You've probably never heard of Keith Olbermann. He hosts a lightly watched commentary show on an irrelevant cable network. However, if you have never watched his show, I highly recommend it. Keith unwittingly hosts a 60 minute Saturday Night Live sketch every night of the week. If you like "Weekend Update" on SNL, you will love Olbermann. His manufactured outrage at anything conservative, anything Bush, now anything Palin, and his attempts to insult his rivals who trounce him in the ratings is a riot. Olbermann is either a total moron or a comedic genius...maybe he is a little of both.
No one watches MSNBC or the Keith Obermann laugh machine, which is truly a shame. In a time of national concerns about economic conditions, rising oil prices, and terror fascists, Keith is a ray of humor five nights a week. His insights are as deep as the best thinking from Rosanne Rosanna-Danna. After Sarah Palin's speech at the RNC, Keith managed to deliver the following line "well, if you like that sort of thing, then you liked that" really Keith. If I like chocolate, would like like a Nestle Crunch bar? One of his latest rants includes a treasonous accusation that John McCain is holding out on a plan to secure Osama Bin Laden's capture, that McCain's promise to follow Bin Laden to the gates of hell indicate that he has a plan and the wherewith all to capture Osama, but he will not let us in on his plan unless he is elected president. His disdain and camera turns as he tries so hard to look Ivy League is pure comedy. I hate to burst Keith's haughty bubble, but his buddy John Kerry also said that if he were elected president he would find and capture Osama bin Laden...after reading him his rights and getting him a lawyer no doubt. Anyway, I don't recall the fake or misdirected outrage at John Kerry when he made an almost identical campaign pledge. That's okay, no one holds comics to much of a "truth standard". Anything for a good laugh is what I say, and Olbermann delivers in spades, 5 nights a week.
When you are channel surfing away from the shows you want to watch, give Olbermann 5 minutes of your time, you will get a great laugh and you will double his ratings.
No comments:
Post a Comment