Carlin and Coulter to mix it up on Wednesday's Tonight Show [SCREEN CAPTURES, "LIVE thread" needed]

mythbusters.tvsquad.com ^ | June 13, 2006 | Joel Keller [with RonDog, and FRiends]

[RonDog]

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Carlin and Coulter to mix it up on Wednesday's Tonight Show

Posted Jun 13th 2006 2:33PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Comedy, NBC, Programming, OpEd, Celebrities, Talk Show

Either the talent bookers at The Tonight Show are really stupid or they're geniuses. Either of those extremes are the only ways to explain Wednesday's roster of guests: George Carlin, a comic legend who has been doing caustic observational and issues-oreinted comedy, most of it left-leaning, for over forty years, and Ann Coulter, a conservative pundit with a flair for the inflammatory statement. Carlin will be promoting his work in the new Pixar flick Cars; Coulter will be promoting her new book.

Recall that just a few days ago Coulter stated that the World Trade Center widows that pushed for the creation of the 9/11 commission were reveling in their fame, and they're enjoying their husbands' deaths. And Carlin has been spending the last ten years or so telling his comedy audiences that the government is corrupt, religions are idiotic, and that the human race is going to kill itself off (yeah, this hasn't exactly been his funniest period, though I still think he is one of the best stand-up comics ever). So let's just say that the two don't see eye-to-eye on anything. At all.

And the paneling format of The Tonight Show is a perfect environment for some explosive arguments between the two. It's too bad that Jay Leno is the host; he'll probably put a stop to things at the first airing of the word "b****.

[RonDog]

FReeper help needed!

A handful of L.A. Chapter members intend to be in the studio audience for today's taping of the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

Our mission is to SUPPORT Ann, and NEUTRALIZE any disruptors. :o)

As you can tell from the timestamp on this thread, however, we will be getting to Burbank VERY EARLY in the morning, and will necessarily be away from our keyboards, and OFFLINE for much of the day.

We would VERY MUCH like to see someone here start a "LIVE thread" to document your impressions about Ann's appearance on the Tonight Show, as well as post MULTIPLE "screen captures" from that show.

THANK YOU in advance, RonDog

We will be posting an "after action" thread with OUR impressions -- and eventually, PHOTOS! -- LATE this evening.

[Echo Talon]

Ron! I very much want to help you but i have direct tv now... and haven't tried to hook it up to the computer yet... I will try to figure it out before the show airs, PLEASE ping me before the show so i remember! thanks!

[RonDog]

:o)

Ann Coulter with Jay Leno,
during a PREVIOUS visit to the "Tonight Show"
screen capture courtesy of
FReeper Echo Talon

[Echo Talon]

DOH! i forgot you attend these shows... well please ping me to to all relevent Ann threads when you start giving a play-by-play!
:)

[RonDog]

I understand.

Someone ELSE will need to ping you, though...

...as I will very shortly be OFFLINE -- for a very LONG time. :o)

[trickyricky]

Greater is HE that is in Ann Coulter,
than he that is in George Carlin.

[RonDog]

The Associated Press is flogging tonight's show as a "Battle of the Century."

From Google NEWS:

TV Coulter and Carlin
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Jun 12, 2006
"Tonight" host Jay Leno might want to consider wearing referee stripes on Wednesday's show when Ann Coulter and George Carlin are his guests. ...

Jay Leno Set for Ann Coulter and George Carlin Brawl National Ledger, AZ - 8 hours ago By Jeff Freeland. Jay Leno should have quite the time on Wednesday. Leno, the host of the Tonight Show, will be taping a show that ...

Carlin and Coulter to mix it up on Wednesday's Tonight Show TV Squad, CA - 8 hours ago Either the talent bookers at The Tonight Show are really stupid or they're geniuses. Either of those extremes are the only ways ...

George Carlin And Ann Coulter Lined Up For "Tonight Show"
All Headline News - 9 hours ago
Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Jay Leno might have gotten in over his head with the choice of guests for Wednesday night's "Tonight Show" - he may have to mediate a ...

Watch out, Jay: here come Coulter and Carlin
TheCelebrityCafe.com, NY - 11 hours ago
The two will both be guests on Jay Leno, and everyone’s dreading (and secretly hoping for) the sparks that are sure to fly. It ...

Carlin to counter Coulter on Leno
Shreveport Times, LA - 15 hours ago
By John Andrew Prime. Maybe not leaner but possibly meaner, former area resident and liberal comedian George Carlin will square off ...

I call "Barbara Streisand" on this interpretation.

In the FIRST place, I heard somewhere that Ann requested that they NOT appear together on the same stage this evening.

Beyond that, I expect for Ann to duplicate her "charm offensive" from last year's appearance on the "Tonight Show," and show Middle America -- who has only seen the vile parodies of her in the Main Stream Media -- that she truly is a warm, caring person.

[frankiep]

George Carlin, a comic legend who has been doing caustic observational and issues-oreinted comedy, most of it left-leaning

left leaning?

Recall that just a few days ago Coulter stated that the World Trade Center widows that pushed for the creation of the 9/11 commission were reveling in their fame, and they're enjoying their husbands' deaths.

Wrong. She didn't say that the WTC widows were reveling in their fame and enjoying their husbands' deaths. She said this about the Jersey Girls only.

btw, that dress that Ann is wearing in that pic looks ridiculous.

[RonDog]

Beyond that, I expect for Ann to duplicate her "charm offensive" from last year's appearance on the "Tonight Show," and show Middle America -- who has only seen the vile parodies of her in the Main Stream Media...

See, for example, from Today's Toons 6/14/06:

Click on the image above to see pookie18's MORE POSITIVE view of Ann. :o)

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Give 'em hell Ann!....

[RonDog]

btw, that dress that Ann is wearing in that pic looks ridiculous.

EXCELLENT!

That is EXACTLY the kind of BONEHEADED commentary that I expect to see on tonight's "LIVE thread."

SOMEONE has to provide the comic relief! :o)

[frankiep]

SOMEONE has to provide the comic relief! :o)

So true, because Carlin hasn't been funny for a long, long time.

[RonDog]

Beyond that, I expect for Ann to duplicate her "charm offensive" from last year's appearance on the "Tonight Show..."

From Ann's appearance LAST YEAR with Jay Leno:

-- snip --

Here's a couple of little shorts [video clips] from the appearance.

Entrance

Airport Security

89 posted on 05/23/2005 3:12:11 PM PDT by Syncro

[RonDog]

Our mission is to SUPPORT Ann, and NEUTRALIZE any disruptors. :o)

We intend to duplicate LAST YEAR'S success.

From www.satelliteguys.us:

...Even Jay Leno has gone right-wing, judging from the crowd he attracts:

Ann Coulter got more applause than the Pope last night...

;)

59 posted on 05/15/2005 7:56:24 AM PDT by RonDog

[RonDog]

So true, because Carlin hasn't been funny for a long, long time.

So true.

And he USED to be very clever, witty and even PROFOUND, at times!

Can you, or someone else, find text of George Carlin's CLASSIC analysis of the "The Differences between BASEBALL and FOOTBALL" -- and post it on the "LIVE thread" this evening?

That one was INCREDIBLE!

[RonDog]

Our mission is to SUPPORT Ann, and NEUTRALIZE any disruptors. :o)

We expect to have some help in accomplishing THIS part of our mission from Ann's friends in the Armed Forces, like we did for THIS event:

NEW photos! ANN COULTER joins the U.S. Marines [and L.A. FReepers] at party after "Late, Late Show"
	Posted by RonDog On News/Activism 05/24/2005 9:11:20 PM PDT · 185 replies · 100,015+ views! Ann Coulter pics from Craig Ferguson's Late, Late Show ^ | May 24, 2005 | RonDog [and FRiends]

[frankiep]

Ask and ye shall receive.

I won't be able to be here for the live thread, so here it is now:


Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!

[RonDog]

All clear!

I am off to Burbank!

Please keep this thread bumped -- until someone posts the "LIVE thread" -- THANK YOU!!!

[rod1]

As per the dress--I am sure Ann's long sleeves were titanium-lined in case Carlin started Knawing half way through the give and take.

Carelin is suffiently left-leaning as to be "over the cliff lemming left.

[RonDog]

EXCELLENT, frankiep!

THANK YOU!

That's the one- -- CLASSIC Carlin!

How the mighty have fallen. :(