of NBC 4 of Katie last day.

(800AM) Back from break with a sing at Wrigley Field saying we miss you Katie

(801AM)Katie say she graitued for working for today and say she never have a parter like Matt ever aging and also miss al and Ann and miss , Matt take a moment tosay she miss having a good laughed and call her a good parter with graet love and respect with a good kiss on the check

(809AM) in a odd moment as they go to break Katie say sorry to the camera guy proable that long words took to long it ate up time.

(811AM) a piece show a numbers of Light interview with a lot of celebrated over the year inclund her extra walk in as prison graud in the Goldmember and ton and ton of light fun stuff

(822AM) Katie jokes about her hiting the ball a few years ago at fenway park

(825AM)3rd local Break and the top story on WTVJ-TV in Miami(Katie 1st local job/nbc6.net) the top story other than the Heat about to put the piston away is Thief Enters Unlocked Homes, Steals Wallets in POMPANO BEACH(well that local news these days)

(830AM)back from break as they go outside for the 2nd Half of Katie Long Good-bye

(832AM)AL do the weather and almost every NBC old timers say goodbye and don't kill us in the rating while at CBS

(833AM) Katie introduce to her parnet at her family

(836AM) Katie get a great sulet from here biggest people in the world her fans of corsed

(838AM) as Katie watch it and she like it with a smile, and she met her biggest fan who a four year old girl which is nice

(843AM)they come back from break and country singer Martina McBride sing This one for the girls because she will become the 1st female solo to head a evening news cast and it will be for the girls, I check the garbage and used the bathroom.

(850AM) Tony Bennett(who was born on Auguest 3(which happened to be my birthday as well) sing Just the way you look tonight as Katie look on with gled and a smile and go into The best is yet to come which Bob Schaefer must be like the newbie at CBS(did I say she start in September on CBS) good Luck dogging Letter man

(855AM)Local break #4 and the top story on WRC-TV (the job Katie have before joining NBC News/nbc4.com)One Dies After MedSTAR Helicopter Crash, Helicopter Crew Remains Hospitalized and yes more goodbye Katie with Video.

(900AM) Green Day came in with the last hour of today of Katie with Al and Anne saying some very nice words but I was distract from a video from WRC-TV web sight it ended when correspondent Natalie Merlsos(gee I misspell it badly) say some nice as Katie say is it 10am yet.

(908AM) Katie hourner people who told people about awareness of colon Cancer which took her Husband life back in 1998, and how some are living today because of early detection of colon Cancer.

(916AM)there a very nice segment of how good Katie look good including the hair oh that hair from tomboy hair to current hair, let see what hair do will Katie hair be is September, But did you have invite Jone River to the Show.

(925AM) the 5th and final local break and the Top story on WXIA-TV in Alanda(she did not work there but her 1st job was a reporter at CNN, the big heads was not impress and told the producer not to put her on the aired ever again, Duh!) The top story was A 37-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of her 15-year-old husband will go back to court on Wednesday, and the garbage Turck did pick the trash and ads for the new Ikea store began airing.

(930AM) and yes this is it Katie last half hours on today and uncle Willard have came to the show to say good-bye and sing here a tune out of bob hope

is it 10AM yet

Current temp 76* today hi 84* and thunder

and yes I want to know how I did on my 1st real time event so let me know in the comment section below the post or fried off a E-mail at Culturecitynewstips@yahoo.com, and do please check back for what going on in the indie music world and my loved for ever sounden cool band with nice chick in the band like "Tilly and the wall" Playing at the Blind Pig June 10th

(936AM) The cast of Jersey Boys sing a rework tune of Bye bye Baby for Katie whice is call bye bye Katie

(940AM)The Broadway Half hour contened with the jersey boys singing ander song with Hairspray Harvey Friestein.

(947AM) And the Today staff say there good bye a well

(949AM)they come back from tribute in the end with a champine toast to Katie from NYC Crew, and office from LA, Washington,Chicago, and London and Katie get a send-off to CBS as they well her well and Katie wish them back as she say good buy all day

(951AM)As the Creitd roll with more light stuff from Katie time on today

(953AM)as Katie say thank you the show fade to back and Ladies and gelemtion, Boys and Girls, Katie is Done after 15 years and almost 2 Months at NBC, NEXT STOP: CBS at 6:30 in the Fall

Post-Show View From Culture City: I think it was a good send off they mix the good stuff she done with the Hard news she done on today, I think there look back at her doing hard newson today shiw that she can do the hard news stuff, and the show also show she also care about the import stuff inculing awareness of colon cancer it almost ran out of gas near the end but overall it was a good send off, and let hoped Katie do well at CBS but hey Bob Seherfer got her off to a good start(Few weeks ago CBS beat ABC for 2nd place), But you have to do more to take me away from Brian Williams on NBC.

Well that it for this special edtion of It Came Form Culture City
It going bet hot again with thunder Pistons lose this one there done
and you should not put your closer for more than one inning just ask the tigers last night
Back tomorrow for a regaur post
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK!