Keith Olberman joins The Smothers Brothers and Phil Donahue in a weird hall of fame

[thunder rising]

Being fired and/or discontinued at the height of popularity. The pattern is certainly deja vu. The progressives have a voice on the tube, gaining power/popularity and the corporatists fire them. Hence, we are only tolerated as long as we are powerless but willing to pay money to be entertained.

[lob1]

1. They're all liberals, too.

[w8liftinglady]

2. funny you should mention that...something I posted earlier

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9489003

[thunder rising]

4. Are u sure you got the right link? Not many peope remember the Smothers Brothers episode

of this charade of corporate tolerance for the left.

[tridim]

3. And Bill Maher.

[Scuba]

5. Don't forget That Was The Week That Was (TW3) with David Frost (1964-65)

[thunder rising]

7. Being entertainment challenged tonight I went to YOUTUBE and watched an episode ... HOLY SHIT

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8702984119494273719#

(song ... well it's mostly musical)
I want to go back
To Mississippi
Where the Mississippi mud
kind'a mingles with the blood
of the ni**ers hanging from the trees.

Wow!
They put us to shame

[thunder rising]

9. I have to say as well that in 1964 the rabbit ears didn't generally pull BBC.

[Naturyl]

6. Donahue has been a solid advocate since way back

He was disappeared from the public eye back when I was a young'un - and I ain't all that young anymore.

Guess the same is in store for KO.

[Pathwalker]

8. Whoopi's show too.

n/t