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June 12, 2012
Must [Not]See TV
Viewers of TV Land will not be able to watch insult comic Don Rickles compare President Barack Obama to a janitor at the AFI tribute to Shirley MacLaine when the network broadcasts its shortened version of the evening’s festivities at 9PM ET/PT on June 24. -- The Hollywood ReporterPosted by gerardvanderleun at June 12, 2012 8:41 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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The coverup is much funnier than the original wisecrack. Another Obama legend is born.
Posted by: Mike Anderson at June 13, 2012 1:08 AM
I imagine they're not airing it due to a complaint from the janitor's union. Who'd want to be compared to Obama after all? Especially as janitors are both useful and generally competent.
Posted by: Tom at June 13, 2012 2:30 AM
Janitors keep cleaning equipment in their closet, not skeletons.
I'll let somebody else make the next obvious closet joke....
Posted by: BillT at June 13, 2012 2:55 AM
I imagine the riots this generates among the TV Land audience may rival the riots triggered by the end of the world after Y2K.
Seriously, who is the maroon at TV Land that thinks their audience wants to see a roast of anybody? Maybe the schmuck will get hired by QVC and initiate their 24/7 coverage of Wimbledon. Just replay the damn sit-coms. These idiots have ruined every channel on cable tv. No music on MTV. No news on CNN. No learning on TLC. Damn little history on History. And good luck finding your local weather on The Weather Channel, etc., etc.
Posted by: Scott M at June 13, 2012 3:12 AM
I would love to see a Team America-like video of Hollywood celebs doing an Obama roast, with all the obvious scorching truths about him and them delivered with no-limit humor. Oh, to see Streisand, Moore, Clooney, and the rest get flamed!
Posted by: twolaneflash at June 13, 2012 8:35 AM
Comics can smell blood in the water as the November landslide approaches. Don Rickles won't be the last one to take a piece of Obama's hide.
Posted by: Rocky at June 13, 2012 5:09 PM