I Heart Roger Clark

Other than the fact that Israel and Lebanon are destroying each other, it was a slow news day today and Roger Clark took the opportunity to report on the budding heat wave from Manhattan Beach. No, he wasn't wearing a wetsuit or Speedos, but rather his ubiquitous polo shirt. And no, there wasn't anyone at the beach yet, save for an old guy with Coke bottle glasses and a metal detector and a chubby fellow in a baseball cap who was just bobbing aimlessly in the water. Roger opened his piece with his hand slapped against his head in a demonstration of the unbearable heat (though it was about 7am and the temperature was only in the mid-70s). Kristen Shaughnessy was manning the home desk and commented on Clark's Victorian posturing to which Rog, God bless him, chuckled in a way that only he can. After a brief interview with a Russian woman who commented that she hates the heat and prefers "cold" (as in War?), Roger took it to the sand and interviewed the only person there to talk to (if you discount the guy floating around like a buoy in a baseball cap), the guy with the metal detector, who commented that Roger was "annoying" him. Later, Roger explained he endeared himself to the guy when he told him that he reminded him of his Uncle Irving who used to own a "soda shop." A trick we should all employ whenever someone essentially tells us to get lost.

On a scale of 1-10 on the Clark-o-Meter, this one was an 8.