Wouldn't you just love to pull the plug on the TV/teleprompter mid speech just to see what he would do? What do you think the press would have done to George Bush if he were wedded to either device?
I remember once when I was a TV news anchor the TelePrompTer started going batshit during a bunch of crime readers.
The pages were flying through the machine and on to the floor. My floor manager and the crew were laughing their asses off. I had to go to my script and tough it out with a straight face until I got to a a script with an intro to a reporter. You gotta be able to get back to your script.
My secret (I still did it when I was doing radio news): Mark the beginning of each sentence with a red Sharpie. I always made a half square shaped like an L.
Wouldn't it be great to see Obama fuck up on the TelePrompTer? He did by thanking himself during the Irish PM's visit. The Irish PM started reading Obama's speech on the 'prompter. It was hilarious! Media didn't make that big of a deal out of it but if he screws up anymore, we'll see.
Media didn't make a real big deal out of Obama M.I.A. at last Saturday's Gridiron dinner in DC. Only the second prez in his first term to miss the media and political extravaganza. The other prez: Grover Cleveland.
Obama's got other fish to fry: like nationalizing America.
Back in the pre-prompter days, New Mexico Senator Joe Montoya, one of the most corrupt and stupid people ever to walk those halls, was to give a speech somewhere and an aide slipped him, not the speech, but the news release. Without batting an eye, Montoya launched into something like this: "Senator Joseph R. Montoya, Democrat, New Mexico, today came out for the XYZ bill. To thunderous applause, Senator Montoya..." etc. etc. Of course, by that time, the audience was indeed thunderous. But with laughter, not applause. Still, vacuum-head Joe went all the way through the news release, 3rd person references and all, and left without so much as a raised eyebrow of irony.
All this reminds me of the old comedy farce "The Anchorman" where the teleprompter gets "altered" and the anchor goes into a vulgar rant. Who remembers the actor?
What is it you folks have against an intelligent and thoughtful speaker? Is it just jealousy or do you truly miss the boob who occupied the office previously.
Speakers we don't mind. At least we know it is their own thoughts being expressed. Who the Hell is writing the stuff the the Obama puppet reads? I mean really an teleprompter at a press conference? It's not like it is the State of the Union.
1. I think you are talking about the movie "Bruce Almighty". Jim Carrey changes the teleprompter that Steve Carrell was reading from. It was also parodied in Scary Movie 4 with Jeremy Piven.
2. "Who the Hell is writing the stuff the the Obama puppet reads?" The guy's name is Jon Favreau. (Not the actor/director.) The kid is 27 years old. Everything that the POTUS is saying is coming from the mind of a 27 year old guy. What does that tell you?!? I mean, good for the kid that he's made it so high so quickly in life, but I would think that as POTUS I would want someone with a little more life experience who could speak to not just the younger voters, but to voters of every age.
Richard, if he were only a thoughtful intelligent speaker. RICHRD! the dude has almost no ability to verbalize an original thought!..... uhhhhh, ummmm uhhhhh, errrrrrrr,....politics aside,, he's fucking dullard.
There is a new Playschool product on the way to help children sleep. Instead of a soft sound of a beating heart it will feature selected cuts from Obama's speeches.
Forty million suckers watched Obama navigate his giant TV screen TelePrompTer.
Wouldn't you just love to pull the plug on the TV/teleprompter mid speech just to see what he would do? What do you think the press would have done to George Bush if he were wedded to either device?
ReplyDeletebetter yet just make some little edits.
ReplyDeleteIf there were edits, he could just claim like Flip Wilson use to: "The Telepromter made me do it"!
ReplyDeleteyea but flip was funny. this guy is just scarry
ReplyDeleteI remember once when I was a TV news anchor the TelePrompTer started going batshit during a bunch of crime readers.
ReplyDeleteThe pages were flying through the machine and on to the floor. My floor manager and the crew were laughing their asses off. I had to go to my script and tough it out with a straight face until I got to a a script with an intro to a reporter. You gotta be able to get back to your script.
My secret (I still did it when I was doing radio news): Mark the beginning of each sentence with a red Sharpie. I always made a half square shaped like an L.
Wouldn't it be great to see Obama fuck up on the TelePrompTer? He did by thanking himself during the Irish PM's visit. The Irish PM started reading Obama's speech on the 'prompter. It was hilarious! Media didn't make that big of a deal out of it but if he screws up anymore, we'll see.
Media didn't make a real big deal out of Obama M.I.A. at last Saturday's Gridiron dinner in DC. Only the second prez in his first term to miss the media and political extravaganza. The other prez: Grover Cleveland.
Obama's got other fish to fry: like nationalizing America.
Back in the pre-prompter days, New Mexico Senator Joe Montoya, one of the most corrupt and stupid people ever to walk those halls, was to give a speech somewhere and an aide slipped him, not the speech, but the news release. Without batting an eye, Montoya launched into something like this: "Senator Joseph R. Montoya, Democrat, New Mexico, today came out for the XYZ bill. To thunderous applause, Senator Montoya..." etc. etc. Of course, by that time, the audience was indeed thunderous. But with laughter, not applause. Still, vacuum-head Joe went all the way through the news release, 3rd person references and all, and left without so much as a raised eyebrow of irony.
ReplyDeleteAll this reminds me of the old comedy farce "The Anchorman" where the teleprompter gets "altered" and the anchor goes into a vulgar rant. Who remembers the actor?
ReplyDeletedont you know that if the teleprompter broke that he would do something hopey and changey and we would all know real salvation?
ReplyDeletehey,, take that second "that" out of my above wisecrack please.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it you folks have against an intelligent and thoughtful speaker? Is it just jealousy or do you truly miss the boob who occupied the office previously.
ReplyDeleteGet a life.
Speakers we don't mind. At least we know it is their own thoughts being expressed. Who the Hell is writing the stuff the the Obama puppet reads?
ReplyDeleteI mean really an teleprompter at a press conference? It's not like it is the State of the Union.
@Bobcat
ReplyDeleteTwo things:
1. I think you are talking about the movie "Bruce Almighty". Jim Carrey changes the teleprompter that Steve Carrell was reading from. It was also parodied in Scary Movie 4 with Jeremy Piven.
2. "Who the Hell is writing the stuff the the Obama puppet reads?" The guy's name is Jon Favreau. (Not the actor/director.) The kid is 27 years old. Everything that the POTUS is saying is coming from the mind of a 27 year old guy. What does that tell you?!? I mean, good for the kid that he's made it so high so quickly in life, but I would think that as POTUS I would want someone with a little more life experience who could speak to not just the younger voters, but to voters of every age.
Richard, if he were only a thoughtful intelligent speaker. RICHRD! the dude has almost no ability to verbalize an original thought!..... uhhhhh, ummmm uhhhhh, errrrrrrr,....politics aside,, he's fucking dullard.
ReplyDeleteThere is a new Playschool product on the way to help children sleep. Instead of a soft sound of a beating heart it will feature selected cuts from Obama's speeches.
ReplyDeleteHey it would work for adults too.