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Video: Giants-Loving Bro Weatherman Loves His Job

Video: Giants-Loving Bro Weatherman Loves His Job

As you can tell from the video montage below, Channel 11 News Director Tom Murphy really seems to enjoy his job, whether he's making Michael Jordan comeback references, quoting the "great poet and philosopher Nelly," or shouting out to all his "people in Jerz." The northern Michigan anchor's highlight reel was posted on Reddit by a local fan, and his effervescent style has elicited a range of reactions from people who don't know if they love him for his sincere enjoyment of his work, or hate him for being an overgrown frat bro. We will say he does a decent Victor Cruz salsa impression—but what's up with his eyesight? Does he need glasses to doesn't he?? more ›

Roofied Weathermen Agree: Don't Take Shots From Strangers

Roofied Weathermen Agree: Don't Take Shots From Strangers

Thinking of going to spend a relaxing weekend of fun in the sun down in Miami? Just be wary if some sexy Latvian ladies seem to show a little too much interest you. Just ask former WCBS weatherman John Bolaris (now employed at WTXF in Philadelphia) who on a trip to Miami last year was slipped roofies by a pair of beauties twice and had $43,000 in booze and caviar charged to his AmEx. more ›

Mark Rudd, Founding Member of the Weatherman

Mark Rudd, Founding Member of the Weatherman

Mark Rudd is best known for being a founding member of the Weatherman (also known as the Weather Underground), an organization comprised of radical lefts that partly stemmed from Columbia University's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Upon formation the group got their name from the Bob Dylan lyric, “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” but unlike the pacifistic folk singer, they were known for their violent campaigns. Following an accidental but fatal explosion at a Greenwich Village townhouse in early 1970, while preparing for bombings at both Fort Dix U.S. Army base and Butler Library at Columbia University, the organization's members went even further underground, and by the end of that year were on the FBI's ten most-wanted list. more ›

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