My Man Crush on Brian Williams
I feel I must admit to something – I have a man crush on Brian Williams.
Yeah, the NBC Nightly News guy who took over when Tom Brokaw got too old. The guy who looks ike a middle-aged Ken doll. Yeah, that Brian Williams. Man-crushing hard.
About six months ago, when I first started working out of the new CBR offices, I started to TiVo the NBC Nightly News because I wanted someone to tell me the news of the day when I got home from the office. It was something my Father always did, so it seemed like the right thing to do. I picked NBC for a couple of reasons – it’s the channel I’ve watched most of the time in my life, Charlie Gibson annoys me in that way an annoying grand father annoys their grand children with his smells and ways, and also because while I like the Katie Couric just fine (If she wanted to go on a date to say KFC, I’d not turn her down) that CBS Eye logo freaks me out too much to stay on that network for extended periods of time.
So, Brian Williams it was and there was no way for me to know at the time that in short order I’d start crushing like a 16-year-old girl in High School.
OK, maybe not that strongly. I am confidently straight so it’s not a sexual thing. He’s just that good at his job. He’s got a whole seduction thing going on. When he tells you the news, he uses that strong voice of his with a comforting tone that fills you with a certain confidence. You end up thinking to yourself, “Yeah, it’s tough right now, but Brian Williams will make it all fine. How? Well, duh, he’s Brian Williams.”
In his numerous appearances on “The Daily Show with John Stewart,” Williams gets a chance to display his humorous side as well as his deep intelligence. There are few people who can go on Stewart’s show and catch him off guard, but Brian Williams can.
I mean, Brian Williams is so good that when you see a black and white picture of him, you actually see it in color.
See that? The above picture is actually black and white, but because a sea witch imbued him with magical powers during his first oceanic voyage, you actually see color where there is none.
Brian Williams is magical.
