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Conan Issues Apology for Palin-Rudolph Segment…to Jimmy Kimmel
- Posted on December 24, 2010 at 9:12pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Yesterday we showed you the light-hearted segment from Conan O’Brien depicting Sarah Palin hunting Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But there’s just one problem: an almost identical bit had already been shown two weeks early on the show of ABC rival Jimmy Kimmel. Conan, in a classy move, apologized for the mix-up, which he says was unintentional.
“The staff member responsible for the piece has been fired,” Conan joked , “and we hear he’s been immediately rehired at Jimmy Kimmel. So it all worked out.”
Conan issued the apology via an online video, which included (appropriately) a string of jokes about plagiarism:
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Bunnie
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:12amConan was not funny on nbc and is not funny now!
Report Post »AirForceBrat
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:06amI think Sarah Palin is as real as anyone could hope for. As far as politicians go, probably more so than most. Since today is Christmas, I have a little wish list as far as the 2012 elections go. If these people would agree to run, I think a dream team would be Condi Rice for POTUS, Marco Rubio for VP ( the VP position has few required duties, but can be a stepping stone/learning experience whereas the Presidency is not the place to start “learning” about how to run the country, IMO). This time around I think Sarah Palin would be great in a Cabinet position such as Secretary of Energy (which is over the Department of Energy I believe, and 15th in line for President). Sarah Palin is young, and smart, and has everything going for her. She has plenty of time to add layers of qualifications, education and clout. In the meantime, who could complain about Condi and Marco. You have two qualified, experienced individuals who love their country, and fit the Liberal criteria as well, ie., “color, ethnicity, education, first woman, first hispanic, etc.”. I think that Sarah Palin is climbing the ladder toward great things. Perhaps, if she would have spent her political career in the lower 48, people may have taken her more seriously. For now, IMO, it seems as though they don’t think running a state with vast resources and area, but minimal population, like Alaska, is “any big deal”. I don’t agree, but a majority of Americans seem to prefer someone with NO experience in the highest office in the land, as opposed to someone with years of experience, but from a state that they don’t seem to value or relate to. I can’t understand that logic, but for now, that is the way it is. Someday, in the future, I hope to see great things for Sarah Palin. “AUTHENTICY” SHOULD over-ride “FAUX” any day of the week.
Report Post »AirForceBrat
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 12:47pmLOL–Sorry. That is to say, “AUTHENTICITY” SHOULD over-ride “FAUX” any day of the week.
Report Post »Doug Piranha
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:38amThe media love to play the parlor game of asking Republicans whether they think Palin is qualified to be President. They ask it so they can pounce no matter what the answer.
I say there is only one correct response to this question:
“I voted for Sarah Palin to serve as Vice-President with a man in his 70′s. I damn well BETTER think she’s qualified to be President. There’s a man who has been in the White House for two years, whom YOU voted for, and he’s STILL not qualified to be President.”
Memorize this answer, you GOPers. Use it often.
Report Post »AirForceBrat
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:10amExcellent come-back!
Report Post »calonzap
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:00amI’ve never seen so many so scared of one little woman. GO-O-O SARAH !!!
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 1:21pmNo one is “scared” of the bimbo…that’s just Lush Rimjaub talking and you repeating it. As always, Neo_cons never have an original thought.
Report Post »coalfired
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:54amMaybe its a good thing that Palin is polarizing. Look close at just who is upset. If she didn’t cause a stir, she would probably be just another RINO that doesn’t cause trouble for anyone. After all, are you interested in electing a TV personality or someone with actual political, as well as human, values. Someone thoroughly grounded in her faith who has the courage of her convictions. Its no wonder she scares the he!! out of the left. Sarah Palin is refreshing!
Report Post »EnlightenedinGA
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:02amI was hoping Conan would start his new show clean. But he’s just like the rest. I miss Johnny Carson.
Report Post »joseph mitch nixon
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:01ami tried real hard to watch him , but is not funny , not for me , and with this stunt he show he is an idiot.
Report Post »he is in the world today and makes so munch money because someone in his family tree long ago was smart enough to HUNT idiot and stay alive . WE THE PEOPLE , WE HUNT . you are just an idiot .
libertees
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:49amThe astroturfing of hate in comments here. I see alot more people like Palin since the TLC show. She comes across as real, down to earth, and full of life. Let’s put the hate into perspective, progressives are a minority, a loud minority that works hard to forward the narrative they are a much larger identified with segment of people than they are and that the hate for Palin is immense. The truth is Conservatives more than double Progressives in number by using the “we can write off Palin’s electibility because of the large dislike for her” arguement more than the same can be said for the current conservative opinion of Barack Oblahblah. Why is his re-electibility not so quickly written off since deduction and logic prove far more americans dislike him and his policies. Don’t fall for the illusions, find the truth for yourself. Palin is just as electible if not more than Obama today don’t let yourself be fooled by the loud and deceptive voices in media or politics.
Report Post »mcFirst
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:29amits like a car wreck around bashing SP
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:28amOh c’mon people!!
Report Post »Palin talks a great line,feeds you what you want to hear…then runs away and quits at the first boogey man in the bushes. She’s adept at making you look like fools in exchange for her minute in the spotlight.
Have some more reindeer milk Kool-Aid.
clipper
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:31am@ Bobo your intelligence shows with your name
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 2:41pmBOBODU, get a life dumbo. I’m so tired of hearing jerks like you say she quit, when in fact she was facing so many law suits, she didn’t want to take any more time away from the State of Alaska being Governor when she needed to fight the frivolous law suits, so she let the Lt. Gov. take over. Case closed.
Report Post »It was costing Alaska too much for her to remain while idiots, like you obviously, were suing her.
flyoverbob
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:44amYUM YUM give me more reindeer fo r Christmas. I love it when you libs go after palin,and believe me she and her bank loveit even more.So keep talkin you make her more popular with every word.
Report Post »ninewishes
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:43amPOLARIZING? Who could be more polarizing than Obama & Co.? That‘s a leftie label they’ve spent countless hours and dollars trying to attach to her, and if you repeat it they are winning. Think for yourself, DEFEND her and stop letting the left run the dialog.
Report Post »americanfirst
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 11:44amAbsolutely correct. These idiots are just playing in to the prescribed diatribe the libs program the non-thinking with.
Report Post »dantom
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:39amAnother fu—- fool in the media shows theirr hate who cares.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:06amConan is on what local access channel..I must have missed it.
I am still hooked on Wayne’s World on my local access…better writers, better execution and more meaningful guests!
Report Post »Libby Tarian
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:51amMichele Bachman is way smarter than Sarah Palin and Sarah would admit it. Michele for President.
who watches Conan?
Report Post »GnomeChomsky
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:47pm+10 million people a week.
Report Post »skydiver_99654
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:49amactually, Reindeer is a domesticated caribou…that is the only difference. And she sure as heck was NOT hunting a domesticated caribou…
Report Post »skydiver_99654
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:47amBug stated: ” Does anyone here seriously think the Palins did all of the activities they do on this show their whole lives? It’s a freaking script.”
Obviously Bug doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground. I live in Wasilla,Alaska…and even I do this stuff. I’ve flown out and hunted Grizzly Bears, climbled mountains, white-water rafted…hunted moose, caribou, Mt.Goats… climbed the Butte. Just because you are living in a box, doesn’t mean that WE do…
Report Post »yellerhammer
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:46amGo git em Buba, We the people in Alabama would love to be able to do what y‘all get to do in Alaska and it drives the Lib’s crazy. It‘s the best show that I’ve seen of TLC in a long while, YOUR LIVING A DREAM AND MORE POWER TO YOU.
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:52amPalin hunting Rudolph? You have to admit it is kinda funny… Conan, have here take out Yogi bear next. I like Sarah and her new show. I don’t think she should run for president because she is too polarizing. What I hope she does is use her new found star power to focus intense, bright, shiny, white hot attention on those progressive idiots in Washington DC. The other thing I think Sarah can and will do really well is raise money for the conservative cause. I’ll gladly help her reload clips if she takes that path!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 3:44amI rather enjoy Sarah’s show – I watch it every Sunday and she will never be president!!
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Ray2447
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:52amPalin‘s TLC show has a lot more basis in reality then Obama’s activities. The only thing Obama’s performance is missing is the title, “BIg America-Hating Psycho.”
Report Post »cmsmik
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:21amLove it Ray 2447!
Report Post »*************************
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:29amConan who? Jimmy who?
sheriff BART: “What’s your name?”
Report Post »town drunk JIM: “Well, my name is Jim. But most people call me … Jim.”
-Blazing Saddles
Libby Tarian
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:52amexactly who are these late night pathetic creeps?
Report Post »scr_north
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:04amEvening Folks. Let’s be honest here. What do you expect the late-night shows are going to do when a major political figure, a woman and a conservative to boot goes hunting and bags a caribou. Frankly, the same type of jokes/videos would have been done had it been anybody else (except for Obama of course). In fact, while you had the usual suspects on the blogosphere nattering away I thought the reaction was quite muted (for example SNL didn’t touch it).
Report Post »What tends to grate a little though is the crap about how it took her 10 shots (Kimmel) and it was a reindeer (again, Kimmel) when the truth is it was a caribou and she dropped it with one shot when she had a properly sighted rifle.
On the other hand I just love the fact that her show is driving the progressives mad with rage (and I suspect envy) due to it‘s success and I suspect the effect it’s having on people that used to believe the BS being spewed by the left.
scr_north
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:28amOoops, sorry folks (and Kimmel) I stand a little corrected. A reindeer in Eorope is known as a Caribou in North America so Kimmel was correct when he used the term Reindeer although it was a little disingenous as it’s known as a Caribou here, but it fit the joke better I guess.
Report Post »Jackpine Savage
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:31amI agree SCR_North, anything that drives liberals into a spittle flying frenzy is alright in my book.
You know it has to be driving libs bat-guano for Palins show on TLC to be as popular as it is.
Almost as much as seeing Beck get prime time numbers for a 5pm cable news show.
Annoy a liberal, be successful.
Report Post »yellerhammer
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:37amGod I love it, I even heard they asked her to do another season with them. I wish they would take a different state every week and do a show about how great it is to live and be an American. All states should have someone to show normal people and prove that the left leaning Hollywood talking head‘s don’t know what we think and how we feel.
Report Post »palaver
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:01amI apoloigize that Conan still has a show! what a bad haircut and humor I’ve watched him maybe 1 or 2 times. ugh not funny. no wonder he is on very late.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:22amBrain dead people love him…I see whay, that was a really stupid waste of time.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:27pmhe is not funny but he is down right ugly
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 1:29amUp next on TLC: Cake Boss, What Not To Wear, Sarah Palin’s Alaska, followed by Toddlers & Tiaras.
FAIL
The Tea Party should be furious.
Report Post »clipper
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:07amNo the Tea Party is not furious but it sure sounds like you are.Get over her.Besides alot can happen in the next two years.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 1:24amA celebrity apologizing to another celebrity over a clip making fun of a serious political contender turned celebrity who has a celebrity daughter.
I hope everyone realizes by the time Palin runs for office she’ll be a washed up nobody just like everyone else on TLC.
Cash in, squeeze the life out of it, cast it aside.
quiet little lamb
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 1:30ami gotta agree with ya. palin is oversaturated and way to hated by many to be elected. i’m hoping christie wises up
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 1:45amYeah, I’m all for the entertainment industry, but can we keep (prospective) politicians away from it? Especially supposed figureheads?
This is pathetic:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gosselin-kids-rip-tongue-out-of-sarah-palins-bear-rug/
Wow, a cameo appearance by Kate Gosselin! One set up by TLC producers and inserted into a script for everyone to follow loosely, with stock cute music that fades in and out whenever something silly happens! It’s so grassroots!
There’s no such thing as “reality TV”. Does anyone here seriously think the Palins did all of the activities they do on this show their whole lives? It’s a freaking script. There’s some producer making calls all day long, directors, staging…
It’s called hackting.
Report Post »Jackpine Savage
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:36ambug, why not just admit it, like most libs, Palin scare you silly.
Try as you may, you guys won’t destroy her. The left tried to destroy Reagan too.
It sure is entertaining to watch you guys ruin what credibility you have left, in the attempt though.
Liberals can be so damn Funny.
Merry Christmas to my fellow Patriots. Oh and the libs too, at least the ones who haven’t totally lost their souls.
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 2:46amI’d agree with you, but then I consider that the American people elected Obama and Biden. Two bigger idiots never occupied the White House.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:12amI think that she shouldn’t run for President, but not because I don’t like her. I think she would be amazing as President, but getting elected is a different story. You see, she is very polarizing. People either love her or hate her. That means many conservatives would get out and vote for her, but it also means that many on the left would get out and vote for Obama, Mickey Mouse, or who ever was running against her.
If she were to run in this next election, it would energize both sides. Currently, the right is already energized, and we will get out to the polls. However, Obama and the Democrats struggled to get people out to the polls this last election. She will throw her hat into the ring for sure, but we’ll have to see how it turns out. I think I will vote for the Republican, no matter who it is, but I can’t say for sure, because that is how much the Obama agenda scares me.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:16am@RAY2447
“I’d agree with you, but then I consider that the American people elected Obama and Biden. Two bigger idiots never occupied the White House.”
Do not underestimate these two. While they may seem like idiots, they are far from it. Additionally, I am more scared of Joe Biden than Barrack Obama. People should look into him, because if anything ever “happened” he would become president.
Report Post »cmsmik
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:20amN37BU6 an Quiet-
Just because you say it does not make it so. I know you don’t want Palin to be President, so badly it hurts you. But guess what you two liberal I D I O T S. Palin is hotter than ever, and people love her! Tens of millions of people want her as President. Say President Palin out loud twenty times, and you will feel much better, I promise. LMAO Merry Christmas
Report Post »Vunks
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:49amPalin is nothing more then the RINO’s trying to take over the tea party by using the media to show that she somehow is the one the tea party looks too, When in fact as a member of the original tea party(2007) is Ron Paul.
As much as these Johnny come lately neo cons try to say they are tea party, they are nothing compared to the libertarians that are sitting back laughing at the media.
As a member of the libertarian base, the only reason she is still around is because she is going to get destroyed, and then the neo con’s will have to make a choice, leave the tea party or get on board the real hero of the movement.
Let me say this one time, ill vote 3rd party before I ever vote Palin.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:36amHey, just remember that reindeer stew tastes great! Not so certain about the red nose though.
Report Post »GEW
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:59amHey the competition between Putin and Palin is really getting tough these days.
Report Post »And before someone gets upset. I love Palin. But it does look like they both are steeped in a head to head battle as to whom is the best and at everything they do. I say let the games begin!
Wiz001
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:33amPalin NEVER intended to run for Pres. I believe she knows that she can be more effective by traveling the country ralying other to vote for the right person. But as long as the other side is focusing on her, it is a waste of their time and shows how ignorant they are. Not sure how this will all play out but if the NEW Repubs. do not change things it will be a long slow process to get this country moving again…
God Bless Our Troops and Merry Christmas to ALL
Rn mom
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:14amI hope Sarah hunts red-headed reindeer next.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:46amVUNKS just proved my point. While I do not agree with everything said, VUNKS points out voting 3rd party before ever voting for her.
Conservatives will stick to their ideals more than liberals, meaning more 3rd part voting, or not voting at all.
For the most part:
Conservatives = Means justify the Ends
Liberals = Ends justify the Means.
So liberals are more likely to rally behind the same candidate, and why I couldn’t vote for either McCain or Obama.
Report Post »TheBees
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:19amYeah, would ever vote for a famous conservative celebrity? Wait a minute…a name comes to mind! Now I remember, Ronald Reagan!
Report Post »waggie
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:59amI have to agree that she should not run for president. But not for the reasons all of you stated. First and foremost, she needs to be a mom. I can’t imagine how much time the presidency of the United States takes up. Her kids need her and so does her husband. Second, I think her family would be miserable in the White House. They love Alaska, they even state that on Palin’s show. She says she loves the state like she loves her family. They would HATE it in DC. She would have WAY more effect if she stayed with Fox and did just what she’s doing now. She has the power to influence!
Report Post »yellerhammer
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:25amWhat amazes me is all these Demogressive people telling the Conservatives what and who they should like or vote for and trying to tell us who and what we are.
Report Post »indy1
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 4:38pmHow old are you? RFK was featured by National Geographic climbing Mt. McKinley and Ronald Reagan toured the nation for years before he finally got elected in 1980. Next time actually read up on your subject before you make a fool out of yourself.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:17pmI don‘t think she’s running for office. I think she’s perfectly happy supporting other good conservative candidates. You‘re making the mistake of assuming she’s running for president or vice president in the next election, and looking at her through that lense. But she‘s not living her life based on your assumptions of what she’s going to do in 2012.
Besides she can’t really control the “saturation” level. It’s not like she has to go searching for coverage. It’s the media that seeks her out not the other way around. The only publicity she’s created on her own were a handful of twitter comments.
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