Actor Patrick "Puddy from Seinfeld" Warburton wants no part of O'Reilly Factor's "Patriot" game

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Not so much a 'Patriot,' actor rejects praise from O'Reilly

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030404737.html



NO POLITICS: Bill O'Reilly praised Patrick Warburton for bucking the Hollywood liberal mindset over a line that referred to Sarah Palin, but Warburton says he just didn't like the joke. (Courtesy Fox News Channel)

By Lisa de Moraes
Friday, March 5, 2010

Actor Patrick Warburton says that Bill O'Reilly incorrectly stated he had come to the defense of Sarah Palin when Warburton expressed his discomfort with a Down syndrome joke on Fox's animated sitcom "Family Guy" and that he wants no part of "The O'Reilly Factor's" Patriot game.

"I wasn't defending Sarah Palin per se. She is an adult, a politician, and a public figure. She is subject to satire. She can handle herself," Warburton told The TV Column by e-mail Thursday.

"My objection was the depiction of a specific 1 year old special needs child who could not defend himself. In my opinion, that violates the artistic norms of satire."

Warburton's referring to the "Pinheads & Patriots" segment of O'Reilly's Fox News Channel program in which he puts people-in-the-news into one category or the other. On Monday, O'Reilly homed in on Warburton:

"Mr. Warburton has come to the defense of Sarah Palin," O'Reilly said.

"It's very unusual for any actor to go against the liberal Hollywood orthodoxy, so Mr. Warburton is a Patriot."

[Fridays Child]

1. I've seen the Family Guy clip featuring the Down Syndrome girl but...

...I must have missed the one about a "specific 1 year old special needs child." Does anybody have a link?

[ixion]

2. Bill O'Reilly: Lord of the Pinheads

and other assorted idiots.

[lame54]

3. Warburton is wrong...

that was not an attack on her kid - it was a swipe at her blatant hypocrisy

[JHB]

11. It doesn't really matter much. Warburton had his opinion and stated it...

...and most people would have never heard nor cared.

But O'Reilly decided to use his name in his (BO's) obsession over Hollywood liberalism. To which Warburton said, in essence, "don't put words in my mouth, and don't use me to make your cheap shots."

Kudos for Warburton.

[GodlessBiker]

4. Satire by Rush: good; Satire by Family Guy: bad. Palin makes it up as she goes.

[TwilightGardener]

5. I still like David Puddy.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. Speaking of Family Guy

I caught the episode where they had to move to Texas and they had fun slamming GW.............. :o) plus the Peter referred to himself as retarded. I've not heard any uproar over that. The state of Texas was going to execute him 'cause that's what we do in Texas'

[negativenihil]

7. Yeah!

There was little to no outrage over the "Petarded" episodes iirc.

[Nye Bevan]

8. "Hello, and welcome to Soarin'".

"My name's Patrick and I'll be your chief flight attendant".

I'm a regular at Epcot so I don't think of him as Puddy anymore.

[NoNothing]

9. Go Brock Samson on his ass n/t

[bamacrat]

10. "High five."

[Touchdown]

12. "Yeah. That's right."

How come dip is just a snack? How come you can't make it a meal, huh?

[bamacrat]

17. "Support the team."

We could have a whole thread of Puddy sayings. or maybe we've just exhausted them all.

[Touchdown]

18. Not quite... "I don't care! I'm not the one going to Hell!"

The jesus fish on the car ep.:rofl:

[bamacrat]

19. "DEVILS!, DEVILS!"

"He's a face painter Jerry."

[Initech]

13. Feels like an Arby's night.

[comrade snarky]

14. Good for Warburton!

Apparently he is also nigh invulnerable to O'Reilly's stupidity.

[callous taoboy]

15. Tell it to the 8 ball!

[Beaverhausen]

16. the character he plays is paralyzed

and if he thinks there aren't times the portrayal of his character goes over the line, well I just don't know.

I mean, does he even watch the show he's on? :rofl: