Ann Coulter on the Tonight Show and Freeper Party: Freeper Report

The Tonight Show | June 14, 2006 | Cinnamon Girl

[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.

[JoeSixPack1]

Thank you for the post show update. Ann was outstanding tonight! :-)

[TexasPatriot8]

YEah Cinnamon Girl and the others there were awesome. Wish I could have been there to cheer Ann with them. But what strikes me is how me, and most other Conservatives can laugh innocently at George Carlin, when he is funny, but the liberals I bet anything never cracked a smile at Ann, just glared at her and even when she was honestly humerous, just glared at her. liberals are so hate filled. It's scary.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

Carlin was then, Ann is now!

Carlin's bit about the difference between baseball and football is his pinnacle performance, and very funny. Most of the rest of his stuff is funny, if your head is saturated by tetrahydrocannabinol. I guess its also the reason he is the voice of the VW hippie bus in Cars.

[BFM]

I saw the entire show and I felt that Jay Leno was very considerate and fair and asked fine questions that allowed Ann to answer her critics. He also allowed her all the time necessary to answer. I believe she was treated very fairly.

Hope I got this straight whne Leno admitted that he was generally a fiscal conservative and social liberal. His tone didn't reflect that he was an extremist on either.

Also, George Carin was quite the gentleman.

I though it was a good showing for all 3 of them.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

George Carlin was a good boy because age has given him common sense, or Disney/Pixar threatened him within an inch of his life if he did anything to hurt the "Cars" movie. "Cars" is on it way to a $500M-$750M gross revenue domestic and worldwide, and if Carlin shot his mouth off, he'd never get a paycheck again. Leno handled Annie with kid gloves and the audience reaction was absolutely terrific. Democrat Scum and vermin must have hated it!!! Actually, not too many liberal scum want to confront Annie directly these days.

[PghBaldy]

I think Pete Seeger had that message on his guitar too? I've seen it before, somewhere, maybe when I met him 22 years ago.

[PghBaldy]

I looked it up - it appears it was Woody Guthrie.

[doug from upland]

She was thrilled when I handed this to her, printed on photo paper ---

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DFU SONG: Annie's Song (Happy Birthday to Ann Coulter)
DFU SONGS | 12-8-05 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland

Posted on 12/08/2005 7:21:39 AM PST by doug from upland

MIDI - ANNIE'S SONG

She fills up the airwaves...with her sage right wing comments
She has driven the leftists out of their foolish minds
If she's not dodging pies thrown...she's enduring her critics
Perky Katie Couric, she kicked your behind

They match three liberals...in a battle with Annie
Some say that is unfair...well, I guess I would agree
At the end of the segment, they are bloodied and crying
Hey, liberal airheads, you need more than three

The favorite of FReepers...well aware of the warning
If they don't post her picture, angry comments they'll hear
For your voice we are grateful...we'll raise up a glass, Annie
A big Happy Birthday...we all love you, dear

[massfreeper]

I looked it up - it appears it was Woody Guthrie.

Any idea what exactly he meant by it? Or exactly what point this chick was trying to make by putting it on her guitar?

[Minus_The_Bear]

Guthrie was a Communist and Soviet sympathizer (though this was during the troubled 30's dustbowl ere & pre-Stalin for whatever that's worth). His hatred of fascists was mostly a function of his Communism.

[Christian4Bush]

You said you were taping it. Can I get a copy? 11:30 is way too late for me to be up. Thanks!

[RonDog]

THANK YOU for posting this MARVELOUS "after action" report, Cinnamon Girl!

It was GREAT seeing you again tonight!!!

I am a little tired right now -- after a LONG day's work today, so I will do most of MY posting TOMORROW, and over the weekend...

...but I can report, in the words of President Bush:

Mission ACCOMPLISHED!

[Cinnamon Girl]

Thank YOU RonDog, for getting out there at 6am so I could show up at 2pm and be handed a ticket and a space in line. What a deal! I really appreciate it your effort!

[RonDog]

:o)

[hadash]

"Thanks for the historical reference. What did that commie nut mean when he put it on his guitar?"

Just for the sake of history:

When Woody Guthrie talked about killing fascists, he meant capital-F Fascists in the 1940's sense of the word, which was coined by Mussolini. Guthrie volunteered for WWII even though he was in his thirties and raising children.

[doug from upland]

Way to go, RonDog. Great organizing job.

Ann signed this for me. She loved it.

[mc6809e]

How'd you pull this off?

You surprised everyone.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Pull off what? RonDog got the tickets and I think organized the gathering afterward.

[TexasPatriot8]

I was a bit surprised at how really nice leno was. I was even more surprised that carlin didn't bust in and interupt her at all, other than his obvious stupid faces gagging and grimacing like a true liberal and all that. I was positive that he was on first so he could say what he wanted with no one there to interrupt, and then ones Ann was on Carlin would cut in to never let her make a clean point. I was shocked she was not interrupted, and thanks to the applause by the Freepers and other conservatives there, there was no artificial liberal majority slant like the liberal tv shows usyally represent.

[NormsRevenge]

HotAir.com has some video of the show. Click on George and Ann at the following link, Enjoy!

Coultermania! Leno smackdown preview (Update: Video added)