OT Olbermann back on ESPN

[Pudge]

Can't help but smile.

He is just such a weird and eccentric personality. May not be the taste of many ... but its ESPN2 at 11:30. You really aren't clicking on that now.

 

[intlzncster]

Can't help but smile.

He is just such a weird and eccentric personality. May not be the taste of many ... but its ESPN2 at 11:30. You really aren't clicking on that now.

Him Patrick, Kenny Maine, and Van Pelt are the ESPN guys I like for being amusing, weird, slightly esoteric, and goofy. That's entertaining, not all the other hypers, stuff shirts, ass sniffers and the like that they employ at that place.

 

[Peacefrog]

Kilborn was one of my favorites during his short stint.

 

[sportsart]

The over/under until he's fired/quits or the show tanks is Xmas Eve when he insults the Baby Jesus on a drunkin' bindge at St Patricks Cathedral in NY.

The man is an angry nut job who won't finish his 2 year contract.

 

[intlzncster]

Kilborn was one of my favorites during his short stint.

Forgot about him. I always felt like he had some sick inside jokes going that us prols weren't privy to. He def was funny.

 

[intlzncster]

The over/under until he's fired/quits or the show tanks is Xmas Eve when he insults the Baby Jesus on a drunkin' bindge at St Patricks Cathedral in NY.

The man is an angry nut job who won't finish his 2 year contract.

lol. So I'm guessing you're conservative?

 

[sportsart]

You can dislike Olberman and be a Dem. Put Rush on one side and Olberman on the other and I'm as far away from both of those wack jobs as you can get.

I'm a moderate, independent, Reagan Democrat. But I'm also part of the 86% in this country who think Congress is pathetic.

I love my country but really dislike the con men who run it.

Let's not make this political. I dislike haters and Olberman can be flat out mean and has hate in his heart.

Just another reason to dislike ESPN. Rarely, if ever, watch them anyways.

 

[intlzncster]

You can dislike Olberman and be a Dem. Put Rush on one side and Olberman on the other and I'm as far away from both of those wack jobs as you can get.

I'm a moderate, independent, Reagan Democrat. But I'm also part of the 86% in this country who think Congress is pathetic.

I love my country but really dislike the con men who run it.

Let's not make this political. I dislike haters and Olberman can be flat out mean and has hate in his heart.

Just another reason to dislike ESPN. Rarely, if ever, watch them anyways.

Yeah, don't worry, I was just joking. Hence the smiley face.

Falls under the standard forum humor corollary: any jokes about politics will be misinterpreted whether intended or not.

fwiw, I'm pretty sure I don't exist anywhere along the modern political spectrum. I'm a pragmatist/realist. We are in short supply!!

 

[Fishy]

Olberman is back on ESPN?!

Holy crap, that is huge news that I will probably forget entirely until he gets himself canned again.

 

[uconnbill]

He was hired but cannot talk about politics...Which is a good thing. When he did straight sports he was pretty good.

 

[Ts5034]

He was hired but cannot talk about politics...Which is a good thing. When he did straight sports he was pretty good.

Terrible career move for him to get away from sports and move to politics. If he stuck with ESPN like he should have, his life would probably be a lot easier on him.

 

[SubbaBub]

Met him once, brilliant guy. He knows it too. Also, one of the more arrogant people I've ever come across.

Will be an important figure when the history of the political media wars is written as one of the first people to successfully out the right wing media machine, and Fox News for what it was.

That said, meeting him put me off watching his show. That, and his deliberate shift from debunking the rights absurdities to creating his own.

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[8893]

Met him once, brilliant guy. He knows it too. Also, one of the more arrogant people I've ever come across.

Will be an important figure when the history of the political media wars is written as one of the first people to successfully out the right wing media machine, and Fox News for what it was.

That said, meeting him put me off watching his show. That, and his deliberate shift from debunking the rights absurdities to creating his own.

Well put. Could not have said it better.

 

[Vowelguy]

Terrible career move for him to get away from sports and move to politics. If he stuck with ESPN like he should have, his life would probably be a lot easier on him.

His problem was not the politics, it's his ego. He's exceptionally talented, but he has left every job in a blaze of glory (WCVB in Boston, ESPN, MSNBC, CurrentTV). Many of his former employers won't even let him back in their buildings. Given the past bad blood with ESPN, I'm kinda shocked they hired him back.

Whether the show is successful or not, he will flame out again.

 

[Pudge]

It's ESPN.

Many of you react furiously on some political front. He's going to do Sports ... and he's very very good at SPORTS. He is arrogantly brilliant; and so was Howard Cosell. I miss him too. You could just get the bluster of Chris Berman & his empty loud arrogance. Olbermann is controversial & will be pointed. I will expect him to take in the NCAA & college sports.

 

[SubbaBub]

His problem was not the politics, it's his ego. He's exceptionally talented, but he has left every job in a blaze of glory (WCVB in Boston, ESPN, MSNBC, CurrentTV). Many of his former employers won't even let him back in their buildings. Given the past bad blood with ESPN, I'm kinda shocked they hired him back.

Whether the show is successful or not, he will flame out again.

I don't blame so much for that. Everyone complains about how dishonest and phony the media is. Upsetting the media establishment at ESPN and cable news orgs doesn't bother me at all. I think it's probably necessary.

At his best, KO brought a certain honesty that really stood out. Whether you agreed with him or not he used verifiable facts instead of the media shtick that was everywhere else.

I could see how that would piss off a lot of people in the business. I assume he gets board with dealing with it then goes full wacko on air and behind the scenes.

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[intlzncster]

Terrible career move for him to get away from sports and move to politics. If he stuck with ESPN like he should have, his life would probably be a lot easier on him.

Made an enormous amount of dough when he switched though. Depends on your priorities I guess.

 

[intlzncster]

His problem was not the politics, it's his ego. He's exceptionally talented, but he has left every job in a blaze of glory (WCVB in Boston, ESPN, MSNBC, CurrentTV). Many of his former employers won't even let him back in their buildings. Given the past bad blood with ESPN, I'm kinda shocked they hired him back.

Whether the show is successful or not, he will flame out again.

ESPN has a dearth of 'talent' right now. Makes sense for them. They've pretty much devolved into pure sensationalism anyway.

 

[intlzncster]

My favorite story was when he fractured his foot by running in Vibram Five Fingers. He didn't heed the break-in period warnings and didn't let his feet get slowly stronger over time...just started putting on miles.

Then went on a brief campaign against five fingers saying they weren't built for bigger guys like him. Meanwhile, a lot of NFLers wear them.

 

[intlzncster]

I don't blame so much for that. Everyone complains about how dishonest and phony the media is. Upsetting the media establishment at ESPN and cable news orgs doesn't bother me at all. I think it's probably necessary.

At his best, KO brought a certain honesty that really stood out. Whether you agreed with him or not he used verifiable facts instead of the media shtick that was everywhere else.

I could see how that would piss off a lot of people in the business. I assume he gets board with dealing with it then goes full wacko on air and behind the scenes.

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Sub, definitely can't use that abbreviation for Olberman. Has to be sacrilegious or something. Ooof.

 

[Pudge]

Flame out or NOT ... still better television than whatever most of the stuffed suits ESPN has hired in recent years can bring. Car wrecks are fun to watch.

 

[Kitaman]

Is Obberman the guy that uses a mattress as a pillow? I think I saw him once shampooing his hair in the Niagara Falls.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I don't blame so much for that. Everyone complains about how dishonest and phony the media is. Upsetting the media establishment at ESPN and cable news orgs doesn't bother me at all. I think it's probably necessary.

I don't get what you're saying. Olberman doesn't burn bridges because he takes on the "media establishment" or otherwise exposes their phoniness and dishonesty. He burns bridges because he's a preening, arrogant, self-centered jackass with an entirely inflated opinion of his own intelligence, and people just generally don't like working with him. I'm sure he'd be the same way if he worked at Costco. And I say that as someone who enjoyed Countdown from time to time.

 

[intlzncster]

He burns bridges because he's a preening, arrogant, self-centered jackass with an entirely inflated opinion of his own intelligence, and people just generally don't like working with him. I'm sure he'd be the same way if he worked at Costco.

So he fits right in at ESPN....

 

[willie99]

I enjoyed Keith when he was on ESPN, despised him in the political arena

MSNBC even removed him for election night coverage for being over the top, and that's a hard thing to accomplish at MSNBC.

Hope he can focus on sports, something he couldn't do when NBC tried using him on prime time

 

[willie99]

I don't blame so much for that. Everyone complains about how dishonest and phony the media is. Upsetting the media establishment at ESPN and cable news orgs doesn't bother me at all. I think it's probably necessary.

At his best, KO brought a certain honesty that really stood out. Whether you agreed with him or not he used verifiable facts instead of the media shtick that was everywhere else.

I could see how that would piss off a lot of people in the business. I assume he gets board with dealing with it then goes full wacko on air and behind the scenes.

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honesty? facts? we'll just have to agree to disagree

hope he regains his former ESPN persona, otherwise this gig will be short lived

 

[SubbaBub]

I don't get what you're saying. Olberman doesn't burn bridges because he takes on the "media establishment" or otherwise exposes their phoniness and dishonesty. He burns bridges because he's a preening, arrogant, self-centered jackass with an entirely inflated opinion of his own intelligence, and people just generally don't like working with him. I'm sure he'd be the same way if he worked at Costco. And I say that as someone who enjoyed Countdown from time to time.

Until he decided it was his mission to take down the W administration, he said on air what other media people were saying off air but were afraid of rocking the boat. Once he became a full time hype and propaganda machine he was unwatchable. Before that he routinely cited nonpartisan sources for his conclusions.

honesty? facts? we'll just have to agree to disagree

hope he regains his former ESPN persona, otherwise this gig will be short lived

His rebellious persona is what initially set him and Patrick apart and made them stars at ESPN in the first place.

Everyone loves a rebel until they can no longer be controlled. Innovators rarely follow the company line. Whatever else you may think of him. He was an innovator in his field.


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