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The End of The Guarino

1198160793Tonight, Fox 29 officially closes the doors on the Rob Guarino weatherstud era in Philadelphia, making room for the return of John Bolaris on January 8th. The Guarino, who displayed an unhealthy amount of bitterness when the station didn’t renew his contract in November, has been relatively quiet, concentrating on keeping up the online weather bacchanal at RobGuarino.com and posting entires on his My Fox Philly blog with a smaller font size than usual. The Guarino’s last official entry (we think) will be this:

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Rob Guarino Gives Bolaris a Kick in the Balls on His Way Out, Takes It Back

1194020771Rob Guarino, Fox 29’s alleged intern-slurping weatherman, gave his requisite farewell post on his personal blog today after receiving the news that his contract will not be re-upped thanks to the triumphant return of original lady-sacker John Bolaris.

Guarino was very thoughtful and sincere in his post, thanking his co-workers and praising his time here in Philadelphia. But! As you can see on sleuthy media watchdog Laura Nachman’s site, the “MY FUTURE” section of the post originally had this tidbit, now deleted:

I wish John the best of luck. A good friend of mine said he looks at the two of us this way. John is a “Look at me” kind of guy and I’m more of a “Look at my forecast.” I think the viewers know my passion for weather and my quest to put out the very best and most accurate forecast every night.

Soon after Nachman posted, Guarino appears to have had a change of heart and decided it probably wasn’t the smartest thing to refer to Bolaris as a man who puts his own self-interest before beloved precipitation watches.

Probably because, well, that would make Guarino a “spiteful little bitch” kind of guy, wouldn’t it?

Rob Guarino’s blog [Rob Guarino.com]
Laura Nachman [Laura Nachman.net]