It takes a lot to get me to sit down and watch the news. Not only is it incredibly depressing most times, the reporters are stiff and booorrrrrring! In fact, the only time I even find myself watching the news at all is when I’m in Toronto, Canada. CP24′s reporters tend to be young, hip and easier to relate to.

Fox 4 meteorologist, Nick Kosir, from Texas, puts a fantastic, yet cheesy spin on the weather from time to time. He puts on his sunglasses, has the studio peeps scratch some records like they’ve got chicken pox, and he raps the weather forecast. Incorporating the reporters into his mad-weather-rhymes, he also includes a full frizz-report, something I could seriously use here in the 9-billion percent humidity state of Pennsylvania.

If more news casters and weathermen took on this fun approach to the news, I would probably be more likely to tune in.

Sadly, I don’t think the locals (or anyone else, for that matter,) would appreciate a rap report about the Centralia underground mine fires or that couple who drugged teen girls so they could film them having sex. Yeah, that would be bad form. Even I got a bad taste in my mouth talking about it.

They could spice up the weather and sports reports though. Bust a few humidity rhymes from time to time. Unfortunately, I envision my 92-year-old Grandma shaking her fist at the TV and hollering, “You kids! I just want my weather!”