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O'Reilly's Irish
A much younger Bill O'Reilly (as he looked, I'm guessing, a good 12 or 15 years ago) showing a little temper on Inside Edition. Pretty funny, I feel. Video provided by the College Humor guys.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 12, 2008 at 12:58 PM
comment #1
cinefan
says ...
Gee, what a shocker - Bill O'Reilly acting like a bullying, out-of-control jackass who can't control his temper.
Posted by cinefan
at May 12, 2008 1:16 PM
comment #2
rockne
says ...
That man was given his own show? That man represents a large percentage of the population? The more you post, Mr. Wells, the more your utopia seems a pleasant society to strive for. What a cretinous thug. Doesn't understand how to say "Play us out?" The song is going to play you off the air, jackass...who did he know to become as influential as he is...
And before all you righty cretins respond, I know there are a lot of cretinous thugs out there, some left-leaning, but they don't represent as many people's mindset as this idiot does.
Posted by rockne
at May 12, 2008 1:33 PM
comment #3
Edward
says ...
cinemafan said it all.
Posted by Edward
at May 12, 2008 1:33 PM
comment #4
Josh Massey
says ...
"And before all you righty cretins respond, I know there are a lot of cretinous thugs out there, some left-leaning, but they don't represent as many people's mindset as this idiot does."
And yet your mindset automatically labels anybody who disagrees with you as a cretin? You may be closer to O'Reilly than you think.
(I'm a righty cretin who happens to think O'Reilly is a doucheknob, by the way).
Posted by Josh Massey
at May 12, 2008 1:55 PM
comment #5
BurmaShave
says ...
Oh Daddy O. That's just how I want it. You would prefer what?
Posted by BurmaShave
at May 12, 2008 1:57 PM
comment #6
The Pope
says ...
Hats off to the guy who just kept his cool, was a pro, explained the indecipherable meaning of the cryptic "Play us out", continued counting down and guided poor little lost Bill through the dark night of his soul. Pity the same guy isn't there to guide Bill out of it now that he really needs him.
Posted by The Pope
at May 12, 2008 1:57 PM
comment #7
Mjs
says ...
Bill O'Reilly represents the conservatives pretty accurately.
Posted by Mjs
at May 12, 2008 2:25 PM
comment #8
George Prager
says ...
Dickweed.
Posted by George Prager
at May 12, 2008 2:39 PM
comment #9
Josh Massey
says ...
Chris Berman, by the way, is a self-described "New England Democrat." So as long as we're painting with broad brushes, I guess his actions are representative of all liberals.
Posted by Josh Massey
at May 12, 2008 2:42 PM
comment #10
storymark
says ...
"And yet your mindset automatically labels anybody who disagrees with you as a cretin? You may be closer to O'Reilly than you think."
No one said that. There are reasonable righties - but a lot are cretins. The fact that you jumped to that conclusion right away says a lot.
Posted by storymark
at May 12, 2008 2:46 PM
comment #11
Josh Massey
says ...
"And before all you righty cretins respond,..."
Where exactly does that leave room for misinterpretation?
Posted by Josh Massey
at May 12, 2008 2:50 PM
comment #12
frankbooth
says ...
In Dassin's The Naked City, the killer (SPOILER!) looks just like O'Reilley.
At the end of the film, he climbs a tower like Kong and is shot down by the cops, a fate he richly deserves for being such a mad-dog scumball.
The guy in the movie, that is.
Posted by frankbooth
at May 12, 2008 3:53 PM
comment #13
CinemaPhreek
says ...
Rockne baited the hook and idiots swallowed it whole.
He addressed it solely to cretins, even pointing out that the cretin membership includes those on the left as well. Yet, some just couldn't stop their knees from jerking their hands to the keyboards to furiously type out a rejoinder.
And yeah, someone get that floor manager's name because that dude is a fucking pro.
Posted by CinemaPhreek
at May 12, 2008 3:58 PM
comment #14
calraigh
says ...
As a born and bred 'Irish', I'd like to correct the notion once and for all that Bill O'Reilly's particular brand of fuckery has anything to do with his 'Irish'.
The guy is an 'eejit'(a colloquial Irish term for 'fucking idiot)in any language.
Posted by calraigh
at May 12, 2008 4:24 PM
comment #15
Mgmax
says ...
"There are reasonable righties - but a lot are cretins."
Name five of the former.
Posted by Mgmax
at May 12, 2008 5:12 PM
comment #16
The Hoyk
says ...
Well, as the genial clotting-heart liberal that I am, Mgmax, I'll name some righties I would consider reasonable.
My father, who (cheap plug) is a terrific artist [http://www.rogerheuck.com];
P.J. O'Rourke, whose statement of "Having freedom must include freedom to fail" always struck me as a fair assessment;
Hugh Hewitt, who uses case law and reputable authors rather than, say, Drudge and the Bible, to argue the points that I disagree with, plus he's a fan of Morricone, Marvel comix, and THERE WILL BE BLOOD, so I could easily sit down over a couple steaks with him;
Brian Burgess, a right-leaning stand-up comic who managed never to be preachy with his jokes, a particular favorite of mine being his rip on Qadafi - "When you wake up in the morning to B-52s over your home, it's time to reassess your personality."
And (cheating again) pretty much every Republican I know personally who never disparaged or discriminated against minorities or blamed pop culture for society ills, and were always more interested in trading dirty jokes and enjoying friendship than in winning any political argument that might have come up.
Posted by The Hoyk
at May 12, 2008 5:41 PM
comment #17
D.Z.
says ...
I'm the last person to agree with O'Reilly, but it seems like his gripes about the "quality" of the shoot were legit, even if his outbursts were out of line. I mean, how tough is it to write a coherent read-out? It seems like it was the production company was really the unprofessional one in this situation. I thought Payne was more of a jerk on the Huckabees set.
Posted by D.Z.
at May 12, 2008 7:04 PM
comment #18
nemo
says ...
Doucheknob? That's a new one! I'll have to remember that one. It does describe O'Reilly perfectly.
Actually, Mgmax, you are pretty reasonable for a right-wing pygmy.
Posted by nemo
at May 12, 2008 7:23 PM
comment #19
Mgmax
says ...
That's because I'm The Last American Liberal. (With Fatal Babywipes.)
And D.Z. just defended Bill O'Reilly regardless of his politics.
It's like, as soon as Jeff got on a plane, the whole comments section grew up.
Posted by Mgmax
at May 12, 2008 7:36 PM
comment #20
Major Calloway
says ...
I'm partially with DZ on this. Not so much because the read-out wasn't coherent enough, but because of the apparent fumbling around in response to his questions. I wouldn't be surprised to find his frustration had been building throughout, and we're just seeing the part where he finally loses it.
That said, he comes off almost as juvenile as I feel after losing my parental temper over glue spilled on the kitchen table: "Fuckin' thing! Sucks!!!" Hilarious, yet sadly familiar...
Posted by Major Calloway
at May 12, 2008 9:03 PM
comment #21
corey3rd
says ...
what's really funny about the whole B-52 bombing business is that we went after him from masterminding the bombing of that Berlin Disco. and then after the fall of the Berlin wall, we discover that it was the fine folks of East Germany that planned that bombing. So we basically killed the guy's daughter for a crime he didn't commit. That's such a funny joke.
Posted by corey3rd
at May 12, 2008 9:03 PM
comment #22
hiviper
says ...
a spoiled bully and sexual harrasser. Class act, that O'Reilly.
Calraigh, I'd say gobshite accurately describes him as well.
Posted by hiviper
at May 12, 2008 9:29 PM
comment #23
Jeffrey Kunze
says ...
D.Z. -
"I mean, how tough is it to write a coherent read-out? It seems like it was the production company was really the unprofessional one in this situation. I thought Payne was more of a jerk on the Huckabees set."
Not Payne, it was David O. Russell who did Huckabees, and flipped on Tomlin.
Alexander Payne is actually quite a different person altogether.
Posted by Jeffrey Kunze
at May 12, 2008 9:46 PM
comment #24
D.Z.
says ...
Jeff: Thanks for the clarification. I got Sideways mixed up with that one for some reason...
Posted by D.Z.
at May 12, 2008 9:56 PM
comment #25
MadCrazyMovieHouse
says ...
That was AWESOME. "Fuck it - WE'LL DO IT LIVE!" "And five, four, three..."
Posted by MadCrazyMovieHouse
at May 12, 2008 10:33 PM
comment #26
Major Calloway
says ...
"Alexander Payne is actually quite a different person altogether."
Everybody now: "ALEXANDER PAYNE IS ACTUALLY QUITE A DIFFERENT PERSON."
Well, that didn't work very well. It's difficult to create the effect of many people talking in unison using only text.
Posted by Major Calloway
at May 12, 2008 11:06 PM
comment #27
The Hoyk
says ...
Yes, Corey, and for the record, Claudine Longet is a crack shot, Lord Mountbatten never wore tennis shoes, and Helen Keller never owned a dog named "wuahuh." We make tasteless jokes to cope with tragedies, war, and evil people. Sorry we can't be filled with righteous indignation all the time like you.
Posted by The Hoyk
at May 12, 2008 11:28 PM
comment #28
thorsen1nk
says ...
Get this jackass off my show! Tom? CUT HIS MIC!
Posted by thorsen1nk
at May 13, 2008 8:35 AM
comment #29
Howlingman
says ...
O'Reilly's a douche. His political affiliations don't make him a douche, just his inherent douche-iness.
And Al Franken's a simpering mama's boy.
Posted by Howlingman
at May 13, 2008 12:08 PM
comment #30
calraigh
says ...
HiViper-You are correct Sir, ''gobshite'' is a far more fitting turn of phrase!My apologies.
Posted by calraigh
at May 13, 2008 2:37 PM
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