Posted on 06/14/2006 9:19:42 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
Jay Leno gives you a little notice, a little warning of sorts, before taping his show, that it just wouldn't be nice or appropriate to shout out stuff or boo or heckle any of the guests because, hey, everyone should be able to come and share their views. But even if a grungy, dreadlocked white kid in a Che t-shirt did decide to heckle Ann Coulter, there was a rather large group of Freepers, conservative/Republican activists and friends in the audience to overwhelm them.
But there was no heckling and very little by way of booing, except of course, when Jay read the passage from Ann's book in which she describes the self-serving "Jersey Girls." At that point, there were some hisses in the audience, but Ann plowed ahead, as she always does.
And some on the web seemed to be under the impression that Ann Coulter and the elderly George Carlin were going to "face off," but when has there ever been a political debate on the Jay Leno Show? Carlin came on, did his unfunny shtick, no one knew where the comedy was, and he sat down on the couch. Then Ann came on and got some strangely pointed questions from Jay, who seemed to want to please his leftist producers/writers without really knowing where he was going with the interview. He did ask Ann if it ever hurt her feelings when people criticize her, and she said "no."
Some things should go without saying but in case you weren't sure: yes, we cheered her loudly and often, yes, she wore a black sleeveless mini-dress, yes, George Carlin is an unfunny leftist. However, Carlin did not argue with Ann or treat her rudely. The only thing that indicated his feelings was when he grimaced a few times when she spoke about liberal men.
The musical guest was some chick from Scotland who stank, but had a mysterious message taped to her guitar which read: "THIS MACHINE KILLS FACISTS." Nobody seemed to know what this meant, but I did notice that at the end of the show she shook Carlin's hand, then Ann's, but then immediately focused a conversation on Carlin and didn't even glance at Ann again, as if she wasn't there.
After the show, we went to a restaurant across the street and Ann, ever gracious with her fans, joined the group for photos, book signings, and questions. Imagine, with her busy schedule promoting her book, that she would take the time to hang out with us. RonDog, who had orchestrated most everything on the Freeper side, was there, as was Doug from Upland, tame, Rockitz, rantblogger, Andrew Breitbart, and even a well known banned Freeper.
For the Page Six folks, it looked like Ann was sipping a strawberry daiquiri, carrying a Chanel bag, and her hair color looked beautiful. I asked her if, when she was chatting during the commercial breaks with George Carlin, if he was kind to her. She said he was actually quite nice, contrary to what some may have expected. But remember, this is Hollywood, and most "celebrities" when sober, fear public rejection (by way of booing, to their face.) Even Michael Moore toned down his act (in mixed company) after people booed his "Shame on you, Mr. Bush" speech at the Oscars. Or perhaps Carlin just isn't like that these days.
Thank you, Ann, for being so gracious, and to RonDog for getting hold of tickets for so many of us.
Thanks for the link Norm.
Video link at 100.
Heard you loud and clear. Good job!
Way to go doug from upland! You guys were great! "The new right wing cheering section" indeed!!
I don't have her CD, but her live performance on Leno was a rambling, unfocused, incoherent mess.
And as far as her "message" written on her guitar, "this machine kills fascists", I assume she was talking about the intolerant, smug, arrogant, condescending leftists and "Democrats" and "liberals" of America.
I think it's hilarious that the left pulls one of Ann's quotes, attempting to make her look bad, but all it turns out to be is an awesome, pithy quote by Ann.
"I also liked his monologue. I'm a comedy writer myself, and I appreciate the craft of it. It wasn't meant to be laugh-out-loud funny, it was more of a satirical poem, and it well illustrated how many pointless, cliched buzz words people use these days and how empty and gaseous they are when you string them all together. "
Exactly, you beat me to it. I thought it was relevant and well done.
Way to go RonDog! You guys were great!
(A little too far for me to make it there on short notice...)
Thanks for the ping. I watched the show. I've seen her perform better.
Hmmmm.. obviously she lurks or is an actually freeper..
Interesting isn't it.. And would she not be.. LoL.. No website on this planet is more Ann Coulter friendly..
Annies Song... LoL.. Nice..
Update: The Freepers claim to have sent a contingent to the show to root Coulter on. Sounds like they made it in:
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Not only made it in, but made a fantastic after action report before calling it a day/night! Thanks for being there and for the fantastic reports.
Sounds great! I wish I could have attended. I'm already looking forward to CPAC 2007 to hear and see Ann Coulter.
Who in the Sam Hill was that?
Saber got the boot?
Good for you, doug! I'm so mad that I fell asleep before The Tonight Show and forgot to Tivo it! At least I've gotten to read all about it here on FR. What a thrill for you to meet up with Ann afterwards!
Bump for later.
Nicely done!
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