Quotes of the day
posted at 9:30 pm on November 27, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“Ms. O’Donnell can be very funny, but she didn’t try very hard Wednesday night.”
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“The low point? There were so many.”
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“There’s a notion that the climate is right for the genre to make a comeback. I guess we now know what not to do, thanks to Rosie.”
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“Rosie, Rosie, what on earth were you thinking?”
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The beauty of this genre in the past, was that the host stepped back and let the performers perform. Hosting a variety show is not well suited to a narcissist.
Which brings us to Rosie.
manwithblackhat on November 27, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Oh, gee. I just thought she would have changed by now…
/sarc off
mimi1220 on November 27, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Oh, gee. I just thought she would have changed by now…
/sarc off
mimi1220 on November 27, 2008 at 9:34 PM
sorry to have posted twice.
mimi1220 on November 27, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Who the hell woke up Godzilla and what is his address?
Limerick on November 27, 2008 at 9:35 PM
We’re just not the target audience. I’m sure that with middle-age lesbian couch-potatoes the show was a big hit.
RBMN on November 27, 2008 at 9:38 PM
That truther nutjob can go to hell.
jimmy the notable on November 27, 2008 at 9:45 PM
The only thing worse than her, is the person who thought a new show was called for with her in it. Stupid call.
johnnyU on November 27, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Among the “Truthers who are a bit too much in love with macaroni art” set, I’m sure it was.
I didn’t watch; was Harry Connick, Jr. terrible? I hope not. He is everything Buble wishes he could be – even when he releases yet another Christmas CD.
emailnuevo on November 27, 2008 at 9:46 PM
2008 (and possibly most of 2009)
will be known as the:
“WHY GOD WHY?????” year(s)
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on November 27, 2008 at 9:53 PM
THAR SHE BLOWS….
ands sucks.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE LAUGH-IN
Kini on November 27, 2008 at 9:53 PM
I’d rather watch the Barack Obama variety half-hour.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/40970/saturday-night-live-obama-address#x-4,cNews%20and%20Politics,2
Sir Corky on November 27, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Rosie’s Not Funny!
Google it.
Kini on November 27, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Waste of space
Travis1 on November 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM
“We’re both Gayyy-briel Byrne fans”
http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/081124/News/Todays_News_Our_Take/3_wed/081126tvh-rosie1.jpg
LOL
BTW, if you haven’t seen it yet there’s a pic of the woman who put on a show in the bathroom up in MN…
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139211/posts
ninjapirate on November 27, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Use this picture for all your rosie posts from now on…
http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/081124/News/Todays_News_Our_Take/3_wed/081126tvh-rosie1.jpg
ninjapirate on November 27, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Geek Alert Below
I miss Highlander too. Give the McLeod clan a variety show, or better yet let them take a quickening off Rosie. :)
abobo on November 27, 2008 at 10:09 PM
12 gauge criticisms.
Blowback on the prop 8 Gaystapo actions?
BL@KBIRD on November 27, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Her hate will runneth over, she can’t help it. She thinks she is mainstream.
Hog Wild on November 27, 2008 at 10:11 PM
This failed attempt at a come back will finally place her squarely into that pigeon hole labeled “Has Been”.
Zorro on November 27, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Wouldn’t that make the gayest of gay ashamed?
Kini on November 27, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Cannot stand Rosie. She is ah, not a woman. That is for sure.
sheebe on November 27, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Back to the 70’s! We used to have Donnie and Marie with “A little bit country and a little bit rock and roll”, but now that the Mormons are blackliste… intolerant, we have Rosie and Clay Aiken doing lesbian/gay humor in the family hour.
Ah, progress.
ExUrbanKevin on November 27, 2008 at 10:16 PM
It warms my heart to see this Waste of Oxygen fail.
Jim - PRS on November 27, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Yeah. I was channel surfing when this was on television. Only saw a few minutes of it and from what I saw it was amazingly bad.
terryannonline on November 27, 2008 at 10:20 PM
I bet it was so bad that they’ll eventually get it turned around… everybody likes a comback story….
Here’s Roger Friedman’s opinion…
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458348,00.html
Try rearranging the paragraphs of his column…
ninjapirate on November 27, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Why do I have the feeling that Rosey and Gary Coleman are going to end up working as security guards for the same company?
Limerick on November 27, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Hmmmm…. let’s then reclassify Rosie as greenhouse gas pollutant.
Kini on November 27, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Reminds me of when Chevy Chase thought he could do a talk show…anyone remember how quickly that attempt crashed and burned?
Wanderlust on November 27, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Couldn’t have happened to fatter, more degenerate turd.
alex342 on November 27, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I’m shocked-SHOCKED!-I tell you that nobody wanted to watch that vile, hate-filled, ugly, soul-less woman. I’m sure her show was just a barrel of laughs from start to finish.
/sarc
I wasn’t able to watch it because I had to watch paint dry.
jennifernaz on November 27, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I’m a person who tries to find something attractive about every woman, something redeeming in every talentless person, some common ground with every leftist or other idiot that I encounter, and something to like in every loathsome troll that I meet. Really, I do.
That said, I find Rosie O’Donnell to be possibly the most worthless and repulsive load on the planet (OK, maybe Olbermann and Matthews are worse, but indulge me here for a minute). I cannot stand the sight of her. Everything about her is fake, from her lesbianism (which I believe is just a publicity stunt) to her fake New York accent. Yes, I know she says she’s from NYC, but I’m from north Jersey, and I know a genuine NYC accent when I hear one (example: George Costanza – that’s real). She sounds to me like someone who lived away from the city for a long time and is trying to get her accent back, thinking it will be a mark of “character” or something. It’s so exaggerated. It doesn’t work.
Let’s just ignore her and hope she goes away.
UltimateBob on November 27, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Isn’t she from Commack, Long Island?
Jeff on November 27, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Did anybody here see Chevy Chase’s show?
I’m going to go with the odds and assume the answer is no. But guests would come on to talk about their movie opening next week, and Chevy would always interrupt them, and regale the audience with endless stories about his role in “Fletch”. And not even behind-the-scenes anecdotes either; he’d say things like, “Remember in ‘Fletch’, when I put on those fake teeth and started talking like…”
Oh, my, God. It was like a full hour of nails on a blackboard.
Was Rosie worse than that? (Thanks in advance; there’s no way I’m ever tuning in to find out for myself.)
logis on November 27, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Wow Matt Roush isn’t shy at all. Would that more people were like that when it comes to the TV/Hollywood types.
fireweednectar on November 27, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Yes, but thanls to illegal drugs, I forgotten most of the 1990’s
Kini on November 27, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Let’s see…Rosie O’Donnell???? Oh yeah, didn’t she used to be on that other show, I think they called it The Few??? Or maybe it was The Feud?????
Chewy the Lab on November 27, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I am proud to say, I’ve always disliked her, even when she first had her own show, I don’t even know how many years ago that was, I’ve never thought she had anything good to say about anyone or anything.
4shoes on November 27, 2008 at 11:02 PM
That’s proof that Allah hates us. Why would anybody post that picture on Thanksgiving night without at least a “Dude” warning.
My pecan pie is just flip-flopped and gurgled funny. Cruel, just cruel.
Laura in Maryland on November 27, 2008 at 11:10 PM
“There’s a notion that the climate is right for the genre to make a comeback. I guess we now know what not to do, thanks to Rosie.”
Oh no! Climate change! Help!
Kevin M on November 27, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Heh.
Spirit of 1776 on November 27, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Rosie should take a cue from Ellen’s show;
——————————————–
Don’t p#ss off the other half of America!
Don’t Bash religion on your show!
Don’t use your show to bash Christains!
Don’t utelize your show as a platform for
Gay rights!
Don’t call people names when your politics are
not the same,or use your show as an extension of
the Liberal Party!
And try to be funny,especially when you have turned
off 75 percent of the TV viewing audience!
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And,BTW Rosie,how do you like Change and Hope now!!
canopfor on November 27, 2008 at 11:35 PM
NBC deserves all the abuse they get here, since she the only reason they signed her to a contract in the first place was some people at the network actually heard all that tripe and 9/11 Truther garbage she was regurgitating on “The View” — so bad even Barbara Walters couldn’t take it any more — and instead of thinking ABC was lucky to have the loon off the air, thought this was a great chance to grab a “hot” celebrity (who they apparently believe didn’t say anything that bad) and promote her on their network.
NBC could have gotten better ratings if they had done a 30 minute demo showing that fire can melt steel, followed by a half hour with Elizabeth Hasselebeck.
jon1979 on November 27, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Ok, time for an Allahpundit fantasy:
Rosie.
Roseanne.
Allahpundit.
Deserted Island.
and NO HRT PILLS
/happy face SIGH!!!
Wanderlust on November 27, 2008 at 11:52 PM
canopfor on November 27, 2008 at 11:35 PM
My friend, I’m still waiting for something from Ellen Degenerate that resembles a humorous. She’s a joke, but not in a funny way…. but that other kinda funny creepy way.
The only thing I enjoyed about Rosie was as Betty Rubble in the Flintstones, to her credit, was pretty good.
Did I just say that…. I outta have my head examined by the Great Gazoo
Kini on November 27, 2008 at 11:56 PM
What is this strange creature “Ms. O’Donnell” that you speak of………………?
Seven Percent Solution on November 28, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Reenactment of being dropped on her head as a child whilst still being attached to her mothers umbilical cord during childbirth.
Kini on November 28, 2008 at 12:10 AM
(yawn) Rosie who?
Vntnrse on November 28, 2008 at 12:14 AM
……… Mahalo!
Seven Percent Solution on November 28, 2008 at 12:14 AM
I LOLed. +2
TMK on November 28, 2008 at 12:15 AM
To be a successful host of a variety show, you have to be likable. Rosie needs to take some time off to get charm and grace implants, if she wants to succeed.
Reading the reviews is a very satisfying way to end the day and have one more thing to be thankful for.
Mallard T. Drake on November 28, 2008 at 12:25 AM
What Freude!
Schadenfreude on November 28, 2008 at 12:44 AM
They don’t need her to trash Bush anymore
entagor on November 28, 2008 at 1:02 AM
Oh, those terribly harsh critics. Now Ro Ro will probably have to go and drown her sorrows in a stockpot of gravy.
The inhumanity of it all just…..
…cracks me up.
hillbillyjim on November 28, 2008 at 1:03 AM
seven percent, the “Watch Rosie Hang Upside Down” video has been taken down from utube, alas. However I did discover a video discussing her sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea. Rosie O’Donnell.
Just imagine.
warbaby on November 28, 2008 at 1:13 AM
Giving this no talent loser her own show is just more proof of the narcissistic liberal bubble the entertainment/MSM exists in.
Giving Rosie her own show thinking they have found another
“Carole Burnett” is almost as idiotic as comparing a failed community organizer who has accomplished nothing of importance in his life to Lincoln or FDR.
Get used to this idiocy because their will be plenty more over the next four years.
This supposed “mandate” the liberals boast of with the election of Obama is going to embolden every idiot socialist
from Ayers to Sean Penn to think they have achieved some level of greatness and it is time to share their greatness with the world.
I just haven’t seen anything these people have been right about over the last eight years(unless you count chanting over and over “Your stupid,we’re smart”) to give them this false superiority complex.
Baxter Greene on November 28, 2008 at 1:33 AM
“Failures r us” ~ ~ Rosie/NBC
Entelechy on November 28, 2008 at 1:37 AM
To call Rosie O’Donnell a disgusting degenerate self-obsessed swine, would be an insult to pigs.
I am unable to think, much less say, that I’m sorry she and her show failed so epically. In fact, and this is not normally my way, I swear it, but I’m rather satisfied that she failed so epically and fell flat on her face. (i doubt if that’s even possible for her to do literally)
She. deserves. nothing. better.
Now all one can do is hope for NBC to cancel her show forthwith and replace it with reruns of the original 70’s Gong Show for the remainder. Watching Chuck Barris flail about the stage like a speed-freak with parkinsons while spewing spittle from his mouth with every word he utters would be more attractive.
FlatFoot on November 28, 2008 at 2:02 AM
I can’t believe they continue to try to resurrect this woman. Is Hollywood so devoid of talent that they have to keep giving this woman her own show? Her demographic is limited to older liberal women only. Isn’t it time to give some other liberal a chance?
Dollayo on November 28, 2008 at 2:03 AM
Best Rosie quote:
House Boy: Is anyting I can doos for you?
Rosie: Yeah, paint my house.
~_~
Kini on November 28, 2008 at 2:30 AM
Rosie is just like that infuriating turd that refuses to flush. You know the one. It takes days of ongoing effort before the mission is accomplished. It’s filled with copious vacuous areas, air pockets & fluff thereby causing it to have excess buoyancy & shifty-ness, which then causes you great frustration when attempting to flush it to oblivion into the nearest sewage system.
Turds …. everyone has them.
Some are more noxious than others.
Some are noxious & float left.
Sh**! What did I do with that plunger?
jaaakemm on November 28, 2008 at 2:38 AM
Geez, who couldn’t love a face like that. What a manly chin she has.
Chris37 on November 28, 2008 at 2:54 AM
~˛~
Kini on November 28, 2008 at 3:03 AM
Is there not one person to defend Rosie? This torrent of criticism could break the dam. Come on, somebody, be like the good Dutch boy and stick your finger in the dyke.
mr.blacksheep on November 28, 2008 at 6:03 AM
Wish I could Mr. Blacksheep, until she got so angry, I liked her.
Isn’t there a rumor that the Big 3 Networks are looking to Washington for some bailout money?
Cindy Munford on November 28, 2008 at 6:44 AM
I guess there is nothing to believe in anymore.
rob verdi on November 28, 2008 at 6:48 AM
Gatsu on November 28, 2008 at 7:18 AM
<blockquoteWe’re just not the target audience. I’m sure that with [bitter] middle-age lesbian couch-potatoes the show was a big hit.
RBMN on November 27, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Fixed it.
abcurtis on November 28, 2008 at 7:32 AM
I have great memories of watching various variety shows – The Carol Burnett Show, Sonny & Cher, even Donny and Marie -with my parents. Back in those days, it was OK to be white and straight. Back then, we weren’t bogged down by irony. If the networks want to resurrect variety shows, they need to cater to a demographic other than those associated with angry lesbians.
CarolynM on November 28, 2008 at 7:41 AM
Well obviously this show was sabotaged by the same Bushitler Gestapo that were responsible for 9/11. Two basic laws of physics at work here people. Fire doesn’t melt steel! And hateful old fat has been lesbians can’t ruin a variety show!
conservnut on November 28, 2008 at 7:41 AM
Please excuse me while I go barf up my morning coffee!
conservnut on November 28, 2008 at 7:44 AM
Which one?
conservnut on November 28, 2008 at 7:45 AM
Kind of like CPO
Sharkey without the charm!
Lonetown on November 28, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Is it wrong to wish ill will on someone?
Christmastime or not, I’m doing so on her. She doesn’t believe in God, so it’s okay.
madmonkphotog on November 28, 2008 at 8:13 AM
More proof as to how out of touch the Left Coast (Hollywood)is with the rest of the country.
the late,great Rodney Dangerfield
kingsjester on November 28, 2008 at 8:14 AM
turd²
Wade on November 28, 2008 at 8:16 AM
Where is ‘The Donald’ when we need him?
Wade on November 28, 2008 at 8:24 AM
what timing on the show too.. on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving..
when most people are out traveling, she premieres her show.
If she thought that her rating from the View would help carry her act.. it’s because people turned in to watch because Jerry Springer didn’t come at that time..
DaveC on November 28, 2008 at 8:44 AM
She’s just warming up, getting ready for her appointment as “Secretary of Mirth” by Obama. She will be tasked with making sure that the entire country finds the coming 16 years of the Obama Administration (8 years Barry, 8 years Michelle)happy ones.
Doug on November 28, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell. Google it, Rosie.
NoFanofLibs on November 28, 2008 at 9:03 AM
Comedians need to stick to comedy IMHO. When they get up there and spew political views, not jokes, it ruins why I watch them. I watch a particular comedian to watch them poke fun and not to take a political stand elsewise I can just turn on Meet the Press.
Some famous comedians who made it big didn’t get serious on the political points they were trying to make and some didn’t use politics at all. Guys like Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinison, Jerry Seinfeld and so forth are and were truely funny without trying to manipulate the audience into their way of thinking politically. Any comedians should take that advice. Their careers spiral down when they move off the comedian platform and into the political one.
johnnyU on November 28, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Rosie’s gay? Who knew? Bwhahahahah! Keep the specials coming for this cow! More and more bombs!
sabbott on November 28, 2008 at 9:09 AM
I also want to add George Carlin into that mix. He played right on the line.
johnnyU on November 28, 2008 at 9:09 AM
Shame on NBC for giving this bladder-mouth a spot light, even for one night!
GE had better sell NBC before the entire world figures out the connection and whips out the big “boycott” ugly stick.
Keemo on November 28, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Maybe now she can hang right side up.
SDSquint on November 28, 2008 at 9:14 AM
it’s kinda sad to see this has been fail so miserably. Perhaps she should just retire and live a quiet life in the country.
kanda on November 28, 2008 at 9:17 AM
kanda on November 28, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Nothing sad about this at all. This creature has taken pleasure beating up other humans for profit; this creature is the perfect example of “I’m miserable, therefore I’m going to make all of you miserable!”
Poetic Justice!
Keemo on November 28, 2008 at 9:32 AM
As soon as I saw Rosie O’ come on TV, in an effort to hold down my Thanksgiving Day feast, I immediately left the room.
I was called back in about two minutes as the rest of the guests had also had their fill and the station was changed.
The only person in the room I heard laughing was an openly gay Hollywood publicist. Turns out he was checking out the ratings with has BlackBerry.
Rosie. What a skank.
pain train on November 28, 2008 at 9:34 AM
This may have been the worst hour of programming I’ve ever seen on TV. Not only were the “jokes” bad (I put the in quotations because they seemed more like bad stereotypes of what people think jokes are supposed to be like on variety shows) but the “variety” acts were just as bad as the comedy (due in no small part because they tried to combine the comedy with the acts, which in most cases meant Rosie horning herself into them).
Bad writing, bad performances, bad everything.
Tom_Shipley on November 28, 2008 at 9:35 AM
only time the word thin will ever be associated with RO [rimshot]
JustTruth101 on November 28, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Shipley…..
Finally something we can agree on!
Keemo on November 28, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Oink.
The Rosie show was so poorly received NBC will ditch it. Next year, expect NBC to give that time slot to a Thanksgiving special on how the Pilgrims slaughtered the Indians.
petefrt on November 28, 2008 at 9:50 AM
Hope and Change has come to NBC. Network Executives were HOPEful no viewing audience would CHANGE to more intellectually stimulating programming (think Big Bird).
SeniorD on November 28, 2008 at 9:53 AM
There’s a big difference between Rosie and those that hosted variety shows in the past: Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Andy Williams, Perry Como, Glen Campbell, Carol Burnett, Dean Martin, Flip Wilson, etc.
They all had TALENT and they kept their Political opions to themselves.
kingsjester on November 28, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Ed Sullivan? Talent? Huh?
Pelayo on November 28, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Ed Sullivan was a great entertainment reporter. His “Toast of the Town” columms were a “must-read” among New Yorkers and the entertainment industry. His program stayed at the top of the television ratings for years. Everyone around the country tuned in to see who would be on the show and to watch Ed interact with them. Being on his show could make or break your career.
Rosie hosted one show and bombed bigger than Hiroshima.
kingsjester on November 28, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Rosie’s such a vile, hateful waste of excessive human flesh. At one point, she was funny and entertaining, but that day has long passed. I hope this show dies quickly so I don’t have to continue to see this piece of human excrement promoted on NBC during Heroes.
Canadian Infidel on November 28, 2008 at 10:23 AM
We tuned in because TV was new and our options were limited. We watched none the less and had our opinions shaped by the tube. Things haven’t changed all that much except that more choices are available. Mornin’ jester.
thomasaur on November 28, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Allah, fyi…I’m keeping track of your waste of bandwidth…lol !
I know you’re doing this for entertainment value…but there is none…please!!!
jerrytbg on November 28, 2008 at 10:29 AM
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