Posted on 04/27/2009 10:10:50 AM PDT by raccoonradio
It may be no laughing matter when Janeane Garofalo takes the stage at the Somerville Theatre May 8 to do her standup schtick. Because the rabble rousers who staged the tea party protests in Boston earlier this month are planning to focus their wrath on the “24” star for mocking their mission!
Fueling the tea party-goers’ ire was Janeane’s appearance on Obama apologist Keith Olbermann’s MSNBC show earlier this month wherein the left-leaning funnygal painted the tax protesters as a bunch of redneck racists.
“You know, there’s nothing more interesting than seeing a bunch of racists become confused and angry . . .,” she said. “Which, let’s be very honest about what this is about. It’s not about bashing Democrats, it’s not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston Tea Party was about, they don’t know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.”
Well, it seems that many of the protesters beg to differ. And one sent a raaather nasty e-mail to the director of The Alternative Comedy Festival, which is bringing Garofalo to town.
“This (bleep) is gonna hear it from Boston,” the anonymous e-mailer said. “All us bigots and racists are buying up tix to let this piece of excrement hear it from us. shame on her.”
Alternative Comedy Festival head Brian Joyce said there’s been a lot of talk on conservative talk shows about Garofalo’s comments and “the tea party-goers are none too pleased.”
“It’s really been blowing up,” Joyce said.
Joyce said the festival doesn’t plan to add extra security or personnel for the show. But if the protesters get out of line, they will be dealt with like any other out-of-control heckler.
“If people disrupt the performance, they will most likely be removed from the theater the same way they would any other comedy show,” he said. “That’s not a political thing, it’s a comedy thing. Bottom line is, Janeane is here to tell jokes, not spark a revolution. And we’re really happy to have her.”
File Under: Party Guys.
Because the one thing that gives them a stage is being a entertainer. They think because they have been on stage, that people will listen to them. And let’s face it Olberman’s show gives way to total ridicule of conservatives so it was easy for her to slam and be totally obnoxious.
Just the fact that for 15 years she has said she never takes a bath or washes her hair and her friends accept it makes me gag. She always looks homeless to me. And she smells too.
She wasn't "mocking", i.e., making fun of, their mission, she was slandering them and attributing false motives.
“Better to stand outside and let her hear you from the street.”
Be sure to bring some eggs & tomatos!
garofalo is funny? Since when?
Janeane Garofalo may have to pick a new like of work Snap-On tools salesperson.
Exactly. I’ve seen stand-up acts bomb at clubs, and that is exactly what happens. People are polite, but utterly silent. When people don’t laugh, and then they give a polite ‘golf clap’ for applause at the end of the set — it is the ultimate bomb for a stand-up act.
As in: they won’t be asked back.
But if the protesters get out of line, they will be dealt with like any other out-of-control heckler.
Heckle the hell out of her!
All comedians have to sell is jokes. If no one laughs, she has no marketable inventory.
Lets get ready to rumble!!! LOL! I'd pay to see that show..........
I flagged the positive comments as inappropriate. Potential freep here.
Actually her contract allows her to be paid whether tickets are sold or not. If the redneck racists don't man the audience her fellow libs will........might as well pay to enter and at least have a seat and a couple drinks while letting her have it than stand outside where she can make jokes at their expense.
LOL!!!! Try "24" superfluous bit player.
It lost me at “funnygal”
What a complete waste all around.
Why give this unfunny, untalented, political hack the time of day. If you are going to protest don’t buy tickets she probably would not have sold!
HMMM wonder if they have bought with credit cards so they can be canceled at the last mintue? That would be the way to go, sold out shows and in the last 3-4 days whatever the last cut off date for a refund is, change your mind and cancel the ticket.
I'm still waiting for her to get offed.
Free speech counters free speech.
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