Katie Couric: Comedian

While Katie Couric was earnest in her acceptance speech as one of the “muses” honored by New York Women in Film & Television, she did manage elicit some laughs with shockingly dead-on impersonations of two of her most difficult subjects during her Today tenure: Katharine Hepburn and Ross Perot. She recalled interviewing an ornery Hepburn when the star published her autobiography, Me, in 1991. Easily slipping into the icon’s familiar tremulous tones, Couric recalled Hepburn asking, “What is your name, dear?” when she sat face to face with the actress.