the irish would've shot him out back a long time ago if they wanted to claim him as their own. i saw THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, i know what's up.

drunken SCAB

I'll say it, he's only Irish by injection

Mediocre? You're being too kind.

March 18th needs to be the holiday.

Uggh, do my people really need anymore hardship, now we have to claim Carson "No Carbs" Daly?

with completely insincere apologies to nick douglas:

dear every single person I know in the world,

please stop sending me emails asking me to pester my local pols about the passage of prop 3.17. they have more important things to do, like punish steroid use among baseball players. sheesh.

love, the supergoddess

Guy is so fucking unfunny, untalented... and what the fuck happened to his face?

Jesus, NBC, who does he have photos of with a dead girl or live boy?

(err, punishing. dummy)

I always thought March 17th was the day that every shitty session player escapes from Mona's and spreads into the rest of Manhattan.

the good ones are still at Mona's, though.

I saw Carson Daly the other night on "Unexplained Phenomena" featured on the History Channel or maybe it was Discovery, I forget.

@Artful Slinger: No shit, eh? Can't we just hang on to Liam Neeson, Bono and Cillian Murphy, and leave Carson at the bus stop?

I love the Irish! They really embrace their sterotypes like no other. Which is so much better that getting all huffy. And way more fun.

If I'm going to take time off of work tomorrow to advertise for Guinness in a part of town I don't like, I better at least be getting unlimited stout.

@Artful Slinger:

Yeah, seriously, Carson Daly can go fuck himself.Paddy's Day is a national holiday over here,why does New York need it?It's a fucking nightmare.It's great for about 3 hours, tops, and then it's like the 7th circle of hell.And then you have the hangover to deal with, in amongst avoiding the rivers of vomit the next day whilst suicidally making your way to work.Green is not associated with St. Patricks Day for nothing you know.

@saltwatertaffy:

You get a day off?Well fuck it then, up the prop 3.17!!!!

Remember when Carson Daly had manorexia. Never forget!

Oh how I love St. Paddy's Day! The Irish girls are looser than usual, and I get drunk enough to give them my love.

"Aye, that's right, Colleen. Call me 'The Holy See.'"

@Nard38:

My god that gets me so horny.

@Nard38:

P.s Colleen is an American name.

Is there anyone who actually thinks making St. Patrick's Day a National Holiday would change anything besides the timing and extent to which I pass out? What they need to do is make the day after March 17th a holiday. That would be more useful.

A day off of work to basically do nothing but drink?

Factor in the time spent the night of/next day getting your stomach pumped in the ER, the following day of throwing up everything you eat and self-inundating your bone-dry innards, and then a day to stave-off a waning hangover migraine and you've got a St. Patty's 2-day Work Week.

Here's my little Irish ditty about Carson Daly:

Carson was a bonny chap.

Yeah, that's about it.

We don't have to make St. Patrick's Day a national holiday - we can learn from our wise brothers and sisters in the Massachusetts legislature and create a day of celebration to mark the day when the British left Boston under threat of cannon bombardment by Washington's army: Evacuation Day.

Carson Daly forcing propositions based on sponsorship? You know Dick Clark was classy. This man is no Dick Clark.

Oh, FWIW, Carson Daly is mediocre? Don't tell that to the self-venerated taste-makers over at The Onion's A.V. Club. They declared him-and his show-as underrated back in 2005. "The main difference is Daly's humble, informed, legitimately interested approach to his guests. He knows what he's talking about..."

Quite possibly the most unintentionally-and non-ironic-thing the A.V. Club staff has ever written.

I meant to write:
"Quite possibly the most unintentionally funny--and non-ironic--thing the A.V. Club staff has ever written."

Car-bomb Daly?

Just looking at that pic of him makes me want to rip out his eyes.

i fully support this and i've already talked to my boss about taking a personal day.

I know the reason MOST people like to celebrate the holiday is booze. The prop I believe was started off as a way to celebrate Irish heritage. I know its not funny and I am sure most of my friends are looking forward to getting drunk and those who signed the petition feel that way too. But I do think there was some sentimentality behind it. Serious tone over. I for one would love another day off to drink.

@PimpMyCouch: Yes please!!! Hell I'd even hang out with the rest of U2 to remove Daly from our list.

That's such a plastic paddy move. I hate plastics.

Because celebrating every weekend in March just isn't enough.

Or is this just a Philadelphia phenomenon?

CARSON FUCKING DALY!CARSON FUCkkkkkKING DALY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to leave this post.His existence makes it unbearable for me stay here, let alone be Irish, or alive.

Irish, my ass. He's not pasty or round-nosed enough to pass. And I'd like to see his familial resume to determine how many certifiable, drunken nutjobs he can claim as relatives.

One of my favorite Irish jokes:

What's Irish foreplay?

"Brace yourself, Bridget!!"

@scroll_lock:
All really boring, passè stereotypes I'm afraid.Not good enough.

@scroll_lock:

Although re:joke, Tommy Tiernan is fucking hilarious and I'd do him in a heartbeat.Actually thanks, cos now all I'm thinking about is him.Yaya!

The Irish are one of the only groups that it's perfectly OK to make jokes about, which should really piss us off, but here's the thing: We've already called ourselves every name that you could think of. This is why we have a sense of humor about it - we've beaten you to it! We're the most self-deprecating people ever born, and our deep, dark sense of humor gets us through the long journey of personal suffering that others call "Life". Or, as my Irish Grandmother always said, "If you call that 'living'..."!

@AuntieFreeze:

You are so obviously not Irish.

@Calraigh: Stereotypical or not, they're true. That's why they're still around. If you have better to offer up, feel free.

@scroll_lock:
I said they were passè and boring stereotypes.I didn't dispute their existence.You obviously still think those guys are around!But you want me to offer some up?Sure!
Before I begin though I must stress that I'm an Irish person that lives in Ireland.I don't think culturally specific stereotypes as opposed to traditional stereotypes travel but hey, I guess you've lost interest by now anyway....

Southside Dublin teenagers who hangout at Starbucks all day long and wear way too much fake tan, Northsiders who obsess about Damien Dempsey as the new Messiah,Electronica musician guys who book studios they can't afford and hang out there with their Japanese girlfriends,the hangers--on who try and stay back past closing time in Whelans,actually they're all just as boring so touchè...