LiveBlog for Friday, November 27, 2009
Hey everyone! Steph and the Mooks are off on Friday, but we have legendary “Newsday” columnist and Liberal pundit Ellis Henican filling in for us. LiveBlog is open and ready for your comments, and be sure to give Ellis a call during show hours… 9am to Noon Eastern! You know the number… 1-800-STEPH-1-2
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“try getting a hallmark card for that.”
let us prey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw&NR=1&feature=fvwp
i just now found this winsome videocy. i am in lust with this woman for speaking quite possibly the best sentence yet: [“you know what they call a really stupid idea that’s also a really popular idea, A LAW”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E4M39FRIGc&feature=channel
Goood morning all. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Day.
I’m finding it very difficult to will myself to getting out of bed, and the kitties don’t really want me up, either. I was never into the Black Friday garbage.
Morning, all.
I’m somewhat glad that the T-giving dinner one of my fiddle students invited me to served goose. That means I don’t feel so bad about the 15-lb turkey I’m going to have to cook up this weekend because my own T-giving for people with no place else to go was canceled at the last minute because everyone I knew found some place to go.
And I’m hiding from Black Friday by going into work.
Well, I had Friday “off”, but my wife had to be in at work by 4:30.
Good morning, flombaye, trojanrabbit, Peter (and anyone else who shows up today)!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day.
Good morning Ellis!
Hey there, shaf.
I feel guilty about the garden veggies I grow that go bad before I eat them. But then, it all goes into compost for next year.
BTW, we’re just not trying hard enough on our quest for ultimate gluttony. The U.S. is third behind those fat Samoans and Kiribatians:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/091125/obesity-epidemic-fattest-countries
I understand it’s almost obligatory… But I really hate jocks who talk about what they did on a holiday. It’s just never funny.
“Had a great Thanksgiving, now, let’s get to Right Wing World…” That’s how it should be. =)
Good morning live blogospherians! No mama and mooks today, but at least there’s a live show! I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was great.
9: i’m there. i never put any effort into gluttony. there is such a thing as natural talent.
11: i cant figue out anything mr hennican is talking about (been tuned in about 4 minutes) – is it me ?
#12 Doin’ what comes natcherly.
I’m not feeling outrage (for the gate crashers) either. It was a stupid stunt on their part (in the same league as Balloon Boy). Since they did pass the magnetometer (they were not packing), it’s the embarrassment factor for the Secret Service and White House staff that’s the big deal.
11/13: seeking any answer, but thru that one to leftcenter, because i dont know if mr hennican has the chemistry for radio. sounds a bit lost.
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But I understand that Rebekah is there today as ass producer.
15: soon as they do if many many many more times, they’ll face the same condemnation that fell upon the guckert.
#13 I agree. It seems like the first segment with non-radio types is always a bit disjointed, though. It isn’t like Frangela or anybody else with a regular radio gig is subbing. We’ll see if things improve as the day progresses.
19: what type is ellis hennican ? was anybody able to discern the subject matter of that really long sentence ?
#15 I’m getting tired of people getting into the news by auditioning for reality shows. If there’s a law against what they did, prosecute ‘em. Help end stupidity in America.
I’ve never tried to sneak into any place. The closest I ever came to that was accidentally going into the ladies room at the bowling alley in the student center when I was in college. Fortunately nobody was in there.
Not a James Bond movie, a Clint Eastwood movie.
that’s better. hennican has switched to several short sentences mode, and a topic. – yes, watergate reference is godwin-awful hyperbole, but both were about the threat of somebody leaving a turd in the punchbowl. – also too, i propose this official scandal name, at the risk that it may have to be shared with future “news”: “NONISSUEGATE”.
fogarty’s security people should have sued fogarty’s security people over that.
#21 Agreed. Any stunt done with the intent of getting publicity should be prosecuted to fullest extent of the law. Interestingly, I watched a Nat Geo show on Niagara Falls daredevils. If they survived, all should have gotten jail time.
Want to know what makes me sad every morning? When I hear Steph go, “Slowly I turned…” and know that I’m the only one of all my friends who actually gets that.
26: you may have them confused with kamikaze pilots. both practices are equally safe, but barrel riders didnt generally have the benefit of meth to make them feel immortal.
#27 Step by step…inch by inch…
27: i find the saddest thing about “slowly i turned” is that it reads like john saxon blogging about his “kung fu”. – enter the tortoise.
He in her tux?
how hard is it for swarthy folk to talk their way into the whitehouse ? probly just passed as bin ladens.
#32 – You’ve got the wrong administration if you think people looking like Bin Ladens are going to be let in and given free roam.
33: timing never thing was my.
There is someone who coaches people on how to get on reality shows? Now there’s a job with a real value to society! /snark
Contemporary heroes? Give me a freakin’ break!
Remember when Bravo had classy programming? They should change the name of the network to Stinko.
the secret service guy who’s most at fault is the one who kept tweeting back and forth with them about crashing the event as they were critiquing the salmon mousse.
Facebook. Hmph. In MY day we had to do our attention whoring in person. With moveable type presses. And uphill. Both ways.
I don’t believe they crashed that dinner for a moment!!!!
This is the Secret Service playing a trick on wannabee attackers on the President. Their intent is to make potential attackers believe that it is easy to infiltrate Presidental Security so that all those nuts will come out and try and the Secret Service will clean them up and we will never know about it……
Happy T’Giving….
37: whut up dog ? how about “parvo” ?
39: yeah, kids today. – tell them you had to unfriend tom anderson by smoke signal, and they dont believe you.
#42 – No, we actually had to tell Tom Anderson to his face we didn’t want to be his friend.
now john saxon riding the falls in a barrel into a whitehouse dinner…. now THAT would be embarrassing.
43: did you also say “yes” to jon anderson ?
Good morning dayafterbloggers!
Love that Alyson Hannigan. This one time – back in the seventies – she broke into rock band camp with just a smile and a song. Weirdest place she ever busted into? Gotta be the Stephanie Miller Show.
46: goo moaning. looking extra fetching in your squeezy PJs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekiM_o7MLZc
dont admire anyone’s technique ?
this lady has never seen moe howard in action.
- or sharon mitchell.
- or both at the same time.
#39 I feel the Onion Belt Story coming on, DnDer.
49: remember shelbydavid wine ?
Caller seems to have her panties in a bunch, sorry to say.
It’s all about the dumbing down of America.
51: now i wont be able to stop thinking about jan brady…..
or alice. remember alice. this is a song about alice.
Here’s some good news…
Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/27/obama-pushes-lobbyists-of_n_372070.html
Excerpt:
Oops, Ellis hasn’t learned what ‘Hard Break’ means.
philosophical question – okay you know the part where the nice lady taking the reort says show us on this doll where he touched you…. what if you’re a starfish ?
BTW, we’re getting our first snow of the fall/almost winter. At least it’s not sticking to the roads… kinda pretty to see out the window.
57: try not to go all linus van pelt if you happen to notice two flakes that look the same.
#57 We had a little non-stick snow yesterday. Fortunately the drive to the family compound was only accompanied by drizzle.
our local reporter just talked about some football player taking advantage of 3 turnovers. – now there’s a breakfast of champions.
When it snows, I go Linus Pauling and take mega doses of ascorbic acid.
#58 I hadn’t noticed… I was too busy pondering that each cell in my hand could be an entire universe. Ha-ha-ha-ha! Dude, where are my Cheetos?
59: “drizzle” ? – is that how you gangstas say the snow was followed by a drought ?
I don’t know if I could find room for three turnovers at breakfast.
61: that weasel guy from biodome ? that’s disgusting.
“whole lot of hugely important things going on in the world…”
Er, so why did you just spend the whole first hour on gatecrashergate?
What ever happened to bacon and eggs?
64: ANYBODY who doesnt save room for 3 peach cobbler turnovers is a pinhead.
AHA – there AM such a thing as zoo zoo pets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6ZF_IkczU
#68 Depends on how big those turnovers are.
67: jeff gannon and i have a perfectly tight alibi, thankyouverymuch.
Okay, if you can’t find zoo zoo pets, can you satisfy the kid by giving them chia pets?
Can we go back to gatecrashgate? I feel like I’m listening to a talk break between lite rock sets on a local music station…
Also: “zoo zoo pets” … there has to be an “It’s a Wonderful Life” pun in there somewhere, but I just don’t care enough to try the Friday after Thanksgiving.
I don’t go to door buster sales. I go to door slammer sales. I only patronize stores that have already gone out of business.
#71 Please, flombaye, don’t mention Jeff Gannon and ‘perfectly tight’ in the same sentence. Some of us just finished breakfast!
70: yooda thunk so, but you must consider this important scientific constant: THE TIME SPENT CONSUMING PEACH COBBLER BURRITOES OR THEIR DERIVATIVES ARE NOT SUBTRACTED FROM ONE’S ALOTTED HOURS.
75: finished breakfast ? – what’s that like ?
72: satisfy ? – try the chia harry potter broomstick.
Speaking of black Friday shopping, our local newsreader just said stores are looking to avoid “dangerous crushes of shoppers.” Hey, I can’t help it if your store clerks are such hot, shameless teases!
Door Buster doctor deals! What a great idea… Two-for-one colonoscopies, anyone?
#80 Thanks for the reminder. I have to call the doctor about that.
73: if there is, it would be killer and beat all bailey, but i come up with zero – guess i’ll forget about trying to find an “it’s a wonderful life” pun, and move on to find a clarence sale.
79: sure you could. switch to a nice burka shop like frederick’s of peshawar.
80: wow, it’s like you saw right thru me.
vowgate ? – he’s as bad as obama.
I’d like to buy a vow, please.
b.s, gifts ?
B.S. SCHWARTZ has them.
“consumery”? Oooh, flashbacks of dubyah.
okay folks…. coulter had it right …. let’s get busy correcting jews so that they’ll get out there and shop.
walmart just announced this new tagline for the season:
“missing bargains like these makes the little baby jeesus cry.”
I can’t listen to the Intervention commercial.
Mainly because of the person humming Amazing Grace. Aargh!
91: people always say that until somebody sits on their favorite bagpipe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrEjXY0avgY
is ellis a hank azaria character ?
Bagpipes are awesome.
I once asked James Doohan, at a convention, if he actually played the pipes for Spock’s funeral in “Wrath of Khan.”
“Nae. Bu’ I fing-uhd ‘em really well,” was his reply.
(Well, maybe his accent isn’t as bad as my poor attempt at typing the dialect… But it’s one of the best out-of-context quotes I’ve ever had the chance of picking up.
#22: “I’ve never tried to sneak into any place. The closest I ever came to that was accidentally going into the ladies room…”
Been there, done that (hey, what the heck’s that nice couch doing in here? And… hygiene products??).
Lady in restroom: Hey, this is for the use of ladies!
Peter O’Toole: So is THIS…
(“My Favorite Year”)
94: “Nae. Bu’ I fing-uhd ‘em really well,” was his reply.”
didnt he say anything about the bagpipes ?
#95 Yeah, what’s with that couch?
And by the 23rd century, “Amazing Grace” will actually be a traditional bagpipe tune.
Running for the U.S. Senate with no lobby money? Unfortunately that’s good for about fifth place in the primary.
98: “tune” ? – that’s a mighty strong word for it. pasta la pizza.
#99 I’m definitely in favor of public financing of campaigns, though.
Here’s the way Amazing Grace should be played on bagpipes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EvOD_WxLII
#101 Ditto. That’s the only way we’ll end up with a Congress that isn’t beholden to the lobbyists.
#26: “I watched a Nat Geo show on Niagara Falls daredevils. If they survived, all should have gotten jail time.”
Well, they seem to be OK with solitary confinement in tight spaces.
#102, and not surprisingly, it’s being played on a French bagpipe.
I concur with the ‘being in the black’ as the definition of Black Friday.
#105 by a Swede.
BTW, I don’t plan to shop today. Hate the crowds and the insanity of the day.
“Marsha, Marsha” – no, it’s “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha”
#108 I never go shopping on Black Friday. In fact I may not even get dressed today.
I bought some publicity stills online today, and that and possibly dinner are my purchases for today. I really hate crowds in stores.
#27: “Want to know what makes me sad every morning? When I hear Steph go, “Slowly I turned…” and know that I’m the only one of all my friends who actually gets that.”
Can I be one of your friends too? ‘Cause I don’t get that either.
#112 — “Slowly I turned…” on youtube.
#112 PJ, there’s a wiki for that…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_I_Turned
#112 “Slowly I turned…step by step…inch by inch…”
I think I remember seeing the Abbott and Costello version of Slowly I Turned before the Stooges.
Thank you all! For a moment there I forgot how to google stuff! You’re all the smartest kids in class (and I mean that in a good way).
Wiki tracks it back before even the Stooges. It’s vaudeville, but I heard Abbott and Costello first. One of my dad’s 33s growing up.
#118 Yeah, I knew that it started in either burlesque or vaudeville, but I’m too young to remember either.
Caller: everyone is entitled to free air to breathe..
Good morning BlookenMoogsters!
“I don’t care what scientists say.”
Public business meets public safety environment standards..
Conservatives are against the government getting involved in smoker’s rights but they are ok with government getting involved with women’s reproductive rights and marriage equity.
Well played, Ellis!
Caller fancies himself laissez faire, rugged individualist, etc..
#51: “Caller seems to have her panties in a bunch, sorry to say.”
That’s one of Steph’s great talents: the unbunching of the panties. Even over the phone. If it weren’t for radio, she could have a career doing just that. Call 1-900-UN-BUNCH!
Conservatives’ marriages are threatened by same sex marriages. They fear they’ll see how exciting and attractive a married gay lifestyle is, and dump their traditional marriage.
#123 – Don’t forget how conservatives love to get into everyone’s very personal lives by monitoring every private communication we have with another person.
After all, it’s okay. Because if we don’t, then the terrorists win.
As an aside, who saw Olbermann go off on conservatives and show how Reagan couldn’t qualify as a Reagan conservative today?
Sorry if anybody has already mentioned it but I just figured it out: Ellis is Stormy waters on Sealab 2021 on adult swim !
I THOUGHT he sounded familiar!!! Now this is all making sense!
Wow… this lady does sound like a conversation Stormy would have. It’s degenerating…
Darn, I must have missed something during those phone calls I had to make.
I’m so glad I have caller ID. When “Private Caller” or “Unknown Caller” call, I don’t even bother to pick up the phone.
#80: “Door Buster doctor deals! What a great idea… Two-for-one colonoscopies, anyone?”
Doctor Double Digits – We Won’t Rip You A New One!
(shāf, I thought you’d just finished breakfast!
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Hey, didn’t Halliburton move to Dubai? Now that they’re dubroke, where are they going to move to now?
We cannot easily dispense with oil as a commodity. Deleting energy products entirely, we still depend heavily on petrochemical products. For example, can we give up plastic syringes and sterile medical supply packaging?
My son is on hold with the show right now to out Ellis “‘Stormy’ Waters” Hennican. We also have a great idea for hat to do with all the wannabe reality show people.
You need to make sure your son says “HI STORMY!” instead of “How’re you?” like everyone else. =P
Not talking any more calls. My idea was to put them all on the island from The Truman Show but all the cameras are dummies.
#97: “#95 Yeah, what’s with that couch?”
Maybe it’s that fainting couch Steph’s always running away to.
#140 Hey, that might be what it is!
They think that they’re all making several shows which are going out to America but nobody is broadcasting nuthin’.
Well, I guess it could have been a worse show today….
But considering I won’t be around again until Christmas week….
It sure could have been a lot better.
#135: “Hey, didn’t Halliburton move to Dubai? Now that they’re dubroke, where are they going to move to now?”
How about The Hague? Here’s hopin’.
Bye all!
Have a great day and weekend, everyone!
Happy Day After Thanksgiving, everybody, and I’ll see you on 12/21!
Half-sparta?
worth a shot.
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