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.
I don’t really care for the story line this year. The prospect of seeing her get blown away keeps me tuning in.
She’s not funny HA HA. Uh huh
Meanwhile, a blog post I did about the lack of success progressive talk radio has had in Boston. The latest effort, to put it on a weak AM signal that had been running Russian
language talk shows (I kid you not, Comrade) just fell apart, as the station’s general manager said “due to circumstances beyond our control” it won’t happen.
But that’s OK; I understand (Spinal Tap inspired joke) there aren’t all that many liberals in Boston, anyway...
http://bostonradio.blogspot.com/
And she gets her money and is perfectly happy.
>>Free speech counters free speech
One thing the Dixie Chicks didn’t understand when people objected to Natalie’s comment about W—how DARE people actually object to their opinion!
Well, a Boston paper that (usually) leans right, and may still be around even if the “Boston Globe-Democrat” goes out of biz ...
Ha:
http://www.kenpittman.com/blogs/150/Janeane-Garofalo-at-the-Somerville-Theatre-May-8.html
>>Please join me from 5:30 - 9:00 PM outside of the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square in Somerville on Friday, May 8th.
That was my idea. I knew some bright FReeper would say it better and sooner, and you sure did! Kudos, Deb.
Don’t it make you wish you lived in Boston? We could sit in the front row and just stare at her.
Whisper behind our hands, then giggle. :D
She’d be in “food service” by dawn.
Wherever that is, remind me not to eat there. :D
Actually Slingblade.
Haha. Who makes all these pictures?
Buy 1/2 the tickets and don’t show up. Then if she cuts the show short, sue for the refund.
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