Wow!!! Keith's replacement is pretty good

[CatWoman]

coming out firing cannons against Chimpy and Scotty.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

1. very well done!

I like this guy.

[LSparkle]

2. And good wry delivery to boot

Who is this guy?

[FormerDittoHead]

13. He a commentator of "Bushisms" with Al Franken...

http://www.bushism.net/

[Syrinx]

3. Brian Unger

Didn't he use to be on The Daily Show?

[Gabi Hayes]

7. no WAY! really?

he was pretty funny

better than the replacements they have for Colbert/R. Corrdry

it IS Unger

[Fenris]

9. Yes, he was!

This is great.

[CatWoman]

27. where's my Liddy pic ?

:hi:

[Fenris]

32. I provide the Colmes, remember?

:D:hi:

[LSparkle]

11. Wow -- now THAT's a first ...

from "fake" news to real. Actually, TDS is more real than half the garbage out there these days, so you can say he has "transferable skills".

[WiseButAngrySara]

37. How hysterically and sadly true! ....n/t

[Pirate Smile]

21. I googled the name - it's him. Interesting.

From NPR:

The Unger Report Archives

Slightly confused but well-meaning Day to Day humorist Brian Unger takes on the pressing issues of the moment. OK, maybe not that pressing -- but certainly funny. He explores spray-tanning, busted New Year's resolutions and reality television with equal aplomb.

[Pirate Smile]

28. Yep - here is a bio and it includes the Daily Show - give this guy

Tucker's spot.

Brian Unger grew up in a small Ohio town called Granville. It's a conservative town. The kind of town where George W. Bush would feel right at home. That's why he left. As a child, Brian recognized signs of intelligent life beyond Ohio. Each night, after spitting the chewed remains of his mother's hamloaf into a napkin, he would race from the dinner table to watch Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News.

Eventually, images of the omniscient, trustworthy Cronkite beckoned Brian to a strange, faraway land called New York City.

So Unger got himself some shoes and began interning at Late Night with David Letterman while studying journalism at Ohio University. Late Night taught him valuable lessons about the rigors of television production: how to retrieve lunch for David Letterman, how to Christmas shop for David Letterman, how to assemble a bed for David Letterman, and, finally, how to sit for weeks in a cold, empty loft waiting for David Letterman's cable guy to show up.

After receiving his degree, opportunity finally came knocking - he was offered a position as an associate producer on a parenting series at Lifetime Television, The Women's Network. As a bachelor in his 20s, Unger was almost overqualified. This naturally led to a full-time gig as producer of Lifetime's Obstetrics & Gynecology Update. His 26 episodes on matters ranging from myomas and premature labor to vaginal inflation during hysteroscopy remain some of the most groundbreaking in the network's history.

Unger eventually decided to lease his soul to the Maury Povich show, where he met the host's wife, news anchor Connie Chung. Without sacrificing his dignity, Unger groveled, whined and pleaded for a shot at his boyhood dream: CBS News. And Murrow wept.

Unger started at Chung's news magazine, Eye to Eye, where he produced and wrote stories for Chung, Charles Kuralt, Bill Geist and other correspondents, and contributed to special events coverage like elections and the O.J. Simpson trial.

After months of sifting through Kato Kaelin's garbage and stalking excused Simpson jurors in South Central L.A., Unger convinced his misguided bosses to let him step in front of the camera. He worked at the CBS syndicated news program Day & Date as an on-air correspondent and producer for nearly a year before abandoning his future and medical benefits to join Comedy Central's The Daily Show as a producer and correspondent in 1996.

Unger pioneered the show's satirical news reports of confused people and confusing events from around the country.

After three years at The Daily Show, Unger departed for E!'s Talk Soup, NBC's Later, VH-1, CNN, the Food Network, Comedy Central's The Man Show, and anyone else who would pay him. He also wrote humor pieces for the New York Times, the Washington Post and, naturally, Jane magazine.

Despite earning a basic-cable salary, Unger was listed as one of the 100 Most Creative People In Entertainment in 1998 by Entertainment Weekly magazine. All this helped Unger land coveted jobs as the national spokesman for Yoo-hoo chocolate drink and Eggo Waffles, and the unforgettable role of "Panda Claus" for Sprint long distance.

But Unger hasn't rested on his promotional laurels. In 2000, he produced and starred in a comedy pilot for Fox Television called This Week Has 7 Days, acted in another Fox comedy pilot, #1 Show in America, and hosted a fictional series for E!, Hollywood Offramp.

Since developing projects with his business partner, Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead, under their Payload Industries shingle, Unger has appeared in Three Sisters and Just Shoot Me for NBC.

http://www.tv.com/brian-unger/person/16338/biography.html

[Mabus]

84. Unger instead of the Bowtie Bastard - I'll take it

Unger was a good replacement but I still love KO. Unger would definitely boost the ratings in Tucker's time slot if for no other reason Brian is quick, smart and knowledgeable.

[Pirate Smile]

86. Actually Tucker is on at the same time as the Daily Show and Colbert

so we need it to be Scarborough or Rita or even Dan Abram's time slot.

[Mabus]

97. As a replacement for Joe or Reeter - fine by me

Both are as worthless as Tucker. I don't watch Tucker's show so I didn't know when it was on anyway (I think this is a good thing). As soon as KO is over I flip the channel or do something else. I can't stomach the rest of the MSNBC's line-up.

If they did replace Joe or Reeter with Brian my dogs would be upset. Right now they either get walked between KO's first show and TDS/Colbert or they have to wait until after the KO rerun. They prefer the two-hour window because it means they have a chance for me to take them to the dog park. If their walk-time gets cut anymore I may have mutiny on my hands.

[wizdum]

88. What happened to KO? Did he quit his show? Details please...

[gkhouston]

89. nah, he just took a night off. Will be back on Monday. n/t

[SoCalDem]

93. Baseball season...

I'm afraid that we will see less of Keith.. sports is his first love :puke:..

WE need Keith more..:(

[Mabus]

98. and give up being a burr in O'Reilly's saddle

no way KO is going to stop now. He just took the night off.

[Nimrod2005]

60. Oh my God, that's him? he is way good contributing to Al's show

on AAR --- I am glad I met him. He has a TV face.

[meti57b]

4. Where is KO?

[CatWoman]

6. Keith is off tonite

:D

[meti57b]

26. Thank you

I had a moment of concern there.

[Radio_Lady]

82. Naw. Keith deserves his long weekends. Variety shows and other

talk shows take Friday off, too. Check out the frequent repeats or previously recorded shows of Larry King, David Letterman, Jay Leno, etc.

[leftchick]

5. and he is cute too!

;)

[CatWoman]

10. yowza

:D

"that's his story folks, and he's sticking to it" :rofl:

[PCIntern]

12. Funny delivery...

reminds me of That Was The Week That Was...ahhh the good old days!

[MarianJack]

55. OH, MY STARS AND GARTERS!

When I was 8 & 9 I used to watch that every other Friday with my father and step-mother (They had me every other weekend).

We'd laugh our buns off. Except for the show that they did after President Kennedy's assination. If I remember correctly, it was an hour special and we cried the entire time. My most vivid memory of that night was an older woman doing a poem called "My Johnny". My father and step-mother got an album that they released of that episode and I don't think it, or any other episode has ever been rerun. TW3 didn't last for too long. As always, especially in the 60's, quality TV bites the dst FAST!

Thanks for the nice memory, PCIntern! :headbang:

[pacalo]

73. I remember that show! I loved it.

[Gabi Hayes]

14. ? cute? kindof a horseyface

you should se ME!

[Nimrod2005]

62. I was just gonna say that...

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

8. Covering Snottys Crass Crass Crass Politics... nt

[CatWoman]

18. John Harwood is such a prick

:eyes:

[johnfunk]

90. Harwood. Eggh. The guy should be the poster child for birth control...

Don't let this

happen in your family.

A public service message from Ortho Pharmaceuticals.

[me b zola]

15. Just tuned in, thanks

I bet their are tons of REAL journalists with integrity waiting in the wings who would give their right foot for the opportunity to do their job.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

16. kick it nt

[capi888]

17. Yep he is good.

Like his delivery and humor. Kinda like KO!! I wish we had more like KO and Brian...Think his popularity will soar.

[PCIntern]

19. Harwood the Moran

Lots of Americans thought there were WMD's... YEAH YOU ASSHOLE - BECAUSE THE WH SAID THAT THERE WERE.

Paradoxical...why doesn't someone say that...

[Gold Metal Flake]

23. He always looks baked.

:shrug:

[CatWoman]

20. LAWRENCE O'DONNELL TO THE RESCUE!!!

:D

[Gabi Hayes]

24. hey! quit following me around!

[CatWoman]

29. !

:rofl:

[Gabi Hayes]

33. how to save picture...last post so far

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x876021#876722

[CatWoman]

35. thanks, Gabi!!

:hi:

[Gabi Hayes]

43. anytime...I have so many pix of that buffoon that it's starting to make

my HD smell like his own ASS!

[LSparkle]

25. This will be good

O'Donnell has been deep into this case all along (I think he was the first one to officially finger Roverat).

[Eric J in MN]

54. I didn't like it when O'Donnel said the presidente can instantly

declassify anything.

From Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200604070012


Andrew P. Napolitano (of Fox News), a former New Jersey state judge -- has argued that Bush "would be violating his own order" if he declassified parts of the NIE without following certain procedures.

From the April 6 edition of Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson:

GIBSON (host): All right. So, then, what does this story mean, that President Bush revealed classified information? He is the president. Can he unilaterally declassify something and release it?

NAPOLITANO: Yes. He can unilaterally declassify what he has ordered to be classified. He has to go through certain steps in order to do that. He can't say, "Hey, Dick, tell Lew he can tell this to Judy." He has got to sign certain documents. It's got to go through a procedure, a procedure set up by President Clinton and reinforced by President Bush. The president does not commit a crime if he says, "Hey, Dick, tell Lew he can talk to Judy." He would be violating his own order.

[Gabi Hayes]

22. Larry ODonnell on "crass politics"

should be good

better be

how can I listen to AAR and this at same time?

I know both are repeated, but.....

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

30. Crass Politic Kick nt

[SeattleGirl]

31. Nice substitute job!

He is good, for sure.

[CatWoman]

34. Harry Taylor is coming up!!!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

38. Commercials, crap.

KOs slot has WAY too many commercials.

[AlamoDemoc]

36. The guy is doing a good job as replacement , but am more concerned

Keith taking too much time off from the anchor's desk....you don't continue with good ratings by missing too many days from the anchor's desk.

[VolcanoJen]

39. This guy is snarkier than Keith!

He just made did a promo for the upcoming segment on Taylor criticizing Bush, saying it's all the rage on the "internets."

I think I love this guy. :loveya:

[PCIntern]

40. This might be the biggest sub job success

since Leonard Bernstein stepped up to the podium for an ailing Koussevitsky ( NY Philharmonic)- the rest was history.

[Pirate Smile]

41. We need to flood MSNBC with positive feedback on this guy - not for

Keith's spot, of course, but for something there - they need to balance out Tucker and Scarborough.

[Beaverhausen]

42. oh crap! I forgot to record it

I hope they replay it tonight...some fridays they don't.

[Pirate Smile]

53. The guide on my TV says it should be replayed at midnight EST.

[Beaverhausen]

69. excellent- that is 9 my time (I have Dish Network!)

thanks! :hi:

[leftchick]

44. Brian Unger Bio...

I am loving this guy... :loveya:

NPR People
Brian Unger, NPR Biography
Commentator, Day to Day
Brian Unger’s satirical reports on culture and politics can currently be heard each week on NPR’s Day to Day.

Unger began his career in broadcasting at WOUB in Athens, Ohio. He then turned his back on Ohio and public radio to fetch David Letterman’s lunch. That’s what interns considered dignified work at NBC.

It was all downhill from there: Unger was tapped to produce the series Obstetrics & Gynecology Update for Lifetime Medical Television. After 26 episodes, Unger left the show and struck out on his own to produce documentary profiles on U.S. war veterans dating back to World War I.

Freelance life, a departure from c-sections and pre-term births, was gratifying but impoverished. Looking for a new challenge, and to keep the heat on in his New York City apartment, Unger accepted a field producer job from TV pioneer Maury Povich. After two years, Unger begged Povich for an introduction to his wife Connie Chung who bought Unger a decent pair of shoes, and hired him as an associate producer on her CBS News magazine show Eye to Eye.

more....http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4472991

[CatWoman]

96. check out this pic

:loveya:

[leftchick]

100. yum!

:loveya:

[Gabi Hayes]

45. didn't anybody remark on the VERY MAIN point ODonnell made?

if the obloquy of these crooks had been revealed in realtime, the election would probably gone VERY differently

this was a scandal WORSE than Watergate, to use the title of John Dean's book

[CatWoman]

46. Harry has a website!!

thankyouharrytaylor.org!!!

[SeattleGirl]

47. I saw that! That's so cool!

Going to have to get on there and say thanks to Harry!

[CatWoman]

49. It's ALREADY overloaded!!!

I just went there.

[karlrschneider]

48. I just tried it and it says "we've been slashdotted" WTF is that?

???

[CatWoman]

50. look at the rest of the text:

This site went up this morning. After only 8 hours, we had received thousands of thank yous. Due to this amazing response, we've had to upgrade our software to handle the load. Please bear with us.

[karlrschneider]

78. Thanks, CW. I grasped the consequence but wasn't familiar with

the 'slashdot' reference. Kinda tough for an old phart to keep up these days. :D

[treading_water]

72. Slashdotted

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdotted

[karlrschneider]

77. Thank you! I too often forget to check Wiki.

:D

[Gabi Hayes]

51. maybe somebody should start a thread on that.....

[Neil Lisst]

52. yeah, he's a Daily Show alum, and a good one

That show is joining Second City and SNL as a producer of top comedic talent.

[realFedUp]

66. I like this guy and his material. Give him Matthew's show.

I even like the one-eyed cat.

Actually we like the material more than him...have him write for Olbermann
if he doesn't already.

[SeattleGirl]

56. "I wish I knew how to quit you, Senator"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[VolcanoJen]

57. "I wish I could quit you, Senator"

Just brought up Frist's "Cowboy" fundraiser invitation!



Frist's Southern Hospitality

[Nimrod2005]

58. He is fuckin' brutal ---- He doesn't care, he knows we are watching

he doesn't get too many opportunites, the words were awesome!

What's his name anyway, I want to e-mail his boss!

[CatWoman]

63. Scroll up

someone posted it :D

[Diane R]

59. I wish he had pointed out that bush said, "her".

Yep, Brian Unger did a good job. But, it's too bad that he said the 'president' (gag reflex) said 'Let him speak'.

He didn't. The nasty jerk said, "No. Let her speak. Let her talk.". A juvenile little game that most people outgrow by 6th grade.

[burythehatchet]

61. I thought I was hearing things

If he really did say that, he is absolutely the most pathetic life form on this planet

[Nimrod2005]

67. W said let HER talk? I did not hear that?

I heard him say let him talk?

[Idioteque]

64. BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!! BILL BILL BILL!! n/t

[etherealtruth]

68. I'm a little freaked that "people" booed or heckled ...

Bill Nye the Science guy ... I still miss the guy's tv show.

[Beelzebud]

65. He's an old-school Daily Show corespondant.

[The2ndWheel]

71. Before it was cool, nt

[Beelzebud]

75. I've always liked the Daily Show. Even in the Killborne days.

[The2ndWheel]

85. Same here

I remember watching the first show with Bill Murray.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

70. kick

[Nimrod2005]

74. Please post this very cool guy's e-mail at MSNBC - I need to let his

boss know he is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

I have to think KO picked him...

[CatWoman]

80. to email the show

[e-mail] <[e-mail]>

[Gold Metal Flake]

76. Bill Nye, coolest man on the planet.

He's so good, he can even watch the clock during televised interviews.

A quick check shows he had donated to Cantwell:

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=SEATTLE&st=WA&last=nye&first=william

Dig the Nye.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

79. kick

[VolcanoJen]

81. LOL... in talking about Paula Abdul's "injury"...

... sustained at a "floating after-hours party" he just said, "I grew up in Ohio... explain what a 'floating after-hours party' is to me."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

VolcanoJen <--- grew up in Ohio :-)

[SayitAintSo]

83. Agree ! Agree!

I saw him start up tonight and thoughtwho is this guy ? I like him - hope the bring him back!

[C_U_L8R]

87. Brian can have Weezy Foghorn's 9PM slot

Good god we'eve heard enough about missing blondes
and other breathless stories of no importance

[TheWebHead]

91. he could take one of the two Chris Matthews 1-hour slots

instead of re-running tweety every day... preferrably the 7 PM EST slot.

[GreenPartyVoter]

92. Anyone have a pic of him? Google offered too many Brian Ungers

:shrug:

[CatWoman]

95. here

:hi:

[Ksec]

94. Yea, I thought he was good too

I like that dry sense of humor and it seemed to come naturally to him.

[Catherine Vincent]

99. He's the perfect sub for Keith!