Blog Report Report: Three's Company
In today's episode of our occasional series, we invite a third Wonkette operative ("Eason Jordan," not his real name) to join "Joe Klein" and myself in live-mocking the CNN show that reads you the blogs. We were early, though, so we also mocked Bill Schneider.
Wonkette: first big question: HOW WILL THE PRESENCE OF JOHN KING CHANGE THE BLOG REPORT?
"Eason Jordan": it will make the camera more steady
"Eason Jordan": tho john king's tie is making my keyboard rattle.
"Joe Klein": oooh best segue ever coming up
"Joe Klein": from "the younger set" to the blogs
Wonkette: bill schneider: "one of those funky, trendy bowling alleys."
Wonkette: oh *those*
Full report continues after the jump.
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(4: 16:10)Wonkette: first big question: HOW WILL THE PRESENCE OF JOHN KING CHANGE THE BLOG REPORT?
(4: 16:25)"Eason Jordan": it will make the camera more steady
(4: 16:35)"Eason Jordan": tho john king's tie is making my keyboard rattle.
(4: 16:36)"Joe Klein": oooh best segue ever coming up
(4: 16:43)"Joe Klein": from "the younger set" to the blogs
(4: 17:00)Wonkette: bill schneider: "one of those funky, trendy bowling alleys."
(4: 17:06)Wonkette: oh *those*
(4: 17:13)"Eason Jordan": oh my
(4: 17:17)"Eason Jordan": did he just say "way"
(4: 17:21)Wonkette: yes yes
(4: 17:22)"Eason Jordan": oh I need a drink
(4: 17:24)Wonkette: that's so great
(4: 17:27)"Joe Klein": okay, you're a cynic
(4: 17:27)"Eason Jordan": i need a drink or to go bowling.
(4: 17:42)Wonkette: these young people don't look funky or hip or trendy
(4: 18:03)"Joe Klein": that's because they're in bethesda
(4: 18:04)Wonkette: "it's like bowling?"
(4: 18:05)"Eason Jordan": oh my
(4: 18:10)"Eason Jordan": it's just like bowling
(4: 18:10)"Joe Klein": BOWLING FOR ANSWERS
(4: 18:13)Wonkette: "you control your money like you control your ball"?
(4: 18:15)Wonkette: ?
(4: 18:40)"Eason Jordan": how can it be riskier than bowling?
(4: 18:48)"Eason Jordan": all those huge balls at high speeds
(4: 18:55)"Joe Klein": maybe not the best time in the world to do a cheap bowling for columbine reference, what with the news out of minnesota and all
(4: 19:02)Wonkette: OK HERE WE GO.
(4: 19:07)"Eason Jordan": The Blog Sphere
(4: 19:09)Wonkette: poor abbi
(4: 19:11)"Joe Klein": commercial first
(4: 19:13)"Eason Jordan": Abbi!
(4: 19:15)Wonkette: she already looks terrified
(4: 19:55)"Eason Jordan": The camera work is going to drive me insane
(4: 19:57)"Eason Jordan": let me just say that now
(4: 20:10)Wonkette: take your dramamine
(4: 22:22)"Joe Klein": imagine how nervous poor abbi must get when they do that little teaser and say they're coming up next
(4: 22:29)"Joe Klein": i feel like it'd be kinder to just cut to them without any warning
(4: 23:01)Wonkette: they're going to do shaky cam while talking about schaivo
(4: 23:09)Wonkette: that itself seems sort of cruel
(4: 23:17)"Joe Klein": it'll be just like the shaky camerawork in the schiavo home videos
(4: 23:30)Wonkette: oh but there we go with the highlighting
(4: 23:40)Wonkette: you know, juan cole liveblogged the brookings thing today
(4: 23:51)"Joe Klein": maybe someday CNN will cover us liveblogging the blog report
(4: 23:56)Wonkette: and we then commented?
(4: 24:09)Wonkette: i think the world would implode
(4: 24:15)Wonkette: at least the blogging world
(4: 24:19)Wonkette: so maybe it would be a good thing
(4: 24:31)Wonkette: why are we reading blogs on tv again?
(4: 24:44)Wonkette: when they're just spouting the same basic arguements as op-ed everywhere?
(4: 24:49)"Eason Jordan": CNN has lost its mind says colleague
(4: 25:02)"Eason Jordan": camera man in shot
(4: 25:03)Wonkette: captains quarters ALSO liveblogged brookings
(4: 25:09)Wonkette: yeah they do that all the time
(4: 25:10)"Eason Jordan": yes busy guy
(4: 25:12)Wonkette: makes it REAL
(4: 25:27)"Eason Jordan": there he is massive elbow
(4: 25:32)"Eason Jordan": if you know what i mean
(4: 25:32)"Joe Klein": abbi does read very well
(4: 25:41)Wonkette: abbi doesn't know what camera to look at
(4: 25:42)"Eason Jordan": well the fucking guy keeps moving.
(4: 25:55)Wonkette: yes, and i don't know what TV to look at
(4: 25:56)"Joe Klein": this may have been the most professional blog report yet
(4: 26:04)"Joe Klein": uh oh
(4: 26:06)"Joe Klein": it's not all schiavo
(4: 26:09)"Joe Klein": HERE COMES THE FUN
(4: 26:12)"Eason Jordan": zzzzzzzzzzzz
(4: 26:20)"Joe Klein": wait a second
(4: 26:24)"Eason Jordan": brooks shoots fish in barrel
(4: 26:24)"Joe Klein": david brooks isn't a fucking blogger
(4: 26:29)Wonkette: noooo.
(4: 26:36)"Eason Jordan": yes well blog means "anything we can put on a comptuer screen"
(4: 26:38)"Joe Klein": NO YELLOW HIGHLIGHTING FOR THE MSM ABBI
(4: 26:55)"Eason Jordan": I love yellow
(4: 27:03)"Joe Klein": what was the best blog name fo teh day?
(4: 27:11)"Joe Klein": they didn't pick one
(4: 27:14)Wonkette: but that may be shortest yet!
(4: 27:20)Wonkette: i think we are winning
(4: 27:34)"Eason Jordan": someone should start a deathwatch
(4: 27:43)"Eason Jordan": not since Take Five has there been a more illconsidered show
(4: 27:43)Wonkette: a whole blog report blog
(4: 27:47)Wonkette: yes yes indeed
(4: 27:53)Wonkette: didn't take five have shaky cam?
(4: 27:57)"Joe Klein": it did
(4: 28:04)"Eason Jordan": no
(4: 28:12)"Joe Klein": unfortunately the yellow highlighting technology hadn't been developed yet back then
(4: 28:27)"Eason Jordan": that was among its many many problems