Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Q Tips

NPR related comments welcomed.
Posted by Mytwords at 6:33 AM
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8 comments:

Porter Melmoth said...

I recently saw a snippet of the Larry King show where guest Jesse Ventura told Dick Cheney where to put it.

Now Larry ain't exactly famous for his, uh, progressive preferences, and aside from a meek plea to the wrasslin' ex-Gov to 'lay off the Bush-bashing', he let Jesse talk. And Jesse talked: calling waterboarding torture (he himself had been waterboarded in training), and calling Cheney a coward.

Now of course, other than maybe the Simonizer allowing Jesse on his show, so as to take moral highground over him or some damn blundering, you'll never hear the plain-talking Ventura on NPR. Too gruff, too pushy, too - EVERYTHING, for dainty NPR.

5/20/09, 10:34 AM
Anonymous said...

Speaking of lil' Scottie...I was on the 7 pm Amtrak Acela from NY to DC last night, and who should happen to be riding in my car? That's right, the Simonizer!

We were in the "Quiet Car," so it wasn't an appropriate place to have a conversation about his descent into "Beltway Insider Madness" during the Bush years. Not that I had the energy anyway. It had been a long, busy day.

And it definitely was Simon. I made a positive ID off the website this morning. But nobody made any acknowledgment of his "fame" during the ride.

Maybe NPR doesn't really have as many loyal "fans" as it thinks it does?

5/20/09, 1:09 PM
byg!pyn!fuhzy!buhny! said...

^Nyeh! Talk about a missed opportunity to tell 'im where to get off.

5/20/09, 5:35 PM
Porter Melmoth said...

'Strangers On A Train' is probably Hitchcock's creepiest. It's just as well that you remained anon, Anon...

5/20/09, 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...

Hey, with responses from B!P!F!B!, and Porter - talking with Scottie couldn't hold a candle to that;)

And truth be told, I've been "off" the Simonize since February. I'm hearing him "second hand" these days, through NPR Check and the comments on the NPR site. Much less painful that way! LOL

5/20/09, 10:09 PM
gopol said...

Damn, Anon - you were in the quiet car? Still, how about tilting back your head, rolling back your eyes, fingering him with an outstretched accusing pointing index and letting out a silent scream? Think of it as a "podcast."

5/21/09, 9:00 AM
Anonymous said...

A la a "silent" version of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers?"

Wait a minute, that's it! Maybe Fox grew "pods" of Mara, Yawn, Cokie, Scottie, Stevie, Siegel, and MiShell.

That would explain everything that went on at NPR over the last eight years!

5/21/09, 9:56 AM
bIg!pInk!fUzzy!bUnny! said...

RE: "Strangers..."

Had not seen that particular Hitch, Mr. Melmoth - will have to put 'er in my PortFlix queue!

5/21/09, 5:42 PM

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