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Sleepyjack · 11-06-2003, 11:33 PM

In the show South Park, whenever thye have footage of a reporter on the show, they always sign off their report with "back to you Tom" or something to that effect as a way of crossing back to the studio broadcast.

Also in a few transcripts of Bill Hicks, (see my signature) he does this again, as my signature is about a positive drug story that could be read out by a news reporter?

So, are there a lot of Tom's as reporters in North America? or some popular news anchors called Tom. I don't know if Tom is a common name but in a few instants i've seen, it's become a sterotypical reporter type name. Since my name is Tom, i was somewhat curious?

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Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	Frivolous question about North American news reporters In the show South Park, whenever thye have footage of a reporter on the show, they always sign off their report with "back to you Tom" or something to that effect as a way of crossing back to the studio broadcast. Also in a few transcripts of Bill Hicks, (see my signature) he does this again, as my signature is about a positive drug story that could be read out by a news reporter? So, are there a lot of Tom's as reporters in North America? or some popular news anchors called Tom. I don't know if Tom is a common name but in a few instants i've seen, it's become a sterotypical reporter type name. Since my name is Tom, i was somewhat curious?