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Video: Kelsey Grammar Says Stimulus Rewards "Evil-Doers"
CNS ^ | 2/17/09 | CNS

Posted on 02/18/2009 10:24:12 AM PST by careyb

His career as an actor is probably finished.


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KEYWORDS: economy; kelsey; kelseygrammer; porkulus; stimulus
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To: Lakeshark

Awwww! Here, have some sherry and caviar....it’ll make you feel better. I’ll call Fraser in the morning and make an appointment for you. :)


21 posted on 02/18/2009 11:02:24 AM PST by derllak
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To: Frantzie

I believe actors are paid residuals for the first nine times a TV show or movie is aired in re-runs/syndication, and the checks decrease with each showing.

But the real money is not in residuals, but in being a profit participant. Mr. Grammer, like most TV stars, was also a producer of his show. Not only did that increase his weekly paycheck, it also put him in line for the big money that comes with selling the program into syndication. I’m guessing that Grammer’s share from Frasier was in the eight-figure range.

Another path to entertainment riches is getting in on the ground floor of a successful show, before being forced out a few years into the run. If you watch the credits on “The Simpsons,” you’ll see Sam Simon listed as an executive consultant. In other words, he left the show as an executive producer in 1993, but he still gets a piece of the broadcasting and merchandising rights, giving him an annual payday of $10 million.

Only in Hollywood. And yes, kudos to Mr. Grammer for having the guts to say something that most GOP politicians wouldn’t dream of uttering.


22 posted on 02/18/2009 11:10:51 AM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: ExNewsExSpook

BTTT


23 posted on 02/18/2009 11:13:28 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Evil-doers?

Well, it does make him sound a bit like Cotton Mather.


24 posted on 02/18/2009 11:16:48 AM PST by LuciaMia
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To: ExNewsExSpook

Sam Simon is a good guy for helping dogs though I doubt he is a conservative. Kelsey is a conservative and he does have a lot of guts.


25 posted on 02/18/2009 11:27:50 AM PST by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: Frantzie

Frasier ran for 11 seasons and Kelsey portrayed Frasier for 9 years on Cheers before the Frasier spin-off.

His father was murdered outside a bar, and his sister was kidnapped, raped, and murdered. He’s had quite a lot of tragedy in his life including an addiction to alcohol.

He’s one of my favorite actors of all time.


26 posted on 02/18/2009 11:32:52 AM PST by MissouriConservative (If there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.)
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To: careyb

his career as an “evil republican” begins....... :)


27 posted on 02/18/2009 11:33:01 AM PST by machogirl (not one of Rush's top-ten gal names)
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To: machogirl

Guess he won't be back on The Krusty The Clown show anytime soon.

28 posted on 02/18/2009 11:35:28 AM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: careyb

Sounds like he’s discovered MrB’s #1 undeniable truth of liberalism:

Liberalism is simply using force to make the responsible pay for the consequences of others’ irresponsible behavior choices.


29 posted on 02/18/2009 11:37:19 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: careyb
I've felt bad for many years thinking that my husband and I have been behind the 8 ball when it comes to finances.....

nothing has come easy.....we don't buy the fancy clothes at the mall stores, we drive our vehicles up to close to 200,000 miles, we don't eat out at the fancy places, we don't go to the movies or do drugs or drink heavily and we have never been to Europe or Hawaii and we also thought it was OUR fault...

but we have some in retirement and we always pay our bills and helped our kids with college...

turns out, we were just the dumb arces that are going to foot the bill for all the lazy creeps who bought everything on credit or Heloc or thru lies.....they have the new boats, and the new Ram trucks and they have the ATVs and the ski "machines".....

we've been had....

should I go claim dissability and quit work?....stop paying our bills?....go buy that new atv that I want and the new fishing boat?....

why not....hard work and saving means nothing in America...NOTHING!

30 posted on 02/18/2009 11:48:53 AM PST by cherry
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To: Responsibility2nd
He's been a conservative for some time now.

A quick glance at his personal life since the mid 90s or so hardly reads like a conservative. 3 marriages, a rape allegation, a sex tape scandal, a defamation of character lawsuit and a copyright lawsuit.

Does that not sound a bit more like a dem? At least according to popular freeper wisdom?

31 posted on 02/18/2009 12:12:33 PM PST by dmz
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To: MissouriConservative
Just goes to show you...people who have endured REAL tragedy and traumas that have effected their life...and who have overcome them as he has, are wise beyond belief. They don't sit and whine like cry-baby liberals. They don't expect government handouts. Grammar took charge of his life and did something with it. He knows the benefit of hard work and dedication and the rewards are his to reap.

"Cheers!" Kelsey for your honest and sensible words that so many other cowardly Republicans are afraid to speak.

32 posted on 02/18/2009 12:12:42 PM PST by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: cherry

And I thought my wife and I were alone in this world.


33 posted on 02/18/2009 12:33:57 PM PST by scottywr ("Birth Certificate? We don neeed no steenkeen birth certificate!")
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To: careyb

You mis-spelled his last name.


34 posted on 02/18/2009 12:40:52 PM PST by La Enchiladita (God help us)
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To: beaversmom

GRAMMER


35 posted on 02/18/2009 12:41:45 PM PST by La Enchiladita (God help us)
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To: La Enchiladita

Thanks—I thought I was spelling it incorrectly but just went by the title spelling.


36 posted on 02/18/2009 12:42:32 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: careyb

A hollywood celebrity that is actually thoughtful in his response to a question. Not too many of those around.


37 posted on 02/18/2009 1:18:34 PM PST by yazoo
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

<his acting cache is about dried up.

I’ve enjoyed him as George Washington and really wish he would play Bob Hope. I think he’d be great in that. I don’t think he’s dried up, but the roles will probably more like ‘elder statesman,’ ‘corporate evildoer’ character roles. I could see him doing work similar to that of Fred Thompson.


38 posted on 02/18/2009 1:31:18 PM PST by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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To: dmz

Agreed.

Someone who believes in limited government, supports the Constitution, is against the waste and fraud of Obama’s stimulus garbage, yet lives the life Grammer has is no conservative.

He’s probably more a Libertarion.


39 posted on 02/18/2009 1:45:22 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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Kelsey Grammar is also the Producer of the top TV program
“Medium”


40 posted on 02/18/2009 1:52:06 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin - Jindal 2012)
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