Sean Hannity’s show on False News has been canceled. He’s being replaced with Megyn Kelly.
There’s nothing really to talk about. I just wanted to type that out. It felt so good.
Sean Hannity’s show on False News has been canceled. He’s being replaced with Megyn Kelly.
Yup. Still feels good.
Apparently, Rush Limbaugh is now claiming that his three-day long attempted slut-shaming of Sandra Fluke was an “accident.” But that boycott isn’t having an effect at all. No siree!
I have found a show for Wednesday nights. David Tennant stars in the new TV Series Broadchurch, which premiered on BBC America last night. It was excellent. If you missed the premier episode, it’s available to stream for free, right here.
jheartney
Doesn’t seem certain that Hannity was canceled – he might just be moving to another slot. And of course Kelly will be pushing the same wingnut BS that Hannity did.
SiubhanDuinne
Ooh ooh, I wanna try!!
Sean Hannity’s show on False News has been canceled. He’s being replaced with Megyn Kelly.
Yup, that feels great!
mclaren
Say hello to the new wacko far-right Fox News commentator, same as the old wacko far-right Fox News commentator.
It’s like a new turd bobbing to the top of the cesspool. Makes no difference to the overall stench.
Jane2
Broadchurch is good right to the closing credits….enjoy!
Soonergrunt
@mclaren: true, but isn’t it still fun on a personal level to say “Sean Hannity’s show has been cancelled”?
Come on, you know you want to! Maybe even just a little bit more than calling me a Nazi or an authoritarian?
YellowJournalism
Oh, yeah. If I smoked, I’d need a cigarette right now.
YellowJournalism
@mclaren: Yeah, but she’s blonde! /FoxNewsProducer
SiubhanDuinne
A little while ago, the trash compactor at my apartment complex caught fire. The smoke was thick and reeking. Fire is out now, and all the fire trucks and cop cars have departed, but the smoke odor is in my nose and hair and clothes. Mmmm, burning garbage smell.
Keith P
@mclaren: Hannity would have never gone off on Erick Erickson like Kelly did.
SiubhanDuinne
Huh. Google adgorithm is pushing the Glenn Beck Program at me. Don’t they know that Fox fired him even before they decided to dump Hannity? Silly Google.
Arclite
Megyn unlike Sean has her moments. Even if they are few and far between. At least she’s a woman.
Jerzy Russian
I accidentally call women sluts all of the time. I can sympathize with Mr. Limbaugh on this one.
NotMax
Early weekend video recorder alerts.
Two films BJers might enjoy (all the more if you’ve never seen them) this weekend on TCM.
Sunday, 3:15 p.m. Eastern (105 minutes): The Wrong Man
Not Hitchcock’s or Fonda’s greatest, but worthwhile because it is based on a true story, and is not unrelated to certain contemporary police/judicial doings.
Sunday, 10:30 p.m. Eastern (114 minutes): Fail-Safe
Eclipsed at the time by Dr. Strangelove, it holds up as a compelling film about an unintended nuclear exchange. Solid and gripping performances by Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau and Larry Hagman, among others (and even a dramatic appearance by Dom DeLuise).
Capt. Seaweed
Megyn Kelly is a hell of a lot easier on the eyes than SH. Easier on the ears, too also.
Suffern ACE is a Basset Hound
@Jerzy Russian: yeah. It slips out from time to time whenever I go off on one of my five minute rants about their loose morals and how I’d wish they’d just listen to me and keep their yaps shut. Could happen to anyone.
dance around in your bones
I don’t give a crap what they do on Fox “News”, it’s all shite. Megyn Kelly is just another iteration of Hannity in a more attractive wrapper – perhaps with occasional lucid moments. Hannity will move to another time slot to spew more shite,
What a worthless channel.
eta: fixed her silly name.
eta2:@NotMax: Thanks for the heads up! Will DVR . I love the think ahead TV good stuff BJers :)
NotMax
Didn’t Sean Hannity announce several months back that plans were underway for him leaving his TV slot in order to concentrate more on his radio show?
Violet
@Keith P: Megyn Kelly is a typical Republican. If it affects her personally, she’ll get upset about it. Otherwise, zero empathy. She got upset when talking about maternity leave and also with Lou Dobbs and Erick Erickson because they were being sexist. It impacts her personally, hence her outrage.
When she gets outraged about something that happens to a black or Latino man, then there will be progress.
BGinCHI
More time for Hannity to suck at other stuff.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
I’m still excited at the discovery Mrs. Pantload and I made last night: “Arrested Development” is the (hilarious) serialization of the “The Godfather.” It came to me when out of the blue I pictured Buster lying on a chaise lounge and tragically insisting, “I’m smaht, Mikey!”
Michael = Michael
Gorge = Older Vito (experienced in the ways of crime)
Buster = Fredo
GOB = Sonny
Lindsey = Young (dumb) Connie
Lucille = Older (conniving) Connie
Zuckerman = Hagen
George Michael (that name will always make me laugh) & Maeby (the name of one our cats) = Vincent & Mary
Oscar = Young Vito (cut from the same cloth, but not so cutthroat)
Tobias = Connie’s boyfriend in Part II (feckless, using her for her family’s money, but NOT the violent bastard Connie’s hubby was)
Lucille2 = Fredo’s falling-down-drunk wife in Part II
Alas, Mama Corleone seems unrepresented, unless that’s supposed to be the banana stand. I’m open to suggestions.
Of course, we quickly found all sorts of postings about this on the internets (as well as a great mashup using Godfather footage and AD audio and blessed by all parties that had to give their permission for these uses), but it was fun to realize on our own that one of our most fave TV shows is based on one of our most fave flicks.
Villago Delenda Est
@NotMax:
His radio show is tied to Limbaugh’s.
He’s fucked.
MikeJ
Fox News, the network famous for stuffing ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag, has got a new bag.
NotMax
@Villago Delenda Est
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
/strained Seinfeld reference
michelle
OT Sorry. I don’t know what to do with my 13 year old cat. He pees and poops on all of the cushions and beds.
I put him in a crate and he peed and pooped on himself.
I put him and the crate outside.
Should I just let him go? He is fixed. He could just live outside.
John
His show has not been cancelled.
It’s gonna move timeslots, which is a pretty big victory in a lot of ways if you’d refrain from overstating it.
max
@michelle: He pees and poops on all of the cushions and beds. I put him in a crate and he peed and pooped on himself.
Vet? Sounds medical.
max
[‘Unusual for a cat to say the least.’]
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
@SiubhanDuinne: >>strikes “buy trash compactor” off bucket list<<
Suffern ACE is a Basset Hound
@max: it is medical. The cat who I knew who stared to do that had developed epilepsy. It’s worth checking out.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
@michelle:
“He could just live outside.”
@13? Not for long. Is a vet visit within your budget?
ruemara
Heard from the job I interviewed twice for. It was a no. I just wanted to send a note back saying, “You made me wait 5 weeks for that”? Man, I applied in Jan, was scheduled for an interview in June & July and ditched in August. Well, at least I was occupied with something for 8 months. Of course, the deadline for finding something is now closer with nothing on the horizon.
SectarianSofa
@SiubhanDuinne:
I was sure that was going to end with a Foxnews personality-related punchline.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I would say she’s insidious compared to Hannity’s blunderbuss style, not as obviously meat-headed and hateful. But I’ve seen very little of her outside of other networks running clips.
Hal
Megyn Kelly is yet another typical Republican who because of a couple of off script moments gets way more credit than she deserves. She should have rand Paul and Chris Christie as her cohosts.
I am not a kook
Here’s another feel good story. Even the burglars are better human beings that Sean Hannity whose show has been cancelled*: boingboing.net/2013/08/08/crooks-rip-off-nonprofit-rape.html
*it does feel good to say it.
FlipYrWhig
@michelle: peeing and pooping on himself is not something most cats would do. Even when my last two were at their sickest and most demoralized they badly wanted to make it to the litterbox, or at least the corner of the room.
Miz Conception
@michelle:
Are you serious? I apologize if your question was genuine, but really? Would you let your elderly parent “just live outside” if they became incontinent? When we take on a pet we take responsibility for their well-being, and that doesn’t include dumping them when their behavior becomes inconvenient.
Sorry if I sound harsh, but I had a co-worker several years ago who laughed about how her dad used to dump their elderly pets out in the country. I pictured my own dog from my childhood who basically got blind and senile when she hit the mid-teens in age, wandering around out in the forest, scared and alone, and I just wanted to punch that woman in the neck. Hard.
If you can’t afford to have his medical condition treated, couldn’t you surrender him to the local ASPCA so they can put him down humanely?
ruemara
@michelle: No cat wants to soil himself. This needs medical checking out. Please do not dump him outside when he’s unwell. get him to an emergency vet as soon as possible.
NotMax
While rooting around in the pantry just now, found a few cans of beets huddlng in the back.
The store which sold them closed at least 15 years ago.
None are rusted, bloated or seeping, so figure to move them someplace more visible for when the next beet craving bites, but gonna heat the heck out of them at that time.
Pantry has six shelves from floor to ceiling, each about one foot wide and four feet deep, so anyone’s guess as to what else might be lurking in there.
SatanicPanic
Even if it’s the same old shit, something bad happened personally to Sean Hannity. That makes me happy, cause fuck that guy.
Jane2
@michelle: Your cat needs to be seen by a vet…there’s a medical issue.
SiubhanDuinne
@Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn:
Well, this was one of those huge ones, large enough to accommodate the trash of several hundred apartment/townhouse residents. Not really something that was on your bucket list to begin with, unless you’re much stranger even than the typical commenter around these parts.
@SectarianSofa:
The similarities are, like the aroma, overwhelming.
David Koch
@YellowJournalism:
There’s no evidence of that. Link or it didn’t happen.
Yatsuno
@Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn: “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”
NotMax
Meant to ask any who were at the meet-up on Wednesday if the fragrance of lavender was evident?
Redshirt
Are we winning?
Jax6655
@NotMax:
Oxymoron.
NotMax
@Redshirt
We shall overcome.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
@Miz Conception: I didn’t want to get ahead of the curve till Michelle responded (although she’s been quiet over the course of several folks responding to her question), but yes, a humane putting down is a far better option than being released to Pasta knows what outdoors. (I live in the most densely populated part of Seattle, right next to the downtown core, and we see raccoons regularly, and I’ve even seen a possum and owl — so, yeah, nature is harsh wherever you are.)
SatanicPanic
@Redshirt: Yes. Let’s rub it in their ugly faces.
Steeplejack (tablet)
Based on past threads, I believe Michelle is a demi-troll, or at least trolling here.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
“unless you’re much stranger even than the typical commenter around these parts.”
I may have had a look or two around here, and would not deign, even in a dream, to claim myself fit competition.
TriassicSands
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Call me a cynic, but rather than feel good, that sentence strikes me as roughly analogous to being told you don’t have pancreatic cancer — it’s Stage IV lung cancer instead. (That isn’t meant to equate despicable blight on television with any specific individual’s real life terminal disease.)
What would feel good would be to type: Sean Hannity’s show has been canceled…along with all of Fox News.
dance around in your bones
@Steeplejack (tablet): Agreed.
An obviously provocative comment. Sheesh.
piratedan
second the votes on Broadchurch…. have to say the acting, writing appear to be quite realistic and whoever scored that show needs to be recognized for setting mood without telegraphing the required emotional response.
also Fail Safe, quite possibly Fonda’s best work outside of 12 Angry Men imho, but naturally ymmv, because he was quite good in a variety of roles….
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
@dance around in your bones: “An obviously provocative comment. Sheesh.”
Noted, especially considering how many of us here are still wearing black arm bands (at least on the inside) in memory of Tunch.
This “Michelle” thing deserves all the ignoring we can possibly (not) throw its way.
dance around in your bones
@Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn:
You know what’s funny/weird? I’m watching National Lampoon’s Vacation and am just at the scene where the cop pulls over Chevy Chase/Clark Griswold for forgetting to untie the family dog from the bumper of the car. Synchronicity!
I am studiously ignoring the michelle persona.
NotMax
Sort of tying the whole shebang together, FOX did announce plans for an American version of Broadchurch for the 2014-15 season.
wasabi gasp
Megyn Kelly is so mean…
How mean is she, Gene?
Megyn Kelly is so mean that slapping blank is her favorite game.
Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn
@dance around in your bones: It is our duty, as a community, to ignore as hard as possible!
kdaug
Thanks, SG. That was very good – added to my watch list.
BBC America’s hit or miss. For every Dr. Who/Orphan Black you get 10 hours of “old guys in cars”, but you know what they do right? They put full fucking episodes commercial-free online.
Smart thinking.
dance around in your bones
@Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn: Studiously ignoring briefly proceeds the pie filter. It all depends on my lack of self-control and endurance.
I swear, at least 10 nyms in my pie filter are all the same person.
NotMax
@dance around in your bones
Although nearly always ignore and scroll on by obvious trolls, if it was trolling, guess a proper response would be something like this:
Yes, leave the reeking thing outside, with a can opener and a map to Wal-Mart.
(And that fills my quota of harshness for the week.)
J R in WV
An accident, yup! I don’t know how many three day accidents I’ve had… I’m sure there were a few back there in the life. Surely I never intended to be in the military for years, right in the middle of my youthful generation’s stupid foreign adventure in SE Asia. That was a Loooong accident!
Then there was the welding class I took in the mid-seventies, just when the mining industry first had a huge strike, and then an industrial slow-down. No welding jobs at the end of the class. That was a 9 month accident, right?
A three-day accident where I slander a young student’s morality and intelligence? Right. An accidental 9 hours over three days of slut whore; slut whore. Stupid slut whore. Liberal feminazi slut whore socialist.
Oh, wait. Limbaugh did all that by accident! ??? WTF Dude?!?
An accident? yeh, that’s it, I made a mistake when I called all his advertisers and told them I was planning on NEVER EVER buying anything from them ever, as long as Rush was bloviating about people being sluts and whores for wanting health insurance to cover things like, I dunno, their health.
Millions of real Americans were tired of this Rush ass flinging poo around in a studio, talking about real Americans as though they were low-life sneak thieves, instead of educated, hard working people that have a political difference with Rush Limbaugh.
So millions of people made it clear that Limbaugh’s speech, while free, will have consequences – people won’t do business with people who act in ways that are totally unacceptable in social intercourse. And they will make it clear that their disapproval of Limbaugh’s unacceptable speech will result in their free choices of whom to do business with – businesses that don’t support slanderous falsehoods about hard working and patriotic Americans!
Rush, I’m so sorry to hear about your accident last year! That must be so scary, hearing words coming out of your own mouth, that you didn’t mean to say!!! And the words were so scary! SLUT! Whore! Freeloader!
Sluts Stealing from Hard-working Republicans! Oops, how did that come out of my mouth???
What a twisted bastard! I’m so glad all those letters and calls that I helped to pile up is making Rush think of what he’s saying in a little different way. An Accidental way. What an ass. So stupid to think he can call a consistent set of twisted slanderous false accusations for years an accident when he finally begins to suffer a financial impact.
Of course, the Ditto-heads he’s been preaching to all these years, what will they think when they hear that all that blather was an accident? Oh yeah, Rush, I’ve accidently voted for people who want to rape women with medical insgtruments! For years! It’s so sad the accidents I’ve had in the voting booth, doing what YOU TOLD ME TO DO by ACCIDENT!!!
Right! A whole accidental career! That’s the answer – that will keep those feminazis from calling the advertisers, and persuading those advertisers from cancelling their contracts for ad buys on my show!!!
My. Ass.
J R in WV
I wish I culd spel insgtruments corectly, to, als0.
Comrade Scrutinizer
@ruemara: Sorry to hear that. Same thing happened to me last week.
debbie
An accident? Did he forget to keep his mouth shut?
IowaOldLady
@ruemara: Two interviews, a long wait, and they say no? That one stings. So sorry.
hartly
Oh Christ, so Tennant’s got a new show, has he? Did he manage to say any lines normally, you know, like people in real life say them? Or did he just make goofy faces and cry, as usual?
rikyrah
you were cracking me up this entire post
and thanks for the link to Broadchurch
feebog
Since I have never watched Sean Hannity on Faux Noose, this really makes no difference to me personally. However, if his show has truly been cancelled, and not just moved to another time slot, then I guess the world has been made a better place.
The Moar You Know
Sean Hannity’s show on False News has been canceled.
He’s being replaced with Megyn Kelly.
Fuck yeah.
StringOnAStick
@J R in WV: Even funnier to me about Rush’s “accident” excuse is what it shows about him. Seriously, the guy has made a frickin’ fortune and is as rich as anyone could ever need to be – he could retire right now and have plenty of money for the rest of his days, but no, he can’t do that. it isn’t the money he wants or needs at this point, it’s the slavering attention/approval of his dittoheads; how completely pathetic.
Ripley
Broadchurch starts out pretty well but devolves into a by-now trite slowburn ‘hurt the girl and/or kid’ miserabilism that seems to be part of the zeitgeist. Worse, it turns into a false suspect-of-the-week by episode three, and Tennant’s reedy One True Scotsman voice grates. Really, Top Of The Lake deals with somewhat similar topics in a much better way, as agitprop backed by genuine complexity.
But hey, at least it’s not season one of the U.S. The Killing.
The Moar You Know
@Miz Conception: I would probably unable to restrain myself from beating the shit out of anyone who in any way proposed this, even indirectly, as an acceptable method of dealing with an old animal.
My first rescue was my parent’s 13 year old cat. They wanted to travel more, and so the cat had to go. They were going to drop her, a cat who had lived with them her entire life, at a kill shelter and let whatever happened happen. I just went over to their house, told them they’d just surrendered their rights to their cat, and walked out with her. Two more good years and she got to die peacefully, not in pain, in the arms of someone she knew loved her. My parents at least had the good grace to be somewhat embarrassed. For me, I lost a great deal of respect for them both that day, and that respect isn’t coming back.
I’m on my third elderly animal rescue. They work their whole lives for us, give us devotion, makes us their gods. That counts for something. It should count for a lot.
Medicine Man
I feel for Rush.
I hate it when I trip and accidentally go on an offensive three day tirade.
Medicine Man
HA!
Accident, he says; I think the word he is looking for is “Mistake”.