Now it can be told (Janeane Garafolo secretly blogs, plus is a Republican!)

Sneaking Suspicions ^ | 10.3.02 | Fritz Schranck & "Shiloh Butcher"

[mhking]

Now it can be told

For many months earlier this year, bloggers wondered what had occurred to one of their favorite fellow web writers, whom they knew as Shiloh Bucher.

Operating from a website called dropscan (for reasons others could only guess) this bright student and young bride from Austin, Texas wrote sprightly, thoughtful commentary about a host of subjects, with a bit of a specialty in health policy. Her site also featured a popular collection of photographs from Afghanistan taken during the recent conflict.

Then she disappeared.

Occasionally there would be a short note at her site, referring to some necessary outside work that kept her from posting.

More recently, however, Ms. Bucher appeared back on the web with a new site, maintaining a pleasantly productive blogging schedule.

The real mystery remained: Where was Ms. Bucher all this time?

Now it can be told.

Shiloh Bucher is actually Janeane Garafolo.

It makes sense, once one considers two sets of facts.

First, take a look at the 2002 filmography of Ms. Garafolo, as reported on the IMDB.com website. She's been involved in no less than seven projects.

1. 10029 (2002)
2. Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (2002) .... Herself
3. Manhood (2002) .... Jill
4. TV's Most Censored Moments (2002) (TV) .... Herself
5. Big Trouble (2002) .... Monica Ramiro
6. Martin & Orloff (2002) .... Hairdresser
7. Laramie Project, The (2002) .... Catherine Connolly

Nobody that busy could also keep up with blogging, even under an intriguing pseudonym with its own detailed "backstory".

Second, and more important, take a look at these two pictures:

Ms. Garafolo (A standard publicity photo)

"Ms. Bucher" (Note that this photo is slightly out-of-focus, obviously designed to trick those who might otherwise make the connection too easily.)

I rest my case.

Personally, I'm just glad to see the talented Ms. Garafolo back on the web and writing great stuff, even if she continues to post her impressive essays as "Ms. Bucher."

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October 02, 2002

damn!

Sneaking Suspicions has discovered my secret identity (which I jokingly referred to here). And now that I've outed myself as a Republican, I'll probably never work again! Thanks a lot, Schranck!

Posted by Shiloh Bucher

[mhking]

Fascinating reading; I'll post her "Opus" to the Democratic Party in another thread.

[dfwgator]

She'll never work in Hollywood again.

[Physicist]

All the people who flamed me for stating openly that Janeane Garofalo is the most attractive woman in showbusiness can officially eat crow on this thread.

That said, I do doubt that this on the up-and-up.

[Feiny]

I thought blogging was illegal.

[Texas_Jarhead]

can't be true... can it..??

[mhking]

Looks like it is = I'm about to post her "opus" to the Dems, and why she's "no longer a democrat."

I love it when someone comes around from the "dark side" to the forces of light...

[JohnGalt]

PLAYBOY: What do women insist degrades them that you suspect might not degrade them at all? What do women view as self-enhancing that is in fact degrading?

GAROFALO: When Pat Buchanan came out against the Beijing Women’s Conference and there were women standing next to him, smiling and laughing when he was making fun of it, I was so embarrassed. I don’t mind when the more liberal or moderate Republican women talk about smaller government or money issues and things of that nature. But when I see a conservative Republican woman in line with the Christian right or coming out against abortion and day-care issues and for taking away women’s aid, I see a self-hating, unenlightened woman, like a self-hating Jew. That blows my mind. I don’t get it at all.

[areafiftyone]

Did you see O'Reilly the other night. Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond was on and she is a Republican also Very Very "Pro-Life". She doesn't seem in the least worried about it.

[DallasJ7]

Unlikely. First of all, I'm a fan of Garofalo, but from what I have been able to decipher, she seems to be a liberal. Plus, this person has University of Texas e-mail address. She would have to be going quite the distance just to cover herself up for a blog.

[Teacher317]

She's as Republican as Jeffords and Chaffee were/are.

[dfwgator]

Maybe she's a libertarian as opposed to liberal.

[jerod]

Give it a break, the picture on the right is NOT Garafolo.

[dfwgator]

I love it when someone comes around from the "dark side" to the forces of light...

There are more closet conservatives in show business, than there are closeted gays.

[WhiteGuy]

Phys,

I agree, Janeane is absolutely adorable.

Cute, petite and curvy.

"Big t*ts, & little feet, a hit in any man's league"
- Jimmy Altiari (RIP)

[Brush_Your_Teeth]

Great just what we need more pro-homosexual, death, anti family republicans. I would feel a lot better about her being in the democratic party.

[andrew]

hate to spoil the garafalo love-in...

She is one of the most self righteous libs out here. that said, she is in the super twisted, and i say, brilliant comedy, 'wet hot american summer'. it is not a g rated romp, friends.

[hchutch]

If people keep buying sutff she appears in, Hollywood has NO CHOICE but to keep hiring her.

I, for one, if I had to choose between two films, would DEFINITELY lean towards one of hers.

[mhking]

Oh, she's VERY liberal in her past; I saw at least parts of the Playboy interview (no, She-who-must-be-obeyed wouldn't let me bring the magazine into the house), and there's no question about how far to the left she is/was.

Could that pic on the right be her sans makeup? I would say so; most of the Hollyweird types look pretty damned rough sans makeup. From what I understand, she doesn't live in the NY/LA circle; the .edu address is easy enough to fudge one way or the other.

Do I actually believe this? I dunno. I'd like to; I count myself as a fan. But hey. [shrug] It's worth a laugh or three...

If it is true, it'll be in the mainstream press before long. You wouldn't dare think that the Entertainment Tonight types will leave this alone, do you?

[mystery-ak]

I hate to burst the bubble, but while I was laying in bed last week flipping channels I came across her being interviewed by Carrie Fisher on Oxygen....if she's a Repub, Im Marilyn Monroe....she's a Rat....

[lainie]

I was just going to say... repost this as "Why I Am No Longer a Democrat" with her essay. Truer words were never spoken.