Friday, December 16, 2005

Last seen stalking off the CNN set in anger, Bob "Prince of Darkness" Novak won't be returning. Here's what CNN had to say today in a terse email:

"After 25 years of serving as a CNN commentator and program host, our colleague Bob Novak's tenure on the network will come to a close (effective 12/31).

Through the years, Bob has offered incisive analysis for much of CNN's programming, including Crossfire, The Capital Gang, Inside Politics, Evans and Novak, The Novak Zone, and Novak, Hunt and Shields. Bob has also been a valued contributor to CNN's political coverage. We appreciate his many contributions and wish him well in future endeavors," said Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S.

One quick story. Nineteen years ago, when I was a press secretary in a Congressional campaign, my candidate got a chance to go down to Washington to be on "Crossfire" when it was hosted by Novak, and I believe Tom Braden. I was the staffer who was supposed to go along on the trip to help prep my guy to face down the firebreathing, hissing Novak. I was disinclined to go because I absolutely hated to fly and probably hadn't been in a plane in a half dozen years. But I was so fascinated by Novak's evil on-air persona, so interested in seeing him inject his venom into his prey from up close that I mustered up the courage to fly. (With the help of what I recall were four or five screwdrivers downed in the two-hour flight.)

My boss did well on Crossfire. But Novak proved to be kind of a letdown. He just wasn't mean enough to match my youthful expectations.

12/16/2005 11:39:00 AM by MJ | Comments [0] |  
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