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[national anthem] [national anthem] rachel: good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 here in new york city, i m so happy to be sitting next to my friends will and pete this morning. yesterday i brought in three bananas so we could start to be hell think, andstair healthy, and they re still there. [laughter] pete: yeah, look at that. rachel: all three. pete: i haven t eaten a banana many in ten years. will: i ate one four minutes ago. rachel: good for you. pete: they re still good though rachel: no, i m going to attack those bananas. will: i have contended and introduced a massive debate on the office floor around jesse watters prime time, and i think bananas are the number one fruit. i think they are easy, portable, thank you, dave, a lot of i appeal, not messy. i would rank bananas one. rachel: i think they are just like the egg, the perfect egg is the perfect to protein, that s the perfect fruit. will: i defy you, pete, to come up with a fruit that beats the ....
Hell think, andstair healthy, and they re still there. [laughter] pete: yeah, look at that. rachel: all three. pete: i haven t eaten a banana many in ten years. will: i ate one four minutes ago. rachel: good for you. pete: they re still good though rachel: no, i m going to attack those bananas. will: i have contended and introduced a massive debate on the office floor around jesse watters prime time, and i think bananas are the number one fruit. i think they are easy, portable, thank you, dave, a lot of i appeal, not messy. i would rank bananas one. rachel: i think they are just like the egg, the perfect egg is the perfect to protein, that s the perfect fruit. will: i defy you, pete, to come up with a fruit that beats the banana. pete: if i can come up with five other fruits that have actual taste. they re bland as all get out. ....
Ultimately, very boring. you never said that about madden. john madden is more responsible for the growth and popularity of football than any other single human being of his lifetime. howard: high praise. when the fledgling fox sports outbid cbs back in 1993, it was the hiring of madden that gave the operation instant credibility. i wasn t a guy when i was coach that would say i want to go out and be a broadcaster. i m vin scully along with john madden but i knew after i did the fist couple games, that that s what i wanted to do. this is it. i embraced it. howard: beyond his 16 emmy awards and his football video game, john madden brought passion and humor to covering the sport he came to define. that s it for this edition of mediabuzz . i m howard kurtz. a happy and hell hell think healthy new year. ....