Over the past year, Katy Tur has been very open about her love of Phish. In addition to serving as the anchor for MSNBC Live and reporting for Early Today, Today, NBC Nightly News, Meet The Press, and more, Tur serves as the network’s resident Phish fanatic, frequently working subtle (and not-so-subtle) references to the band’s music into her on-air news scripts or using lyrics to trade shout-outs with fellow phan news personality Jake Sherman.
EXCLUSIVE: MSNBC’s Katy Tur Talks Her Love Of Phish & Sneaking Lyrics Into The News
Following Curveball‘s last-minute cancelation on Thursday, it’s only appropriate that Katy Tur addressed the cancelation, using her sign-off for Meet The Press Daily on August 17th as a way to sneak in a bunch of references to Phish songs, complete with a graphic onscreen counting the number of references worked in (though the counter missed her first reference). During the show’s final segment, Katy first referenced “Mike’s Song”, noting that fans were supposed to be “sharing in the groove” at the festival. From there, Katy ran through a number of song references—most likely confusing a vast portion of non-Phish lovers who were watching—including “Split Open And Melt”, “Divided Sky”, “Down With Disease”, “Water In The Sky”, “Glide”, “Julius”, “Lifeboy”, and “Dinner And A Movie”.
You can check out a clip of Katy Tur’s Meet The Press Daily sign-off about Curveball’s cancelation below.
[Video: Robert Francis]
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