Keith Olbermann Almost Dislocates Shoulder Congratulating Himself
Keith Olbermann on Tuesday almost dislocated his shoulder patting himself on the back for all the attention he got after being suspended by NBC last Friday.
Like a kindergartner bragging to his parents about the fabulous day he had in school, the "Countdown" host told his viewers how many people signed a petition for his return, the number of tweets he received, and the various television programs that wanted to interview him (video follows with transcript and commentary):
KEITH OLBERMANN: I'd like to close tonight by discussing something that I'm sure has happened to you dozens of times in your own life. You know, when there is a petition supporting you and it winds up being signed by 300,000 people, and you get 21,000 tweets in a 72 hour period, and then you’re invited to be on television because you aren't on television because they want you on to be the lead story on “Good Morning America,” and “Larry King,” and "Letterman," and you break the traffic records on the Huffington Post, and you're on the front page of the New York Times without being dead or in jail or Charlie Sheen or something. Well maybe you’re used to it, but for me it was a kind of a surprise, and all I can seriously say is I'm stunned and grateful and it still feels like a universal hug.
Readers probably noticed only a brief clip of these disgusting festivities was provided. This was intentionally done to protect computers from the damaging effects of the nausea most would have experienced if subjected to the entire segment.
In the history of television, no man has ever spent so much time congratulating himself while the cameras were rolling.
After giving his side of the story, again like a kindergartner, Olbermann played video clips of various TV personalities discussing - you guessed it! - him.
Having done so, and obviously feeling uniquely proud of himself, MSNBC's biggest star concluded by saying how this incident was a fine example of democracy in action, for people quickly after he made his political contributions found out about them.
By contrast, if he had donated to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, America would never have known.
Show of hands: who wishes he had contributed to the Chamber thereby saving us from this pathetic and embarrassing display of juvenile self-congratulation?
For those that are curious, this seeming six-year-old was actually born in 1959.
Yep - he's 51.
Tough to believe, isn't it?
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Big audience
Submitted by wingnut55 on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 1:20am.
My guess is that more people watched this video on News Busters that on his show. Why do you give this guy credence? He really doesn't have anything to say that is of any importance. Just let him die on the vine from neglect.
wn55
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 1:41am.
wn55,
I wouldn't be surprised if after all this buildup, he had 2 million people watch him tonight. What will be more interesting is how many watch tomorrow night. If he gets a ratings spike out of this, and then falls back to his normal million, it'll be hysterical for it will show how limited his appeal is. Stay tuned. ns
Demographics please…
Submitted by JPR1 on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 1:28am.
Tell us more about the 300,000 Keith. Are these people of substance? People who make significant contributions to our society? How many of these people are members of the chronically unemployed; people for whom the “stimulus” has meant, fundamentally (good or bad), nothing? Are these people working minimum wage jobs with little of significance in their lives other than tuning in to your ridiculous blather on a nightly basis?
Get a clue dude! Less than one one-thousandth of the population is singing your praises. Most of the rest of us are either laughing or throwing up.
A vast, overwhelming majority of Americans
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 8:10am.
would say, "Who is Keith Olbermann?", even after this little publicity stunt.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I would say he is trying to
Submitted by muddyblazer on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 2:02pm.
I would say he is trying to get his ratings up as the Comcast hammer may ready to fall.
Congrats Herr Olbermann you are a self professed Propagandist
Submitted by tombaker on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 2:06am.
Congrats Herr Olbermann you are a self professed Propagandist
Today Olbermann fully moves over to a biased public pundit using the full power of corporate media to attempt to distort things to his view, and get the public to do what he wants.
Olbermann at his very best is dishonest,
At the most realistic is a propagandist working hard to distort news to a public he does not think is worth honest news and commentary.
At least on his return, he states for all he is in the tank
Yeah Sure you were Stunned, Keith.
Submitted by TCinAZ on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 4:44am.
Yeah Sure you were Stunned, Keith. In Fact, you were So stunned by, and So grateful for the outpouring of Support, that the cynical tone in your Voice about it, as if You'd beaten some kind of sworn Enemies and "Won Something" by getting your Show back was as crystal clear as it was Here http://dc-cdn.virtacore.com/0305053.jpg . As though Ann, Bill O' et. al, including the American Public, don't have Anything Better to do than 'Eat, Pray Love' Bathtub Boy.
Sorry Keith, but it's only when you Make and Break News, that you Are News. lol.
No Way In Hell
Submitted by txradioguy on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 7:02am.
I watched Special Keith's Twitter account from my account from the time the suspension was announced until the moring I read on here that he "indefinite suspension" was over in two days.
He didn'tmake one tweet. (His last one was on the suspension of his "Worst Person" Segment).
And while there was a smattering of tweets regarding his suspension...there's no way in HELL it came close to 21K.
It was just 21 tweets LOL
Submitted by kangaroo on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 8:08am.
It was just 21 tweets LOL
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on"--Thomas Jefferson
Ah Keefie
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 7:20am.
Tweets for Twits... you must feel like a hero to the Looney Left!
More people watched Bristol
Submitted by Texndoc on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 7:28am.
I'd bet money Bristol Palin on DWTS beat him by a factor of a dozen. He's boring and shrill. Anyway, he's waiting to see if he beat O'Reilly, which I'm sure he did not.
The only reason for the
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 8:18am.
The only reason for the outpouring of support for the immediate return of Olbermann is the simple fact liberals in general are born incapable of thinking for themselves.
Two days is a lifetime at the office watercooler not having an opinion, unable to join in the conversation.
Barack_Must_Go.....
What?
Submitted by bsny on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 3:06pm.
"liberals in general are born incapable of thinking for themselves". If you have ever said "Megadittos" I would say you fit this category precisely!
The lesson learned here?
Submitted by gregfahey on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:19am.
Olbo The Bobo obviously does not need a 'significant other' since he has himself to coddle and coo to.
However, expect more "controversy" now that he sees the outcome. I am sure he is coming up with another reason for MSNBC to "suspend" him right now. I can well imagine he has had someone print out all of his trumpeted stats and they now reside in his self-created Shrine of Me along with 35 mirrors.
Really though, Olbo the Bobo comes across as a lonely boy. Dismissive about how his arrogance and vanity repulses those around him. He craves the intravenous feeding of the monitors around him. Hearing and seeing himself talk, he becomes his own trouser arouser, needing nobody else. Then it's back to the apartment to bathe in the pink bubbles and soothing lotion that Olbo's sycophants fill the tub with. A glass of pink champagne. A Xanax or two. Then, he slips into his silk jammies to cuddle with his life sized Olbo the Bobo dolly. Life is good.
The life of a lonely man-child.
All I can say is....
Submitted by Insane Chipmunk on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 10:08am.
I'm Ron Burgundy???
Here's Olby's first ever appearance on network TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR2MlyS9Uns
Olby in Village People look...
Submitted by adamsmith on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:55am.
This explains everthing.........
Petition
Submitted by pbthinker on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 10:55am.
So who collected the signatures on the petition, ACORN?
Ted Baxter....
Submitted by adamsmith on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:43am.
How many times is this now that this assclown has been suspended or terminated? He's a child clarmoring for attention. I think of him being the resident King Chimp at MSNBC. He gets to fling his poo onto all the unsuspecting passersby and his handlers do nothing about his own televised self destruction. The guy can't stop making an ass of himself. Ted Baxter indeed....
Fine, but
Submitted by bsny on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:37am.
I totally agree KO spent way too much time indulging himself. That being said, how come nothing is ever mentioned here about the king of self indulging, none other than KO's nemesis Bill O' (What did you think of my segment with [fill in the blank]? Reilly).
Thank you for allowing me to expose this double standard.
Apples and Oranges....
Submitted by adamsmith on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:50am.
At this point O'Reilly and Olbergoebbels are apples and oranges. Bill comes across as a normal human being to someone who's never watched him before. It's apparent to a first time viewer in the first 60 seconds that Olbergoebbels is not of sound mind. Honestly, if one day he reached back to grab his feces and insert into mouth on live air, it wouldn't shock me in the least. Too bad Bill won't do a Body Language segment on Olby. I don't like to use salty language too much but the only true description is "Shithouse Crazy".......He'll be institutionalized by the time Obamalinsky gets impeached, I figure July 4......
O'Relly
Submitted by bsny on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 12:10pm.
Yes, the O'Reilly Factor is the No Spin Zone - except for daring to mention Olbermann's name. The various exposes on GE over the last few years were just plain old laughable? Would have BOR given two seconds to GE if not for this turd KO?
He's not Ron Burgandy, or a Rick Sanchez-like buffoon-blowhard
Submitted by krendler on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:39am.
He's this generation's Edward R. Murrow. After all, the MS-NBC promos - and Oblermann himself - say so.
Hell, look at his "goodnight and good luck" sign off (uttered as he nonchalantly turns away from the camera with an oh-so-serious expression on his face, the weight of a nation on his shoulders). How can you not notice the resemblance to Murrow?!!!!
And to think he used to be nothing but a mediocre and not-particularly-well-liked ESPN sportscaster.
Who is Running MesSNBC?
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:53am.
My guess is that; the MessNBC CEO got a call from the White House. Didn't Obama meet with KO & the "he/she/it" Rachel in private a few months back? If only walls could talk?
Nuthouse
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 12:01pm.
Well, I guess the N in MSNBC stands for Nuthouse because this is the nuttiest and least spoken about publicity stunt ever.
Absolutely ridiculous!
-Jon
Mainlining Psychopathic Megalomania and Narcissism
Submitted by StewartIII on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 12:18pm.
ChickaBOOMer: Olbermann Returns Mainlining Psychopathic Megalomania and Narcissism
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2010/11/olbermann-returns-mainlining.html
He graduated.
Submitted by mattm on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 12:33pm.
He graduated.
That's pretty funny
Submitted by wiwf on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 12:54pm.
That's pretty funnyThis is the worst part about this whole thing...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 1:35pm.
The attention that this brought to Olbertwit just fueled his already elephantine ego. They probably have to widen the doorways over there at MSNBC, just to accomodate that huge, swollen head of his.
What is so ironically and absurdly funny about this is that all those who have been furiously emailing, tweeting and signing those bogus, bs petitions on Olby's behalf, are from the lunatic, lefty fringe, and by definition are a marginalized fraction of the American people. Being lauded by loons is not what most people would consider something to be patting one's self on the back for, but this is Olbermann that we are talking about here.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
He acts like 300,000 people
Submitted by SwinginRichards on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 2:09pm.
He acts like 300,000 people signing a pettition and 21,000 tweets is lot. I bet it would pale in comparrison to how many people would sign a petition or how many tweets that Rush, Beck, Hannity, or O'Reilly would get shoudl this happen to one of them.
Of course this would never happen to one of them. They do not need to pull a PR stunt like this to boost ratings.
MSNBC: "We're shocked, shocked..."
Submitted by CFP on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 2:33pm.
MSNBC feigns outrage at Olbermann''s political contributions. The guy has a perfect right to contribute to candidates of his choice. Who cares? You only need to watch his show for five minutes to know that he is a partisan buffoon. If MSNBC was really worried about this, they would have done more than suspended him for a couple of days. The whole thing looks more like a publicity stunt to try to boost KO's poor ratings and rehabilitate MSNBC's sagging reputation for impartiality
"But enough about me. Lets
Submitted by wahappened on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 6:07pm.
"But enough about me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me so far?" - Hawkeye Pierce
My two cents
Submitted by bsny on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 6:11pm.
Could also be a quote from the O'Reilly Factor
touche
Submitted by wahappened on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 7:05pm.
touche
The man is a nut job, exactly
Submitted by GreenTea on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 7:03pm.
The man is a nut job, exactly the kind of people msnbc loves to hire