Everything but the Parade

I had the misfortune of tuning in to Channel 11 (KTTV, 10:30 a.m.) to watch the Rose Parade with Dorothy Lucey and Mark Thompson doing the reporting.

I had to listen to both talk about how badly they needed to go to the bathroom, her bladder problem, the droppings of the horses, etc. Then they kept telling of the station’s 30-second-only commercials, which ran about every three minutes.

Consequently, I missed seeing the floats of the Rose Queen and her court, the Queen’s Trophy, the Washington Huskies and who knows what else. I switched to Channel 5 (KTLA) with Stephanie Edwards and Bob Eubanks who did beautiful, serious reporting.

Margaret C. Nash, Los Angeles