Leno to Host Carlin, Coulter on Wednesday

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 6/13/06 | AP Wire Story

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"Tonight" host Jay Leno might want to consider wearing referee stripes on Wednesday's show when Ann Coulter and George Carlin are his guests.

Coulter, the acid-tongued conservative with a new book out, and Carlin, the quick-witted, antiestablishment comedian who's in the voice cast for the new animated film "Cars," were booked at separate times for the NBC late-nighter, a spokeswoman said Monday.

But the duo's meeting could produce serious fireworks for "Tonight," which usually limits its political fodder to Leno's bipartisan monologue jokes.

Coulter, author of "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," has drawn fire for attacking the four New Jersey widows who pushed for an independent commission to investigate the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks in which their husbands died.

In her book, Coulter accuses the women of "reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much."

An appearance by Coulter on another NBC series, "Today," led to a prickly exchange with host Matt Lauer over her comments on the widows.

Also scheduled for "Tonight" Wednesday is Scottish singer and songwriter KT Tunstall.

[Borges]

Stick it to the Man!

[longfellow]

I don't expect her to get a fair shake tonight.

great freep name.

[Caipirabob]

Dont cut Carlin short ,he is liberal but he isnt a dummy, and he believes his own crap.

I wouldn't either. Carlin's made his living being fast on his feet with a verbal assault. Ann doesn't have his experience in the gutter. She has wits enough to hold her own, but Carlin is a sewer rat and that is where this confrontation will metaphorically take place.

[finnigan2]

I don't know how the story started that Coulter and Carlin would debate each other. Apparently, Carlin is to appear to plug his film and Coulter is there to plug her book. I doubt that neither of them will be on the stage at the same time. However, if I were Coulter, I would insist on coming on after Carlin because he's not above attacking her after she's appeared and has no way of responding.