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Present - The Weather Channel 2000 => OCMs & Personalities => Topic started by: Spring Rubber on February 06, 2008, 02:17:11 AM
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It's after 2AM now, and the layers of clothing on Rich are starting to come off as the we head late into the night. :P
He's now starting to sport the Cantore look of a shirt and tie with rolled up sleeves.
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Rich Johnson works that late in the night? :blink: :shocked:
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I think he's a fill-in of sorts. I think he goes wherever the wind blows him, so to speak. :sunglasses:
I don't blame him for shedding some of the clothes. I certainly wouldn't feel like being trapped in a suit at 2 AM.
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Rich works every weeknight on EEWC.
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Rich works every weeknight on EEWC.
Yeah, he's not a fill in. :no:
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Speaking of Rich, this is quite an interesting review of Rich that I found on Google:
http://www.amazines.com/Publishing/article_detail.cfm/250503?articleid=250503
I'm assuming English might not be the author's first language...
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It's in English to me :unsure:
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It seems to me that starting around 1am-2am, that the broadcasts are "re-runs" until around 5am? Does anyone know for sure? Maybe thats why you are noticing it hour after hour?
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I believe they are live until 2am, then from there until 4am everything is taped.
BTW, welcome! :twothumbs: :sunglasses:
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I believe they are live until 2am, then from there until 4am everything is taped.
BTW, welcome! :twothumbs: :sunglasses:
Yes, that's how it works on weekdays. On weekends, the Midnight-1AM ET hour is live, which repeats one hour later. They're back live with Weekend Outlook at 4:30 AM ET, and the 1 AM and 3 AM hours are long form, just like the 4:00-4:30 AM block.
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I believe they are live until 2am, then from there until 4am everything is taped.
BTW, welcome! :twothumbs: :sunglasses:
Thanks for that info and the nice welcome! I did not know this site existed until someone from Talkweather posted it! Glad they did! I have been a TWC fan since 1985 when I became facinated with weather!
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WO wasn't always live at 4:30?
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Yeah, it was.
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Thanks for that info! That is why I was confused because one night I noticed it seemed to be a re-run at 2am (Eastern time), then one time it seemed like it was a re-run at the 1am hour. I never noticed that it was different times occuring on weekends vs. weekdays. Thanks for that info!
Yes, that's how it works on weekdays. On weekends, the Midnight-1AM ET hour is live, which repeats one hour later. They're back live with Weekend Outlook at 4:30 AM ET, and the 1 AM and 3 AM hours are long form, just like the 4:00-4:30 AM block.
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I always thought Rich Johnson lacked expresson
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I have grown to like Rich, but I remember years ago and now to an extent, he seemed to sometimes "downplay" bad weather... (making it sound less extreme as it really is). Am I making sense? Especially hurricane season... a cat. 5 could be spinning and he would make it sound like it was going to weaken and/or miss the mainlands. Or I remember once a severe storm was headed our way, with warnings and he said, "you may see some lightning with this storm, but nothing too bad"- which it was bad! Maybe I was misreading him though. He has seemed to have mellowed out now some with his personality during the evenings with Sharon. Before he seemed to lack sense of humor, but now he seems to chuckle occasionally- which is good. I like a little sense of humor now and then, when the time is right.
I always thought Rich Johnson lacked expresson
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Yep.. i had that same feeling too. His voice is kinda "grumpy"
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Yep.. i had that same feeling too. His voice is kinda "grumpy"
Yeah, almost like a gloom and doom feeling.
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The late nights are wearing on him... He just started getting giddy about the flooding along the Ohio River. He had to check himself by saying "It's really not a laughing matter". Even after that, though, he kept grinning throughout the entire segment.
Edit: I just tuned in at that point. For the remainder of the hour, Rich kept the grin beaming on his face and kept chuckling, and during the final segment, Sharon was laughing as well as she talked about playing Rock, Paper, Scissors to determine who would talk first during the segment. What kind of fumes are they breathing in the studio? I wonder if they've been giddy all night like this. Time to find out.
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The late nights are wearing on him... He just started getting giddy about the flooding along the Ohio River. He had to check himself by saying "It's really not a laughing matter". Even after that, though, he kept grinning throughout the entire segment.
Edit: I just tuned in at that point. For the remainder of the hour, Rich kept the grin beaming on his face and kept chuckling, and during the final segment, Sharon was laughing as well as she talked about playing Rock, Paper, Scissors to determine who would talk first during the segment. What kind of fumes are they breathing in the studio? I wonder if they've been giddy all night like this. Time to find out.
I haven't watched EEWC much tonight but they do seem a little punchy again tonight. Particularly amusing was both of them chuckling (coming out of a Forecast Earth segment, haha) with Rich's sporting a bright red face. And now Sharon warns us not to go anywhere unless it's the refrigerator because they'll be back in just two minutes.
I like the lightheartedness but seems a bit out of character for both of them...
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Unless of course their character (or at least on-air character) is changing. Perhaps they've decided/been told to let loose a little since it's so late at night.
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Tonight, they started losing it only 11 minutes into the program when Sharon thought the wrong graphic was being displayed even though it was actually the right graphic. She sighed loudly and said "It's late and it's Friday..." to which Rich replied, "Yeah, but it's not late on the West Coast..." and Sharon replied, "Yeah, but we're not on the West Coast...Wait a minute...that was supposed to be your turn to talk over that graphic in the first place!" Rich responded, "Yep," and Sharon sighed again and said, "I guess I could just work for you tonight!" Rich said, "Ok," and Sharon said something like, "Yeah, you could just sit over there and relax, and I could just take care of things," and Rich giggled some more and was like, "That sounds good."
They got a little silly again at 11:25 PM CT when Sharon mentioned a game she likes to play with the kids on a rainy day. Rich looked at the camera and said with a lot of enthusiasm, "THAT is something that NEVER would have occurred to me!"