LA Times Accidentally Lists 'Jackass' in Olbermann's Time Slot

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The Los Angeles Times Calendar section on Thursday accidentally listed MTV's hit series "Jackass" as airing on MSNBC at 7 and 10PM.

7 and 10PM just so happen to be when "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" replays on the West Coast.

Innocent mistake or Freudian slip?

You decide as you read what Andrew Malcolm deliciously reported Friday:

Here is an actual correction from Page A4 of today's print edition:

FOR THE RECORD:

 TV listings: The Prime-Time TV grid in Thursday's Calendar section mistakenly listed MTV's "Jackass" show on the MSNBC cable schedule at 7 and 10 p.m. where instead MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" should have been listed.

Malcolm marvelously quipped, "It's not the Worst Mistake in the World."

Even better, as a result of this error, "a few thousand people might have tuned into MSNBC, the Obama administration's favorite cable channel, expecting to see a 'Jackass' show and instead they'd have found Keith Olbermann."

As Malcolm wonderfully asked, "[W]hat if nobody noticed the difference?"


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Real Truth

No there is real in truth in advertising

Real Truth

Now there is real in truth in advertising

I Tried Posting This In The Comments Section

"Clear-thinking people know this was no mistake." 

I just checked and it evidently did not make it past the moderator. No surprises there.

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We need to stop calling them "Progressives" when in reality they are big government "Socialists" who no longer value the individual's rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

ROFL,

and that definitely needed an alert.  My keyboard will eventually dry out, after it's coffee bath. 

I'm sure that the mind-numbed dimbulbs that tuned in expecting to see Jackass didn't even note any difference when Olberdork popped up on their screen.  And you chose to show a picture of the Jackass, thank you.

Accident?

This is no accident. Someone finally told the truth. Whether it's "Jackass" or Keith Olbernann, it's the same thing!

Freudian Slip?  "There

Freudian Slip? 

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

From orange to red to blue in 5 seconds

Olbermann must have looked like a Humboldt squid pulsating in colors when he heard about this. 

The funniest part is the printed correction calling even more attention to it!

??? I thought "Jackass" and "Olbermann" were synonymous...

Sigh!

Jackass?

What does a jackass do to deserve the insult? 

Jack Ass - How Appropos for Olbermann

That should be the title of his 'Propaganda' show always.

MASSNBC

Henceforth, I shall refer to Bathtub Boy as Jackass O'.

What Do You Get

What do you get when you cross a jackass with a babboon??

answer -- An "olbermann" named Keith.!!~~!!

Thanks Noel for the (GRINS).!!~~!!

kilrod 

If an unborn child cannot trust you, why should I,?? 

Isn't It Ironic, Don't Ya Think?

"Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you."

--Alanis Morsette

You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

"Jackass" vs. "Countdown"

These shows are actually very different.

One features an outlandish buffoon who often seems to be mentally defective......and the other stars Johnny Knoxville.

Insult?

What an insult to a poor innocent donkey!

Any Way to Tell the Difference?

And in homes across the country, DVR's, VCR's, and TIVO's never blinked an eye. Looked and sounded like a jackass to them!

A Very Easy Mistake To Make

Doesn't this look exactly like Olbermann? 

There was a Texas Ranger one time who said that there's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.--Louis L'Amour

Well, yeah, but

Keith has a bit of a tan.

I hear the LA Times has launched an investigation

It seems they may have accidentally hired a Republican.

I am the mob. Don't tread on me.

Someone at the LA Times has

Someone at the LA Times has a marvelous sense of humor.  Kudos.

 

Enforce Term Limits if They Won't:  Vote Against ALL Incumbents in 2010.

It would have been more

Accurate if they would have drop the “Jack” and added “hole” to the end.

Liberalism: The huanting feeling that someone, somewhere, can help themselves.

If you look carefully--

--- at the picture, it is possible that Obama is behind OLB.

No misterbill

Its his own finger. 

Liberalism: The huanting feeling that someone, somewhere, can help themselves.

Verrrry bad---but---

verrrry good and verry funny.

 

And MTV had a 7 pm listing for.....

Mentally challenged, lie spewing, self interested, brown nosed, netnuts "fact" dispensor, condensending, hatefilled, conservative bashing, no skills, loud, arrogant, skill deficient blowhard.

Immediately, everyone knew that Keith made a station change.

 

"Live for yourself...there's no one else more worth living for.
Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more"- Rush--Anthem

Legal Action?

Producers of the real Jackass show are reported to be considering legal action for the insult by association. They fear the fine reputation of their program has been besmirched.

Lovely

A bit of Karma is in the air!

"What a revoltin' development this is!"

Chester Riley

Olbermann-Jackass

I dunno.  Maybe they just renamed the show, he is a jackass after all.

Gee, you think Bill

Gee, you think Bill O'Reilly might make mention of this in some form?

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Delicious!

Delicious!

Could be just a slip...

That could be just a slip, even though Jackass pretty much describes Olbermann and everybody else on MSNBC.

Darn--I wanted to see Johnny Knoxville!

I'm upset--I tuned in expecting to see a bunch of idiots doing silly stunts and instead, all I saw was one idiot, and all he did was sit behind a desk.

What's it normally say?

What's it normally say?

            An

            An honest mistake. They have the same features.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Noel... The word

Noel... The word "accidentally" in the title of this thread, you realize, is pure speculation on your part (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).

Tim

Tim,

Mais oui!  ns

Uh-Oh, looks who going to

Uh-Oh, looks who going to be on the World Worstest Person tonight!

JAJT

Hmm.... Olbermann/Jack Ass

When all the planets align and the Perseid Meteors fill the night sky, the true show titles also align with the proper jackasses.

At least, that's what the voices in Olbermann's head have said.