On a clip now running on YouTube, CBS anchor Katie Couric takes the piss out of former CBS anchor Dan Rather.
In it, she's shown outdoors preparing for a newscast in Nashville. She's seen fixing her overcoat, and immediately makes a reference to a well-known incident when Rather obsessed about how to wear his trench coat for over 20 minutes prior to a live newscast from Seattle. In that clip, Rather goes on and on about whether to wear the coat or not, and then debates whether to have the collar up or not.
Prior to the recent Nashville broadcast, Couric laughingly joked to her crew while arranging her overcoat: "I'm going to be like Dan Rather on YouTube." "Wait, 'What do you think, Mike?'" Couric says, mimicking the clip of Rather. "I think this looks good, this looks more anchorwoman-ish."
Earlier this year, Rather also famously said that CBS had "tarted up" the "Evening News" since he left. In the Nashville clip, Couric also makes a reference to that quote as well.
"I'm going to get in trouble," she says. "Too bad. Come on, it would have been funny. Jeez, don't you think he deserves a little payback? All right, this tart is ready to go."
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