Time to Fly the Coop

     I've watched Anderson Cooper's talk show several times during its brief run, and understand it's soon to be dropped from the schedule.  Several shows were  interesting, depending on who his guests were, and he has been a more intriguing personality than most other daytime TV hosts.  But any regrets I had about his show's cancellation came to a resounding halt today.  He reprised the incident where he was totally grossed out when  a fellow airline passenger placed his bare feet in proximity to him, a nice little anecdote of personal fastidiousness if you will, kind of an endearing trait.  But then----he went on to relate, in way too much detail, the tale  of his own wretched sickness in an airplane bathroom.  Why a man who has  been through as much as he has would want the world to know that his bodily functions, and malfunctions, can be as disgusting as anyone on the planet is beyond understanding.  One can not help but think it's his way of exacting revenge on the show's producers. 
      Moreover, his interview of the "Coffee Cup Murderer" was as lame as it could get.  Granted, the once-accused murderess was lawyered up by not one, but two, lawyers, for the interview, and since there is speculation other charges could be forthcoming, it's a given she's not going to divulge much.  But in light of her psycopathic demeanor, Cooper could have at least asked her why the investigators  thought she murdered her husband, and who she thought might have killed him.  He asked her twice if the police prevented her from having time to grieve, and she, as well as her daughter, dwelt on this aspect, with seemingly prepared responses.  She expressed no remorse for the death of her husband, only for her own inconvenience.  She did say she was his caretaker, but then said she had left him for more than six or eight hours while she went to work and for a manicure, etc.  And since she was not arrested until 4 months  after the death, she would have had at least some time to grieve; she was already back to work at the time of her arrest.  She did say she loved her job, though I don't think she expressed much love for her husband.
          I think it would have been a fitting, albeit ironic, close to the show to have today's co-host Christie Brinkley do one of her favorite things and sing a song from her role in "Chicago."    She could have performed, "He Had It Coming."