Taking it for the Team

Is it just me or is Ann Curry always getting the short end of the stick on The Today Show? This week, Al Roker and Matt Lauer have the “dangerous and challenging” assignment of wearing God awful Hawaiian shirts on Today Goes on Vacation, live from Key West Florida. Cut to Al and Matt drinking Margaritas, Matt peddling a Rickshaw type bike with Al chillin’ in the back and Al blending Margaritas (such engrossing TV).

Last November, The Today Show sent Ann Curry to Mount Kilimanjaro for the Ends of the Earth program. While I get that it was probably an amazing experience, it was painful to watch her suffer from altitude sickness, gasp for air while she continued to educate the audience about the expedition, and in the end have to quit short of the summit. While Ann is running from killing field to war zone, visiting countries like Darfur, Rwanda, Baghdad and Afghanistan, her co-anchors are jaunting around the U.S. to do Golden Globe post-show coverage, a tour of Neverland Ranch and a behind the scenes tour of Churchill Downs.

In addition to Ann Curry’s morning duties, she is also an anchor on Dateline and sits in for Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News. Really, is this some kind of sick hazing ritual known only to NBC news employees? Why can’t my Emmy Award winning Asian sister get a few assignments that allow her to sit and drink a few margaritas every once in awhile? I’m just sayin’…