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Carrie Coogan
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Published on October 07, 2004
In what has to be one of the most thankless TV jobs -- i.e., being the "We Try It Before You Buy It" chick on Fox 4 News -- Carrie Coogan is a bastion of unflagging perkiness in her quest to determine what random infomercial product is crap and what actually works. Her on-air demeanor is that of a relentlessly cheerful nursery school teacher, which is emphasized by the sing-songy way she signs off with her name at the end of each segment -- with the higher-pitched emphasis on the Coo in Coogan. She's like that sun with the big smiley face on Teletubbies.
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