Tumbleblogging Olbermann

"And now tonight, as promised, a special comment. You may have seen “The Daily Show” last..."

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:22:02 -0500

“And now tonight, as promised, a special comment. You may have seen “The Daily Show” last night where Jon Stewart compared MSNBC during the (not yet in office) Obama administration to Fox Noise during the Bush “administration.” Where you, Mr. Stewart, compared Keith Olbermann to one of those inanities on Fixed News who spew propaganda every night from nine o’clock to ten o’clock. Well you, sir, are wrong. [turn head toward other camera]”

- Daily Kos: State of the Nation

"So what else is new about Bill O’Reilly? Keith Olbermann is right about O’Reilly; I just..."

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:09:54 -0500

“So what else is new about Bill O’Reilly? Keith Olbermann is right about O’Reilly; I just wish he’d quit pointing it out on a daily basis. It’s tiresome; Keith could surely find some other truly deserving asshole to make fun of once in a while.]”

- oxjock - I Love This TIme Of Year…..

"Lovely Ties: Me and my boyfriend love when you appear you on Keith Olberman’s show… not..."

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:27:33 -0500

“Lovely Ties: Me and my boyfriend love when you appear you on Keith Olberman’s show… not only are you usually spot-on in your commentary, but you have the BEST TIES on the tee-vee! Any particular designer you favor? (Or is that a trade secret?) (P.S. Perhaps you can give Keith a pointer or two on his suits… they always look a might boxy… and sometimes even (gasp!) shiny… like something from a 20s-era musical) Eugene Robinson: I beg my wife to please, please pick out my ties for me because she’s great at it and I’m not. I think they’re mostly Robert Talbot and Brooks Brothers. (And no, I don’t get any freebies from anybody.) I’ll leave your second question to Mr. Olbermann and his tailor. ________________”

- Opinion Focus - washingtonpost.com

"I thought he was better as you than he was as Ben Affleck,” Martha said. “Obviously an..."

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:32:54 -0500

““I thought he was better as you than he was as Ben Affleck,” Martha said. “Obviously an admirer of yours.” “He’s the first person I know who’s ever done an impression of me,” Keith said back, “because apparently I don’t have anything you can do an impression of….Walter Matthau once told me he hated me personally and loved my work because he could not do an impression of me.””

- Keith Olbermann Cooks With Martha Stewart, Talks Ben Affleck Impression (VIDEO)

"thought he was better as you than he was as Ben Affleck,” Martha said. “Obviously an..."

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:11:20 -0500

“thought he was better as you than he was as Ben Affleck,” Martha said. “Obviously an admirer of yours.” “He’s the first person I know who’s ever done an impression of me,” Keith said back, “because apparently I don’t have anything you can do an impression of….Walter Matthau once told me he hated me personally and loved my work because he could not do an impression of me.””

- Keith Olbermann Cooks With Martha Stewart, Talks Ben Affleck Impression (VIDEO)

"Those who have followed Olbermann’s career recognize his influence on even the silliest of..."

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:45:56 -0500

“Those who have followed Olbermann’s career recognize his influence on even the silliest of dispatches. In addition to the enemies he has made as a result of his eccentricities and bouts of petulance, there are many who admire the gifted writing and the desire to make full use of television’s visual advantages. “Writing to picture,” Griffin calls it, using carefully chosen words to expand on rather than retell what the viewer could already see. Griffin, who has worked in broadcasting for more than 25 years, says he has never met anyone with a surer understanding of this relationship than Olbermann. Watch “Countdown” on any given night and you’ll be treated to deft wordplay and a clever juxtaposition of the serious and the sublime. Olbermann has a news sensibility and gravity that suggests Eric Sevareid and an ability to stand apart from and skewer the ridiculous that channels Groucho Marx.”

- Is Keith Olbermann the future of journalism? The MSNBC anchor’s unorthodox amalgam of the serious and the silly and his trenchant criticism of the war in Iraq have boosted the struggling network’s ratings and made him a hot media commodity. But some critics dislike blurring the line between fact and opinion | American Journalism Review | Find Articles at BNET

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Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:47:58 -0500

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"It’s like you’re following your favorite sports team,” I said to him, one day this summer. “Yeah, I..."

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:12:30 -0500

““It’s like you’re following your favorite sports team,” I said to him, one day this summer. “Yeah, I guess it is like that,” he agreed. Consider the comparisons: PRIMARIES AND PLAYOFFS Since January, Presidential candidates have competed with each other to win two coveted spots, the Republican or Democratic party nominations. Likewise, since April, Major League Baseball teams have competed with each other to win two coveted spots, the American or National League Championships.”

- Smart Spark: The Crowd Goes Wild.
World Series? No, Just Politics

"“I think you were in on this,” Letterman said. “I promise you. I had no idea..."

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:35:21 -0500

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“I think you were in on this,” Letterman said.

“I promise you. I had no idea until you apparently had a little cow on the air with Keith Olbermann,” she responded. “And then you did that creepy Big Brother thing by stealing our video.”

Dave also complained that he was left to talk to Keith Olbermann, to which Couric responded, “I feel for you, Dave.”

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- David Letterman Phones Katie Couric To Talk About McCain Diss

David Letterman Phones Katie Couric To Talk About McCain Diss

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:34:37 -0500

David Letterman Phones Katie Couric To Talk About McCain Diss

"Vacation. They ran straight through the election without a break and I think Rachel is on the Air..."

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:55:01 -0500

“Vacation. They ran straight through the election without a break and I think Rachel is on the Air America Cruise with some lucky listeners. Olbermann may be in his basement at his mom’s house hitting rewind and play on the Ben Affleck impression at SNL.”

- Where Have Olbermann and Maddow Disappeared To? - Paul Levinson - Open Salon

Olbermann Offends the Clown Community with a Bill O’Reilly Reference…. « Dummidumbwit’s Weblog

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:30:01 -0500

Olbermann Offends the Clown Community with a Bill O’Reilly Reference…. « Dummidumbwit’s Weblog

"Keith. I can call you Keith, right? It would be easier to hear your rejection if you hadn’t..."

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:11:42 -0500

“Keith. I can call you Keith, right? It would be easier to hear your rejection if you hadn’t kept many Alaskans sane with your “You, Sir” rants. Bill Maher’s New Rules encourage me to write my own. Chris Matthews exhausts me with explanation, but I get it. Rachel Maddow is still talking to us…she’s strangely fascinated. But you — Sir — are singled out as chief dumper. It’s only fair. I was getting ready to go to Anchorage’s Election Central, when I heard your voice break slightly; Barack Obama was the projected 44th President of the United States. I realized I’d held my breath for 8 years. I cried; in relief, in triumph, for hope, for healing, for history. I felt American. “You, Sir” took many politically battered, Alaskans; your American brothers and sisters through a keyhole in time. Since then, “You, Sir” keep on the queries of how to dump Alaska every time Sarah Palin stumbles. “You, Sir” should kick Russia’s ass if they even look cross at us. (Well, talk to them first…then get our back.) “You, Sir” are joking, and to an extent, so am I. We should make up. I’d like that. We need your help, your respect”

- Shannyn Moore: Keith Olbermann Broke Up with Me

"Last night, Joanne and I were talking about gay marriage, which led us to talking about this Keith..."

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:05:55 -0500

“Last night, Joanne and I were talking about gay marriage, which led us to talking about this Keith Olbermann special comment, which led us to talking about how we’re both now totally intellectually crushing on him. It turns out that smart, passionate guys are like catnip to us. Let’s face it, the man looks distressingly like Eugene Levy. He’s nearly twice my age. But I want him to hold me tenderly while shuffling papers and talking about love”

- talk dirty to me… using really big words « What She Said…

"Keith Olbermann, the host of “Countdown” on MSNBC, said: “There’s no question that it’s going to..."

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:08:58 -0500

“Keith Olbermann, the host of “Countdown” on MSNBC, said: “There’s no question that it’s going to change. Of course we don’t know exactly what’s going to happen. I think you could say I’m going to take a different position on the diamond, but it’s the same approach. It’s an interesting switch of poles but by no means a switch of roles.” Mr. Olbermann noted that “Fox News and Rush Limbaugh rose during the Clinton years,” whereas he and his fellow MSNBC host Rachel Maddow “rose during the Bush Administration.” “But after the Bush inauguration,” he added, “Fox and Limbaugh didn’t go off the air. If you’re any good at all, you should be able to react to a changed landscape.” Posted in Miscellaneous Subjects”

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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:56:23 -0500

“* Home * About * Contact Rutherford * WP Political Blogger Alliance What Does “Countdown” Have Against Andrew Johnson? November 18, 2008 OK. I know this is not of any great significance but it gets under my skin all the same. Back in May, Rachel Maddow was subbing for host Keith Olbermann on MSNBC’s “Countdown” when she was discussing precedents for presidential impeachment. Along the way she made a remark about the impeachment of “Andrew Jackson”. Ehhhhhh, no. The president in question was Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln’s successor. At least Rachel corrected herself after the commercial break. Last night, when David Shuster was subbing for Keith Olbermann it was deja vu all over again. This time the trivia tidbit was that “Andrew Jackson” had pardoned the entire Confederacy in an act of reconciliation. Yikes! There was no Confederacy to pardon when Jackson was president (waaaay before the Civil War). Again, the president in question was Andrew Johnson. Could it be that Keith Olbermann is more careful about what he is reading off the teleprompter so he catches these dumb mistakes before they leave his lips while his substitute hosts can’t seem to keep up? I don’t know what the problem is but I wish the “Countdown” research staff and the substitute hosts would get their act together, at least for the sake of the kids who might be watching and may want to learn something.”

- What Does “Countdown” Have Against Andrew Johnson? « The Rutherford Lawson Blog

"It’s not that NBC’s Sunday night studio show has that many more people than other NFL..."

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:11:50 -0500

“It’s not that NBC’s Sunday night studio show has that many more people than other NFL studio shows. A strict head count reveals its cast is actually smaller than an Army battalion. But because the crew’s appealing elements — Cris Collinsworth, the camp appeal of a reunited Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann, as well as Bob Costas, when he’s not looking semi-bored — you’d like them to get more time rather than, say, hear more from Jerome Bettis. One possibility: Move Collinsworth to the sidelines of NBC games with John Madden and Al Michaels — giving all three open mikes.”

- Some NFL casts exhibit midseason form - USATODAY.com

WATCH: Keith Olbermann in a Minute - 236.com - Video

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:47:27 -0500

WATCH: Keith Olbermann in a Minute - 236.com - Video

"What guests would she like to have? She listed Bono, George Clooney and Keith Olbermann."

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:07:37 -0500

“What guests would she like to have? She listed Bono, George Clooney and Keith Olbermann.”

- Orlando Sentinel - Ellen DeGeneres: Don’t look for me to host the Oscars again by Hal Boedeker

"When responses were broken out by party affiliation, O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Brit Hume, all..."

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:06:25 -0500

“When responses were broken out by party affiliation, O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Brit Hume, all Fox folks, were atop the list, while Couric was the least favorite. For Democrats it was Keith Olbermann, Charles Gibson and Tom Brokaw at the top, with O’Reilly at the bottom.”

- Pew: Most Viewers Wouldn’t Pick Favorite Journalist Who Covered Election - 11/12/2008 4:18:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable