The New York Times hate-America pages are old news.
What, oh what, will Bill have the Folks focus on next week?
Short of Bill having a new (or old) book of his to push, it will be the MSNBC's hottest fill-in/audition yet. Certainly no where near the lookers Michael Smerconish or Imus are, Stephanie Miller will be seated in the morning simulcast slot in the MSNBC studios in Secaucus, N.J.. If she and her crew perform to half of their capability, Miller will never leave that seat.
As George Bush thought George Tenet said about WMD, this one's a "slam dunk."
Yes, the honchos at MSNBC, the same network that brought us the face of Michael Savage, are moving into uncharted area: entertainment.
Hands down, The Stephanie Miller Show is the most entertaining political show in morning radio. I know I put in a lot of qualifiers there, but if I just used "funniest," I would need no more.
It may not be perfect right off the bat, but that never stopped Miller. Much as the mystique of Jim Ward's on the money voices and the impact of the sound effects frittata that punctuates the show, will be handicapped by the fact that you actually see the man and woman behind the curtain.
The tradeoff is that the talent that is The Stephanie Miller show will get some well-deserved notoriety. While neither a Bill Maher nor a Jon Stewart nor even a Stephen Colbert, Stephanie Miller is the first Stephanie Miller and another in an all too short list of comics who has evolved into a political animal who reveals the emperor's (or president's) lack of credible garments. Watching Bill Maher and Jon Stewart wielding their satirical (and very real) power this past week, makes one beg for more funny guys with brains, even if some of the funny guys gots great gams.. .
But the best part of it all is that you know Bill O'Reilly will have someone from his cracked staff take note of Stephanie and her replays of Bill's actual words which should nail her at least a feature appearance on "Most Ridiculous Item of the Day" at the Factor. If you don't know what that is, picture a segment that usually has absolutely nothing to do with anything truly ridiculous, but is made so because Bill ends the segment by saying, "...which makes it The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day."
If Bill listens to how much his own words and audio are embarrassing and laughably insipid, he might even make Stephanie the "Talking Points Memo" subject at the top of the show. If Jim Ward were to actually lampoon O'Reilly, Bill might call for a complete boycott of Stephanie's show. She should be so lucky. Ask Franken.
With Rush Limbaugh already thinking she's a babe who countless numbers of her fans don't listen to, and Sean Hannity has traded touchy-feelies with the liberal's lovely lady lumps, the Right is already aware of Stephanie. The fun starts when "independent" Bill starts to notice. And what he'll find is MediaMatters with a great ass. And she's funnier than David Brock.
Monday should be interesting. Let's hope that MSNBC doesn't let this opportunity slip by. If nothing else it will make the old line "a face made for radio"null and void.
Steve Young is author of Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" www.greatfailure.com
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OK conspiracy theorists...has Ailes gotten religion or did he get a weather man to "tell him which way the wind blows." This is the most insincere move since Fox hired Clark.
I'm happy for Miller. She's got the right attituce, mockery! It may just be her time. Hope so. She's a characdter.
Of course if they kept going right, there next host would have been the Grand Wizard of the KKK so maybe they're going for balance.
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Michael Collins (105 articles, 16 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 354 comments)
on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 7:01:48 PM
I found Ms Miller's radio show on my truck route thru Oregon, I live here in California, I found her program terrific!!!!!! Sometimes I feltl like I may have some physic powers because the moment I heard that Imus was out, I had mentioned to a co-worker that Ms. Miller would be perfect for the time spot. I have been a fan of IMUS for over 10 years, even sent him at least five e-mails warning him that his producer has crossed the line all to often an that he himself would pay the price for it!!!!!
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CELISARY (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments)
on Friday, April 27, 2007 at 1:21:41 PM
I'd never heard of Stephanie Miller before Monday morning, and within five minutes I was asking "Where have you been all my life?" She is simply wonderful. I know MSNBC will be trying out a lot of new acts, but I will use any influence I have to get this lady the big national platform that she deserves.
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Terry Ballard (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 11 comments)
on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 2:45:50 PM
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