Older man has an axe to grind with everyone but I find him entertaining. Some of his stories are entertaining but I find that he has too many “convenient” brushes with greatness. He became a dog advocate so he can’t be all bad :)
He’s mad at Colbert because Colbert’s people changed a joke about him after a pre-taped segment? Seems to be a bit of an overreaction. In the past he has also claimed that Colbert “isn’t as liberal as he claims to be”. He also has an issue with Maher over an argument that they had over a Robert Klein interview when they were both attending Cornell. And he claims that Rachel Maddow nixed an opportunity for him to return to MSNBC within the last few years. Anyway, he has an interesting point of view. Unfortunately, no one with any juice is listening to him right now. -Stan On Monday, July 21, 2025 at 11:46:13 AM UTC-4 Tom Wolper wrote: > I think of Olbermann like I think of Jon Stewart and Bill Maher: an astute > commentator 20 years ago but still around after his expiration date. > > It’s laughable that CBS thought they would get out of the situation > untarnished. In a fascist regime big businesses have a whole lot to gain by > being on the regime’s good side and a whole lot to lose by going against > it. So if a big corporation sides with the people it’s welcome but not > expected. CBS will never admit to ending the Late Show as an act of > appeasement and considering that they’re keeping the show going another 10 > months means it’s not the deciding factor. > > What happened and the way it happened is a PR nightmare for CBS. I assume > what happened is that Colbert is a year away from the end of his contract > and his people went to CBS to start negotiating an extension. That’s when > he was told the show would be ending. Then Colbert decided to broadcast it > and now there’s nothing CBS can do to avoid looking awful. > > It’s a shame about the theater. I did a backstage tour in the Letterman > days and the control room was very impressive. They invested a lot into > bringing it up to HDTV standard. > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Olbermann is more two-faced than the late Larry King, which is saying >> something. He also has no personal knowledge to make any claims; his >> speculation is (as it has always been) personally motivated and >> self-serving. I discount him, as I would discount a pair of ill-fitting >> skinny jeans. >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I listen to Keith Olbermann so you don't have to >>> >>> condensed greatly: >>> >>> IQ47 had nothing to do with the cancellation >>> CBS has been wanting to get out of late-night for a long time (and has >>> been trying to sell the Ed besides) >>> they saw a way to kiss DC ass and solve their problem, leaving >>> themselves mostly untarnished >>> >>> also, KO has a very low opinion of Colbert, but that's besides the point >>> >>> if you feel the need, >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdj9TyZoxBc&list=WL&index=13&t=2355s >>> (1.25x or 1.5x recommended) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4c5155%2B%3D8TOCUQ2jbXOhsKOUHS3YbcLU2DT7NGRzoFn7Q%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4c5155%2B%3D8TOCUQ2jbXOhsKOUHS3YbcLU2DT7NGRzoFn7Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4ALvqvhV7bJpwUPoGCJhH9Thb7B2DBVHt0XrZ2wekrQAA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4ALvqvhV7bJpwUPoGCJhH9Thb7B2DBVHt0XrZ2wekrQAA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d1b06987-ccaa-4a2b-836a-86f465ba7a29n%40googlegroups.com.
