But first, her trajectory to the top.  The glass ceiling Connie obliterated was thick and two-paned.  She so embodied the American dream that thousands of Generation Y Asian girls bear her name. Not only was she a driven woman in the very real Ron Burgundy era of broadcast news, but also the daughter of Chinese immigrants.  Connie implies the secret of her success was simply not giving a damn about anyone’s taunts.  Walter Cronkite was a supportive influence.  Also, shocking to no one, Bryant Gumbel is a diva.

And how did she end up with a more sophisticated Jerry Springer?  Connie promises he’s actually quite an intellectual.  Well as it turns out, when he wasn’t determining America’s paternity for our amusement, Maury was a suave (and married) anchor in DC in 1969.  She was the copy girl. When they met again in California in 1977, she was a single newswoman running in Hollywood circles….with Ryan O’Neal, and one of the Eagles…you get the idea.

Time had passed and the tables had turned.  Maury started getting called Mr. Chung.  He loved her so much at the age of 56 he decided to start his second family.  For those keeping score, Connie was 49.  Dan Rather’s final temper tantrum got her the axe in 2005.  Serendipitously, she exchanged said red-faced fit for the analogous wails of an adopted newborn a mere two weeks later.  When one door closes, another opens.  She’s been there ever since.  With nothing more to prove, she has persevered in our hearts.