Classic TEMS: Adam Baldwin, Jim Geraghty, Sean Duffy

posted at 1:00 pm on December 24, 2009 by Ed Morrissey

Today, the Ed Morrissey Show will have a day off for Christmas Eve, but I thought I’d offer this great program from last week. Jim Geraghty joined us to give us the Ledge Report for the first hour. Sean Duffy called to update us on his fundraising effort in his campaign to replace David Obey in Congress; it was his “Strike a Blow for Freedom” day, and Duffy succeeded in creating a contribution explosion to launch his effort. Be sure to open your wallets, because Obey’s backers will be opening theirs.

But the main attraction comes in bonus minutes — Adam Baldwin of Big Hollywood to the show. I’ve been a fan of his work since My Bodyguard and he’s currently appearing on the hit NBC show Chuck, but we spent the hour talking politics and philosophy instead of entertainment. We covered  the history of political correctness, Adam’s thought-provoking post “The Anguish of the Apostate,” the Howard Zinn history on the History Channel, and much, much more.  It was one of the most enjoyable shows I’ve done this year, and well worth a second look for all three of my guests.

I’ll also have the chat room open, but I probably won’t be around. I’m singing in the church choir for our 3:30 pm Christmas Eve mass, which shows you that our parish sticks to the letter of the scripture that says, “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,” and not “Make an on-key noise unto the Lord.” We’ll be spending a quiet evening at home after that with some of our favorite Christmas movies and preparing for our Christmas Day with the Mathemagician, the DIL, the Little Admiral, and the Little Scribe. Oh, and also with the Big Honkin’ Kick-Butt Snowthrower, as we will get several inches of global warming today and tomorrow.



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I knew there was a reason Jayne was my favorite character from Firefly…

DangerHighVoltage on December 24, 2009 at 1:32 PM

Merry Christmas to Ed, Allah, Michelle and the rest of you at Hot Air.

Mr. Joe on December 24, 2009 at 1:34 PM

I knew there was a reason Jayne was my favorite character from Firefly…

DangerHighVoltage on December 24, 2009 at 1:32 PM

I liked Fillion as Malcom myself (and as Captain Hammer in Dr. Horrible’s) but he was definitely a close second :D

They were alos in Halo ODST…though that just shows how young I am.

Vortaine on December 24, 2009 at 3:08 PM

Glad you reposted this. I missed it the first time. Adam posting here would be great! One of his essays blew my mind. I was like, Jane wrote that?? haha

aikidoka on December 24, 2009 at 3:45 PM

And to think, Mal almost blew him out the airlock.

BDavis on December 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM

Huge fan of Adam, saw my Bodygaurd at the theater as a kid by myself, and have been a big fan since. Had no idea there was such a big brain behind all the girth. GREAT INTERVIEW Ed!, Bring him back!

@ntif@n on December 24, 2009 at 5:49 PM

OT: soooooo funny ……. Obama Parody…… Watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_rZYQCjwY

ms on December 24, 2009 at 6:55 PM

It’s so weird because I’ve seen Adam several times over the past couple of weeks while catching up on some favorite flicks. I didn’t even realize who he was. I like him even more now!

Merry Christmas to Ed, Allah, Michelle and the great contributors in t he Green Room and to all you great commenters at Hot Air!

Mr_Magoo on December 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM

The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!

Pcoop on December 25, 2009 at 9:38 AM

I think we should build a statue to Mr. Baldwin! Have some milk!

Kristamatic on December 25, 2009 at 1:32 PM

Glad to have Knowle Rohrer on our side, we need more super soldiers :)

firepilot on December 25, 2009 at 2:02 PM