David Gregory is no Tim Russert in temperament or journalistic style, a fact made none the clearer than when we reported on a certain waitress-yelling spectacle from Gregory that lead to a rare Russert scolding against his coworker.

But now that it looks like D.G. is taking over for Tim Russert on Meet the Press and the deal is as well as done, what are going to be some of the more extreme differences you'll see on the NBC show?

Well, for one, the moderator is going to be way more of a diva than Russert ever was.

• "They recount, for instance, the time he ordered a Cape Cod cocktail on a press charter plane–then sent it back four times to achieve the ideal ratio of vodka to cranberry juice."

• "His luggage tends to fill two overhead storage compartments. 'He has a kind of traveling wardrobe,' one reporter explains."

• Hissy fits on camera, such as the one with former press secretary Scott McClellan:

White House press secretary Scott McClellan: Hold on. Cameras aren't on right now. You can do this later.

Gregory: Don't accuse me of trying to pose to the cameras. Don't be a jerk to me personally when I'm asking you a serious question.

McClellan: You don't have to yell.

Gregory: I will yell. If you want to use that podium and try to take shots at me personally, which I don't appreciate, then I will raise my voice, because that's wrong.

• "Gregory has spent the past two years staging similarly theatrical showdowns with the administration–many of them triggered by the White House inadvertently bruising his ego."

• From a Gawker thread about Gregory's bad behavior:

"Once, I was hanging with some friends in DC and we decided to go to the Capitol. We agreed to meet at a certain point at the front steps when we were done. There were maybe 8 of us. Well it turns out that David Gregory was reporting from the lawn of the Capitol around the spot where we were meeting up. The guy did his report, turned around, and proceeded to berate us and curse at us for being fame seeking assholes for ruining his shot and then asked if we wanted his autograph."

So there you have it folks…Meet the Press will turn from a highly-regarded, thoughtful debate between the host and several guests with perhaps differing opinions, into a bitch-fight between an egomaniac moderator and whoever dares call him out on his B.S. Lovely. Who doesn't want another Tucker Carlson, but working for Jeff Zucker instead of Phil Griffin?