Meredith Vieira from the inside out

We catch her on TV on a somewhat regular basis, with morning shows making for good background noise and all, but we can't say that we know Meredith Vieira personally or anything, no matter the extent of the "outrageous" happy chat with Ann Curry.

But something that came over the transom today made us feel a little closer to (and fairly embarrassed for) the multi-Emmy-winning daytime TV star. The press release headline:

"Discover Meredith Vieira's Azores"

Gee, should we? That seems kind of wrong.

Once we slogged our way through the lengthy, purple prose communique, we found that Azores isn't a body part at all. It's an island group midway between the East Coast of the U.S. and mainland Portugal, says the travel-hawking release. Hey, we never said we weren't dumb Americans with little grasp of geography. That makes us relatable, right?

As it happens, Vieira is planning to do a "Today Show" segment on Azores, seeing as her family originally hailed from that area. Get ready for a lot of tales about whaling.

We're just relieved this doesn't involve watching her colonoscopy.

 

Comments

[Joey Nader]

Colonoscopy????? Uh,...Ewwww....The View????? Double Ewwww.

[Kathie]

Ms. Stanley's humor aside, the Azores have spectacular scenery, unpolluted air and water, friendly local people (a fair amount of English is spoken there), year-round mild climate and amazing fresh food. You can read some interesting info and see dramatic photos of Meredith's hereditary island of Faial by clicking on: www.pathcom.com/~omega/faial.html