Why in the world would anyone broadcast Obama’s 80 millionth jobs speech?
Campaign idea for Obama: Develop “Job-burglar” character. Have Obama thwart him in ads. “Bring back those jobs!”
President Obama is kind of a small, petty man.
George Lucas hates Star Wars fans and happens to find himself in the best position to hurt them.
I think the reason Lucas tried to hide the Star Wars Christmas Special is that revealed too much about the future direction of the franchise.
I love how Lucas keeps changing them piece by piece over time. It’s like slowly cutting off someone’s ears and digits.
You may have thought Alec Guinness hated Star Wars fans, but the worst he ever did was pee on the head of a child dressed as Yoda.
We’ve already waited more than two and a half years for Obama to do something about the economy; what’s one more day?
Was kind of “eh” on Sports Night until the 2nd season. Now I’m really enjoying it.
I bought the Star Wars series on DVD after the prequels had come out. So I get to the very end of Return of the Jedi where they show Yoda, Obi-wan, and Anikan together. When Anikan appears, the shot is no longer the original Anikan but instead has been replaced by Hayden Christiansen. It was like 2+ hours of awesomeness followed by a gigantic smack across the face. There should be warning labels about such things!
I’m okay with broadcasting Obama’s job speech as long as people start heckling him. Maybe Joe Wilson can start chanting, “BaraaaaaaaaAAAAAaack! BaraaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAack! BaraaaaaaAAAck…. YOU SUCK!”
Obama’s term in office started off with him giving frequent speeches in front of joint sessions of Congress during prime time but saying nothing worthwhile. 3 years later, Obama is giving speeches in front of joint sessions of Congress during prime time but saying nothing worthwhile. Apparently, this is also the fault of George Bush and Middle East turmoil, and the Japan tsunami, and Irene….
Look for Obama’s jobs speech to highlight how the demise of many “green companies” he had us “invest” in will create jobs in the demolition and bankruptcy accountancy fields.
At the end of his presidency, the twist is revealed (and surprises no one)! Obama was the “Job- Burglar” all along.
Alas poor Barak, I knew him Horatio. He (Obamalamadingdong) has about as the same brain power as the skull Hamlet holds in that act, but physically he’s pretty similar.
Star Wars. I’ve only seen the first prequel and about 4 minutes of the second. Anikan is a whiner, his girlfriend is something like 9 years older than he is (that’s disturbing) and while Obi-Wan is lovely to look at and listen to, he’s not in enough scenes in the second one to off-set the irritating Anikan. I loved 4, 5, and 6 though.
There is a real history of TV shows not catching on right away. Star Trek, Friends, Seinfeld, and others were not hits at first. It usually takes a couple of seasons for something to catch on. Of course if it’s a hit right away they we have to endure shows like CSI and it’s clones ad naseum. CSI New York, Miama, LA, …………………..Narnia, Oz, Black Hole of Calcutta, Alpha Centari…………..
Still no matter how long reality shows are on I still won’t watch them. I don’t want to know the personal details of other peoples lives. I don’t care. Please go away, far, far, far away and never come back.
Guinness, though slightly arrogant, was right. Where is the attraction in Star Wars? Even the original movies are utterly laughable when compared to truly classic films.
Oh, darn, I know the attraction: good acting. Harrison Ford makes up for a lot of Lucas’s BS.
This is the biggest mystery of all. Are the networks so desperate for content that they’re going to essentially show Obama reruns? I thought all the networks had a vast vault of “rain delay filler” tapes, things like “Best of Rich Little” or “I Love Lucy and Bob Hope talk about Poultry” or “A Very Merry Love Boat.” Has it come to this: showing Obama reruns is better than anything the major networks have in primetime? (and hey, isn’t it season premier time? whatevs)
Of course, that’s taking the networks’ acquiescence at face value: strictly business. It couldn’t be that they’re beholden to or more likely, actually
cheeringsupporting the president. Because that would be against American values and something that happens in Bananarepublicistan.In fact, if it was out of a sheer sense of patriotism (the liberals who run television are known to love country), they could show all those unseen Bush addresses in his past 2 yrs that never got broadcast. Or at least save ’em for a rain delay.
George Lucas keeps changing the movies and his story about how it came about since the beginning. Look up “Splinter in the Mind’s Eye”, the book that was the original sequel to the first movie. Then Lucas discovered the Force was a big hit and re-wrote the entire thing. Star Wars was first advertised as the beginning of the 12 Adventures of Luke Skywalker. Yes, I’m getting old.
Obama blinked. Again. Another embaressment for another boring useless speech. If the economy was a big deal to Teh One it would have been dealt with in 2009, not the idiot Obamacare fiasco.
If Obama is the jobs burgler then Biden is the clown mascot.
Three things the republicans should do during the speech:
1. Text the entire time (no Tweeting…to ghey)
2. Watch the NFL season opener on their smart phones with headsets.
3. Take a page from “Animal House” during the speech. As Barry is rambling on they hold their fists to their mouths … *cough*low job, *cough*low job. Then Cantor can stand up and give a hearfelt rant while the rest hum the Battle Hymn of the Republic finishing off with a loud “Well, I don’t have to take this!” and walk out en masse.
“I never should have given up animation rights for the Job-grabber.”
And I find it extremely hilarious that Obama’s speech is going to be on the same night as the NFL kickoff game. Even if it’s not on at the same time, I garauntee more people watch the pregame show than watch Obama’s speech. And if it is scheduled for the same time it’ll probably be an order of magnitude difference between people watching the Saints/Packers game vs Obumbles.
Ten bucks says that the big jobs speech has a lower rating than whatever Alien/Nazi/pawn shop program that the History Channel runs against it.
So TheWon is giving another speech. I’m sure I can find something to do that’s more fun, like getting that root canal done or dropping a brick on my toe or something….
@Brian The Adequate: I’ll see your $10 and raise you $10 that the Modern Marvels/Other History Retread running on History International also beats Obama. It’ll be retread v. retread. Who will win?
I like the Animal House Theme! They could also fake Phelacio (you know the tongue in cheek) and fake up and down motion with the hand. That would be sweet for the cameras to catch!!! Plus a horse tits up behind the Speakers Chair would be awesome!!! If they would like, I will come in and “romance” any of the good looking women present… You know, Michelle Bachmann etc.
@Ernie: you are my new hero for working in the Arrested Development reference.
“President Obama is kind of a small, petty man.”
Sorry, I was going to comment on Frank’s statement. But, I really don’t know what more needs to be added to that.