Karen Surfaces Again
NJGENE
20 Sep 2006
Well,
We're obviously all hardcore fans of the most famous "Lead Sister" of them all so reading and feeling the love here for Karen is to be expected as much as how we follow anything about her. BUT, every now and then I am happily taken back to see Karen's influence and importance is really extensive.
Now, I am sure most of us in the States know about how former Today Show co-host Katie Couric left NBC to go and anchor the CBS Evening News. The media scrutiny has been intense. Well, Katie has a blog to go with all her other duties. And, in the FIRST entry, she ends by referring to Karen Carpenter! Nice.
The link is below. By the way, Karen has been mentioned a lot in the media and Web media too because of Katie's entry:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/09/13/co...ry2006771.shtml
We're obviously all hardcore fans of the most famous "Lead Sister" of them all so reading and feeling the love here for Karen is to be expected as much as how we follow anything about her. BUT, every now and then I am happily taken back to see Karen's influence and importance is really extensive.
Now, I am sure most of us in the States know about how former Today Show co-host Katie Couric left NBC to go and anchor the CBS Evening News. The media scrutiny has been intense. Well, Katie has a blog to go with all her other duties. And, in the FIRST entry, she ends by referring to Karen Carpenter! Nice.
The link is below. By the way, Karen has been mentioned a lot in the media and Web media too because of Katie's entry:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/09/13/co...ry2006771.shtml
polarbear
20 Sep 2006
Aw, that's awesome, thanks for sharing. 
It's funny though, because she's kinda um, making fun of her. But in a nice way.
It's funny though, because she's kinda um, making fun of her. But in a nice way.
bsbtebkorn
20 Sep 2006
found this blurb from gawker.com-
• Katie Couric's first week is accompanied by her first blog, a rambling, 10000-word treatment on the importance of being perky, complete with Karen Carpenter lyrics. Congrats, Katie. You're really done something.
um, ok.
• Katie Couric's first week is accompanied by her first blog, a rambling, 10000-word treatment on the importance of being perky, complete with Karen Carpenter lyrics. Congrats, Katie. You're really done something.
um, ok.
Ames
20 Sep 2006
QUOTE(polarbear @ Sep 20 2006, 05:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Aw, that's awesome, thanks for sharing.
It's funny though, because she's kinda um, making fun of her. But in a nice way.
It's funny though, because she's kinda um, making fun of her. But in a nice way.
great minds think alike bananie, cos i thought the same thing as you. i love katie couric. my mom's dog is named after her. apparently, my mom thought that in some way this particular female jack russell terrier looked like katie couric
. but yeah, she did seem to be poking fun and like you said it was in a nice way, but is she poking more fun of herself using 70's song titles as a reference or is she poking more fun of karen not being hip? i think she's poking more fun of herself and indirectly it takes a jab at karen.
i think if karen were here, she'd probably get a kick out of it and be like, "yeah! what was that? like 35-36 years ago???"
thanks for sharing!
nackteziege
20 Sep 2006
Haha, that's certainly interesting.
That was a very akwardly written sentence...lol.
That was a very akwardly written sentence...lol.
polarbear
20 Sep 2006
QUOTE(bsbtebkorn @ Sep 20 2006, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
found this blurb from gawker.com-
• Katie Couric's first week is accompanied by her first blog, a rambling, 10000-word treatment on the importance of being perky, complete with Karen Carpenter lyrics. Congrats, Katie. You're really done something.
• Katie Couric's first week is accompanied by her first blog, a rambling, 10000-word treatment on the importance of being perky, complete with Karen Carpenter lyrics. Congrats, Katie. You're really done something.
Loser.
Let's send him/her spam mail. QUOTE(Ames @ Sep 20 2006, 07:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i think she's poking more fun of herself and indirectly it takes a jab at karen.
Yeah, exactly. Like, if she's quoting Karen, and Karen's not hip, then she's not hip.
Which is fine, really, because hipness is overrated. QUOTE
mom thought that in some way this particular female jack russell terrier looked like katie couric
My mom thinks she shows off her legs a lot.
Sakura
21 Sep 2006
I found this while I was searching in search engine several days ago, then I saw it in another engine.
I wondered if the meaning of 'hip' changed. Thank you Annie, for your 'hip' comment.
Sakura
I wondered if the meaning of 'hip' changed. Thank you Annie, for your 'hip' comment.
Sakura
KarenCarpFan
21 Sep 2006
believe it or not..my step dads best friend(also my best friend) had a lawyer..who just so happens to be married to Katie Couric. he was friends with her husband and helped them move..i think to Reston Virginia or somewhere around there? i forgot what he said about her personally..but i believe it was good stuff!
Michael
Michael
Pookeysmom
21 Sep 2006
It seemed to me as though she was poking fun at herself, not Karen. That's how I took it, anyway. Like, she really wanted to say "Begun", then pretended to goof up. I like her...she is hip!!
Cheryl
That's how I took it, anyway. Like, she really wanted to say "Begun", then pretended to goof up. I like her...she is hip!! Cheryl
makapipi
21 Sep 2006
[font=Comic Sans Ms]We should email Ms. Couric and ask if she could play
Carpenters "We ve Only Just Begun" on her show then she would be really HIP
Carpenters "We ve Only Just Begun" on her show then she would be really HIP
smw
23 Sep 2006
I love Katie. I think she can be a bitch, but that's a good thing! Overall, she's just damn good at what she does...and no one can deny it! Thanks for sharing.
JayLumbee
25 Sep 2006
ROSIE O'DONNELL of the show "THE VIEW", today again told the story of how she touched Karen's arm.
She tells the story this way (not word for word) on "The View" (with Barbara Walters, etc).
In 1971, Rosie O'Donnell's mother took her to the WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR. The Carpenters was her first concert & she was 9 years old. After the concert, she said they stood in line waiting for the Carpenters to come out --and Rosie said she 'reached out and touched Karen Carpenter's arm' ---and that was a BIG deal to her. She sounds excited everytime she tells this story.
She also told this story several years ago on The Tonight Show, with Jay Leno --with Willie Nelson as a guest. And Willie Nelson said something like "oh yea, she was great'. (about Karen).
She tells the story this way (not word for word) on "The View" (with Barbara Walters, etc).
In 1971, Rosie O'Donnell's mother took her to the WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR. The Carpenters was her first concert & she was 9 years old. After the concert, she said they stood in line waiting for the Carpenters to come out --and Rosie said she 'reached out and touched Karen Carpenter's arm' ---and that was a BIG deal to her. She sounds excited everytime she tells this story.
She also told this story several years ago on The Tonight Show, with Jay Leno --with Willie Nelson as a guest. And Willie Nelson said something like "oh yea, she was great'. (about Karen).
Ames
25 Sep 2006
QUOTE(JayLumbee @ Sep 25 2006, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ROSIE O'DONNELL of the show "THE VIEW", today again told the story of how she touched Karen's arm.
She tells the story this way (not word for word) on "The View" (with Barbara Walters, etc).
In 1971, Rosie O'Donnell's mother took her to the WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR. The Carpenters was her first concert & she was 9 years old. After the concert, she said they stood in line waiting for the Carpenters to come out --and Rosie said she 'reached out and touched Karen Carpenter's arm' ---and that was a BIG deal to her. She sounds excited everytime she tells this story.
She also told this story several years ago on The Tonight Show, with Jay Leno --with Willie Nelson as a guest. And Willie Nelson said something like "oh yea, she was great'. (about Karen).
She tells the story this way (not word for word) on "The View" (with Barbara Walters, etc).
In 1971, Rosie O'Donnell's mother took her to the WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR. The Carpenters was her first concert & she was 9 years old. After the concert, she said they stood in line waiting for the Carpenters to come out --and Rosie said she 'reached out and touched Karen Carpenter's arm' ---and that was a BIG deal to her. She sounds excited everytime she tells this story.
She also told this story several years ago on The Tonight Show, with Jay Leno --with Willie Nelson as a guest. And Willie Nelson said something like "oh yea, she was great'. (about Karen).
what a nice story. thank you for sharing jaylumbee!
i've never heard that. i love rosie o'donnell. she loves baaaabra too. 
