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You are here: Home / Politics / Media / The End of 24

The End of 24

by John Cole|  August 21, 20078:55 am| 33 Comments

This post is in: Media, General Stupidity

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24, the popular Fox miniseries, is now officially dead to the nutter right:

The political left and the political right will join forces on Fox’s “24” this coming season. Janeane Garofalo, an outspoken liberal, is set to co-star on the conservative-leaning real-time drama, whose co-creator/executive producer Joel Surnow jokingly describes himself as a “right-wing nut job.”

Garofalo will play a government agent who is part of the team investigating the crisis befalling Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) and company in the upcoming season.

A woman President and environmental concerns were bad enough. Now they have Michael Moore in a dress on the show. Expect howls of outrage. Maybe they can still salvage the show with guest appearances by a snarling Melanie Morgan. Or perhaps Ann Coulter could make guest appearances as a professional interrogator, and wear leather pants while prancing around gathering vital information in the nick of time, occasionally slapping underlings with a riding crop. Maybe that would keep the 28% 24 crowd happy?

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  1. 1.

    Mike W

    August 21, 2007 at 9:18 am

    So 24 is jumping the shark this season.

  2. 2.

    Wilfred

    August 21, 2007 at 9:27 am

    You just gave me the idea for a new show: “28”

    Synopsis: Chancres appearing on Vive-President Cheney’s ass turn out to be encrypted messages from heaven alerting him that if President Bush’s approval rating should fall below 28% the result would be an endless series of liberal majorities at all levels of government, forever. Worse, their first major policy move would be the Retroactive Abortion Act, which would be use to abort grown up, white, evangelical fetuses.
    A special agent is needed, John Jesus Assrocket who, because of his special telepathic bond with the President and his ability to decipher ass chancres, is entrusted with the mission of making sure that 28 is maintained. His first mission (the first day) is to persuade wavering Christians that Jesus really does want them to make war against brown people.

  3. 3.

    Tim F.

    August 21, 2007 at 9:38 am

    You can tell that plot twist coming farther away than a freight train with a stuck horn.

    We can take bets on which episode Kiefer gets to torture her.

  4. 4.

    Zifnab

    August 21, 2007 at 9:39 am

    A special agent is needed, John Jesus Assrocket who, because of his special telepathic bond with the President and his ability to decipher ass chancres, is entrusted with the mission of making sure that 28 is maintained. His first mission (the first day) is to persuade wavering Christians that Jesus really does want them to make war against brown people.

    PotD

  5. 5.

    MBunge

    August 21, 2007 at 9:50 am

    Why would anyone care about a liberal being on 24? It’s not a conservative show, it’s a fascist one.

    Mike

  6. 6.

    Zifnab

    August 21, 2007 at 9:53 am

    Why would anyone care about a liberal being on 24? It’s not a conservative show, it’s a fascist one.

    You’d care if you were a fascist. That’s be like sending a Jew to stand vigil over Hitler’s grave (Godwin in 6!)

  7. 7.

    Face

    August 21, 2007 at 10:08 am

    Can we just see Ann Coulter naked and get it over with?

  8. 8.

    Jake

    August 21, 2007 at 10:15 am

    We can take bets on which episode Kiefer gets to torture her.

    The librul agent? The President? Both at once? In their underwear? Torture pron for commercial audiences is the new thing. I say they tease people with hints starting mid-season and make it a cliff-hanger for the end of season. The fRighties will watch with their fluffy Jack Bauer dolls in their laps.

    Can we just see Ann Coulter naked and get it over with carve our eyes out with a spork and feed ’em to the cat?

    Fixed.

    That curdled the cream in my coffee, Face. Thanks a lot. Really.

  9. 9.

    Bubblegum Tate

    August 21, 2007 at 10:18 am

    So does this fall under the rubric of “librul media bias?”

  10. 10.

    Fruitbat Jones

    August 21, 2007 at 10:21 am

    Or perhaps Ann Coulter could make guest appearances as a professional interrogator, and wear leather pants while prancing around gathering vital information in the nick of time between her legs

    Had to one-up Face. Enjoy.

    In reality, why is 24 so popular with righties again? I’ve seen 2-3 episodes. There’s a chick prez, an AA higher up (vice-prez? SoD?), and Bauer is obviously a little light in his loafers. So this is appealing to South Carolinians, uh, why?

  11. 11.

    Incertus (Brian)

    August 21, 2007 at 10:29 am

    So this is appealing to South Carolinians, uh, why?

    Because it feeds into all their deepest fantasies?

  12. 12.

    Zifnab

    August 21, 2007 at 10:30 am

    Can we just see Ann Coulter naked and get it over with?

    GOD NO!

    She’s got the gaunt, scary-ass body of pre-baby-bump Nicole Richie. You’d find sexier shrunken heads.

  13. 13.

    Jay

    August 21, 2007 at 10:36 am

    In reality, why is 24 so popular with righties again?

    Because it indulges their torture fetishes.

    Jack just has to threaten to shoot someone or chop their fingers off or kill their kids, because it’s the only thing keeping Jack from saving us from a terrorist attack! Supreme Court Justice Scalia tried to use Jack Bauer as an example of how torture does work.

    It’s how they wish the War on Terror was actually working, instead of the SNAFU we’re mired in.

  14. 14.

    Andrew

    August 21, 2007 at 11:10 am

    Can we just see Ann Coulter naked and get it over with?

    Now, I don’t know about waterboarding, but this is definately in violation of the Geneva Conventions.

  15. 15.

    Jim Treacher

    August 21, 2007 at 11:29 am

    We can take bets on which episode Kiefer gets to torture her.

    In Episode 5, he gives her a choice between the bastinado and listening to a tape of her own stand-up act. “So I’ll walk funny for awhile,” she snarls defiantly.

  16. 16.

    The Other Steve

    August 21, 2007 at 12:13 pm

    I doubt the writer/creator or whatever is right-wing.

    I think he’s just a smart capitalist and is trying to appeal to the audience.

    Garofalo would be very good in the show. She’s quite a good actor.

  17. 17.

    The Other Andrew

    August 21, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    The second half of the second season of 24 involved Kiefer trying to stop a war that was based on false WMD intelligence, and the overall villains were none other than oilmen. IIRC, the second and fourth seasons both started with Islamic terrorist villains, but it turned that that wealthy white people were actually the bigger threat.

    On the other hand, the show seems to think that human rights organizations can force the government to release caught-red-handed terrorists with naught but a stern look.

  18. 18.

    Jim Treacher

    August 21, 2007 at 12:43 pm

    I doubt the writer/creator or whatever is right-wing.

    Sad but true.

  19. 19.

    Pb

    August 21, 2007 at 12:44 pm

    I doubt the writer/creator or whatever is right-wing.

    I think he’s just a smart capitalist and is trying to appeal to the audience.

    Remember, this is the same guy who came up with The 1/2 Hour News Hour:

    This was the first comedy show created by Joel Surnow, a producer best known for his success with the serialized action show 24. His description of the show initially was, “The Daily Show for conservatives,”[2] later expanding upon that description by stating, “You can turn on any show and see Bush being bashed. There really is nothing out there for those who want satire that tilts right.”[4]

    Bzzt, try again.

  20. 20.

    Tsulagi

    August 21, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    Maybe they can still salvage the show with guest appearances

    Easy. Have Cindy Sheehan captured while campaigning by a band of Son of Zarqawi islamofascists. You think they wouldn’t organize parties tuning in each episode in the hopes of seeing her beheaded? Ratings would soar. Costco would run out of Depends.

    At the very least show Scott Beauchamp being chased by a pack of wild dogs out for revenge.

  21. 21.

    ThymeZone

    August 21, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    Garofolo is cute.

  22. 22.

    Gus

    August 21, 2007 at 1:25 pm

    She’s an actor. It’s a role. I’m guessing that there isn’t a clause in her contract allowing her to go on a political rant. Get a grip wingnuts.

  23. 23.

    Jake

    August 21, 2007 at 1:35 pm

    There really is nothing out there for those who want satire that tilts right.

    The right satirizes itself. Trying to do a show that offers a satirical view of a satire is too bloody Zen for even the greatest of comedy writers. Surnow’s attempt was doomed from the start.

    j

    p.s. Fruitbat Jones is evil and must be destroyed chained to a bed with Ann C.

  24. 24.

    Psycheout

    August 21, 2007 at 1:36 pm

    I just noticed that al-Reuters and Pajamas Media use the same colors. Coincidence?

    Jenny Barofalo would best be cast as an American-hating terrorist or traitor sympathetic to the cause of Islamofascism.

  25. 25.

    Zifnab

    August 21, 2007 at 1:46 pm

    Garofolo is cute.

    I would hit that.

  26. 26.

    myiq2xu

    August 21, 2007 at 3:03 pm

    Can we just see Ann Coulter naked and get it over with?

    The GOP – Where the men are men and so are the women.

  27. 27.

    jenniebee

    August 21, 2007 at 3:59 pm

    They do know that Keefer is a liberal, too, right? Right?

    And Ann Coulter Porn.

    Had to be done.

  28. 28.

    myiq2xu

    August 21, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    Gee, thanks Jennie. I just puked all over my keyboard.

  29. 29.

    jake

    August 21, 2007 at 10:41 pm

    Face, Fruitbat Jones & Jennibee.

    Stop. Please. I beg you.

  30. 30.

    Aaron

    August 22, 2007 at 4:30 am

    Now they have Michael Moore in a dress on the show. {Clearly he means Ms. Garafolo.}

    John Cole once again demonstrates the depth of his Republican conditioning.
    Like Pavlov and his dogs, all it takes is the ringing of the bell and John, too stupid to know any better, begins to bark.
    Ms. Garafolo was one of the most visible of the original anti Iraq war activists. Becouse unlike John, she’s not stupid.

    Look, over there, its Al Sharpton, and John Edwards haircut!
    Bark John, Bark!
    And while your at it, why dont you watch (or rewatch) any of Mr. Moore’s movie. Unlike you, he clearly has something intelligent to say.

  31. 31.

    Aaron

    August 22, 2007 at 4:30 am

    Now they have Michael Moore in a dress on the show. {Clearly he means Ms. Garafolo.}

    John Cole once again demonstrates the depth of his Republican conditioning.
    Like Pavlov and his dogs, all it takes is the ringing of the bell and John, too stupid to know any better, begins to bark.
    Ms. Garafolo was one of the most visible of the original anti Iraq war activists. Becouse unlike John, she’s not stupid.

    Look, over there, its Al Sharpton, and John Edwards haircut!
    Bark John, Bark!
    And while your at it, why dont you watch (or rewatch) any of Mr. Moore’s movies. Unlike you, he clearly has something intelligent to say.

  32. 32.

    BIRDZILLA

    August 22, 2007 at 9:36 am

    I have nenevr watched the program and i never ever will especialy with GAROFALO on it she is too darn left-wing and a liberal big mouth

  33. 33.

    Paul L.

    August 22, 2007 at 11:08 am

    ThymeZone Says:
    Garofolo is cute.

    Tina Fey is cuter.
    BTW, the picture is 9 years old (Dog Park (1998)).
    Try this one.

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