I lost respect for Alan Alda

[John Kerry VonErich]

I was waking up after falling asleep on the couch during RAW (luckily I Tivoed Jericho's return), and the TV was on Fox News which means my roommate was up, there I saw Alan Alda being interviewed by the morning people. I always believe the progressive citizens should not be interviewed in Fox News studios. My only exceptions are politicians who are campaigning like Kucinich, and promoting a movie coming out. He was promoting a book, but when you do that, its not worth going to Fox over. IMO.

[babylonsister]

1. That's a crappy reason; he's trying to sell a book. So what? Do you

also not respect General Wesley Clark? He used to work there.

[hlthe2b]

4. I agee with babylonsister..

These "litmas tests" are getting a bit crazy. Alda's one of the truly good guys.

[Va Lefty]

29. Alan Alda is a class act

Not only that but he is possibly the nicest celebrity in the world. I met Mr. Alda years ago on a cross-country flight. The man was tired (it was one of those "red-eye" flights) and had a cold but he was charming and gracious to everyone who approached him. He took time to talk with people and posed for pictures and was just an all around nice guy. He also was a big supporter of The Equal Rights Amendment in the Seventies/Eighties. If Mr. Alda chooses to go on Faux Noise to sell his book, I have no problem with that.

[John Kerry VonErich]

7. Clark wised up

I could be wrong, but if memory serves me corectly, which is average, I think he said that being a Fox correspondant was a mistake. Please understand, in my OP, it was just my opinion. If anybody doesn't agree with me, I'm cool with that. :)

[bluedog]

2. I like the man

so what//////he was promoting his book.....

[tuckessee]

3. Is all your upset about is that he let Fox interview him?

What's the difference between promoting a movie (which you say is OK) and promoting a book (which you say is verboten)?

[gatorboy]

5. But you Tivoed rasslin'.

priceless!

[John Kerry VonErich]

8. Why am I called John Kerry VonErich? LOL

:hi:

[gatorboy]

13. And Kerry finishes off Bush with...THE CLAW!!!!

[OzarkDem]

43. This post is no good without picutres

:hi:

[gatorboy]

47. Just for you, dear!

[OzarkDem]

50. Love it!

:rofl:

[Atman]

6. I lost respect for him after that awful movie about the couples on the boat.

:hi:

.

[hlthe2b]

11. He has done a few really bad movies, that's true..

But, when he gets a good role, he can be very very good. (loved him the last season of West Wing)

[deutsey]

40. I also liked him in "Crimes and Misdemeanors"

He was the anti-Hawkeye. :-)

[hlthe2b]

46. Haven't seen that, but sounds like I should...

:thumbsup:

[deutsey]

58. It's a kind of bleak Woody Allen movie. I think Allen paints too bleak a picture

but he raises some interesting questions.

Alda plays a pompous, egotistical TV producer or star (maybe both, I don't remember). It's almost as if he's playing his evil twin (or maybe it's his shadow side).

[Subdivisions]

9. Alan Alda is among the people on this planet that I most respect.. n/t

[Captain Hilts]

10. They need to see that liberals have humor and no horns. nt

[John Kerry VonErich]

12. Thats actually a good point there.

Maybe I could be just overreacting to this. Lot of DUers done this before here.

[Captain Hilts]

22. The issue of who legitimizes Faux News by appearing on it is a legitimate one. nt

[devilgrrl]

14. Dumbest Post Ever.

:eyes:

[Teaser]

15. I'm sure Alan Alda would be glad to take career advice from you.

You've had so much to do with his success.

[John Kerry VonErich]

16. I said I might have been overreacting

No need for that much flame.

[sharp_stick]

17. BFD, pretty soon there will be no one left

if these stupid, one issue, litmus tests continue. BTW, I say Al Gore doing an interview on Faux News a couple of years ago I guess that's it for him too huh?

[Ian David]

18. That's not a whole lot of reason to throw him under the bus.

And do you realize that pro-wrestling isn't real?

[SharkSquid]

19. He played a Republican Presidential Candidate once

And he didnt demonize him or give him fangs...

LETS HANG HIM!

[T Wolf]

20. Actually, making the puke on West Wing seem almost human was a

betrayal of the truth. But it was a fictional tv show, so I guess a make-believe impossibility is permissable.

But I wonder how many people saw his portrayal and thought, "See, there are decent republicans out there." It's not nice to foster falsehoods.

[SharkSquid]

21. Wow, generalize much?

I know a ton of Republicans like that, articulate, well thought, and open minded. I have worked with a few for years. My dad is one.

But whatever, live in your little hate filled bubble.

[T Wolf]

23. If your Dad is a decent sort, then why is he a repuke? Kind of

mutually exclusive concepts, aren't they?

[SharkSquid]

24. I dont see how

He has different views on the role of the govt in our lives and the roll of taxation.

Sounds like you see the world in Black and White, like a negative photo of a Neo Con.

[Cha]

31. Republicans use to be

decent sorts but now since the bushite virus took over by a coup, no less, and they see what a sham their republican party is and is actually controlled by fascists and perverts, now..there's really no excuse for staying in.

fauxnoise is a propoganda machine for corporatewhore bushit and I really liked it when the Dems wouldn't let them broadcast a debate. I'm sure Alan Alda is cool but people should really think twice before they go into the viper's nest to promote their life's work.

[Kingshakabobo]

26. Is your dad in the Republican leadership?

Does he refer to the Democratic party as the "Democrat" party? Does he say Liberals hate America? Is he pro-torture? Is he a chicken-hawk etc. etc.....

If not, he doesn't even REMOTELY resemble the national republican leadership - and neither did Alda.

[T Wolf]

27. What the King said. nt

[SharkSquid]

28. I concur

But Martin Sheen and Jimmy Smits hardly resembled any Dems we know in positions of real power. It was a land of fantasy where the Dems are what we want them to be and the Republicans in power are rational, well thought human beings.

[Kingshakabobo]

35. West Wing = porn for liberals.

[hlthe2b]

32. Oh, for heaven's sakes...

:eyes:

[0007]

25. Sounds like you need to get a life. A roommate that watches FAUX?

MFG man where is your sanity? And then you got balls to complain, give me a fucking break!

[cgrindley]

30. You were watching RAW? Why should anything you type matter? (nt)

not only that, but Alan Alda is already worthy of scorn for ruining MASH.

[Perry Logan]

33. His book contract may require him to "cooperate fully" in promoting his book--i.e., talk to morans.

[JVS]

34. What happened on RAW?

[book_worm]

36. Wayne Rogers is often on Fox too, as a financial guru

I guess he made a lot of money from investments over the years. I haven't lost respect for Alda, you do what you do to sell your book. He's still a good liberal.

[MadBadger]

42. Every time I see Wayne Rogers though on the financial shows

he always seems to be the token voice of reason.

[Dr. Strange]

37. It's not just Alan Alda--it's every star of MASH!

Didn't they use to put clips of old Fox News spots in some of the MASH episodes?
The whole freaking gang are right-wingers!

[ladywnch]

44. uh.......fox news wasn't around when MASH was made, so no, they didn't

use any Fox news clips in their episodes. the old newsreel footage was probably from CBS.

[deutsey]

45. Frank Burns went on to be a FOX News managing editor, didn't he? n/t

[hlthe2b]

48. No.. I don't know who you are confusing, but actor Larry Linville

left MASH for other (largely unsuccessful roles)-- then his health went downhill in the 90s, with development of Lung Cancer and surgical removal of part of a lung in 1998 (he died in 2000). Faux News debuted the end of 1996, but the Frank Burns character actor, Linville never had any involvement. By then, he was apparently too sick for much of anything. His downhill course coincided with a family friend, so I remember following his sad illness and final years (via ET, which I still watched at that time on tv).

[Kingshakabobo]

53. Maybe he's confusing Wayne Rogers. Rogers is a regular on a Fox financial show....

The guy is a complete nit-wit - a holdover from the 2000 boom market when everyone was a stock-picker ..... Him and Jose Conseco.

Jamie Farr is a right winger too, per his donations to (R) candidates.....

[deutsey]

56. I should have put a "sarcasm" smilie...I was joking.

Making a commentary on how Burns would have fit right in at FOX. :-P

I liked Larry Linville the actor...it was just too bad he got so stereotyped as Frank Burns.

[hlthe2b]

60. oh, yes.. Frank Burns would have been a perfect fit...

Of course he might have been far too smart for them-probably even knew the difference between a fake Indian tribe on "F-Troop" and the tribe that traded Manhattan...LOL

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/19/a-fox-and-friends-thanksg_n_73302.html

[deutsey]

61. LOL

Yes, Frank Burns probably would've been a giant among the intellectual and moral anthills at FOX.

:hi:

[hlthe2b]

49. DuStrange, you are very much mistaken... TOTALLY so.

Faux News went on the air for the first time in October, 1996.

M*A*S*H ENDED with the series finale in February, 1983.....!


Perhaps you should be cautious of making such horrendously WRONG broad swipes. :eyes:

[Dr. Strange]

55. Fucking flashbacks!

I thought there were some news clips in some of the episodes. They were Twentieth Century Fox or Movietone or something like that. Nobody else remembers these?

[Quantess]

38. I'll reserve judgment on him until he does something really bad,

like smoking in the Olive Garden.

[deutsey]

39. If he were pandering to rightwing views, that would be a reason to lose respect for him

I don't begrudge him going on to promote his book and maybe even get a few liberal jabs in during the interview.

[MadBadger]

41. Its okay to go on to promote a movie but not to sell a book?

Your reasonings a little screwy.

[democrat2thecore]

57. I was thinking the same thing. Hmmm...... -nt

[Forkboy]

51. Some people's kids.

:eyes:

[Romulox]

52. Isn't it offensive that a NEWS program (on any channel) is seen as a good place to flog a book? nt

[stirlingsliver]

54. That's It! No More MASH!

O.M.G.

Alan Alda on Fox News.

O.M.G.

I will never watch MASH again.

What kind of people is he hoping will buy his book?

[Dukkha]

59. I'm sure his publisher booked the interview

and Alda has nothing to do with the decision to appear on Faux. They really need a new book to promote on the newtwork once in a while besides Mein Kampf & The Turner Diaries.

[DeeDeeNY]

62. Do you remember Mary Tyler Moore?

I saw an interview with her about a year ago where she mentioned the ONLY TV station she watches is Fox News!!!
I have to admit, I liked her at one time but was totally disgusted when I read that interview.