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[crankybroad]

I have looked and looked for months and have not found a thread for this. I used to laugh at my father for starting every Sunday with this show, so I feel really old now that I watch it. It is just so low key and pleasant that I find it a relaxing way to start my last weekend day. I even love the segments they seem to replay over and over - anything Bill Geist and the "mail boat" spring to mind immediately. My favorites are the Steve Hartman "Everyone has a Story" segments. If you are unfamiliar with him, he takes a map and has a stranger throw a dart on it and he goes to the town the dart landed on. When he gets there, he opens the phone book and chooses a name, goes and interviews them and ALWAYS finds something about them of interest. These stories can often be hysterical or poignant. As a lover of China Beach, I also enjoy the commentary by Nancy Giles - even though I usually don't agree with her!
I start every Sunday with Location, Location, Location and Homes Under the Hammer on BBC-America and then I watch Sunday Morning and start my day. It's nice to just start off with a relaxing routine. As soon as they close Sunday Morning with the nature segment, I am off and running.
I can't be the only TWoP'er watching this, can I???

[Lux Patella]

Fear not, Crankybroad, you most certainly are not alone! I started watching CBS Sunday Morning as it came on directly after Nick Jr. on CBS, and most Sundays, I'm fortunate enough to watch the entire episode. I enjoy both Nancy Gilles and Ben Stein's segments (Ben's Mother's Day segment from a couple of years ago, brought me to tears), and I find that the show is an excellent way to start a Sunday.

[TwoDals]

I absolutely love this show! I've been watching it for years. It's a real easy way to ease into Sunday. The stories are always interesting even if they aren't something I'd usually be interested in watching.
Of course, I'm also a lover of The Early Show. I never see posts about that either. I enjoy watching Harry Smith.

[wormlegs]

Count me in too. I start my day with Sunday GMA because I have a terrible thing for cohost Bill Weir. Then I switch over to CBS just in time to see the leapfrogging Nick Jr frogs as Nick Jr ends. And then I sit, totally engrossed, for 90 minutes. Before baby wormette was born, I'd just sit in bed with the paper and watch Sunday Morning and drink my tea.

I think of Sunday Morning as being like NPR on the TV -- just strange, quirky stories that it would never occur to me to watch, but I'm usually glad I did. I adore Bill Geist. I love Charles Osgood...he's just so soothing and I get a kick about how he's the only newsperson I hear saying "Twenty oh six" instead of "Two thousand six." I just wish the ending nature segments would be longer.

[secretagentman]

Even when I was in my teens, I was referred to as " an old fogie", so yeah, I have been a fan of this show for years. The variety of content, and the humor are very appealing on a Sunday morning. It's a great part of my Sunday, read the paper with a kickass breakfast, watch CBS and then, a few times a year, the bonus of some awesome tennis finals.

[attica finch]

This is the only news program that routinely covers stories about the arts, both fine and lively. That, in and of itself, makes it a jewel.

[prairiegirl]

I have watched Sunday Morning from the start back in 1979. Bill Geist's report on the first Sunday after 9-11 was incredibly moving.His next door neighbor and friend was killed in the collapse of,I believe, Tower one. I loved Charles Kuralt, love Charles Osgood. This show is one of the few reasons to watch CBS.

[merroni]

Thank you for starting this topic. I love this show and I can not start my Sunday without it.
I adore Ben Stein and Nancy Giles. They usually come different sides of the fence but I always end up agreeing with most of what they say. I favorite Ben Stein segment was at Christmas time when all the hoopla about taking Christ out of Christmas was going on. Ben started his speech by saying that he was Jewish and having someone say "Merry Christmas" to him did not offend him.

I loved the report on the little resort town (I can't think of the reporter or the town) that nobody locks their doors or their belongings and you can walk in any body's house and be warmly welcomed and offered something to drink.

[dhb]

I'm a fan too. I love Bill Geist's pieces. The vacuum cleaner convention was classic. And when the big east coast power outage happened a couple of years ago, he had the foresight to grab a cameraman and film his entire ordeal getting home in NYC that night. It made a great piece.

[jdoehner]

Simply the class act of television. Long may it endure. Clearly it is a holdover from when quality television was its own reward.

[TraceyBee]

I've loved this show for years. I watch it every Sunday before going to church, it's a gentle way to get the news and some brain food. Years ago, they broadcast Vladimir Horowitz's concert in Moscow, when Horowitz returned to the USSR however-many years after leaving it. Watching him play, and seeing the audience's reaction, was so moving.

I remember when Charles Kuralt retired and handed it over to Charles Osgood. CK said that one way to tell them apart was that "Charles Osgood knows how to tie a bow tie."

I love the "nature minute" at the end, too; they don't do a full minute very often any more, which makes me a little sad.

Edited by TraceyBee, Jun 29, 2006 @ 3:46 PM.

[Orion7]

As a lover of China Beach, I also enjoy the commentary by Nancy Giles - even though I usually don't agree with her!

Thank you, crankybroad! She looked so familiar, but I could not for the life of me figure out why. Duh!

The arts coverage by itself makes the show worth watching, let alone the wonderful correspondents you have mentioned. There is the Breakfast With the Arts program on A&E on Sunday mornings as well, but the photography isn't as good, and they do more pop culture coverage than they used to.

[peaceb2u]

This show belongs in the "best kept secret" category. None of the other magazines or ersatz investigatory shows come close. Why so few and far between and why is this broadcast at a time that requires a certain amount of virtue to watch? (Although the number of pieces on aging boomer folk and rock idols suggests a certain circadian shift with age.) It is simply the best.

(BTW, this is my first post ever, so hello to all. I have been following TWoP for months and find it to be sometimes brainy (sometimes not) and irreverent (but sometimes blindly loyal) and genuine (yet sometimes tongue in cheek). I am glad to be here.)

[malificent]

My dad always used to watch this show when I was young and I hated it. I'd have rather watched cartoons but there weren't many to see on Sunday morning. Now, I love catching this show and find myself recording pieces for my husband. Even pieces I don't think I'll find interesting always are.

[pokey jones]

I have three rituals on Sunday mornings. I read the New York Sunday Times. I visit one of my favorite coffee shops, but before that I watch CBS Sunday Morning. So many news programs are filled with the salacious and sleazy and lame celebrity pieces, but this show is comforting, intelligent, and covers stories you're not going to find anywhere else.

Simply the class act of television. Long may it endure. Clearly it is a holdover from when quality television was its own reward.

So true.

[prairiegirl]

I tape Sumday Morning, as I attend church, but the first thing I do when I get home is sit down and watch. Who else can give us interviews with Paul McCartney and also give us Bill Geist?

[celticann]

Love:

Bill Geist
Nancy Giles
Ben Stein
Martha Tichenor

Hate:
Absolutely no one.


The best part of Sunday is "Sunday Morning"

[Phebe Marie]

Why, oh why was Katie Couric on CBS Sunday Morning today?

Please don't tell me she's invading my favorite news show, too!

[bmasters9]

Why, oh why was Katie Couric on CBS Sunday Morning today?

Please don't tell me she's invading my favorite news show, too!

If she was, then I worry for CBS. Did she do the broadcast today in place of Osgood? If so, big mistake. They have lots of other talented people who could sub in for Osgood, and to put Katie on there-- big mistake (if in fact it was true, as I did not see Sunday Morning today).

CBS needs to cut their losses and kick Katie out the door just as fast as she came in. Knowing her, in fact, if she was there she probably wore 5" heels with bare legs. That kind of stuff needs to stop. If it continues, they need to lower the boom on Katie. She needs to go to CNN American Morning-- it probably wouldn't hurt to have her there-- or maybe even to FOX News Channel, but never again CBS-- they should kick her out and rip up the contract, and never invite her back again.

Edited by bmasters9, Sep 10, 2006 @ 5:28 PM.

[culturevulture73]

Why, oh why was Katie Couric on CBS Sunday Morning today?

I shrieked the same thing at my tv. "Why is she invading every newscast?!"

[Taina]

I am so happy I found this forum. I simply adore this show. It is so intelligent and well written . I start my Sunday mornings with my cup of coffee and my friend Charles. Nancy Giles is my hero. She speaks of what is in my heart but in a more eloquent voice. Her piece on Katrina was priceless! Love, love, love this show!
Off topic regarding Katie Couric...let's send her to Fox News. That channel is blocked off my tv, so I won't have to see her again!
A bit late, but, welcome peaceb2u . I like your name.

[TraceyBee]

Did she do the broadcast today in place of Osgood?

Oh, no no. Thank God. She did a story about the "Jersey Girls," the widows of men killed at the World Trade Center who became activists for getting the 9/11 review panel established.

I don't believe we'll be seeing Katie all the time time on Sunday Morning. This was just an extra marketing thing for her first week (and it was very like the sort of thing she did on Today). Sunday Morning has always included occasional pieces by other CBS journalists.

[Taina]

Today's Bill Geist's story on the WW2 Veterans trip to the WW2 monument in DC had me in tears. That town in NC raising the funds needed to fly all those veterans, was very moving. The organizer of this trip is a real hero for honoring the bravery of all those men. Just a wonderful segment! This is why I love CBS Sunday Morning!

[crankybroad]

For the first time EVER I had to snatch up the remote and change the channel during Sunday Morning. Nice shot of quacking ducks waddling about as intro to a story apparently about Peking Duck. Quick channel change. Not what I want to see on a Sunday morning. Prefer the heartstring tugging and gentle stories!

[angelingy]

I used to relish in this show w/ Charles Kuralt. Now, I sometimes get to watch it, and it's still very good. It just seems lately that they've run alot of repeats...maybe it was just a summertime gig...

Love Nancy Giles...always wanna call her Tina after a good friend o mine.

[erica]

Today's Bill Geist's story on the WW2 Veterans trip to the WW2 monument in DC had me in tears. That town in NC raising the funds needed to fly all those veterans, was very moving. The organizer of this trip is a real hero for honoring the bravery of all those men.

Right there with you. I was sobbing as I watched. My great-uncles and grandfather fought in WWII, and only one of them was alive to see the monument be built. As I watched the segment, all I could think of was my uncle telling me the story of how he went to the dedication and how much it meant to him, and the fact that the whole town was chipping in to help these veterans, well, damn. I have tears in my eyes even now as I type this.

*stupid dust...*

[buggal]

Bill Geist did a piece on Dean Martin days in Steubenville, OHio last Sunday. I love when he does oddball festival segments. I found this story to be disturbing, however. The people he interviewed were very obsessed, like beyond Elvis-fans obsessed. Why did this bother me? Because I was at Dean Martin days this year and while, I don't identify with some of the kooks he interviewed, I wonder if I'm just deluded and I really am one of them. ALso, how did I miss Bill Geist running around? Steubenville isn't that big. I'm disappointed.

And a catty comment, Ruth Bader-Ginsberg was wearing a lot of make-up in her interview.

But I love this show. It makes my Sunday happy, well, it and the Amazing Race so, actually, CBS makes my Sunday happy.

Edited by buggal, Oct 5, 2006 @ 8:45 PM.

[Catcher22]

I was watching the show this morning and I think there was a repeated human interests piece that caught my interest with Bill Geist going to Nonowi (I believe that's what it was called, but I'm not sure), Nebraska where the population is...1. I liked Geist's line, "There used to be 7, but then the [Johnsons?] packed up and moved away, all four of them." I cannot for the life of me imagine assuming all the roles of the bartender, librarian, storekeeper, floor sweeper, mayor, and all those jobs that that sweet woman did. The tour of the empty ghost town reminded me of my favorite movie, The Last Picture Show, especially the ending.

I love Sunday Morning.

[Vetasimmons]

Thank you, Nancy Giles!

My dog does the same thing to UPS and FedEx packages. Maybe I could slap some color on them first and try selling them for $2000. Let her earn her keep. I know P.T. Barnum really didn't say that line, but whoever really did say it got it right.

OT: Great Staples commercial. Aren't they one of the companies that pulled out of Imus' show?

[borderottie]

I was watching this show this morning as I do every week and wondered if there was a board for it.

I agree about Nancy Giles segment. I usually really appreciate what she has to say and today was so well put. Between what she had to say and how the Rutgers coach commented... I think we need to PROGRESS from here. Apparently the voices of reason have finally spoken.... yes, two A-A women (whom I would guess would be best to comment on this in the first place) and not the typical white males that traditionally fill the media.

I love this show... it's such a nice alternative to the news craziness of any week.