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15. Hey, that's how Boyd Matson used to dress for work!

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 06:33 PM

Nov 2020

When I worked at NBC Radio, he’d show up regularly on the third floor where the network news ops were based.

Above the waist: nice clean ironed white shirt and necktie. And proper, well-fitting suit jacket. And perfect hair.

Below the waist: rumpled shorts, ratty sneakers and socks, and lots of hairy leg. Because when he did his standup, he was always shot close-up, maybe at most, from mid-chest-level, OR seated behind an anchor desk.

Sometimes David Letterman would wander in, to voice a regular feature for the radio network. Hell, he didn’t even bother to tidy up above the waist. Old baggy sweat pants and sweat shirt with a - um - “relaxed” neckline, and hair that hadn’t seen a comb for what looked like several days. He ALWAYS looked like he’d just rolled (not climbed, ROLLED) out of bed. What you could get away with, if you were on the radio!

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NEW YORKER cover: "The Holiday Office Party" [View all] brooklynite Nov 2020 OP

Immaculate make up and hair for Zoom Sanity Claws Nov 2020 #1

Apparently not... PoliticAverse Nov 2020 #3

I liked the hairy legs, too. BComplex Nov 2020 #4

And the Amazon boxes! PatSeg Nov 2020 #13

And the kitties question everything Dec 2020 #54

It was a brilliant cover PatSeg Dec 2020 #56

The prescription drug bottles are also a nice touch. Great depiction of 2020. n/t FSogol Nov 2020 #5

Wow! PoliticAverse Nov 2020 #2

Yup. That's only for people who want a mag to read on the plane/etc. erronis Nov 2020 #12

I typically buy a Scientific American when I travel. MineralMan Dec 2020 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Dec 2020 #51

I remember getting my first Scientific American when I was about 10. Devoured every article. erronis Dec 2020 #57

I used to read it religiously. However, in recent years MineralMan Dec 2020 #58

Lots of good detail underpants Nov 2020 #6

And the wine/liquor bottles! cwydro Nov 2020 #29

Heh! The cat in the litter box taking a massive dump. madinmaryland Nov 2020 #7

lol Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #39

There is so much reality depicted in this. Every single item tells a story. lamp_shade Nov 2020 #8

The t-shirt on the floor that she changed out of... slippers... unmade bed. lamp_shade Nov 2020 #9

Laptop on a stack of books to put it at a more attractive level for Zoom. deurbano Nov 2020 #10

Sink full of unwashed dishes. japple Nov 2020 #11

Unwashed dishes, dirty laundry, refuse on the floor. Depression Maru Kitteh Dec 2020 #45

Wonderful. A bunch of people are going to save that one. nt. Hortensis Nov 2020 #14

Hey, that's how Boyd Matson used to dress for work! calimary Nov 2020 #15

Boyd Matson? Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #40

Ah the perks of quarantine housecat Nov 2020 #16

Bravo! Hugin Nov 2020 #17

The Umbros. demmiblue Nov 2020 #18

I caught the Umbros too. cwydro Nov 2020 #31

$9 for the New Yorker!!! I'm glad I moved out of NYC. jg10003 Nov 2020 #19

Pretty sure that price applies where you live now n/t kirby Dec 2020 #38

the cats! KT2000 Nov 2020 #20

Empty wine bottles on fridge. Empty Cheeto(?) bag on floor. And weights! Gotta keep in shape. catrose Nov 2020 #21

Perfect lillypaddle Nov 2020 #22

I love it! lunatica Nov 2020 #23

...unless you're Jeff Toobin...... eom lastlib Nov 2020 #24

Ha! lunatica Nov 2020 #25

She's a woman, no worries. cwydro Nov 2020 #32

Not so! Lucky Luciano Nov 2020 #35

How did they get a picture of my apartment? IrishEyes Nov 2020 #26

saw a photo of dan rather a long time ago. first scene . above the desk AllaN01Bear Nov 2020 #27

Looks like my office. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #28

Love this! The Quarantini she's holding tops it all off. Talitha Nov 2020 #30

Someone forgot to mention the hand sanitizer nitpicker Nov 2020 #33

...and the toilet paper on the floor. Totally Tunsie Dec 2020 #41

New Yorker always has had burrowowl Nov 2020 #34

Who was the cartoonist with the little old lady and a spazzed out cat appearing regularly? CTyankee Dec 2020 #55

Screen blocking unmade bedroom; this is so timely Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #36

She's a woman after my own heart. LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #37

I think it's going to be like 1919. Initech Dec 2020 #42

Ah, the plastic bags on the floor ... those things have been multiplying like mad under quarantine. eppur_se_muova Dec 2020 #43

Damn, that's one messy person Polybius Dec 2020 #44

As a veteran of one of the most miserable Christmas office parties in human history heckles65 Dec 2020 #46

That must be a NYC apartment heckles65 Dec 2020 #47

The Amazon boxes were my favorite. In this TWO SENIOR CITIZENS household. We have our share.... usaf-vet Dec 2020 #48

In ref to 1st para NJCher Dec 2020 #59

LOL! Well that makes more senses then trying to get the idiots to put on masks. usaf-vet Dec 2020 #60

that is so ME! Chili Dec 2020 #49

And on her monitor, there's Matt, flashing his package. MineralMan Dec 2020 #52

Why is this so satisfying? nt LAS14 Dec 2020 #53