It’s Saturday Night Thread

Posted on 12/06/2008 at 6:45 pm by Bob Cesca

Open thread. Anything you want to comment about.

If you need a topic… Which cable news TV commercial do you most want to destroy?

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  • http://www.nonfatventing.blogspot.com jen

    How ’bout, ‘Which FOX news douche do you want to destroy?’I vote for Falafel-Boy.

  • 24hourjack

    the fox “friends” in the morning are violently offensive.the weatherman is the worst though.

  • bjritz

    Any Faux fair and balanced commercial.Although I may be out of touch. I’ve not watched one iota of their network since the election.We won. They’re irrelevant.

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis Disaster

    SHAMWOW

  • KatInWilm

    Anything with Billy Mays.

  • 24hourjack

    how bout’ the one with g. gordon liddy sayin”this is gold”…actually,thats pretty hilarious.so is billy mays.

  • MatthewN

    How about just a rant.I’m so pissed off at the Democrats I could scream.What. The. Hell.Why don’t we have a bailout for automakers yet?Why are e throwing money at banks, but coming perilously close to letting a major portion of out industry crash and burn?Why is Pelosi caving to Pres Lame Duck on where the auto bailout money would come from?Why am I hearing 15 billion for auto industry when they obviously need more? Are we TRYING to squander money? If we throw 15 billion at them, they’re going to go under anyways, and we’re out another 15 billion?Why won’t Dems stand up? I remember Reid saying “We won’t bring this to a vote because it won’t pass. If we have failed votes, people will lose faith in the system.”WRONG! What planet is he from?!? Congress has a dismal approval rating because they’re never seen to do anything! Have the friggin votes, even if they fail! Don’t play surrender-monkey just because the Repubs say they’re going to oppose something. Make them stand up on the floor and say they oppose health care for poor sick children, or that they oppose saving millions of American jobs! Make them own it!Quit rolling over, dammit! I’m so damn sick of all this. Obama should be telling Pelosi and Reid “I want an automaker bailout, and I want it now!”Glargh!!!Have to quit now… blood pressure, dontchaknow…

  • http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/ Paddy

    Anything having to do with peni. Extenderific (or whatever it is), Cialis, Viagra, Levitra whatev. Just. Can’t. Take. It.
    Oh, and the one with the chick singer for the animal rights group. Makes me cry, have to change the channel.

  • 24hourjack

    hey matthew…the dems are afraid that if it passes with only dem votes and then the big 3 go under anyway,then it will forever be known as “that time when those dumbass liberals in congress wasted a bunch of money on failing car companies”.its the same reason they wouldnt pass the original bailout(what ever happened to that $700,000,000,000 anyway?) without any republican votes.anyway…you are absolutely right.now that they actually have the power,this is when they should be getting done all the shit the repubs have been blocking.yet were nearly two years into a dem controlled congress/house with no serious results.now im pissed.i was doing okay before in read your post.damn it matthewn,you ruin everything.

  • bibimimi

    If it’s a news commercial, the Brian Williams ‘Telling America’s Story’ causes a hail of middle fingers a-flyin’ at my house.If we’re talking just plain ads, yes, Billy Mays should blow a blood vessel soon, hopefully.

  • ceu

    24hourjack – They’ve released only about 1/2 of the $700 billion & Paulson can’t rightly say where it’s gone. Bush said yesterday (I think) that NONE of the $700 would go to the auto industry. If Congress wanted to give them $$, it had to be a new appropriation, not part of the Oct bailout bill. Surprise! & Merry Christmas, America!

  • scribblechic

    Hands down the suckiest commercial out right now is that McDonald’s music video with the black couple whining a tired ass McNuggets ballad. It looks like an R. Kelly “In the Closet” number.Yeah Mickey D’s “urban” squad should be fired. Then shot.Black folks we gotta do better in ’09 and thats freakin’ CHANGE to believe in. Mcnuggets…WTF?

  • ceu

    The Ozzy Osbourne commercial for World of Warcraft. (I swear he yells “shit” at the end)orthe newest offering by the free credit report dot com hoodlums.

  • GItheJOE

    Can I go old school for a minute? I hated the RNC Jeremy Wright commercial that was played every fifteen minutes even on MSNBC during the last month of the campaign.I actually saw a FOX Business commercial on MSNBC the other day and I remember BOB freaking out it a couple weeks ago.

  • ceu

    Yeah. And what’s up with the “come work for the CIA” commercials?

  • http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/obama-truth-watch/ QueenTiye

    Wow… you guys watch commercials? I invariably pause long enough with my DVR that I can always fastforward through them….Well, Lee inspired (not quite the right word, but whatever) me to write a blog post on the subject of reparations.QT

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis Disaster

    >The Ozzy Osbourne commercial for World of Warcraft.Yeah I have no idea what’s happening in that commercial, and I’ve played WoW. It’s like they let him improv his lines.

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis Disaster

    Oh shit Obama apparently has picked Shinseki for Veterans Affairs. Small post, but oh man.

  • http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/obama-truth-watch/ QueenTiye

    Is that a good “oh man” or a bad “oh man”?QT

  • cminri

    Can someone explain the Cialis commercials with the couple who are in separate bathtubs which are outside for no apparent reason? Is there some kind of sexual symbolism that I just dont understand about this?

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis Disaster

    It’s a good “oh man”, for once.

  • dc_wilson

    The commercials for herpes medication that show people canoeing and flying kites on the beach. I think the song is something like “go where you what to go”. I mean, come on, herpes sucks and all, but does it really stop you from being able to fly a kite?

  • bjritz

    cminriThe guy always farts in his tub and his wife doesn’t like it, but she enjoys sunsets while bathing as long as he is down wind.

  • yankee

    Annoying Cable News TV commercials? How about the Gas and Oil Lobby advertisements where the woman comes out, walks all over America in her strappy shoes, and asks “Do you own an oil company?” I want to kill that beetch. Every freaking Sunday morning fer krise sakes.

  • Eruleptanero

    Ceu – I’ve seen Ozzy’s WoW commercial quite a few times, and I’m pretty sure he shouts “Sharon!” at the end. But, that’s just me.I happen to like the commercial a little bit, and I don’t consider it all that hard to understand, either. I actually like it better than the previous round of WoW commercials with Shatner and Mr. T.

  • scribblechic

    Great post QT. And now I’m off to re-read, reflect,discuss with my fam and share with others. I think this is an excellent idea and this is exactly what tangible, meaningful reparation looks and feels like for me. Words can’t express how emotional I’m feeling right now. You know back in grade school when you work on that first family tree? Thats when the whole slavery shit really smacks you in the face. Mine was pretty lengthy compared to my other black friends as I was fortunate enough to have a living great grandmother. My European friends had family crests and coats of arms(WTF?). They had flourishing REdwood Family trees while my shit looked like the fucking withering Charlie Brown Chistmas tree. I remember going home and asking my mom what our family crest was and after she sat me and my brothers down and gave the emotional slavery rundown my brother said “So our family crest must be shackles.”Damn girl you got me all messed up right now. In a good way tho. We need to really make this happen. how can I be down?Next to getting Obama elected, A HISTORY is the best gift I could give my daughter. I want it for her now more than I ever wanted it for myself.Thank you.

  • http://obamaproject.windonwater.net QueenTiye

    I went to grade school in a predominantly black neighborhood – so we never had the family tree assignment. But my son did in middle school, and it was one of the hardest things for me to deal with for his sake. Later, his school had international day, and practically demanded that kids bring a non-American dish from his family roots. OK, but what did that mean for my son?Thank you for your comments, scribblechic.QT