KOEB 4-1-2009: Big Eddie Gets a Show Edition.

[bleever]

:hi:



Oops, sorry if I jumped the gun, Keef.

[Patsy Stone]

1. "A wePod"

Or is it a "wee" pod? She looks like a pocket Queen in this pic. :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

2. I keep thinking of cotton candy when I look at that pic.

And I bet a wee-Pod would fit her just fine.

Hi Pats! :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

4. DU is curious...

:hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5373269

[SeattleGirl]

8. Rats! I keep getting a page load error!

I'll have to try again in a bit.

:hi:

[bleever]

9. Here's the link without the typo:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5373269

[SeattleGirl]

14. Thanks!

I often listen to Ed's radio show, and he has all kinds of congress critters and talking heads on, so I can see that translating over to a TV show.

[Patsy Stone]

19. Thanks!

I just fixed it. I wonder where I went wrong? :)

[ralps]

11. Hi Patsy! for some reason your link doesn't work.

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

15. I fixed it

I don't know what went wrong.

:hi: and Meow to Crook!

[ralps]

23. Thanks for fixing it!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[bleever]

3. Queen Shuffle?

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

7. You know

if it's true she already has an iPod, then there's a "Royal playlist" out there waiting to be dicovered. How many different versions of God Save the Queen do you think are on it? Did she include the Sex Pistols version? I doubt it.

[bleever]

12. Or as she calls it,

"God Save Me".

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

17. Bwahahahahaha!!!

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

24. LOL

Or as Eddie Izzard said, "Now, the queen lives in a very big house with barbed wire outside and people with guns in front of that. That's one saved fucking queen."

[SeattleGirl]

31. Reminds me, though, of a show I saw the other night about a guy

who got into the palace, back in the 70's or 80's, I believe. He thought the Queen was his girlfriend (yes, his cheese had definitely slid off his cracker). At one point, while he was prowling around trying to find her bedroom, he got angry and broke a glass ashtray, cutting his hand.

He finally found her bedroom, and the guard outside her door had gone out to walk the corgi's. Guy goes into the room, and ends up sitting at the foot of the Queen's beds, glass in hand, dripping blood.

The Queen has to be the most amazing person in the world at keeping her cool. She got him to keep talking long enough for the guard to come back, and together they persuaded the guy to leave the bedroom with promises of cigarettes. Then, of course, they arrested him. He had gained access to the palace by climbing up a rain spout.

My god, if that had been me, I'm not so sure I could have remained as cool as the Queen did in that kind of situation.

Needless to say, palace security was beefed up after that!

[Patsy Stone]

37. I remember that incident.

Amazing, isn't it?

I'll confess: I love the British Monarchy. Totally sucked in when it comes to anything royal. :blush:

[SeattleGirl]

41. Oh, I'm the same, Patsy.

I stayed up all night when Charles and Diana got married, so I could watch it live.

Then I stayed up all night for Diana's funeral (sniff) for the same reason.

[Berry Cool]

44. I remember that story!

[SeattleGirl]

54. There's a new show on A&E or Discovery or one of those channels

called "Royal Inquisition". The other story was about the attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne. I remember that, but they really had a lot of details. Another very cool cucumber, not to mention the fact that she doesn't take kindly to be ordered around like the kidnapper tried to do.

[Patsy Stone]

62. I watched some show a few weeks ago

where two people trace the lineage of royal bastards and go tell normal people that they are the relative of some king or another. Pretty funny. "Did you know your heritage can be traced back to an affair King John had in 1198?" Then they present them with a detailed family tree proving it.

[Berry Cool]

32. No, she's got "I Hate the Bloody Queen" by The Queen Haters

"I hate the bloody Queen
She makes me go to school
I hate the bloody Queen
And all her bloody rules"

[Botany]

5. Making me proud ... Obama w/ a Bobby in London

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8311079

[bleever]

18. Awesome picture!

:applause:

[ralps]

6. Hi bleever! Hi Everyone

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SeattleGirl]

10. Hi ralps!

[ralps]

13. Hi SeattleGirl!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

16. What makes you so sure??

He SAID the ANNOUNCEMENT is about an EX-SPORTSCASTER born on JANUARY 27.

That means either it's about him, or something awfully damned important is about to happen to Cris Collinsworth.

Dammit. If he's going to make a big deal on TV about getting married, I think I'm gonna be ill.

Oh: :hi:

[bleever]

20. All three share that birthday.

But that was a large man with his face pixelated at the top of the show.

[Patsy Stone]

25. Where's David Shuster going to go?

I have to say, I like him a lot more than Ed Schultz.

[bleever]

28. Maybe Ed gets the Shuster spot, and Shuster takes the 10 p.m.?

But I think David stays put at 1600, and Ed gets the slot after Rache.

[SharonRB]

39. I'm right there with ya on that one, Pats

:hi: everyone.

[SeattleGirl]

43. Hi Sharon!

I snuck out of work early today so I could watch Keith's "big announcement" will the clubhouse kids!

:hi:

[SharonRB]

49. And we're glad you're here

:hi:

I had a feeling Big Eddie's birthday would be January 27. Pretty sneaky.

I'd rather continue to have repeats at 10, since I often have to miss the show.

[SeattleGirl]

57. I usually have to watch the repeat after Rachel's show,

because I don't usually get home in time to watch the live run,.

But just couldn't miss today (okay, I probably could, but it's a good excuse for being here live!).

[Patsy Stone]

52. I saw the one story that said they were sticking with the reruns at 10

but I hope they give it to Shuster. :hi:

[SharonRB]

102. I didn't see your post before I posted this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=315&topic_id=143611&mesg_id=143711

[Berry Cool]

26. You know, I just looked it up, and that reminded me.

Ed too...January 27. And of course, he's an ex-sportscaster too.

Bingo...you guys got it. :bounce:

(Besides, Keith and Chris aren't really "exes.")

Also, Keith has been totally silent on the topic of Big Eddie being on the show, whereas Eddie himself has been plugging it..."We're gonna talk about the floods in Fargo...and other stuff." (Deliberately softpedaling the "other stuff.")

[bleever]

29. I heard that "other stuff" too.

Sounded loaded to me.

[WolverineDG]

21. Honey, I shrunk the Queen!

:o

Did you see them trying to stir up a controversy about the iPod? Some people need to get a life. :eyes:

Did anyone else :cry: watching the President & First Lady at their first international meet & greet? :sniffle:

dg

[Botany]

27. ah D.G. I have a question for you

It has to do w/ your trips to Spain and that country
now seeking to indict bush & company on war crimes

[WolverineDG]

33. I love you, Bot, but

I know nothing. I swearz.



dg

[Botany]

40. The Spanish Court looks like it is building a good case

Are you sure you know nothing?


Bush y Cheney son culpables

[SeattleGirl]

35. Hi Wolvie! I've been feasting my eyes on the great pic threads in

GD-P. The Obama's are rather smashing, aren't they?

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

46. :sniffle:

It's so weird having a President I can be proud of. :cry: damn I got something in my eye again......

:hi:

dg

[SeattleGirl]

58. Seems to happen a lot to me too!

[ralps]

22. Well I hope Eric Holder will now Dismiss Gov. Seigelman's case or at least dismiss

the Attorney in Alabama Laura Canary!!! Grrrr :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :grr:

[bleever]

36. I was thinking the same thing, ralps.

I wondered about how Holder will treat THAT prosecutorial misconduct. It seems like it will be easier to address after the first one let go is an R.

[SeattleGirl]

60. Oooooh, maybe that's it!

Of course, the Pukes would still find something wrong with it, but fuck 'em!

[SeattleGirl]

38. Hear hear!!!

The case against Seigleman is more crooked than Lombard Street!

[Patsy Stone]

64. That would be great!

Here's hoping justice prevails!

[Botany]

30. link to the new budget

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8311543


pg 11 :rofl: a green arrow = 2.1 million new jobs

[Berry Cool]

34. Nice to see they've improved their graphics.

"Now with bigger and better fudging!"

[Botany]

45. new title and a green cover

35 % of the pages were blank

[Berry Cool]

50. Bold new Republican budget ideas:

--no spending on social programs

--big tax cuts for the rich

Wow! It's so simple, it's a wonder no one ever thought of it before!!!! :banghead:

[bleever]

42. I just checked it out.

That arrow is VERY convincing.

:rofl:

[Botany]

51. It points up and then it says

The simulations show that the President’s
budget proposal would lead to a negative
change in jobs relative to a policy baseline
over the 5-year and 10-year budget
horizon.

In contrast, the simulation of the
Republican alternative budget shows a
steady increase in jobs relative to a policy
baseline over the 5 and 10-year budget
horizon. By the fifth year (2014), the
economy would produce roughly 855,000
more jobs under the alternative budget
than the baseline path, according to the
simulation. Under the President’s budget,
the economy would be producing more
than 1.2 million fewer jobs than the baseline path in 2014, according to the same economic
model. Therefore, the alternative budget implies a net increase of more than 2 million jobs
compared to the President’s budget by 2014.

[SeattleGirl]

63. Ack! I got a brain freeze reading that!

[Botany]

71. WTF did it say?

BTW Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav?

[SeattleGirl]

77. If I understood it, I'd be scared that I had totally lost my mind!

Pssssst....MrSG is out of town, but I grabbed the credit card before he left!

[Botany]

98. Get us the corner both

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

48. I liked the blue cover better than the green

and I miss the stock photos in the little circles. :(

[SharonRB]

47. I'm pretty convinced it's about Ed

Even though he swore last week he wasn't going anywhere. Yeah, right, Ed.

[Berry Cool]

53. Ed was LYIN'

Just like MSNBC was lyin' when they said they were keeping the 10 PM slot filled with Keith. They blew a little smoke at us.

Naah, Ed didn't move to DC in vain fer nuttin'.

[bleever]

55. Salon is reporting that Ed's getting the 6 pm EST slot.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3810882

[Berry Cool]

67. Well, OK then, MSNBC wasn't lyin'.

Big Eddie was. Either that, or he's going to do both radio and TV at once.

[SharonRB]

79. He may try, but it didn't work for Rachel

It really takes its toll after a while.

[SharonRB]

56. Big surprise?

Ummmm...not so much, Keith. Everyone knows what it is already.

[WolverineDG]

59. "This is a revolution, dammit. We've got to offend somebody"

best line ever uttered by William Craig. :rofl:

dg

[SharonRB]

61. Nancy announced today that she's now going to be

a regular contributor on The Factor. Last night was an audition. I sure hope it's just a stepping stone to appearing on Countdown -- that's her ultimate goal.

[Berry Cool]

65. A drunk guy driving a motorized barstool.

Only in O-high-o. We have just snatched the crown of shame away from Florida for all time.

And that 911 call just may--just MAY--surpass the infamous "what's the Red Wings score?" hash brownie call in Detroit. :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

73. That's the best story of the week

Did you see Rachel last night where Skeeter showed off his motorized barstool? She was giggling with joy.

[SeattleGirl]

80. I was giggling right along with her!

That was so damned funny!

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

81. Of course

it all began with the fact his name was Skeeter. :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

84. SNORT!

I'm laughing all over again!

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

85. I missed that. Sounds like fun.

Did he ever explain...why???? :shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

94. Allow me.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#29983242
No, it wasn't "the" guy, but this one does have some theories about what happened.

[Berry Cool]

113. OMG...there's actually more than ONE in existence. This guy on Rachel's show BUILDS THEM.

...What next, a motorized bed? What if you fall asleep while driving one?

[Patsy Stone]

68. Oh my...

I'm sorry to say, I'm not sure KO will want anything to do with her if the taint of O'Lielly is upon her.

[SharonRB]

72. Actually, that's been the path a lot of people have taken

They do Fox, then go on MSNBC and Fox drops them. Hopefully it will go that way for her.

[Patsy Stone]

78. Sharon...

you do realize this makes you only two degrees of separation away from Bill O'Reilly, right? I realized this because that means I'm only three degrees away from him. :scared:

[SharonRB]

82. ROFL

Well, at least she's not in the studio with him, so it's not direct.

Someone even wrote her today and said the only good thing about going on O'Reilly is that it may lead to her going on Olbermann! :rofl:

[WolverineDG]

91. oh crap

now i hav to go take a bath in bleach..... :scared:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

95. Right?

:hug:

[Berry Cool]

117. I dunno

Let's remember, folks: this is a man who DATED Laura Ingraham. :scared:

He probably thought he could "change" her through the magic of his love.

Either that, or to his mind she was just blonde and hot, and he was paying no attention to the venom spewing from her mouth.

[SeattleGirl]

69. How on earth does so do that?

60 seconds with Bill-o and I'd want to gobsmack him but good!

Nancy must have a strong constitution!

[SharonRB]

76. She does

She thrives on that stuff. The nasty e-mails she got all last night bothered me more than they bothered her.

[SeattleGirl]

83. What did she get nasty emails about?

Going on Fox?

[SharonRB]

89. They were from rightwingers who saw her on O'Reilly

They called her every name in the book. The few she got from our side were good. The other side comes out of the woodwork everytime she's on Fox. The lunatic wing of the right wing, that is. Supposedly that's not the majority of the audience -- more of them are more in the middle (so they say). It's painful, but it's good exposure for her, even if half their audience hates her and thinks she's a socialist liberal blonde without a brain in her head. I think a lot of their anger at Obama is directed at her.

[SeattleGirl]

90. Poor thing!

I know you said she has a strong constitution, and that's good. But geez, that kind of thing would have to get to you now and then.

[bleever]

70. Brave woman!

God be with her.

[WolverineDG]

75. Even Nancy isn't enough to get me to watch O'really

sorry. :(

dg

[Botany]

66. Ohio makes me so proud sometimes

If you can walk but drive a motorized bar stool to a bar ..... get hammered ..... get in wreck
and drink 1/2 a bottle of whiskey .... you might have a problem.

[Berry Cool]

74. Cue Alanis for Sarah Palin

"You're uninvited..." :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

87. Caribou Barbie acts like she's Queen of the Republican Party.

Wonder how long her minions will take being dissed?

[WolverineDG]

101. QEII might be pushing 90

but she'd still kick Caribou Barbie around the block a few times.

dg

[Berry Cool]

88. If Big Eddie goes on at 6, what happens to David Shuster?

Is he supposed to be happy just subbing for Eddie and Keith??

I hope not. I like him.

[SeattleGirl]

86. Ya think?

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

92. ....and may I say, I love Keith's tie!

:loveya:

[ralps]

93. Today's worst person in the world is John Boener!! for lying about a Cap & trade study

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

96. ...And may we say it again:

"What a BONER!!!!!"

[Patsy Stone]

97. p.s.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5373383

[WolverineDG]

99. Uh oh, one of them wants to have Keith's babies

quick, get her into the witness protection program before Berry goes after her. :scared:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

108. That thought

may have crossed my mind. :)

[Berry Cool]

109. En garde, BITCH!!

:rofl:

Ed says he and Keith share a sportscasting past, a birthday and an appetite for what's going on in the country.

I was gonna say, they look as if they both share an appetite, period.

[SharonRB]

100. I'm going to miss Shuster, even though I didn't get to see much of it

Maybe they'll put him on at 10.

[Patsy Stone]

103. Yeah! David's on from 3 - 5 p.m.

I won't be able to see him, but he got another hour! :bounce:

[SharonRB]

105. Once again. GMTA

See right below.

[Berry Cool]

106. He will make afternoons more tolerable on MSNBC when I am off to see him.

That's excellent news. I think Big Ed will be a great addition to the lineup, but I'm glad they're not throwing Shuster under the bus either. He deserves to be rewarded for all his hard work.

[SharonRB]

104. Guess I'll never see Shuster

but I'm happy for him that he now has a two-hour show.

[Patsy Stone]

107. Let's drink!

[SharonRB]

110. Thanks!

I was pretty thirsty.

[Patsy Stone]

111. I have to get some iced tea

and start making hamburgers. Tell Nancy to stay strong, and to never look directly in the eyes of evil. :)

[SharonRB]

114. She can't -- they're miles and miles apart

[SharonRB]

112. I just want to know if Ed is going to try to continue to do radio

It takes a lot to prepare for a three-hour radio show, leave alone a three-hour radio show AND a TV show. I don't see how it's humanly possible to do both for very long. I sure hope he quits doing radio, which opens up a slot on a lot of radio stations around the country. Some stations now play Thom on delay if they have Ed live (and maybe there are some that do the opposite). Now everyone could have Thom on live at noon Eastern and some of them will need a show for 3:00 Eastern. Hmmmmmm....I wonder who would love to fill that slot for them? Anyone? Bueller?

[Patsy Stone]

115. We shall see

I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed.

[Berry Cool]

116. Golly, I can't imagine who.

:rofl:

But seriously, I don't know how long he'd be able to keep that up either. You'd think it'd open up opportunities for Nancy.

One technical question about Countdown: Why is it that now, every time Keith throws to Rachel, the sound quality automatically descends to the point where he sounds like he's talking from the bottom of a well?