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.
Said it was about as political as a desk.
Kind of figured as much, Coulter is a solid conservative, but Carlin is more left leaning liberal hating kind of person (if it sounds like a contradiction, it is).
I doubt Carlin wanted to debate Coulter (he wants to promote a movie) and vice versa (she has a book to promote).
Carlin (as my friends describe him) is a "multiple personality left wing conservative", which is a nice way of saying he has liberal points of view, but hates the same folks who would agree with him and loves to bash them too.
Carlin's monologue rap was amusing and his statement about being moved to the right by Ann was a good quip. I have to say that Carlin is a veteran of the USAF and worked as a DJ in Wichita Falls, Texas, in the late 50's. He may be a liberal but he's done his service.
Exactly, and thats what struck me about him was that this was just another of his performed madrassa rants.. I loved that guy as a kid but its all just rhythm and news to Carlin
Most of what she said tonight was from her column on Townhall.com today, which is good since most of Leno's audience probably does not read her Townhall columns or even know what Townhall is.
WOW!! Great find!
Wow! You're famous!
Very unusual to hear a conservative audience on Jay Leno's show.
Funny you say that. I NEVER watch Leno but I had to - tonight. When I heard all the positive reaction for Ann - I was a surprised. You guys were so loud, SO GOOD, I thought the whole audience were conservative.
THANK YOU, ALL - you were great!! Ann Knows Doug!! ;)
Oh yea, we could hear you guys loud and clear. I knew Ann was going to be on his show, but I had no idea - and apparently neither did Leno - that his audience was filled with Ann's fans.
Carlin I thought had excellent material but rattled it off too fast. The babe stunk.
I sure heard a lot of cheering for Ann, you guys were in tune. Ann did a great job, 'dropping a house on the MSM', and pointing out here book was number one.
They made me swell with pride...
Hey that's awesome Doug. Way to go! :)
Yeah that was AWESOME!!! I hadn't laughed and clapped that much at the TV in quite a long time. :) Totally cool.
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. Carlin has always done interesting things on the language like that, like his bit about how "shell shock" became "battle fatigue" and finally "post-traumatic stress disorder" because if PC do-gooders can just add enough syllables, the words eventually become meaningless and all the pain goes away.
Great report, Cinnamon Girl. Wonderful seeing Ann, you, RonDog, Andrew and others at the post-show. I've posted some photos on the other thread.
If someone can put up Ann's segment discretely YouTube or something and Private Mail me, I'd appreciate it so I could watch the show. I'm without a TV 10 years this month.
Lefties never look happy. Ever.
What show were YOU watching?
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