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On Wednesday, all three cable networks broke from their regular coverage to feature a press conference with O.J. Simpson’s lawyers. Standing to the left of attorneys Yale Galanter and David Cook was a man wearing a hat reading "I [Heart] Famous People" and a shirt with Simpson’s picture and the words "O.J. ‘07." This unidentified individual created several "must-be-seen-to-be believed" moments. He constantly interrupted, offered high fives to the bewildered lawyers and generally seemed to be enjoying himself.
Update 13:35 | Matthew Sheffield. The man in the video seems to be one Tony Barbieri, a comedian with a character named Jake Byrd who loves to insert himself into live events such as his earlier attempt to free Paris Hilton.
Genuinely crazy people doing authentically bizarre stuff are so hard to find these days. Nonetheless, funny stuff!
Update 13:52 | Matthew Sheffield. Allahpundit notes that only MSNBC showed Barbieri's antics. FNC and CNN cut him out of their camera angles purposely or not.
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Guess who drove to the press
September 19, 2007 - 12:57 ET by RackieGuess who drove to the press conference in a Smart Car.
Circus Freak
September 19, 2007 - 13:14 ET by BarkerI was waiting for someone to taze the mofo.
TM unmasked...?
September 19, 2007 - 14:07 ET by TruthMongerthis is a guy after my own heart - he sounds just like me...
maybe it is me - heh-heh-heh...
i just don't dress that well:(...
I heard...
September 19, 2007 - 13:16 ET by kerwinjrI heard it was related to the same guy that cried "Noooo!" at the Paris Hilton conference.
Watch "Jimmy Kimmel Live"
September 19, 2007 - 13:18 ET by Hero SquadWatch "Jimmy Kimmel Live" tonight. Just a hunch.
That kind of looks like the guy Kimmel had at the Paris Hilton press conferences.
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"Why would the library ban a book like The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out?" - Linus Van Pelt
HS, you are beginning to
September 19, 2007 - 13:33 ET by Roger the ShrubberHS, you are beginning to scare me, we being on the same wavelength today.
It's the Michael Jackson guy, right?
We must be
September 19, 2007 - 14:54 ET by Hero SquadWe must be twins!
*****
"Why would the library ban a book like The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out?" - Linus Van Pelt
Good tip suggesting
September 19, 2007 - 14:23 ET by Gat New YorkGood tip suggesting watching Kimmel. But I bet he'll be on all the late night shows. I was watching this in my office and just laughing not realizing that he was a professional comic. But he did personify what a loser OJ has become.
Probably, but "Jake
September 19, 2007 - 14:59 ET by Hero SquadProbably, but "Jake Byrd" has a direct relationship with Kimmel, so there's a good chance Kimmel had a cameraman there specifically to capture Byrd's antics on film. So they may get media reaction to Byrd's disruption, not just the disruption.
That could be gold.
*****
"Why would the library ban a book like The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out?" - Linus Van Pelt
haha there is no 'could be'
September 19, 2007 - 15:04 ET by Binxlyhaha there is no 'could be' this guy had me howling! The toothless smile, the seeming sense of not quite sure where he was, *sigh* reminds me of my great grandfather when he was still around! :-D
Toothless Wonder
September 19, 2007 - 13:19 ET by BEGRUNTThis just goes to show how the hollywierd types attract freak shows. Here in L.A. we usually tape off the area where the press conference takes place, and no one but the press is allowed to cross it. That keeps the freaks on the perimeter. That clown should have been removed by Las Vegas PD for creating a disturbance.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
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Bubble
September 19, 2007 - 13:40 ET by cvgbuckeyeWell, my bubble just burst. I had almost come to believe that we were going to totally ignore what the MSM will cram down our throats for the next 2 years about this trashy bit of business. It is very unChristian but I wish the whole bunch had turned their guns on each other and the world would not be out much.
Now, I'm afraid, we have joined the fray. I'm not curious at all about this soap opera except for a couple of things that people should start as an office pool bet:
1. Why has Al Sharpton yet to show up in defense of you know who and on what date will he do so?
2. Why has Jesse Jackson not shown up in defense of you know who and what date will he do so?
3. Why has the ACLU not shown up in defense of you know who and what date will they do so?
4. What date will the NAACP show up in defense of you know who?
5. On what date will you know who be totally acquitted of all charges after the trial is moved to "a more racially balanced district" and jury nullification takes place?
6. When will the MSM start blaming the police for entrapment and lay it all on President Bush and his taping of innocent Americans? This has to be the President's fault doesn't it Chris & Olbermann and the rest of you lefty nuts on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN?
He has to be a
September 19, 2007 - 13:46 ET by charlietexasHe has to be a democrat.....period
"Genuinely crazy people
September 19, 2007 - 13:49 ET by Khyris"Genuinely crazy people doing authentically bizarre stuff are so hard to find these days."
So, I take it you've never heard of Congress.
.....Or the DailyKos....
.....Or San Francisco....
.....Or Los Angeles, New York, France,.....
have you ever tried to find
September 20, 2007 - 12:38 ET by TruthMongerhave you ever tried to find these people?!
toothless
September 19, 2007 - 13:58 ET by seejayThis is what passes for news when it comes from the tee-vee.
It's already a circus, we
September 19, 2007 - 14:24 ET by Richard RomanoIt's already a circus, we don't need some toothless wonder in there too -- a tazer, or two, seems appropriate here ;)
Great, now we can look
September 19, 2007 - 14:24 ET by Conservative_in_mass.Great, now we can look forward to hours and hours of Greta, Nancy Grace, Larry King and their "expert" panels of washed up Hollytoid lawyers has beens dissecting, analyzing, arguing and talking over one another ad nauseum about each count of the indictment, each witness, every law enforcement official even remotely related to the case.
O.J. II the saga continues...
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Wasnt Paula Barbieri
September 19, 2007 - 14:25 ET by smitty031OJ's girlfriend at one point?
Do you think there is a connection?
Paula Barbieri
September 19, 2007 - 15:06 ET by allanfAny relation to OJs old girlfriend Paula Barbieri?
Barbieri puts the whole
September 19, 2007 - 18:27 ET by daveinbocaBarbieri puts the whole pontificating legal bloviators into perspective. He's been on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, according to Schnitt on the Schnitt Show. Looks like he'll be back.
While the World Stopped for OJ - The World May Soon End
September 19, 2007 - 23:42 ET by w0tmI noted while the world stopped for OJ, three "connect the dots" stories appeared in just a few distant media outlets. Stories that just could change the world in the near future. But our esteemed media knows best what is and is not important!
http://afp.google.co...
http://www.timesonli...
http://news.bbc.co.u...
w0tm, I expect things will pop in Iran & Syria anyday now.
September 20, 2007 - 01:32 ET by Dave RI see you have been reading the same things I have. I guess we now know where the Nork's nuke stuff went-not that is any real surprise.
Personally, I think things over in the areas of Syria and Iran are about to come to a head, as they say. And a lot sooner than most people think. Akhmedinadinnerjacket says something big is in the works for next month. Perhaps he is right.
I live very near Dobbins Air Reserve Base, and have noticed a sharp up-tick in air activities over the last week or so. Transports, lots of fighter practice, airborne radar aircraft (saw one today that was either an E2C or its larger land-based equivalent-wasn't wearing my glasses, but the radar disk was obvious-never see those around here), the works. I think something is definitely up.
We may be in for a long winter. I just hope GWB is on the ball this time. He cannot leave office with either Syria and/or Iran with nukes.
Hope the IDF also has it's act together, as they did not show themselves well in the last little dust-up over there. Unless, of course, that "poor showing" was for Ahab's public consumption.
When I'm president, privatization is off the table because it's not the answer to anything.-Hillary Rodham, September 3, 2007 AARP Legislative Conference.
Jake Byrd
September 20, 2007 - 09:55 ET by Hero SquadAnyone catch Jake Byrd on Kimmel Live last night? As I hoped, it was a brilliant montage of news outlets using him as the poster boy for the type of people OJ attracts. And when he turned to high-five OJ's attorney? Hilarious!
"We only have an hour to get through all of our OJ Simpson updates." - Jimmy Kimmel at the start of the show.
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"Why would the library ban a book like The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out?" - Linus Van Pelt
Jake got more play than O.J.
September 20, 2007 - 10:29 ET by Gat New YorkJake got more play than O.J. did all over the news.