Whoa, yesterday on Morning Joe, there was a glitch with the feed of Sarah Palin supporting child-toucher Saxby Chambliss during one of his rallies. It's hard to tell, since, you know, she's always incomprehensible, but now you can use her speech as a backbeat for that house track you are about to lay down.
We've all laughed and watched at Joe Scarborough's Ambien-induced slip-up yesterday where he said Obama supporters "don't go around flipping people off or screaming 'Fuck You' at the top of their lungs," but we assumed this was a one time scenario and that today Scarborough would tell everyone he's switched to Lunesta.
But MSNBC isn't so sure they can trust their conservative host not to run afoul of the FCC, so they are adding a 7 second delay to Morning Joe's broadcast, starting today, which would allow the station to drop the audio down in case of any expletives.
Now Joe Scarborough is following in the path of another MSNBC legend, Don Imus, who also necessitated the 7 second rule.
Joe Scarborough accidentally(?) leans on the F-word during his broadcast this morning and keeps plowing through. If it wasn't Mika's disembodied voice we might have missed it entirely, but her "ums" and "oh honeys" remind viewers who is getting a post-show spanking from the network.
On Morning Joe right now, the hosts quiz early riser, Celebrity Apprentice host, and brown bagger Ivanka Trump on the thesis that reality TV is booooring these days. You know, the thesis that the Times put forth on Sunday. See: Sometimes somebody other than The Drudge Report dictates the news cycle.
Only yesterday John McCain received recognition as the media darling, beloved by all the David Brooks and Richard Cohens in the greater US.
But lately ole' Maverick comes across as a wee bit testy. Friday brought us that interview on The View where McCain lost some of his trademark affability. This morning his creepy reptilian grin was nowhere to be found on Morning Joe, when the GOP candidate started sparring with Mika Brzezinski:
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Tired of playing second fiddle to early morning cohort Joe Scarborough, MSNBC's dayside anchor Mika Brzezinski (perhaps best known for taking a stand against Paris Hilton) became equally impassioned about another breaking news story: Scarborough's burgeoning love handles.
According to BigHeadDC, Brzezinski accused the paunchy pundit (who referred to Briney Spears as a "porkchop") of being "doughy," "bloated," and "in need of more exercise" on today's episode of Morning Joe.
And they say morning shows aren't concerned with any issues of weight. [BigHeadDC]
In exciting (albeit not particularly surprising) news for Intern Wendy and her Cable Quotables column, the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz reports that MSNBC is "finalizing the details for Morning Joe to permanently take over the 6-to-9 morning slot."
Most entertaining about the Paris Hilton post-prison saga? Yesterday's Morning Joe, where Mika Brzezinski tore up the script to three different segments her producer wanted Paris to lead. Oh, and then Mika tries (unsuccessfully) to light the papers on fire, before Joe saves her from losing her job.
Mornings were never this fun with Don Imus, nappy hos or not.
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