In the Papers

Today's "In the Papers" (ITP from here on out) was EPIC.

I love this segment - and indeed, I love Pat - entirely because of his droll recitations of what's in all the major New York Papers each day. Often, Pat will play it completely straight, but every once in awhile he can't suppress his opinions, and it's hilarious.

Today what set him off the most was a story about a golfer who finished a tournament in his underwear because he had shot the ball into a muddy sand trap and had to retrieve it, thereby muddifying his clothes. So he stripped down to finish the game, saying that he had no other option. "But of COURSE he had an option!" Pat exclaimed, his voice rising a couple of octaves. "Ugh." I don't know why this offended our favorite upright Canadian anchor so much, but it cracked me up.

He also agreed with a story decrying British firm Willis' decision to re-name the Sears Tower, which it bought, to the "Willis Tower," dissing the new name with a disgusted-sounding "whatever."

He also went off on a photo of the octo-mom, Nadya Suleman, buying diapers. "I don't know if you've bought diapers lately, but that looks to me like a 20-pack!" he groused.

Much of the rest of it was all Madoff, all the time which is pretty much how ITP has been this whole week.

I just realized that, by blogging about In The Papers, I'm doing a roundup of a roundup. How meta!

Anyway, you can watch today's ITP here:

http://www.ny1.com/content/features/95497/in-the-papers-3-13-09/Default.aspx