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Greg Gutfeld: Why?
Not long ago, a media reporter asked your day editor if he seriously doesn't like Greg Gutfeld. Because surely it's an act, all this mocking him! We send attention his way, he responds with an amusing attack on our commenters, we trash him again, everyone goes home to cash their tax refund checks and buy some $10 cigarettes. But the truth is, no, I don't really like Greg Gutfeld. He's not funny. And his two-dimensional controversialist routine is tired. Regardless of how much either of them mean what they say, Colbert does a wittier Bill O'Reilly. Gutfeld is a mediocre Morning Zoo Shock Jock. He seemingly used to be funny—some of his HuffPo posts were truly inspired. But his show is terrible and his "noxious gay-baiting even though he's friends with plenty of homos" routine is, once again, done better by Ann Coulter. So when Greg says, as he did to MediaBistro recently, that Gawker only trashes him because he refused to write for us, well... More »
red eye
Greg Gutfeld: Ready To Take Your 3 a.m. Calls
Fox News's 3 a.m. time-slot filler Greg Gutfeld has an interview with TVNewser coming up that is sure to be chock-full of quotable lines. Like Gutfeld calling his show Red Eye "the most subversive, surreal piece of programming ever to be on TV." You, sir, have apparently never caught Unbeatable Banzuke. Greg will also take on HuffPo, Gawker, the magazine industry, and "politically correct media." We're sure he has very SHOCKING and CONTROVERSIAL opinions on all of those things. Cutest part of the interview excerpt posted so far is when Greg says Fox pushed him from the semi-reasonable 2 a.m. slot to the desolate 3 a.m. slot because the network needed "more political coverage." We're all big fans of Fox News's award-winning 2 a.m. election updates! [TVNewser]
scandal
The Night Greg Gutfeld Lost His Date
I'd hoped to leave Greg Gutfeld out of this story about partner-swapping by men's magazine veterans. But then the belligerent gay-baiting (and often funny) host of Fox News' late-night Red Eye, a Bill O'Reilly in training, decided to pick a fight with Gawker's commenters. Controversialist Gutfeld, fired from Stuff and Maxim's UK edition before he became host of the faltering Red Eye, wants an attention-grabbing mudfight. This website exists for no more noble purpose. So, here's the story of Gutfeld's disastrous double date with a fellow editor. (The video clip, of Gutfeld defending sex with hookers, is merely for illustration.) More »
navel-gazing
Gawker Commenters Made Greg Gutfeld, Hercules Cry
So we wrote about former White House press secretary Tony Snow's poor health the other day. And some commenters said some dickish things. That upset staunch defender of morality, public decency, and polite discourse Greg Gutfeld, who hosts a show on Fox News at 3 a.m.. So instead of his usual "aren't gay people so gay" commentary, he used his "Greg-alogue" to attack "Gawker's faceless commenters who take ghoulish glee in Snow's health." Greg Gutfeld, you see, would really like us to write about him, again, and he'd like you guys to comment on it, so that he can talk about it again so we run another clip and so forth until the plague comes. (It's the only way for him to create a false sense of power and achievement that's missing in his marginal life.) Then they ask Kevin Sorbo if he ever goes online to see what people write about him. Has anyone ever written anything about Kevin Sorbo on the internet? Until now? Maybe there was a particularly cruel Prodigy bulletin board post about him in 1996 or something, but he sure seems angry.
last gasps
Gay-Baiting, Porn Stars Will Save 'Red Eye'
Greg Gutfeld hosts this crazy show on Fox News at 3 a.m. every night called Red Eye. Gutfeld, who we are pretty sure used to be funny, albeit in a winky fratty way, usually just tries to rile up and offend liberals while putting his friends on the air, but it's 3 a.m. so no one is watching to even get offended. The show's been on for more than a year now, which is alarming. In the attached clip, Gutfeld tries to start some sort of war of semantics with GLAAD over his coverage of the pregnant man story. He even says he NAILED THE MEDIA or something, it's all kind of sad. Not as sad as the press release we received from VIVID VIDEO, the porn company, announcing that one of their VIVID GIRLS is going to report on politics for Red Eye starting tomorrow night. Barrels across the nation shuddered in anticipation of a particularly nasty scraping. Press release after the jump. More »
mistakes
CNN Launches A Comedy News Show
You know the Colbert Report, and how it's really successful? And how other forms of news are less popular and some are dying? CNN noticed that too! So their Headline News channel will soon be airing Not Just Another Cable News Show, a weekly program with a light take on hard news using memorable gaffes from the past week. Time.com Washington editor Ana Marie Cox, of Wonkette fame, and noted Canadian/Huffington Post contributor Rachel Sklar will be commenters. The show, whose concept is stolen from the first segment of the Daily Show and whose title is stolen from the Wayans brothers, begins April 5. [AP]
rachel marsden
Booted Fox News Babe Re-Infiltrates Studio, Hearts Roger Ailes
Fox News correspondent and alleged harasser Rachel Marsden was escorted from the News Corp. building last year after parting ways with late-night show Red Eye. But now she has been allowed back on the premises to distract terrified American homeowners into staring at her outfit instead of thinking about what she's actually saying, which is that the free market is about to foreclose on their homes. Marsden wrote in to say she did a Fox Business News segment Friday on subprime mortgages, and that it was in the building from which she had once been banned. Also? She loves everyone at Fox and they love her back. From the email: More »
the other ann coulter
Rachel Marsden Is So Over Fox News, Greg Gutfeld
Ex-Fox News host Rachel Marsden wrote in to let everyone know she's totally moved on from her former "Red Eye" co-host Greg Gutfeld. You'll recall that Marsden was once accused of stalking and questions were raised over a rape allegation she made in the late 1990s. Last year she was escorted from Fox studios after what she described to us as "a format change in the show from 'politics and news' to 'tits and ass,' which fell outside my area of specialization." (As to the photo at left, Marseden has said on her website it was taken "just for fun" for a site called "Babes for Bush.") Marsden, also known as Canada's answer to Ann Coulter, has totally moved beyond all her Fox woes, she writes in two not-at-all-bitter emails to Gawker, reproduced after the jump. More »
Fox News' "Red Eye" host Greg Gutfeld consents to a rare interview today, and has some words of wisdom for the masses: "For anyone under the age of 30, absolute truth has lost to relativism—and now it's entirely inappropriate to judge any behavior, unless you yourself have done it at least three times. You work out don't you? The best thing for your workouts? Sports massage. I have a table." Noted: WOW we cannot believe that show is still on the air. [Gothamist]
don't squeeze the charmin
Zach Braff Named In Julia Allison Butt-Grabbing Imbroglio
Star magazine editor-at-large Julia Allison sat down with the fine folks from Fox News horror-show "Red Eye" last night and brought her unique expertise to a subject rocking America's public debate right now: ass-grabbing. Turns out a certain celebrity (and thousands of complete nobodies) grabbed Ms. Allison's ample derriere at a recent social event! Who was it? To find out, you'll just have to watch the clip. Or, you know, read the headline above.
femiladyism
When It Comes To Euphemisms For Female Genitalia, Fox News Channel Censors Are Total Pussies
Last night I was on Red Eye and I was being really crazy the whole time. My metabolism still hasn't adjusted to doing yoga every day instead of smoking weed every day, so if I don't eat every four hours I become sort of unhinged? Long story short, the producers got mad. There was this, and then at another point they were trying to end a segment and I was just shouting "HELLO?! FEMINISM!" Anyway, speaking of feminism! This clip is from a segment about how John McCain is blaming the failure of his candidacy on his aides' insistence that he wear "gay sweaters." I called the famous former POW a "pussy," but they bleeped that word out with a meowing noise. I guess that's kind of funny, but when you consider that the other guest during my segment, comedian Donnell Rawlings, had literally no jokes besides "I am a black man and that means I have a big dick," it's also kind of enraging. HELLO?! FEMINISM!
Stalky Canadian Rachel Marsden "subtly" tweaks former employers at Fox News' Red Eye: "Nowadays, even if the U.S. government certifies someone as one of the top political commentators in the world, you're more likely to end up talking about Britney Spears' crotch." Uh, wasn't that in the job description? [TVNewser]
nice bombs
Terrorism Expert Assesses Threats
Star magazine editor-at-large Julia Allison filled a seat on "Red Eye" last night, bringing her geopolitical expertise to bear on the subject of the recent attempted attacks in Britain. Maybe we should get Jules on the N.S.C.; she couldn't be any worse.
before they were sorta famous
Greg Gutfeld: The "Hot" Years
As regular readers know, Greg Gutfeld's taxing schedule at the Fox News channel show that launched the Julia Allison slutternaut into the stratosphere has caused him to develop "tits. Fucking tits," and to have "completely stopped exercising." But it wasn't always so. Feast your eyeballs on Young Greg in all his glory. And then, you know, bathe. More »
expect the unexpected
The Polls Have Closed, And It's 'Probably Rachel Marsden' By A Nose
"Someone other than Rachel Marsden, but seriously, come on. Probably Rachel Marsden," with 48.8% of the vote, has edged out "Rachel Marsden" and "Rachel Marsden" (23.8% and 27.4%, respectively) to dominate this morning's poll as to "which cable chat up-and-comer was fired after her efforts to glom onto the network's marquee name and a gay anchor freaked them both out." We find that very telling. Persons interested in learning more about the former Red Eye contributor's career plans should keep a close eye on her website: "stay tuned to this section for appearance updates," her "appearances" section promises.
blind item guessing game
Was Foxy Lady Fired For Hitting On A Gay?
"Which cable chat up-and-comer was fired after her efforts to glom onto the network's marquee name and a gay anchor freaked them both out?" asks Ben Widdicombe today. Oh hmm! We haven't devoted much thought to this before (or have we?) Let's try to puzzle this out, poll-style! More »
your dreams were your ticket out
After a brief, worrisome ban—imagined, mostly—from "Red Eye," Fox News' late night suicide inducer, Julia Allison was welcomed back to their set last night. Either her fulsome apology for loudmouthing about the show to the New York Observer made everything okay or Red Eye "host" Greg Gutfeld was worried about negative publicity. Or, you know, they needed to fill the seat with someone carrying boobs.
Julia Allison: The Comeback
After a brief, worrisome ban—imagined, mostly—from "Red Eye," Fox News' late night suicide inducer, Julia Allison was welcomed back to their set last night. Either her fulsome apology for loudmouthing about the show to the New York Observer made everything okay or Red Eye "host" Greg Gutfeld was worried about negative publicity. Or, you know, they needed to fill the seat with someone carrying boobs.
