Monkey's favourite handover of the entire US election coverage goes to Jeremy Paxman, on last night's BBC2 8pm Newsnight special, introducing a live link to his colleague, Emily Maitlis. "Let's go to Chicago, a town best known previously for giving the world Al Capone, Walt Disney and Raquel Welch, now with another globally famous son. Let's join our own Raquel Welch there, Emily Maitress [sic]," Paxo drawled. Fair play to Maitress - sorry, Maitlis - who didn't miss a beat with her immaculately deadpan response: "Hard to believe Jeremy they are now getting pysched about someone even more exciting than Raquel Welch." At least now we know who is on Paxo's screensaver. Someone get him a DVD of One Million Years BC, quick! And a BBC pronunciation guide with a special section on Newsnight presenters' surnames. See Paxman in action for yourself after 2 minutes and 40 seconds, here.
