Let's
Play Oddball!
 So
here's how I think the whole "Keith Olbermann"
thing went down.
MSNBC management weasel: "Hi, Keith. Thanks
for coming in. I won't beat around the bush.
We here at MSNBC would appreciate it if you made
Countdown a bit more
advertiser-friendly. We're
only making $200 million in profit from your
little puppet show each year and we'd like to
make a whopping butt-load more, especially during
the
upcoming presidential
election season."
KO: "By 'advertiser-freindly' I assume you mean
quit doing stories about, oh, British Petroleum,
right?"
Weasel: "Actually, we'd prefer that you
show pictures of adorable puppies for 60 minutes,
five days a week. At least until January 20th,
2013."
KO: "C'mon, be serious."
Weasel: "We are serious. Puppies.
Lots of puppies."
KO: "One of these puppies wouldn't be named Sarah
Palin, would it? You know, I have a history of
some success here. I could leave right now and
do my show on any other
station
I choose."
Weasel: "Name one."
KO: "... Okay, you have a point, but I'd
rather Tweet from my jammies than be told what
comprises
the
news and what doesn't."
Weasel: "Tweet from your jammies. That's rich!"
KO: "It's in my contract."
Weasel: "Say what?"
KO: "Paragraph 9, sub-section 13, right
after the discounts on cafeteria lunches. It
says,
and I quote, 'The moment a fascist takeover
of NBC occurs I, KO, have
the option
of taking my big, fat, well-earned salary and
going to Cancun for two years.' Unquote."
Weasel: "Okay, you got us. Just leave your
company ID at the door and don't say anything
about our deal until at least the New Hampshire
primaries. If the press gets nosy we'll just
tell them you were planning this all along. That
way we both look good."
KO: "Don't worry, you'll still smell the same."
Weasel: "Very amusing. Oh, Olbermann?"
KO: "Yeah?"
Weasel: "You wouldn't happen to have any more
lesbians
laying around, would you? We could use one for the
5 o'clock slot."
KO: "Uh, sorry. Fresh out."
Weasel: "Never hurts to ask."
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If you're on Twitter go follow Keith's
FOKNewsChannel.
"FOK", for all you alarmist's, stands
for "Friends of Keith".
Ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-ght.
=Lefty=
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