Is Anyone Else Obsessed With Dateline's Keith Morrison?
Thanks to DVR, I haven't missed a single episode of Dateline, 20/20, 60 Minutes, Frontline, Primetime, or (especially) 48 Hours Mystery in almost four years. I would call it a guilty pleasure, but I take too much pride in my extensive knowledge of every cold case murder ever, the McCaughey septuplets' little milestones, and the symptoms of MRSA infections to feel any guilt whatsoever. Learning is its own reward. One of my favorite newsmagazine correspondents (because I have a list of those) is former Saskatchewanian Keith Morrison, the floppy-haired blondish guy who frequently covers murders and rapes in his own melodramatic, creepy-yet-totally-arresting way.
Here's a very short clip of ol' Keith on Friday doing what appears to be his best Hannibal Lecter impression while interviewing a clearly weirded-out accused murderer.
(If anyone else is obsessed with Keith Morrison, my next KM update will be about that thing he does where he starts talking really fast all of a sudden.)
Posted by Lindsay at 2:19 PM
Tags: Dateline | Keith Morrison
That's your boyfriend (you wish)
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oh him? that's just John Tesh's albino brother. His delivery of GUTSY journalism was honed at Julliard's school of drama, studying alongside the likes of David Caruso.
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I thought I was the only one.... I wasn't a regular Dateline watcher until I caught Morrison's report on the Eric Volz case last year. I think that voice hypnotized me. I've now seen enough Morrison stories to know when he's going to say "Well..." half a sentence beforehand.
He may be white-haired and a trifle schticky, but at least he's still on network TV.. which is more than his stepson Matthew Perry can say :)
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Oh my, I have been trying and trying to find an email address for Keith Morrison, I love him! I would like to tell him I would find an article about watching paint dry interesting, and that I would like him to deliver my eulogy. If anyone has it, I would appreciate it if you would send it to me.
Thank you,
Audra
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AH! i thought it was just me! my roommate and i have been trying (in vain) to perfect our keith morrison impressions for the last month straight. if i could get him to pre-record my eulogy, i would, too. best videogum yet.
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Keith, man. There's nobody like him. There was Jack Perkins, whose unctuousness was unsurpassed. And then there's the radio Canadian who hosts "The Story." Lindsay gets at Keith's penchant for melodrama, but Keith doesn't seem to get at it. He seems to be in it. Bootszilla brings up David Caruso, appropriately: the absolute weirdness of Keith's and David's deliveries! English sentences have never been accented or paused in like that, never been paced and scaled with such an avuncular and lurid seriousness. I don't think Keith is putting us on. He takes himself very seriously; he's vain as they come. No wonder Caitlin and her friend are having a hard time approximating an imitation. Keith's entire persona is that of a bad but deliberate summer-stock actor in a foothill town. Except Keith thinks he's a genius.
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I want to hire KM to narrate my audio book. How can I contact him? Please email me.
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This man never fails to bring the creepy, cull the spooky.
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I thought I was the only one! My dad and I love this guy. The way he tells the stories is almost as if he's reading it to children or something. It's great! I love him.
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Big fan. BIG! Tivo records all and I comb through, looking for his stories. Any other Dateline presenter is a comparative snooze. I was just looking around on the web for fiction he might have written. Perhaps a thriller? I haven't found anything. Probably isn't anything. If I were 20 years older and unmarried....LOOK OUT, Keith! His writing is beyond reproach.
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I can't stand his voice. I wish NBC would retire Keith. He drags along and I want to become the victim he's droning on about. Actually, his voice gives me the creeps.
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