• February 12, 2012

SHHHH-TFUIt’s time for the TeeVee Personality Newz here at Wonkette! In today’s first-and-only edition, Keith Olbermann acts like a jackass! According to New York’s CityFile, MSNBC’s “Wost Person in the World” stomped off the job for three nights because his pal and protege Rachel Maddow had movie star/Web traffic expert Ben Affleck booked for her April 16 show. But Olbermann decided Jennifer Garner’s husband needed to be on Olbermann’s April 16 show. When MSNBC executives refused to grant his wish, Keith stormed away and didn’t return to work until three shows later.

During this crisis, David Shuster filled in for Olbermann on the Countdown program. And nobody would’ve ever known or cared about the micro-melodrama, save for Shuster’s important “Twitters” during the tragedy, when he sort of let on that Olbermann maybe didn’t really have the flu, but Olbermann was still a “great guy.”

Now, go look at yourself in the bathroom mirror and repeat after Wonkette: “If I didn’t watch cable news, I wouldn’t know who the fuck these people even were …. If I didn’t watch cable news, I wouldn’t know who the fuck these people even were ….. If I didn’t watch cable news, I wouldn’t know who the fuck these people even were.”

Meltdown with Keith Olbermann [CityFile]

{ 83 comments }

FMA May 14, 2009 at 1:29 pm

Who the fuck is Ben Affleck?

RoscoePColtraine May 14, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Keith gay loves Ben Affleck. Keith haz teh jealous.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 1:31 pm

Keith wanted to interview a DUCK??

Naked Bunny with a Whip May 14, 2009 at 1:32 pm

[re=316584]FMA[/re]: It’s some sort of venereal disease, I believe.

Cicada May 14, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Good grief, people! Olbermann goes for his biannual botox ‘n virgin blood treatment and everyone gets their knickers in a twist. You don’t think he looks that way naturally do you?

Mild Midwesterner May 14, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Who the hell actually receives these twitters? I don’t think I know a single person who receives twits. Is it the same group of people who are on Second Life? I don’t know any of them either.

SayItWithWookies May 14, 2009 at 1:34 pm

[re=316590]RoscoePColtraine[/re]: He’s the one I always momentarily mistake for Ben Stiller — until I remember to stop caring.

Cicada May 14, 2009 at 1:35 pm

[re=316595]Mild Midwesterner[/re]: You, my friend, are blessed.

Rachel Ray Jihad May 14, 2009 at 1:35 pm

He’s going to have a SPECIAL COMMENT about the cold and calculating nature of an A-/B+ list celebrity whose charming demeanor and everyman looks conned poor Keith Olbermann out of $9 and two hours of his life with the Christmas tale “Reindeer Games.”

NoWireHangers May 14, 2009 at 1:38 pm

Is Keith on medication? If not, he should be.

Mustang May 14, 2009 at 1:39 pm

I feel like this guy Olbermann did his job in getting Bush gone, and now he needs to go away before he starts to turn people off. He’s just way too intense, and I can’t even watch him anymore.

chascates May 14, 2009 at 1:40 pm

Sweet Jeebus I’m glad I don’t have a TV. I CAN watch segments of Stewart, Maddow or Colbert but haven’t had that desire for Olbermann. Now I know why.

The Cold Sea May 14, 2009 at 1:40 pm

[re=316595]Mild Midwesterner[/re]: I know no one who twitters, is on Second Life, plays dungeons and dragons or Darkon, has a sexy Web cam or a Britney Spears record.

What a weird triangle Olbermann, Maddow and Affleck make.

Fox n Fiends May 14, 2009 at 1:41 pm

This is a blatant lie. Keith was attending the Penguins – Capitals series and drinking 3 litres of Crown Royal a day.

Monsieur Grumpe May 14, 2009 at 1:42 pm

In the celebrity world it’s called a Puerto Rican vacation.

Gopherit May 14, 2009 at 1:44 pm

Jesus fuck, olbermann is as big a primadona as O’Reilly? In other news, water is still wet.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 1:44 pm

Why don’t they just go with Ben’s brother Casey? It would help out the younger Affleck who we haven’t seen enough of and who has of late been seen stalking a rapping hobo.

Crazybroad May 14, 2009 at 1:44 pm

Now, if Maddow had Ben STEIN booked, that would be cause for a hissy fit. I don’t have cable news, but I’d pay to see Olbermann’s head explode.

RoscoePColtraine May 14, 2009 at 1:44 pm

[re=316606]Mustang[/re]: But if Keith goes away, where do we find another liberal egomaniac to pick on all the wingnut egomaniacs?

hpwilliams May 14, 2009 at 1:46 pm

[re=316591]Custerwolf[/re]: It was to be an investigative report, to find out what part of the duck the tape comes from

Joshua Norton May 14, 2009 at 1:48 pm

That’s OK. If he wants to quit. I hear Glenn Beck is hiring. We can tune in and watch them hit each other with chairs.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 1:49 pm

[re=316622]hpwilliams[/re]: Egggsellent….

Lazy Media May 14, 2009 at 1:53 pm

[re=316623]Joshua Norton[/re]: I’d buy that for a dollar!

NoWireHangers May 14, 2009 at 1:54 pm

[re=316616]Gopherit[/re]: They’d have a great hate sex.

wheelie May 14, 2009 at 2:00 pm

[re=316597]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Ben Stiller: I always mix him up with Adam Sandler. One is a dumber version of the other, but I can’t remember which is which.

Tommmcatt May 14, 2009 at 2:01 pm

[re=316591]Custerwolf[/re]:

Why a duck? Why-a no chicken?

norbizness May 14, 2009 at 2:04 pm

Star of Gigli, Paycheck, and eleventy Kevin Smith movies Ben Affleck?!?

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 2:05 pm

Well, he’s probably right to be angry with Rachel. I’ve heard she doesn’t do dick around there.

Mustang May 14, 2009 at 2:10 pm

[re=316620]RoscoePColtraine[/re]: He can come back in, say, late summer of 2011.

hpwilliams May 14, 2009 at 2:12 pm

[re=316625]Custerwolf[/re]: That is one fancy avatar you got there, are you some sort of horticulturist, sexual vegatable artist, or is it a prescribed medication

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 2:13 pm

[re=316653]norbizness[/re]: I liked him in Smokin Aces. He kept it short and sweet.

Joshua Norton May 14, 2009 at 2:13 pm

I saw that interview, and as I recall Affleck said he specifically wanted to be on Rachael’s show. Why are KO’s panties in such a bunch? He always gets Joel McHale who is waaaay funnier.

Gorillionaire May 14, 2009 at 2:14 pm

Oh, Keef’s ok. He’s pretty funny when he does little cameos on The Soup and stuff and makes fun of himself. Is that anti-Olbermann site still around? It was a right wing version of the anti-o’Rielly site, except way way way more lame. For months the only dirt they could find on Keef was that he had a hot blonde 20 year old girlfriend for awhile who posted some pictures of herself partying at a frathouse.

SwanSwanH May 14, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Rachel: Do you like apples?

Keith: What?

Rachel: Do you like apples?

Keith: Yeah.

Rachel: Well, I got one of those poncy chowderheads from Project Greenlight to appear on my show. How do you like them apples?

Keith: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit…..

SomeNYGuy May 14, 2009 at 2:16 pm

In all seriousness, I think Olbermann was actually on bereavement leave because HIS MOTHER HAD JUST DIED.

Too hard to look it up?

2druk2phluq May 14, 2009 at 2:16 pm

Is there anything from the world of Perez Hilton we should know? Has TMZ sighted Hannah Montana with a boy yet? If not, then why haven’t they found the girl? Is there a secret sex dungeon in the White House? Enquiring minds want to know.

Personal note: Contact Affleck and find out if he got any of Maddow’s hair. Soon the spell shall be complete…

ihasasad May 14, 2009 at 2:17 pm

I found out last night that those that twitter are tweeple and those that troll twitter are…. YOU GUESSED IT!!!!! Twolls.

JMP May 14, 2009 at 2:19 pm

[re=316595]Mild Midwesterner[/re]: Are you sure? It may just be that you don’t know anyone who admits to using twitter or Second Life.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 2:22 pm

[re=316668]hpwilliams[/re]: A bit of all three.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 2:24 pm

[re=316642]wheelie[/re]: I think the dumber one is Stiller, he makes 9 or 10 million less per picture than that other dumb guy.

Texan Bulldoggette May 14, 2009 at 2:28 pm

Uh oh…looks like Shuster’s in line to be the Worst Person in the Woooooooooooooorld! tonight.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 2:28 pm

[re=316677]SomeNYGuy[/re]: I’m just not seein it.

shortsshortsshorts May 14, 2009 at 2:29 pm

I dont watch cable news, and I have no idea who the fuck that person is. Seems like a shithead though.

KO!

problemwithcaring May 14, 2009 at 2:32 pm

[re=316595]Mild Midwesterner[/re]: I honestly thank people for reading the shit, so I don’t have to…

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 2:33 pm

[re=316700]Custerwolf[/re]: Guess I should have looked up.

problemwithcaring May 14, 2009 at 2:35 pm

[re=316699]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: If he can’t find a way to blame this on Fox News and conservative radio, then I don’t won’t know how to feel anymore.

bago May 14, 2009 at 2:36 pm

[re=316643]Tommmcatt[/re]: I keep asking that question. Nobody understands me.

Zadig May 14, 2009 at 2:46 pm

[re=316623]Joshua Norton[/re]: Joshua Norton as in “Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico”?

And hell yes I’d tune in to that episode. The more damage inflicted in general, the better for my well-being. My money’s on Olbermann, though.

arclight May 14, 2009 at 2:51 pm

Oh silly Keith…was it really that important?

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 2:51 pm

[re=316735]bago[/re]: It’s deep water. That’s why a duck.

hobospacejunkie May 14, 2009 at 2:52 pm

Leave Keith Olbermann alone!!

Leave him alone!!

S.Luggo May 14, 2009 at 2:54 pm

[re=316643]Tommmcatt[/re]: Groucho: Now here is a little peninsula, and here is a viaduct leading over to the mainland.

Chico: Why a duck?

[more back-and-forth between the two ... ]

All right, why a duck? Why a duck, why-a no chicken?

Groucho: Well, I don’t know why-a no chicken. I’m a stranger here myself. …

Mr Blifil May 14, 2009 at 2:58 pm

This is what beneath contempt feels like.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 3:07 pm

[re=316800]Mr Blifil[/re]: And I’m beneather than you.

Tommmcatt May 14, 2009 at 3:09 pm

[re=316778]S.Luggo[/re]:

One of the greatest comedy routines in history. Better than “Who’s on First”, in my opinion.

The bit starts around 3:43….

spryte May 14, 2009 at 3:10 pm

[re=316677]SomeNYGuy[/re]: Well, his mom died on April 4, so this was a week and a half later. It’s possible but…eh, who knows?

Olbermann can be a self-important ass and is given to bloviation, but he’s also smart and direct and funny and I like him, so whatev. Everyone on TV can be a douchebag sometimes, why do we ever act surprised?

Bruno May 14, 2009 at 4:38 pm

I think he would look much better in a pink shirt.

President X May 14, 2009 at 6:02 pm

I was wondering what, “Keith has the night off” REALLY meant! And nobody anywhere was reporting on this…thanks, Wonkette and CityFile!

And why didn’t you use a photo of dead Chicago schoolchildren with this article? Does your theme machine conjure up just the right photo for each article, just like they did in the Confederacy?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/iwashington-timesi-run-ob_n_203413.html

danadevin85 May 14, 2009 at 9:01 pm

keith just dissed you guys on his show

violetgraham May 14, 2009 at 9:20 pm

Whom ever had the nerve to write such an obvious paranoid, insensitive, and disgusting article should be put out of their misery. His mother DIED! Who cares what he chose to mourn? When my grandfather died I went whitewater rafting because he loved to do that more than anything else in the world. I am sorry it did not meet your standards of mourning. Which with the disrespect you have shown yourself to have for another human being in the article I am thinking your ‘standards’ are probably throwing your mother in a ditch with the family pet in a drive by. And by the way…this is what you have the time to do in your day? Keeping track of the nights KO takes off or not? Seriously…get a girlfriend…or a bottle of lotion because there has to be something way better to do with your time you cave dwelling prick.

violetgraham May 14, 2009 at 9:22 pm

His mother died you freaks.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 9:26 pm

WAIT!!!!!1!!!!11 SOMEONE’S MOM DIED??????????? That usually means a shitstorm of trolls hitting a website they just learned about if memory serves me correctly.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 9:28 pm

[re=317298]violetgraham[/re]: Whomever is one word.
That’s the only portion of your comment that deserves a respone. You really shouldn’t throw pearls to swine. We’ll only hawk them for hobo beans and trucknutz.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 9:30 pm

[re=317300]violetgraham[/re]: Thanks for the scoop.

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 9:43 pm

[re=317283]danadevin85[/re]: That’s nothiing, you should have read the letter Ken got from Pope Benedict XVI.

ManchuCandidate May 14, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 10:53 pm

[re=317300]violetgraham[/re]: Aren’t you even going to ask me what a “respone” is?

JonnyStabbins May 14, 2009 at 11:04 pm

The writers of this article just got pwned by Olbermann. Tards.

hobospacejunkie May 14, 2009 at 11:12 pm

[re=317344]JonnyStabbins[/re]: Explain? CityFile wrote an ‘article,’ which turned out to be false. So I assume you are implying (since “writers of this article” is rather non-specific) that CityFile just got pwned by KO. So they are also ‘tards,’ in your estimation. Am I correct in my assumptions? Or are you just a homotroll butt hurt because KO told you to be butt hurt?

Custerwolf May 14, 2009 at 11:31 pm

[re=317344]JonnyStabbins[/re]: “The writers of this article.”
Well, actually, it’s a team of writers, little Jonny Stabbins, it’s not just one or two people. It takes hordes of men, in fact, to write these lyrical beauties that you see here. And so I think now we shall all form a circle-jerk in your honor – and you’re welcome to join us should you ever come to your senses.

Nietzschean May 15, 2009 at 12:13 am

My fear is that if Keith is forced to spend an inordinate amount of time addressing matters such as this, he’ll have less to spend on Joe the Plumber or Carrie Prejean updates.

Nietzschean May 15, 2009 at 12:17 am

Anyone else remember how happy Olbermann was to report the “breaking news” (I remember KO breaking into a Hardball repeat) that John McCain was having an affair with a young female lobbyist. I don’t think he ever apologized for gleefully reporting that piece of shit story.

Custerwolf May 15, 2009 at 12:27 am

[re=317386]Nietzschean[/re]: Where were you earlier when I was calling for back-up?

SocialistMuslin May 15, 2009 at 1:55 am

Of COURSE the story is fake! We know because it references Ben Affleck as an “A-list actor.” I mean, Keith going to visit transsexual Guatemalan hookers is more believable then ANYONE going ape-shit over booking Affleck. I don’t think even Jay Leno would care.

Nietzschean May 15, 2009 at 2:55 am

[re=317298]violetgraham[/re]: He isn’t the first motherfuck to have his mother die! He’s a prick who’s begging for abuse.

velvetsmog May 15, 2009 at 3:02 am

[re=317303]Custerwolf[/re]: Oh we trolls knew about you earlier. We just didn’t give a fuck. I guess you can only swallow enough, “OH I DON’T EVEN WATCH CABLE WHO IS THIS GUY?” bullshittery before you want to toss your cookies

hobospacejunkie May 15, 2009 at 3:20 am

[re=317439]velvetsmog[/re]: Custerwolf went to bed. So you are just talking to yourself. And boring anyone else who might still be up. Besides the fact that Custerwolf posted about 20 times in this thread so it’s entirely unclear just what you might be referring or replying to. And your comment doesn’t really make much sense anyway, which is no surprise. But I’m sure I can speak on behalf of Custerwolf when I say “who are you & why are you boring me?” Get funny or get the fuck out. Them’s the rules. You don’t like it? Well then go eat some of that bullshittery, velvetsmog, if that is your real name.

FuckWonkette May 15, 2009 at 7:10 am

NEOCONS hate their mothers

Custerwolf May 15, 2009 at 10:10 am

[re=317439]velvetsmog[/re]: This is funny in the context that I live where cable (much like yourself) hasn’t even been laid yet.

Custerwolf May 15, 2009 at 10:11 am

[re=317459]FuckWonkette[/re]: That’s simply untrue. I fuck mine whenever I get the chance. She’s truly wonderful – and satisfying.

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davidbieber80 August 28, 2010 at 1:17 am

During this crisis, David Shuster filled in for Olbermann on the Countdown program. And nobody would’ve ever known or cared about the micro-melodrama, save for Shuster’s important “Twitters” during the tragedy, when he sort of let on that Olbermann maybe didn’t really have the flu, but Olbermann was still a “great guy.” reverse phone detective

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