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bentagain
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"Keith Olbermann is NOT funny"


  

          

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^^^No sense of humor.
Sep 07th 2013
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I don't get it? He's basically showing the same SC highlights
Sep 07th 2013
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      Then just watch the highlights at the time slot before
Sep 07th 2013
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He sucks...it's sad that he gets air time
Sep 07th 2013
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Good god. You guys have zero attention span.
Sep 07th 2013
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I 100% agree. It's not standup comedy.
Sep 08th 2013
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i still find him less annoying that dan patrick
Sep 07th 2013
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well that's not a very high bar
Sep 08th 2013
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Best part of comedy: Whether you think it's funny or not, you're right
Sep 07th 2013
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I'd much rather watch his show then Sportscenter, which is just
Sep 07th 2013
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^^^Pretty much
Sep 08th 2013
12
^The long and short of it
Sep 08th 2013
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yup.
Sep 08th 2013
14
Doesn't need to be, especially when he does shit like
Sep 07th 2013
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That's amazing, devastating, and kinda horrible to watch.
Sep 08th 2013
22
maybe if that turkey was on fox network it would make sense
Sep 07th 2013
10
Fox & Keith Olberman wouldn't make any sense due to them being
Sep 07th 2013
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...........imo
Sep 08th 2013
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...and when his show gets cancelled by the end of the month...
Sep 08th 2013
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      Your opinion is valid now
Sep 08th 2013
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           and most adjectives would be based on my opinion
Sep 08th 2013
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                I'm more talking about in terms of emotions, specifically entertainment
Sep 08th 2013
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This isn't funny? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSS1ljVxxsE
Sep 08th 2013
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Bye Felicia
Sep 08th 2013
24
your L for watching ESPN
Sep 08th 2013
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RE: Keith Olbermann is still, NOT funny
Feb 24th 2015
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he's such an attention whore. i hate PSU as much as anyone else...
Feb 24th 2015
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not a fan...
Feb 24th 2015
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What a dismal fuckhat
Feb 25th 2015
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but he IS right.
Feb 24th 2015
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About?
Feb 25th 2015
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dont understand who still watches dude
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Radio Rahim
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1. "^^^No sense of humor. "
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bentagain
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2. "I don't get it? He's basically showing the same SC highlights"
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in the same time slot

but instead of a full recap of the day in sports

which you can get on SC

it's Olbermann doing his dry, more intelligent than you humor

which stopped being funny right about the time Dennis Miller was on MNF

ironic his show is on opposite the Daily Show

I was hoping ESPN could introduce a new format to deliver highlights, etc...

but this show sucks

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3. "Then just watch the highlights at the time slot before"
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and move on. This is such an insignificant issue

  

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Wonderl33t
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4. "He sucks...it's sad that he gets air time"
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5. "Good god. You guys have zero attention span. "
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I don't understand y'all sometimes

Its like you have zero attention span

Not everything has to be gut busting funny to
be entertaining

His "former sports journalist" take on things is
pretty refreshing

Its a dry, sorta cynical take on sports from a guy
who has perspectives on a lot of shit, can draw analogies
of various kinds. He interviews really well, too, gets
different conversations from athletes than normal sports
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23. "I 100% agree. It's not standup comedy. "
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It's eloquent, insightful, meaningful and delivered
in an entertaining way. Media culture has really made
it hard for people to appreciate average to excellent
commentary.

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ConcreteCharlie
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6. "i still find him less annoying that dan patrick"
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And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

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19. "well that's not a very high bar"
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i still blame hip-hop.

  

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Y2Flound
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7. "Best part of comedy: Whether you think it's funny or not, you're right"
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There is no evidence or stat that makes it funny or not. You find it funny or you don't. Someone else also does or does not, there is no swaying someone one way or the other in humor.

Seems simple but feels necessary to say

  

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8. "I'd much rather watch his show then Sportscenter, which is just"
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painful to watch anymore outside of getting scores/highlights if you really need em which u could just get from the internet or ESPN News.

  

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12. "^^^Pretty much"
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13. "^The long and short of it "
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14. "yup."
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9. "Doesn't need to be, especially when he does shit like"
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Sat Sep-07-13 11:12 PM by ZooTown74

  

          

ether the shit out of Pete Prisco, like he did here

http://deadspin.com/keith-olbermann-annihilates-prisco-column-1231842169

For all of his flaws and quirks and "NOT funny," Keith Olbermann is always welcome on my television, for shit like ^ that

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22. "That's amazing, devastating, and kinda horrible to watch."
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10. "maybe if that turkey was on fox network it would make sense"
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i find him way played out and it shows me how desperate and how much ESPN has fallen off. if you were going to bring somebody back, then why not Roy Firestone? up close was cool.

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11. "Fox & Keith Olberman wouldn't make any sense due to them being"
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diametric opposites politically.

There's a better chance you'll see Sean Hannity on CurrenTV or MSNBC.

  

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15. "...........imo"
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16. "...and when his show gets cancelled by the end of the month..."
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for you and Y2

does that validate my opinion

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18. "Your opinion is valid now"
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And so is the opinion of someone who finds it funny.

Have you ever found a movie funny that someone else did not?

Has the other person ever found one funny that you did not?

Neither of you were wrong, humor is subjective, not scientific.

  

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20. "and most adjectives would be based on my opinion"
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funny
entertaining
interesting
you could argue somebody else disagrees

and post your replies in half the threads on this site, as most are based on an individual's opinion

but what I was alluding to in a previous reply

who exactly is watching this?

out west, he's in the 11PM time slot

against SC and The Daily Show

which I would assume are drawing the entirety of his base

instead of being a hybrid of those formats

i.e., pick a handful of sports headlines, and offer deeper insight

and lengthier segments on a few stories, maybe throw in an interview for additional reference

from what I saw of his show, he's not really offering anything different from SC

other than his brand of humor, and maybe an occasional remark or 30 second story that wouldn't make SC

his show feels like charity



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21. "I'm more talking about in terms of emotions, specifically entertainment"
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For example, sad is sad. There will always be people who are emotional robots and don't find something sad, but most people can come to agreement when a movie or a scene is sad.

Same can be said for something being exciting, suspenseful, surprising (again all of these can have outliers who either refuse to say it is these things or for some reason don't find it those things, but there is a generally accepted definition of what is sad or exciting in a movie)

Humor does not follow these rules, humor is very individual, there is no universal humor. Nothing that is just generally accepted as funny, it's 100% an individual taste.

Anyway, not really relevant to sports, just whenever people start arguing about if something is funny or not it's one of those things that is extra fruitless because they are both right.

  

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17. "This isn't funny? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSS1ljVxxsE"
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24. "Bye Felicia "
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25. "your L for watching ESPN"
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bentagain
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26. "RE: Keith Olbermann is still, NOT funny"
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he gets suspended, and not even a ripple

http://deadspin.com/espn-suspends-keith-olbermann-for-penn-state-tweets-1687751753

he is irrelevant.

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27. "he's such an attention whore. i hate PSU as much as anyone else..."
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but it was a fundraiser for pediatric cancer for christ sake.

nothing to do with anything except raising money to find a cure.

i was somewhat a fan but he loses major points for that. dicchead.

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29. "not a fan..."
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32. "What a dismal fuckhat"
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28. "but he IS right."
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31. "About?"
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30. "dont understand who still watches dude"
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