We've had a lot of televised car chases lately here in the City of Angels. That's meant many opportunities on the web and on TV to watch/hear Stu Mundel in action. Stu, who I've mentioned before here but not lately, is an "Aerial Correspondent" for local stations KCBS 2 and KCAL 9. Those two stations are owned by the same company and share the same newsroom and crew…so coverage on one is often duplicated or handed over to the other.
"Aerial correspondent" means Stu's the guy in the helicopter covering and narrating the action below. He's the fellow I dubbed "The Vin Scully of Televised Car Chases," and others have picked up on the analogy, including someone in the video below. Like the now-retired Mr. Scully, Mr. Mundel is really good at making boring action on the screen interesting with his colorful play-by-play narration. Here's a little story that ran on at least one of the two L.A. stations that employ him…