KOEB Meeting: 05/14/09 -- Release the Briefings Edition

[Patsy Stone]

:hi: I heart Bob Graham.

[bleever]

1. Keef is wearing my high school debate team suit.

Looks better on him.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

2. I like his new tie.

:hi: I had a GREAT ride tonight...and a long one, too!

What the hell is Keith talking about, that his mother's death has become part of an ugly Internet rumor? Surely he can't be talking about those idiots at Uncyclopedia and their stupid unfunny version of wiki? :shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

4. I do too!

Yum.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

5. Such a wide pinstripe for such a young man.

:hi:

[bleever]

8. I had a tie just like his, too.

All that's missing is the collar bar. What the heck was that thing for, anyway?

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

14. I don't know.

Did you have a blingy one with the chain and the little dangling thing?

[bleever]

18. LOL. That one's a doozy.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Y_MjTFQ3m8g/SKCjzGJPusI/AAAAAAAABPE/YcpPrCWUTgg/s320/stuart+collar+bar.jpg

Mine was more like this. In fact, I could probably find it if I were to dig deeply enough into ye olde sock drawer.

[Patsy Stone]

24. Well, if you need it, and you can't find it,

it looks like you could make one out of a couple of big safety pins.

[bleever]

30. Seriously,

there's this one:

[ralps]

3. Hi Patsy! Hi Everyone!

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

[Patsy Stone]

6. Hi, ralps!

Welcome! Nachos?

[ralps]

9. Thanks Patsy

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

[Berry Cool]

7. Hi ralps!

Literally...I'm on a runner's high right now. Keith even looks hotter. :loveya:

Cheney ordered people waterboarded so they'd say Saddam was connected with 9/11? Who'd a thunk???? :shrug:

[ralps]

10. Hi Berry Cool!

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

[Berry Cool]

11. Source of stupid rumor found...it's the shitheads at Gawker:

http://gawker.com/5254804/was-keith-olbermann-jealous-of-rachel-maddows-ben-affleck-booking

Keith Olbermann is denying a report from CityFile that he threw a hissyfit last month and called in sick for three days because Rachel Maddow booked Ben Affleck, and Olbermann wanted him all to himself.

Olbermann—who has acknowledged a short fuse and an ego that fires "on all cylinders"—missed three days of work without explanation in late April. According to CityFile, the reason was that his protege Maddow nabbed Affleck and refused to hand him over:

According to a source at the network, Olbermann was livid when he learned that Rachel Maddow had booked Ben Affleck as a guest on her show. Olbermann, it turns out, had been interested in having Affleck on his show, too, and when he heard that Maddow's producers had secured the actor instead, he demanded that the interview be switched from Maddow's nine o'clock broadcast to his own an hour earlier.... Olbermann took the matter to senior management at MSNBC and NBC Universal and asked that they step in and "correct" the situation. That didn't happen, though, and Affleck went on Maddow's show as scheduled on Thursday, April 16. And Olbermann's three-day protest commenced the next day.

After Wonkette linked to CityFile's account, MSNBC spokeswoman Alana Russo sent the site a denial from Olbermann, who explained the absence by saying "that was my first opportunity to take even a long weekend to mourn my mother's death and deal with the many sad logistics subsequent to her sudden passing. The source of this story is a liar and those who spread it without seeking confirmation or refutation are beneath contempt." Olbermann's mother died on Saturday, April 4. He worked the following week, and most of the week after that.

While it seems odd for Olbermann to invoke his mother's death to explain an absence from work when he had shown up for nearly two weeks immediately after her passing, we don't dispute that the man was entitled to time off whenever it suited it him.

But one thing doesn't jibe: As CityFile pointed out, in April Olbermann's fill-in host David Shuster posted a message to Twitter, apparently in response to a curious fan, explaining that the absence was "nothing serious, but, it's flu/allergy season." So, which is it?

We asked Russo for an explanation, but she had no comment for the record.

Idjits...if memory serves, he was at a FREAKIN' BASEBALL GAME. :grr:

[Patsy Stone]

12. Wow what a load of crap that is.

It's like they just threw everything possible into a pile and decided to make a mud pie. It looks like the people from Page Six are moonlighting.

[bleever]

15. This is the kind of crap up with which we dare no longer put.

It's just dumb.

[RevCheesehead]

46. Didn't Keith say they'd attack him in a few days?

Are they the same idiots who do Page Six? Whatever, it's obvious that someone's out to get Keith. Idiots. :eyes:

Oh, and a late :hi: to all. I was taken out for dinner - Again! (different couple)

[Berry Cool]

49. Yes, he did. I figured it would be an easier target, though.

And good for you for being taken out to dinner, although we missed you. :hi:

[Botany]

17. pick me pick me

Cheney ordered people waterboarded so they'd say Saddam was connected with 9/11? Who'd a thunk????

[Patsy Stone]

19. ...Shocked!

[GigiMommy]

13. I'M SO SICK OF CHENEY!!!! hi everyone.

:mad:...............:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

16. Yes.

But I'm hoping he just talks himself off a cliff eventually.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

23. Velma's looking lovely tonight.

Can you feel the love??

OK, I have looked at our show threads and Keith's blog and verified: the night David Shuster tweeted during Countdown and said "It is cold and flu season" was April 21...THE NIGHT KEITH WENT WITH HIS NEPHEW TO YANKEE STADIUM AND HE GOT THE BAT!!

Why doesn't Keith just admit that? The proof is all over his blog!!

[Patsy Stone]

27. Apparently,

Gawker's offices in the basement don't connect to The Google.

[Botany]

20. Velma does not have her flirt on tonight

She has the funeral home director look working.

So far no blushing either.

[Patsy Stone]

25. "I like the glasses"

(giggle) "Thanks, Keith."

:)

[Botany]

35. They couldn't go a whole segment w/out a flirt

:loveya:

**********

KO doesn't to take crap over his mother's death.

[Berry Cool]

40. Did he say he liked HER glasses?????

Oh man...while the Katy's away, the mouse will play. :-)

[Patsy Stone]

44. Yes.

She brought up "her choice of eyewear" earlier in an analogy during the Sarah Palin discussion. At the end of her appearance, after he gave the "Margaret Carlson, blah blah blah, thanks for your time," the last thing he said was "I like the glasses."

[Berry Cool]

45. Goes to show how much attention I paid to the rest of the show tonight. Oh well.

I tell ya, those two got it for each other and they don't know it. Yet.

[Berry Cool]

47. Oh, NOW I get it, watching the reair.

Velma was trying to make the point that having free speech doesn't give you the right to protection from other people's free speech, because if it did, she wouldn't have all that email she gets from people who are apparently criticizing her glasses. And Keith said he likes the glasses.

Ohhhh, Keith. Flirt, flirt, flirt. :evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

48. Aren't they Harry Potter-ish?

And doesn't Keith like Harry Potter? :)
.... and Velma? :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

50. All Velma needs is a scar across her forehead.

:rofl:

[bleever]

21. LEAVE VELMA'S GLASSES ALONE!!

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

22. Hello, Velma.

:hi:

[Botany]

26. Little Miss Innocent .... Carrie Prejean

underage drinking w/ a very stoned Michael Phelps.

Jesus wants me to fuck this Olympic Hero.

[Berry Cool]

32. OK, folks, here it is:

Keith was absent on Friday the 17th--official opening day of Yankee Stadium, watching the Indians go down to defeat. Then he was out Monday the 20th, during which there were no ball games, and Tuesday the 21st, during which he attended the Yankees game. He was also off the 13th--the Mets' home opener at the new Citi Field.

All but ONE DAY--ONE FRIGGIN' DAY--can be explained in two words: BASEBALL HOOKY!!!!

And on the 20th, he mourned!!!

Sheesh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grr:

[Patsy Stone]

36. So David didn't lie to us...

I knew he wouldn't. I just knew it. :loveya:, David.

[Berry Cool]

41. No, he didn't.

For all he knew, Keith was still feeling poorly on the 21st. He didn't know Keith was at the ballgame with his nephew, but had he known, I'm sure he would've said "I hope he's having a great time."

It was really lucky for him, because the previous night's game, when Keith was sick, was rained out.

And I officially apologize to you, David, for accusing you of trying to cover for Keith while he watched baseball. :-)

[GigiMommy]

28. Just spent the last few minutes reading Keith's diary

at Daily Kos. Stupid. :grr:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/14/731439/-Turning-My-Mothers-Death-Into-Gossip

[Berry Cool]

51. Breaks your heart, doesn't it?

His mother didn't have a chance. And he had to find out, and deal with it so quickly.

[ralps]

29. Today's worst person in the world is Micheal P Leahy! Of Teabag Party fame!

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

[Patsy Stone]

31. "Listen to how much pollution you just put out."

:rofl:

Glenn Beck: idiot.

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[bleever]

37. Did Bot every tell you you're his fav?

[bleever]

34. KO's mom is wearing a Fox cap.

Fox Sports?

[GigiMommy]

38. Yea, when Keith worked for Fox Sports.

You should see all the ESPN stuff around my house.

[Berry Cool]

39. My apologies for not sufficiently discrediting the original site to post this crap.

Gawker just repeated it, as did Wonkette apparently, which means Jossip did as well, I'm sure, and I'm shocked Page Six got scooped. *sigh* I never heard of this crappy Cityfile before. Oh well.

Anyway, I'm glad Keith told the whole story, and explained about "hitting the wall" and being sick, which just fleshed it out more, along with the baseball hooky (of which his mom would no doubt have approved thoroughly).

These people disgust me.

[Berry Cool]

42. Even MORE crap from Cityfile, which makes me suspect this whole thing is a bogus

Olbermann Watch-planted farce:

Olbermann's temper—and tendency to hold grudges—is nothing new. When Dan Abrams was the host of the 9pm broadcast, Olbermann famously refused to "toss," or introduce, Abrams on the air, as he now does with Maddow. At Olbermann's insistence, five seconds of footage of the exterior of 30 Rock appeared between the two programs instead. What did Abrams do to earn Olbermann's enmity? Nothing, really, although one popular rumor floating around MSNBC at the time was that they'd both asked out the same woman a number of years ago and she'd accepted Abrams's invite instead of Olbermann's.

Oh boy, what a bunch of crapola. They even invented a new "explanation" to make Keith look bad for something that is NOT EVEN TRUE. Even though the rumors have been spread for ages by people with poor memories.

For crying out loud!! I have RECORDINGS of TONS of Countdowns from back when Abrams had his show after Keith's. You can see Keith tossing to him on ALL OF THEM except for when Dan's show wasn't on because it was Friday Lockup Night or when he did a Special Comment and just wanted to end it cold, and you'd see the camera switch to Dan in his studio looking stunned like "How do I follow THAT up?" But Keith NEVER "refused to throw to him" or "insisted that five seconds of footage of the exterior of 30 Rock" be inserted between their shows. What bullshit!!!!

[GigiMommy]

43. And to think once upon a time I wanted to be a Journalist...

this crap that passes for "news" or stuff like it is pathetic.