"I see no reason why we [news anchors] should not be objects of fun and, on occasion, derision," ABC's Peter Jennings once remarked. "Print reporters cannot resist hair-spray jokes, and we tell our own, of course. You're out on location, and you're in the middle of a damn hurricane, and I always tell people, pay close attention: the only thing not moving is the anchorman's hair."

[CBS anchor Dan Rather once covered a story on Hurricane Opal -- hanging on for dear life to a pole so he wouldn't blow away.]