Monday, June 16, 2014

Come Monday...Olbermann

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of (or commentary about) websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

If you do not get (or just do not watch) [ESPN], you may not know that [Keith Olbermann] has a relatively new show on the network.  His new gig was a homecoming of sorts for him.  For he was one of the most popular Sports Center anchors ESPN has ever had, and when partnered with [Dan Patrick], they flat-out crushed the competition from other sports outlets.

Oh, but he longed for something more—perhaps even an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of even those who did not care much for sports.  So, he turned up with a political commentary show on MSNBC, and that is where much of his luster started to fade.

To put it mildly, Olbermann is a very polarizing person, and when I am in agreement with his take on an issue, I wish his diatribes would keep going for a lot longer than they usually do.  Be assured that it is just the opposite when he’s off on a tangent that is going in the wrong direction to me.  The two videos clips below serve as examples of what I am talking about, with the first one being something I whole-heartedly love while I think he might have taken the wrong pill before launching into the second one.

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Well, it was just brought to my attention that the two video clips were set to start playing automatically, and I could not find a way to turn that off.  So, I deleted them.  If you would like to see them anyway, [this] will take you to the diatribe I loved and [this] will take you to the one I didn’t (I hope).

It was the same with his MSNBC show until he came all of the way out of the bleeding-heart liberal closet and left all pretence of being in touch with reality far behind. Hey, after MSNBC ran him off, not even [Al Gore] could work with him for more than around 13 months!

If you have a way of recording his ESPN show, it should be safe to watch.  For you could always zip past where he is ripping into something that you think should be left alone, and the rest of the show is usually well worth seeing.  On his MSNBC show, he had a regular segment where he would name the worst three persons in the world, and he now does the worst three persons in the sports world, which is usually highly entertaining.  That is, unless he is picking on someone you love, of course.

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6 comments:

  1. I'm in the don't get/don't watch ESPN category

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  2. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Yeah, crafty people...

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  3. Whoops, nope, I don't watch it...

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  4. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Shadow!!! Well, you are certainly missing out! (LOL?)

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  5. I watched him on MSNBC but I gave up on him when he started reading Thurber short stories on the air.

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  6. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! What I am looking for in a presidential candidate on down these days are people who are really serious about wanting to eliminate as much governmental incompetence and corruption as possible, which would leave us with more than enough resources to properly fund and manage all sorts of programs for the good of us all (the world over, even) while paying off the national debt and lowering taxes after the debt is paid off. Yeah, I really have lost my mind.

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