Posted on 02/15/2009 5:14:59 PM PST by EdnaMode
In most offices, having even one sarcastic, socially artless computer expert is barely tolerable. But on “24,” the Fox action serial, the collision of two acerbic, tech-savvy employees played by Janeane Garofalo and Mary Lynn Rajskub is a welcome development for viewers.
Monday night’s episode of “24” features the pairing up of sorts between Chloe O’Brian (Ms. Rajskub), the computer hacker who has long helped guide the hero Jack Bauer through his life-or-death adventures, and Janis Gold (Ms. Garofalo), an F.B.I. agent deeply suspicious of her new office mate Chloe.
It is a rivalry meant to leaven the often-grim, high-pressure thriller with humor. And it’s an inside joke for Ms. Rajskub and Ms. Garofalo, longtime pals whose careers often intersect.
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I stopped watching 24 because of Janeane Garofaolo. She’s homely, her voice is grating, and she’s a leftie.
Politics aside, I think Janeane’s persona is very harsh. Plus, she’s in her 40’s and still seems to be rebelling against the establishment and full of angst.
Mary Lynn on the other hand is very pleasant and funny. Plus she doesn’t discuss politics and has even gone on the Laura Ingraham Show and Glenn Beck.
She's so far left, she makes Carville look moderate. Same reason I quit watching.
I wouldn’t miss the show because of her. I just am so amazed at what a bad actor she is and how homely she’s become.
I love 24...and if you want to enjoy it w/FRiends, we have a live (realtime) thread here during the show. Its fun!!! That said, Chloe has been a quirky, well written character on the show; Janis (or as we call her on our thread...Garfy) is a whiny, unkempt, computer nerd. I would never not watch a show that I really enjoy because of someone like Garafalo. Watch, enjoy and FReep...
“...and how homely she’s become.”
Homely? That’s the best you could come up with? How about grotesque?
she is a good character to kill off in a couple of episodes..
“amazed at what a bad actor she is and how homely she’s become.”
Ahhhh - she has always been astonishingly unconvincing as an “actress” - even her best on SNL was sophomoric on a good day.
Homeliness factor - well let’s put it this way - she has not seen an attractive day in her life since about age 6 months, and her expression is always that of someone who is both put upon and visibly nauseated.
It is hard to decide whether a single conservative man would run fastest from her, Mo’Do’, Hildabeest, Tuh-rayyzaaa Kerry Heinz, or Helen Thomas.
No few refer to her as “Jeneane daBuffalo”.
A.A.C.
Yeah keefer effed up there.
Anger in an older person is always ugly. Garafalo wasn’t bad looking a decade ago but her hatred towards Bush, Republicans, conservatives, etc., has taken its toll. In her ‘24’ role she looks like she’s their resident “Ugly Betty.”
Plus it’s kind of fun watching the lefties, like the “libbian” pres have to deal with real issues like terrorists and not back down. It is SOOOO against their nature... ;^)
I can’t watch 24 week to week with commercials. I just bought several seasons at BestBuy for 20 dollars each. One of my favorite shows despite the absurd computer references.
I would like to see Chloe reveal Ms. Garafalo as the mole she is then shoot her right between the eyes after cutting off a finger or two............but thats just me.
I like too that this season, ‘they’ (the producers) thought that Hillary! would be the first woman Pres...so this season we have ‘Madame President’ (complete w/Hillary ‘look’). But MadamePresidentHillaryWannaBe was/is willing to ‘sacrifice’ her hubby (FirstHubster) for the greater good.
I think that the ‘mole’ will be Ethan...the Secretary of State...ps...see my taggy...
I like the fact that Garafolo has to work for a conservative and do what he says...What’s not to like?
Chloe reminds me a bit of Bailey on the old WKRP, the cute shy smart one in the background.
She classifies Republicans as follows: “The reason a person is a conservative Republican is because something is wrong with them. That’s science — that’s neuroscience. You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a Republican. It’s counterintuitive.” Garofalo also discussed former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin saying, “She’s small-minded and mean-spirited...There’s definitely something wrong with her.”
“I don’t know if you heard me talking to Jenny a while ago, but I was saying that first you have to be an asshole and then comes the conservatism. You gotta be a dick to cleave onto their ideology.” (during an interview in 2009).
She is an atheist and has participated in a radio interview by Freethought Radio, a show by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, she was quoted as saying (in the November 2001 issue of Commentary), “Who would have thought that I’d be angry on behalf of my country? I’m used to being angry at my country.”
She became more prominent as an activist when she voiced opposition to what became the 2003 Iraq War, appearing on CNN and Fox News to discuss it. She said that she was approached by groups such as MoveOn.org and Win Without War to go on TV, because these organizations say that the networks were not allowing antiwar voices to be heard. Garofalo and the other celebrities who appeared at the time said they thought their fame could lend attention to that side of the debate. Her appearances on cable news prior to the war garnered her praise from the left and spots on the cover of Ms. and Venus magazines. Garofalo has had frequent on-air political disputes with Bill O’Reilly, Brian Kilmeade, and Jonah Goldberg.
Prior to the 2003 Iraq War, she took a position on the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.
For example, in an interview with Tony Snow on a February 23, 2003 episode of Fox News Sunday, Garofalo said of Saddam Hussein, “Yes, I think lots of people are eager to obtain weapons of mass destruction. But there’s no evidence that he (Hussein) has weapons of mass destruction. There’s been no evidence of him testing nuclear weapons.
We have people that are in our face with nuclear weapons. We’ve got Iran and North Korea. We’ve got a problem with Pakistan. You know, I don’t know what to say about that. There’s a whole lot of people that are going nuclear. And I think that Saddam Hussein is actually, with the evidence, the least able to use nuclear weapons and the least obvious offender in that area at this moment.”
In March 2003, she took part in the Code Pink anti-war march in Washington, D.C. That fall, she served as emcee at several stops on the Tell Us the Truth tour, a political-themed concert series featuring Steve Earle, Billy Bragg, Tom Morello, and others. Throughout the year, Garofalo also actively campaigned for Howard Dean.
I’d love to see Chloe taser her!
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