StumpTownStu

I don't believe anyone should be fired for that reason per se but I don't feel bad for him because he is so gawd awful.

Literally the worst late-night talk show host in 40 years of late night talk. Dude literally has no talent. I have always watched late night talk shows, since I was a little kid. Always was a night owl. I can only speak from the mid 80's on but in that time, he was by far the worst. And that's including short loved stints. They should give permanent hosting duties to Chris Destefano. I caught a couple of his guest host episodes. He wasn't fantastic but showed potential. And at least he's a stand up comedian. Jimmy was a radio host. Fell as backwards into the man show. Adam Carolla carried him there. He gets this gig and the rest was history. He has always been really bad though. Like, if you aren't naturally funny,  you have to at least be good at interviewing guest. He was absolute dogshit at interviewing guest.

Late-night talk was already in a transitional period. They are axing shows anyway. It's just a dead format. High production costs, most of which is eaten up by the hosts salary. And people just don't watch TV in the same way. Jimmy was on borrowed time. Never in entertainment has someone made so much with so little talent. Jimmy kimmel wasn't funny. He wasn't a comedian like Leno, Letterman, etc. He didn't have the swag of a Carson, or a Craig Ferguson. He was a horrible interviewer. He's an all around bad presenter. This summer, we had tried to watch Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? but my wife couldn't get past just how horrible he was at hosting.

Just saw this. Though I never got to meet him in person,or build a relationship like some of you, you could always tell that Goose was just cut from the right kind of cloth. Even before I was a poster, when I would just sometimes skim through the forum for a good laugh, it was always clear that he was a stand up guy. I will regret never making to the other side of the country to meet up with Goose and nature at Foxwoods but I will always consider him a friend none the less.

@JOHNNY_ODAE

 What have I missed? I thought he was gonna be alright.

Hold on, what the fukk?!

Who said he said anything wrong? 

Care to cite/quote/link where any of them incited violence?

If you were gonna do it, and obviously it's a non-starter because it's horrible, but it you were gonna do it, that would be the way to go about it.

Honestly, what i've seen on the streets of San Francisco and Oakland in the last 20 years, and Portlant to an extent too, and Seattle for that matter, is essentially assisted suicide. And while I can't speak for post covid Seattle because we just don't spend time up there like we used to, those other places have gotten exponentially worse.

How exactly did he propose killing them? Was it humane? I've got to say, i've never heard of this Kilmaede character but i'm definitely intrigued.

That merger was always going to happen because Larry Ellison is Larry Ellison. And as I have said many times, this country is a corporate oligarchy. It definitely was a huge factor though but also, as I said, late night talk is a dead format. Those shows were on borrowed time anyway. Doesn't make any of this right. Jimmy Kimmel was a talentless hack. No one has ever made more with such little talent. Doesn't mean he deserves to go out like this but Nexstar made the call. They said they wouldn't air it. They own all the ABC affiliates. Disney had no choice.

I think he's a bottom. Something about killing a guy" to dilence hate" when you're just a regular white dude, something about that says, "I get plowed." That's some next level simping. My wife is a Lutheran. If Charlie Kirk talked a bunch of shit about Lutherans, I definitely wouldn't smoke his ass. And I love that woman more than life.

I just read that it wasn't even Disney. It was Nexstar. 

Kinda reminds me of this place.

To be fair, late night talk is dead as a format and networks have been looking for their escape clauses. The political stuff, with respects to Colbert and Kimmel, just became their convenient excuse for Disney and Skydance. With Skydance, Oracle's government contracts were surely a factor but they wanted out anyway.

Apparently he was in an electrical apprenticeship. That's one thing about the LDS in Utah. They control all the trades.

1) How did Trump ever become my boy?

2) Yes, both sides are jumping through hoops. We'll see how it all plays out.

Tyler Robinson: Top or bottom?

@Calde13

 Very valid points. I think simply based on who Charlie Kirk was, conservatives everywhere immediately rushed to the "violent democrats" narrative, without anything being known about the shooter. Almost just as fast, though, you had democrats being like, "Well, it is conservative Utah." Then when info started to trickle out, it was, "Well, he was raised in a conservative household. Well, he's actually a groyper." I had never heard the term,then all of a sudden, on Friday, my wife mentions it, then one of the bros here mentions it. The reality is, people don't actually care. Both sides are always looking for the next political chip to ante up. The next game piece to play. It's all a soap opera.

@DeezyAZ81

 It's funny, first you said no reputable news sources were reporting any of this. Now essentially all news sources are reporting on this. Even the likes of CNN and BBC. Now you’re going with, "...but Candace Owens and Steve Bannon, and Grok AI say it's fake." Let me guess. Candace Owens thinks it's all a Mossad conspiracy, right?

I really don't give a shit one way or the other. The loss of life is tragic. The circumstances particularly heinous but i'm not a Charlie Kirk fan, and I have no real interest in this story other than talking about it with you guys. So i'm more than happy to wait and see. I just find it comical that many left leaning people have been jumping through hoops to have this kid be anything except someone resembling a liberal. And for the record, i'm not equating gay and liberal. I'm just amused by the defense being played.

Honest question. How do you know the Discord and 4chan profiles aren't what's fake? I mean, if Steve Bannon and Candace Owens say it's all fake, I guess the discussion is over.