Rosie Breaks Pledge of No-Politics Show With Obama, Palin, O'Reilly Jokes

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Rosie O'Donnell pledged her NBC variety show on Wednesday night wouldn't get political -- but it did, with gooey praise for Barack Obama at the beginning and then halfway into the show there were lame jokes against Bill O'Reilly and Sarah Palin.

She began by saying there's wouldn't be politics, but had to say "just two words: Barack Obama." She looked up to God and mouthed "Thank you" while the audience cheered. "I can't get over it, really," Rosie claimed. "It's been 22 days since the election and I just yesterday stopped hugging every black person I see."

More than 30 minutes into the show, Rosie played some sort of police officer and a woman playing a pig-tailed little girl (carrying a stuffed animal) cracked jokes with her. After making fun that Rosie wasn't on the diet show Celebrity Fit Club, the pig-tailed one said "I have problems of my own. Bill O'Reilly just Friended me on Facebook." (Andrea Mackris sex-harassment suit humor, no doubt.)

That joke was harsher than the Palin joke. The girl next wondered if Alanis Morrisette was ready to sing yet, since "this sketch is dying faster than a moose at a Sarah Palin picnic."

The show was supposed to be some nostalgic version of an old-time variety show, but it wasn't really for the family-hour set. O'Donnell began by repeatedly touching her breasts and making jokes about how her "Spanx" undergarments were holding her together, like a "onesie for chubby forty-somethings." She also said "dammit" in the first few minutes.

Perhaps the biggest turn-the-channel moment for parents (other than watching Rosie or Liza Minnelli sing) was "30 Rock" actress Jane Krakowski singing about all the fancy consumer goodies the audience in the theater would receive for free, including a BlackBerry. Krakowski stripped down into a lace corset, and at the end, jokingly threw the corset off while hiding behind Rosie, as Rosie said "This is a family show! This is a family show!" Not.

Rosie dropped several gay jokes in, like the one about her 11-year-old daughter wondering why she has two mommies and no high heels. Rosie said two-mommy households don't have a lot of high heels, but two-daddy households...

Singer Clay Aiken, freshly out of the closet, dropped by to plug his Broadway show "Spamalot," but did not sing. He and Rosie talked about everything they had in common, and then joked there was one big thing they could not remember.

The show also featured Alec Baldwin (no politics), and he dropped his face into Rosie's cleavage several times as a joke about talking into her mike. Kathy Griffin came on impersonating CNN Headline News's Nancy Grace. That sketch started with real footage of Grace knocking Rosie as a "bully." NBC offered Rosie's revenge.

As just plain television, it was a very unfunny and uneven hour. The only good joke was Rosie praising her teenage son, saying she knew he was adopted because he's the only O'Donnell with a six-pack on the outside of his stomach. The musical performances were not good, including the concluding duet with Rosie and Gloria Estefan singing about pigging out at Thanksgiving. Anyone who tuned in looking for an engaging old-style variety show was surely disappointed.

—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.


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She looked up to God and

She looked up to God and mouthed "Thank you", I think she really said "Feed me".

The cost of living's going up, and the chance of living free is going down. - Flip Wilson

hey,Dan!

She doesn't believe in God...maybe she was looking up to "ceiling cat" saying,"Feed me!"

Also, in general, when a liberal makes a pledge, what do you really have there??Dead souls pledge nothingness as they retire in the BethAven.

Wrong post. Wrong site.

  This really belonged on Newsbusters sister site, Nutbusters.*

“Exposing & Combating Liberal NoTalent Bi***es”  

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

* nut as insane type nutty, man you have a dirty mind.

Chuckle

Thanks, I needed that

 

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Racist gasbag.  "Beauty

Racist gasbag. 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

i hope

her show is short lived

I'll be nice...

Rosie's a friggin' snot-wad! Nuff said...

Uncle Gary

"Bri is with Jesus now, we will meet again, just not right now. We love you Bri!"

Like I said awhile back,

Like I said awhile back, anybody who believed one single word coming out of Rosie's mouth about not making anything political on her new show ect....believe pigs fly.

Speaking of pigs...here are two of my picture perfect definitions of Rosie....here...and here. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I heard Rosie's been offered

I heard Rosie's been offered Ned Beatty's role in the remake of Deliverance.

rosie in deliverance

 would that be due to her assumed ability to squeal like a  pig?

"Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason"  Ben Franklin

Ecclesiastes 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left

Dan, that's just way too

Dan, that's just way too un-realistic.  No self-respecting, back woods red neck would even think about hitting on that.

When asked if he went to war with Iraq  to derail the impeachment vote:  “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

This should have been posted

This should have been posted after the west coast feed aired. Now I know what's going to happen. Like Rosie said, "DAMMIT."

family television viewing at its finest

another reason to not watch. 

member of the Conservative Independant Witness Protection Program since Nov. 5, 2008

Breaking News

She began by saying there's wouldn't be politics, but had to say "just
two words: Barack Obama." She looked up to God and mouthed "Thank you"
while the audience cheered. "I can't get over it, really," Rosie
claimed. "It's been 22 days since the election and I just yesterday
stopped hugging every black person I see."

It's been reported that yesterday, the black community breathed a collective sigh of relief.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosie the Racist

And is anyone else stunned at how racist that statement is in itself? I thought this election was not about race but about "change". Another confirmation that white-guilt helped Hussein win. If he was white, he never would have got the support he needed to: 1st, beat Hillary, and 2nd win a major national election.

"beat"?, "win"?

is that what the kids are calling voter fraud these days?

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." Edmund Burke

Tokyo Rosie LIVES AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

I thought we finally got rid of this ignorant woman once and for all. Someone please shove that stake in her heart.

You support the troops by supporting the mission! If you don't support the mission, have the guts to say you don't support the troops.

Obama: Not my President. Ever.

President Bush pardoned the

President Bush pardoned the wrong turkey today. On second thought....

Thank God for the 8PM repeat of Dennis Miller on O'Reilly.

 

Start each day with a smile, then get it over with. - W.C. Fields

Been laughing

My ass off, I love Dennis

 

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Same here, I saw the show

Same here, I saw the show earlier...I am so thankful for the laughter from people like Miller, it makes one remember what life is really all about at times...and God knows we all need laughter, it is what makes the world go 'round...or better yet, keep out sanity in insane times like these.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Lovely political insight...

This from a person who actually took the position that 9/11 was an inside job.

 Popular Mechanics (hardly a right-wing magazine,) disproved the 9/11 crap.

Anything this woman says should be taken with skepticism, she is the very reason for the word.

Mike

I see she also broke her

I see she also broke her promise to not get any fatter or uglier, too.

 

Yeah, if there was any

Yeah, if there was any justice, the dominant media headline would be: "9/11 Denier Given Prime Time Network Show"

Does Rosie have Tourettes...

 or is she just a tacky heiffer?  I think she suffers from Conservative Derangement Syndrome (CDS) and she just can't help but act an ass every chance she gets.  I have to say that I feel sorry for her children.  With a mother so full of anger and rage against society, they're going to need a lot of therapy when they grow up.

Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration

http://www.despair.com/government.html

Of course I wouldn't watch

Of course I wouldn't watch Rosie (ever), but my mom tuned in hoping to be entertained...she turned it off as soon as Rosie shouted "Barack Obama". I hope others did the same.

Lets Guess Rosie's Weight

Appreciate the rundown...

But I'm sorry you had to be the one who had to watch that dreck...

 

PEEW!!!!!!!!!

That major stink-bomb Wednesday evening was Rosie's horrendous hour of crap.  I think we can be thankful that this sorry attempt will not be repeated.

I wonder if the gals on "The View" will have the nerve to bring Rosie's stink-fest up as a hot topic next Monday.  Any bets?

I Beg Your Pardon...

Perhaps Rosie or someone on her staff should contact President Bush and ask about receiving a presidential pardon for inflicting this waste-of-an-hour on the American public on Thanksgiving eve.