Shake your groove thang, KPSP!

It's no secret that my love of Sam's work gossip and constant dreaming of #cocktailswithginger makes me a member of the KESQ Fan Club, and I do indeed start my mornings with NewsChannel 3 HD In The Morning, which Sam produces.


But I've also gotta give some mad props to the morning crew over at KPSP Local 2, the desert's CBS affiliate. See, after I get to the newsroom at 6 a.m., I keep an eye on all three local newscasts, and my ears have been perking up a lot lately as KPSP has been played clips of various top songs on iTunes while they list the top three on screen.


Well, last Friday, the morning meteorologist made a reference to "Party in the USA" being a fave song of the male anchor. Whether that was sarcastic or not, I'm not quite sure... but on Wednesday, I looked up from my computer to see Todd busting a move to Miley's song as the daily iTunes listing suddenly turned into a studiowide dance party:



Since I'm a big fan of dancing, I was pleased.


Then, this morning, Todd and Stella got their groove back, along with seemingly everyone else who's at the station during the 6 o'clock hour. Yep, a whole bunch of costumed KPSPers got down to "Thriller" — on the set, in what I assume is the newsroom, in the control room and even out at their live shot, the site of this weekend's Phish fest in Indio. Check it out:



Bring it, KESQ!


Now, if I may make a suggestion as a devoted viewer of both morning newscasts, how awesome would it be if KPSP challenged KESQ to a morning show dance-off?


Srsly, kids. I kinda picture it looking like this, only with Todd from 2 in the place of Andy and Emilie from 3 as Kelly:



Or maybe 3's Gil and 2's Mary could do a joint dance-off live shot.


The possibilities are endless, really. And it could be sweeps-week ratings gold.

10/30/2009 20:22