KOEB Meeting 7/29/05 (Friday Night Party Time!!)

[Berry Cool]

"Hi there, sports fans! KO here, appearing in an ancient photo with my old SportsCenter tag-team partner Dan Patrick to remind you to LISTEN TO US, STARTING NEXT FRIDAY when I join Dan for an hour of his show on ESPN Radio, from 2 to 3 pm. Check the ESPN.com Web site for a list of stations near you--or if you need to get satellite radio, well heck, get satellite radio! That's Fridays on ESPN Radio, starting August 5. Me. Dan. Me. Did I mention, me?? Be there. Aloha.

"Oh, and enjoy tonight's Countdown. I'll be there. I think. Uh, well, maybe. I mean, I still have new suits and shirts and ties to show off and everything."

[RevCheesehead]

1. Wha??

Is everyone on vacation or something? :shrug:

Keith, your loyal fans are here, lovin' on ya. :loveya:

[SharonRB]

2. I think he ran out of new clothes

Did you see Hardball? David Gregory so rocks -- he really asked Jean Schmidt some hard questions. Amy Goodman was great, too.

[RevCheesehead]

3. Yes, I did.

David :loveya: Gregory was wonderful! But towards the end of the interview w/Schmidt, he kind of just let her ramble, then said "thank you" with a bemused smile on his face.

I'm wondering if they're grooming him for a permanent spot - although, I can see why he likes the WH beat. Someone's gotta ream Scottie every now and then.

[SharonRB]

4. I'd love for him to have his own show.

He's a great journalist.

[RevCheesehead]

5. and a tad easy on the eyes, too.

WTF is this "world Jamboree???" Ugh.

And a blue lobster? Is it a dem?

[noamnety]

9. World jamboree

It's like a guinness book of world records thing to see how many boy scouts they can trick into sitting for hours in the scorching heat if they promise them "the president's coming!"

This year it looks like they might break the record.

[RevCheesehead]

12. *snort*

Sorta like "the boy who cried wolf." :hi:

[SharonRB]

16. Hmmmm - a rift in the Republican party?

How awful! (NOT!)

[SharonRB]

10. LOL!

Blue Lobster Cult -- the caption writers are right on!

And, yes, DG is definitely easy on the eyes.

[RevCheesehead]

13. Do blue lobsters turn purple when you boil them?

And yum-yum - Craig Crawford is coming up, too! :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

43. Does this lobster then sing

"Don't Fear the Creeper"?

[Berry Cool]

41. Cue Elvis: "I'll, ah, have, ah, bluuuuuuuuue lobster...

...without you..."

[Berry Cool]

42. I think the "world jamboree" is hysterical, whatever it is.

A chance for everyone to make like an American Idol loser.

[Berry Cool]

40. Schmidt was that idiot Bush apologist, right?

She sounded more and more ridiculous the more Gregory let her babble on. LOVED when he accused her of cribbing directly from his last speech.

[Berry Cool]

38. Props to Gregory, I like seeing him on there.

But wouldn't you know, tonight is the night Keith runs out of new clothes!

Bring back the dark suit with the cream shirt and orange tie too, Keith...it's my favorite.

Anyway, :hi: from Berry After the Show.

[Patsy Stone]

6. The blue lobster is being shellfish!

Very cute pun, KO. Hi, all! Frist is next...
Happy Friday! :toast:

[RevCheesehead]

8. Hey, lady!

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

17. Hey, Rev.

TTTTB!

Even Frist can't justify not exploring stem cell research.

Hey, Craig's coming on... :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

It's too bad that you didn't get the marijuana ref tonight, Patsy.

If only Bill Frist had come out for medical marijuana use and ticked off even MORE Repugs...*sigh*!

I've decided I understand why he's in favor of stem-cell research. Because heck, he'd do research on actual babies, too, if he could. After all, he's not been known in the past for putting limits on that kind of thing. (*MEOW!*)

[Patsy Stone]

73. I think you're right about Billy Boy

Hey, Berry. :toast: Happy Friday.

[Berry Cool]

45. He probably didn't write the lobster pun, as it was on Oddball

but then again, maybe the usual writer was on vacay!

It's about time someone besides KO went!

Loved hearing him make the bad pun anyway. :loveya:

[bleever]

60. Hi, Pats! How did your Friday treat you?

Nice to see you here.

:toast:

[Patsy Stone]

71. Can't complain

It was very casual. :hi:

[bleever]

79. If only every Friday were like that.

Nobody should have to be overdressed on a Friday.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

81. So true!

Glad to read that your internet troubles are currently at bay. Technology is indeed a Bitch Goddess. :)

[bleever]

83. The space between

connections is more than this boy can take. I'd do anything to turn the damn thing on, but, true to life, I'm on my own when it comes to this stuff, and SBC doesn't really care about me. God help me.

[Berry Cool]

93. You're not the only one SBC doesn't care about!

Don't get me started! Oh ho!!!! :banghead:

[RevCheesehead]

7. Aha - "half the staff is out sick this week."

I think we've heard the answer of where Keith has been. :)

[SharonRB]

11. Carey must be out -- I didn't get a newsletter today

I thought maybe KO was gone again.

Can't wait to hear what he has to say about Bill "flip flop" Frist. Who's flip flopping now?

[Berry Cool]

50. I was a little scared about Keith showing up again, too.

But it looks as if Carey's out sick or on vacay.

Sheesh, I wish I didn't have to worry about MY work getting done when I was out! Wow, Keith must be an evil boss...not!

[Berry Cool]

59. On Top 3 Newsmakers, didn't you just love

seeing him wave his arms merrily around to "The Beer Barrel Polka"?

I guess he can't help it, it's the German in him. :-)

:loveya: for Keith's German side because I have one too.

[Berry Cool]

48. So, did Keith make them sick, or

did they make Keith sick?

I still want to spread a juicy rumor that Keith made me sick. It was all that time we spent together last week when I wasn't here. You know, close quarters and all. :-) :-) :-)

Can I get a witness?? :shrug:

Oh well, I had a feeling it wouldn't work...

[Clark2008]

14. Hi all!

I see my "senator" flip-flopped.

Of course, this is the first issue in his 12 years as my "senator" that I've agreed with him.

I'm using quotes because Frist has never, ever acted as though he represented me in any way, shape or form. Ergo, he's not actually my "senator."

[RevCheesehead]

15. Did anyone hear Ron Reagan interview his mom this afternoon?

It was great, and kind of cute, too. He ended with "I love you." :)

[RevCheesehead]

18. Oh, *swoon*

Craig with an open shirt (sans tie) - color me :loveya::loveya::loveya:

[SharonRB]

20. Loved when KO said "Frist must have just gotten his degree today."

He's full of snark tonight.

[Berry Cool]

51. He was hot and snarkin'.

Just the way we like him! :-)

[SharonRB]

19. Okay, now that I've seen the actual clip

it was definitely his middle finger. No way was that a thumb or an index finger (or a pen, as some have said).

[RevCheesehead]

23. As someone else said on DU,

"if that was his thumb, it's the biggest thumb since Uma did 'Cowgirls.'" :evilgrin:

I agree. It was the bird.

[SharonRB]

24. If it was his thumb, his hand was totally in the wrong position

[Clark2008]

29. LOL - I see we absolutely don't agree on this one.

I watched his hand as it came back down - it was his thumb - and he does have long thumbs. He twisted his wrist around.

[SharonRB]

34. You're right, Clark -- we do disagree on this one

I did not see his wrist twist around at all. You could see the rest of his hand to the right of the finger that was up. If it had been his thumb, the thumb would have been facing the camera and the rest of his hand would he been in front of it, not next to it.

[Clark2008]

37. No, you saw his knuckles... he has VERY long fingers.

The rest of his fingers were behind the thumb.

[WolverineDG]

46. as much as it pains me to say this

i think it was his thumb too. his wrist moved up & down like he was giving a thumbs up. :(

dg

[DemReadingDU]

49. Here is pic of Bush's finger

Hi All!


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4222232&mesg_id=4223285

[WolverineDG]

98. If you just look at the stills

you would think it's the bird, but when i watched the video of it (& KO did show it more than once), you can tell he's doing a thumb's up.

:(

dg

[SharonRB]

54. That's my point -- if you saw his knuckles, it couldn't have

been his thumb. The knuckles were horizontal, and if it was his thumb, they would have been vertical.

Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one!

[Berry Cool]

61. But it's possible to put your thumb up

and have your knuckles stay horizontal. It just means not twisting your fist into the straight-up-and-down position, but instead keeping your fingers folded down and your thumb up.

[SharonRB]

62. I tried it and it just doesn't work that way.

[Berry Cool]

74. It works for me...

Go figure :shrug:

[Berry Cool]

52. I admit...

...I thought it was his thumb too.

I'd LIKE to believe it was his finger, but I think it's his :thumbsup:

[RevCheesehead]

65. If it ain't the bird,

then I think it's his index finger. Or else the man does something way too funky with his fingers.

Q: Does the blivet have opposable thumbs?

[SharonRB]

101. Rev

I think it's you and me against the rest of 'em on this one. I don't see how it's his thumb or his index finger. I watched it over and over on KO last night and there's no doubt in my mind it's the bird.

[RevCheesehead]

21. Good interview w/Craig.

Is bush unwilling to compromise? (notice lack of "president")
Could this have been avoided? Is bush serious about his campaign promises, or was he just trying to get votes?

And... When is the book coming out? (October, but available now on Amazon).

[SharonRB]

22. He doesn't even know the meaning of the word

compromise. Nor can he spell it or pronounce it.

[RevCheesehead]

25. Hey - I thought we were promised Oompa-Loompas.

Not Mary Poppins. :(

[Berry Cool]

53. Sorry, no Oompa-Loompas.

Mary Carey was unavailable tonight. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

64. Oh-oh...

:spank::spank::spank: I did NOT need that image, thank you very much!

[Berry Cool]

75. Aw, you know it's not ME you wanna spank.

It's Keith, for being AWOL two days this week. :-)

[RevCheesehead]

85. Close -

but someone's been gone longer than Keith.... :cry:

[Berry Cool]

94. You mean poor Roo?

I understand, believe me, Rev. :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

105. Gee, thanks,

but I was thinking of the snarky bartender. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

107. Yeah, well, him too.

It's been thirsty work in the KOEB this last little while.

Speaking of which, I may be absent or late for a lot more nights in the next little while, for reasons of which I cannot speak because then they would have to kill me. So have fun everyone.

[WolverineDG]

99. you can keep the oompa-loompas

you wanna know just how damn scary those damn things were in the first movie??????

i saw that puppy on the big screen & those oompa-loompas had me :scared: . ok, so i was a weird kid with a very active imagination, sue me.

i much prefer the new & improved ones in this latest flick, though. :)

dg

[RevCheesehead]

26. FOX hires an independent counsel?

WTF? Do they think they're a country now? A sovereign government?

edit/stupid spelling goof.

[Berry Cool]

55. "The Idiotic People's Republic of Fox."

Population: Losers.

[RevCheesehead]

67. "The People's Front of Judea?"

or The Judean People's Front? :evilgrin:

[Clark2008]

27. So glad Keith did the "Bush finger" story.

But, hell, even I could see that was his thumb.

[SharonRB]

28. I'm glad I finally got to see it for myself

It's an awfully long, skinny thumb and on the wrong part of his hand.

[Clark2008]

30. No, he twisted his wrist around and thumbed it up backwards

But, yes, it's a long, skinny thumb.

I watched the wrist motion as he brought it back down. I wish I could demonstrate it for you, but that's impossible online. LOL!

[Clark2008]

31. WOW! Those space noises sounds JUST LIKE space noises

in the movies!

OMG! How freaky is THAT?

[Berry Cool]

56. Isn't it weird, though?

Who woulda thought the planets actually had theremins to play out there in space?

Rod Serling would be proud.

[RevCheesehead]

68. Plato.

"Music of the Spheres."

It was fairly common in ancient thought (esp. eastern thought) that the planets had corresponding modes and notes. This thought was echoed in the writings of Ptolemy, and even Shakespeare. Or think of Gustav Holst's "The Planets," or even John Williams. :)

(OK, I had to look it up in Grout's History of Western Music - but I remembered it correctly!)

[Berry Cool]

76. Yes, but did they have theremins?

and if they did, could they play "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys?

Science may never answer this crucial question.

[RevCheesehead]

32. Oooh! I like the sound of Saturn!

Reminds me of the kitchy 50's and 60's sci-fi movies.

[RevCheesehead]

33. "Let's move on to Saturn...

"...why is it making noise, and who is it talking to?" *snark* :)

[Clark2008]

35. Maybe it's inviting liberals to move to it.

Afterall, earth is being taken over by neandrathal neo-cons.

Saturn's lovely in the spring, I hear. :7

[SharonRB]

36. This is the first time I've seen or heard Rita Cosby

I hate, hate, hate her voice -- I will not be watching her show.

[Clark2008]

39. Well, we can agree on that one!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

44. It is rather funky, isn't it?

Like she's been up chain-smoking all night, and screaming at a high school football game.

[SharonRB]

57. Exactly!

I think we have consensus on this one, ladies.

[WolverineDG]

47. she laughs like a porpoise

(with apologies to porpoises...i happen to like porpoises but i don't like women who laugh like them.....)

dg

[Berry Cool]

58. She creeps me out.

It's going to be really hard watching Keith transition to her.

Then again, her voice could probably shatter glass on its own.

[noamnety]

70. So we give Rita 2 days? 3?

And then we start emailing like crazy to let them know she's even worse than Tucker, and we demand a show hosted by either David Gregory or Rachel Maddow in that timeslot, right?

[Berry Cool]

77. I have a better idea for the 9-10 hour myself.

Extend Countdown to two hours a night.

Or just forget all the other shows and turn MSNBC into the 24-hour Olbermann Broadcasting Empire. Yeah!!

[SharonRB]

100. Works for me

Although, as much as her voice bugged me, the little bit I saw last night I liked what she said. She and Rachel really ganged up on Fucker about that doctor who refused to artifically inseminate a woman because she was a lesbian. He claimed the doctor had a right to refuse to do any procedure he didn't want to do. The point was, he was refusing for one particular patient. It would have been one thing if he never, ever inseminated anyone -- that would be okay. But to refuse to inseminate someone because he's against someone being a lesbian (or a single mother) doesn't fly.

[bleever]

63. The love is not gone, just my internet connection.

I've been suffering from connectus interruptus due to a change in my internet provider.

Warning: for those of you who don't know, "plug and play" means plug it in, and play around with it for eight to ten hours until you get it working.

Still on a temporary fix here, but I want to say hi to everyone, and have a great weekend.

I still believe; I just have trouble posting about it.

:)

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

69. "Connectus Interruptus"

What'd ya do - sign up with Acme.com? :evilgrin:

Miss ya, Bleev. :hi:

[bleever]

80. I shoulda known that painting a tunnel onto my firewall wouldn't

work.

All that time spent watching cartoons, you'd think I'd have learned.

:hi: Rev. Had some brats the other night: they were really kielbasa. I guess they figure it's easy to fool people in California.

:(

[RevCheesehead]

84. It all depends.

Did ya boil them in beer first?

What, no Johnsonville out there? I thought they went national.

[Berry Cool]

78. Bleev, you poor thing. I hope that's the ONLY time

you have to deal with that particular definition of "plug and play"...

You have a great weekend too. And keep believing.

[bleever]

82. Hi Berry. Thanks for keeping the torch lit

when others of us are indisposed. Not to mention your fine literary output.

Never gonna stop believing.

:patriot:

[Muffstser]

66. What a Photo!

Hard to believe it's the same guy, isn't it?

Dang, KO looked hot tonight. The suit pants fit better, and the dark colors just look better.

I can hardly wait to watch the show! I've been stuck on the bus, and my computer has "connectus interruptus" (a/k/a a wonky modem.)

[Berry Cool]

72. So, it doesn't look as if anyone missed the "5 Favorites" tonight...

Did anyone but me notice he didn't do them?

Hmm. Maybe he's again listened to us and decided to trash 'em. That's fine with me. Now if he'd just go all the way and BRING BACK THE NEWS QUIZ!!!!

[crispini]

86. Awwwww.... Young Keith.

:loveya::loveya::loveya:That's actually a very cute photo, compared to some of that approximate era I've seen.

Oookay, I'm off.... Catch ya'll during the rerun if anyone's still up! Sounds like it was a good show tonight!

[crispini]

87. This

is quite possibly my new fave outfit. I love this nice brown suit and this tie.

OMG, this is the first I've seen of nekkid terraist coverage! :rofl:

I guess I'm the only one around eh?

[RevCheesehead]

88. Hi, Crispini.

I'm just ready to watch Keith in bed. Um, you know what I mean.. :blush:

[crispini]

89. LOL!

nighty night! :hi: sweeeeeeeeeeeet dreams! :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

95. *sigh* Yeah, we only WISH!!!!

"Last night I watched Keith Olbermann in my bed. How Keith Olbermann got in my bed I'll never know."

[RevCheesehead]

90. Okie-dokey.

Re: The finger or the thumb? It's a thumb.
In watching the blivet move his hand down to his side, you can see the thumb clearly. No pen, nothing else.

The idiot still walks like Bigfoot.

[crispini]

91. Yeah, clearly a thumb

when he moves it down to his side, you can definitely see it.

[bunny planet]

92. I know you are all sleeping now but I just wanted to let you know.....

It was a THUMB. Yesterday I thought otherwise just from the pics, but the slow mo's tonight on Countdown were very clear, unequivocally a thumb.

See you next week ladies.

BTW, where's Sparky? I miss him.

[Berry Cool]

96. Hasn't anyone told you yet?

Sparky couldn't post last night. He was too busy doing Countdown.

Oh, shoot...now I've let you in on the "Sparky is Keith" theory. :rofl:

[bunny planet]

97. Hey BB, I've been a KOEB since the beginning. I know all about the theory

that Sparky is Keith. Has anyone ever seen both of them in the same room at the same time? Sort of like LaToya and MJ.

Seriously though, where oh where is my little Sparkela?

[SharonRB]

102. Hey, Bunny

You may have missed my post last week -- I PMd him to see where he's been and he's been working late a lot, then napping when he gets home. On the weekends he's been working on his house. He's doing okay, though.

Guess I'm alone in still thinking it's the bird. I watched and watched and just don't see it as his thumb.

Have a great weekend.

[Berry Cool]

104. Sharon, you didn't specify who you were referring to.

Sparky or Keith?

:rofl:

Anyway, I think people are looking at that, uh, digit and it's a Rorschach blot, is what it is. Those who want to see a finger are seeing a finger. Seems that way to me, anyway.

[Berry Cool]

103. Hm, now wait, I have never seen Sparky or Keith in ANY room at ANY time!

Does that mean that neither of them exist? Or one of them is both the same?

Sparky, show thyself!!!!

[RevCheesehead]

106. I'd be careful if I were you...

Sometimes you might just get what you asked for. :rofl: