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Bill Geist

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The Resume

    (May 10, 1945- )
    Resides in New York, New York
    Correspondent for ‘CBS Sunday Morning (1987- )'
    Columnist for ‘The Chicago Tribune (1972-1980)' and ‘The New York Times (1980-1987)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He does a lot of goofy schtick on ‘CBS Sunday Morning.'
    He's been called an ‘ersatz Andy Rooney.'
    For his TV pieces, he seeks out cultural events that make Americans look like morons, such as ‘extreme ironing' contests and a festival celebrating a headless chicken.
    When asked why he got into television, he replied: ‘Money.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He won an Emmy award.
    He served in the U.S. Army.
    As a photographer, he traveled with an infantry unit in Vietnam.
    The city of Cincinnati proclaimed March 1, 2004, ‘Bug Bill Geist Day,' to try to get him to do a TV piece on the local cicada population (it worked).
    For the piece, he ate mashed potatoes with crushed-up cicadas stirred into them.
    He says his greatest achievement in life is ‘taking third in the Illinois State Fair Bake-Off.'

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 92.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 40 Votes: 67.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 32 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 39 Votes: 79.49% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 56 Votes: 73.21% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 78.12% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 52 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 65.35% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying