Schieffer Signs Off: The Awkward Half-Hug

By Brian 

As a stagehand urged the audience to applaud for Bob Schieffer‘s farewell, CBS Evening News president Sean McManus came on stage and shook the departing anchorman’s hand. And here’s what happened next:



Yes, it was the awkward half-hug. In frame one, McManus goes in for the hug… in frame two, they start the embrace… in frame three, Schieffer retreats… and in frame four McManus slinks away.

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