Wednesday, April 19, 2006

THIS JUST IN ...

Scotty did a heckuva job. But our top story is that the world welcomed the birth of the TomKitten. The best coverage came from MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on the Countdown, who "broke in" to his own broadcast with an NBC Special Report -- complete with fancy graphics and the NBC overture and whatnot. The broadcast also included these headlines at the bottom of the screen: BREAKING NEWS: FIRST BABY FOR TOMKAT!!! BREAKING NEWS: SHE'S CALLED SURI!!! BREAKING NEWS: SEVEN POUNDS, SEVEN OUNCES!!! BREAKING NEWS: SUIR CRUISE IS HERE!!! BREAKING NEWS: SHE'S 20 INCHES LONG!!! BREAKING NEWS: WORLD REJOICES: TOMKAT BABY IS BORN BREAKING NEWS: ALL HAIL SURI CRUISE DAUGHTER OF TOM AND KATIE BREAKING NEWS: SURI CRUISE: 7 LBS, 7 OZ, 20 INCHES NOT AT ALL GLIB BREAKING NEWS: OLBERMANN FORCED TO COVER SPAWN OF FAMOUS WEIRD GUY BREAKING NEWS: BABY, MOM AND DAD ALL HEALTHY ... PHYSICALLY, THAT IS BREAKING NEWS: AT 20 INCHES, SURI IS NEARLY 1/3 AS TALL AS HER FATHER BREAKING NEWS: KATIE HOLMES ON BIRTH: "________________"