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How Greg Gutfeld Became the Bill Maher of Fox News — And Toppled Fallon and Colbert in the Ratings
Variety.com ^

Posted on 02/20/2025 7:02:26 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET

“The quick-wittedness that he has is really second to none,” People fully grasp how serious and thoughtful he is about what he does. He can be informative; he can be offensive; he can be hilarious. He’s certainly going to be provocative. But at the base level, it’s based on preparation as much as anything else.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: billmaher; fnc; fox; foxnews; greggutfeld; gutfeld; jimmyfallon; latenight; stephencolbert
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To: GreenHornet

We watched him once last week — the first time in months.

We were not impressed at all. Used to love watching him.


21 posted on 02/20/2025 7:47:33 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Good well written article with several surprising disclosures.
I did not initially, but now I look forward to his show. The language can be off-putting but let’s face it, the words aren’t unfamiliar.


22 posted on 02/20/2025 8:00:55 AM PST by PsyCon
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To: Bob434

I wouldn’t call it filthy; more like adolescent potty humor. Having said that, though, I pick out the humor and truth from the scat, because at the end of the day, the show is definitely politically conservative.


23 posted on 02/20/2025 8:02:49 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Why would anyone aspire to be like Mahar? He picks positions at random, except his blind hatred of DJT. He has no principles except keeping his face in front of a camera.


24 posted on 02/20/2025 8:06:27 AM PST by bobbo666
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I agree. I’ve watched a couple times and there’s usually a few good quips, but the monologue IMO goes on way too long and 2/3 of the jokes don’t land.


25 posted on 02/20/2025 8:13:27 AM PST by mykroar ("It's Not the Nature of the Evidence; It's the Seriousness of the Charge." - El Rushbo)
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To: Williams

as depression-inducing and demoralizing the age of Obama has been - it would have been a lot rougher go without Gutfeld! His show makes me (and my devout church-going wife) laugh a lot.


26 posted on 02/20/2025 8:18:00 AM PST by ghost of nixon
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To: equaviator
Whatever happened to Gutfeld’s old sidekick Bill Schultz from the “Red Eye” show?

NYT "Pinch" was always a good bit...


27 posted on 02/20/2025 8:18:46 AM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Agreed. I’m not a fan.


28 posted on 02/20/2025 8:20:02 AM PST by Romulus ( )
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To: sevlex

same here. I usually only watch half of the show and I get burnt out though.


29 posted on 02/20/2025 8:38:29 AM PST by BipolarBob (I'm at -15* and I feel like kicking Punxsutawney Phils buttocks.)
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To: GreenHornet
I can take Gutfeld in small doses. I wish he would clean up his language, not only on his own show, but also on The Five.

We saw him in Nashville around three years ago. Not funny. We certainly wanted him to be but he wasn't.

30 posted on 02/20/2025 8:38:59 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The other 25% is joking about Joy Behar.


32 posted on 02/20/2025 9:02:59 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Privatize the administrative state!)
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To: equaviator

Started watching with Red Eye. Good show. I likedTV’s Andy Levy and Bill but I could see even early on that Greg made the show work.
I see many parallels between Greg and I. Same BD, same college, lived in SM, but he’s was cool and I was plain Jane. Oh well, got to enjoy these things as they come along.


33 posted on 02/20/2025 9:09:33 AM PST by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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To: Bob434

I’m much rather watch snippets of Conan O’Brien. He’s funny without being a potty mouth.


34 posted on 02/20/2025 10:23:13 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: KC_for_Freedom

Same here. He got me hooked with Red Eye, which with Tom Shillue, was better than his current Gutfeld show.
To me he is as witty and incisive as W.F Buckley, who could also deliver a mean retort.
Gutfeld gives great off the wall analogies.
I don’t like his 4letter words either, but I’m glad he finally came around to our side, politically.


35 posted on 02/20/2025 1:20:16 PM PST by Auslander154 ("Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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To: newfreep

The role of Ombudsman was relegated to an animated figure after Andy Levy left the show...I don’t remember what name he was given or if he even had a name.


36 posted on 02/20/2025 3:37:05 PM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Ge0ffrey

i stopped watchign late night comedy shows after Johhny Retired=- i did watch a little leno, but not much- he was no carson-


37 posted on 02/20/2025 4:58:12 PM PST by Bob434 (...Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: Bob434

Leno funny?, perhaps not, but he was head and shoulders above the crop of late nighters we currently have.


38 posted on 02/20/2025 5:15:55 PM PST by Robwin ( )
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