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If You Like Keith Olbermann’s “Special Comments,” Then Get Excited

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countdown_10-6If you happen to be a fan of Keith Olbermann‘s occasional, lengthy, “Special Comment” monologues, you’re going to love tonight’s show.

And if you’re not, well you may want to avoid MSNBC for the entire 8pmET hour. That’s right, tonight will be an hour-long Special Comment.

Here’s part of the plan, as Olbermann revealed last night:

We will devote the entirety of Countdown to a Special Comment, on the need for reform, the real meaning of reform and the protests against it, and what we, you and I, can do about it. I will propose group action by patients.

Get ready, sir, it’s going to get really intense up in 30 Rock for an hour tonight, SIR.

Here’s all of Olbermann’s past Special Comments, and what it looks like when Ben Affleck makes fun of these Special Comments:

And here’s Olbermann’s announcement last night (via, via):

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  • Puter Boi

    This should be great fun.

    Olbermann’s “special” comments are like watching Howard Beale…Ted Baxter…and Fred Flintstone all at the same time.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-East/1541112667 Jim East

    Yesterday at work, we each took turns answering the following question: “What is your version of hell?”

    Now my answer, which involved being part of Rachael Ray’s studio audience, seems pathetic. My version of hell is having to sit through an one-hour tirade delivered by Captain Insufferable himself.

    Either the people making the decisions at MSNBC have no control over this man, or they have no fear that Nancy Grace will ever overtake him. Campbell Brown must have her head in her hands saying, “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy.”

    Thanks for posting the Affleck clip, it’s as hilarious as it is accurate.

  • ChrisNH

    I can ‘avoid’ MSNBC entirely. I de-programmed the channel from all cable boxes in the house. You can’t even tune to it by accident. I’m sure others would like to do the same with Fox, but here’s a message: You won’t be missed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

    Can he really keep that sanctimonious phony outrage going for a solid hour? His viewership is so low he has to perform circus tricks to get anybody to watch.

  • mediatv

    I think he meant “patients” – as in… people who get health care.

  • http://mediaite.com Steve Krakauer

    Hey mediatv, I think you’re right. Changed, thanks.

  • m

    Should’ve been promo’d more. Like a week in advance or something.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justina-North/1460476764 Justina North

    i hope u stay on tv just wish u would come on in the morning. i wish u would take good morning joe place. i would like for him to come on at night so i can say good-nite joe and cut my tv off when he come on.keith can u find out if the rumor of glen beck is true did he rape a teenage i belive in 1990. i known he would do and say anything so the kkk and the republican can keep him on tv. because he is to stupid and that can’t be fix, is the only reason he is on tv. the republican will used people like him, rush, o’reaily ,kkk ,skinhead to do their dirty work. they have really played out this is a new day a time for a change. for eight year only thing they have done,, is take american down. love your keith good luck.

  • sarainitaly

    Justina North says:

    No Glenn Beck did not rape a teenager. It was a rumor started by Liberals.
    http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/

    But, you just keep on hating those republicans, and calling them names. we haven’t had enough race cards this year.

  • Jelperman

    Has Beck answered all the questions about whether he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990? No! In fact, he’s trying to suppress the TRUTH! He could put the issue of whether he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990 to rest if only he would come clean and answer all the questions.

    Instead he sends his lawyers to try and close the site!

    Beck is also a racist by his own admission, so the young girl he may have raped and murdered back in 1990 may have been black.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chuck-Steele/1147844375 Chuck Steele

    I really hope that Jelperman and Justina North do not breed. The last thing this world needs is more ignorant people. Those are two of the dumbest posts that I have ever read. It really leaves you wondering if either of their parents had children with IQ’s.

  • Johnny ScrimShaw

    I would agree that Justina’s comment is dumb, but what she wrote is so ridiculously incoherent that I can’t even begin to understand what she’s talking about, or form an opinion about it.

    Anyway, do liberals who frequent Mediaite think Keith Olbermann is a drama queen? All of my progressive friends find this guy to be an absolute embarrasment.

    Likewise myself and my right-wing friends find Beck to be an even bigger drama queen, but we can’t stop watching the guy. I guess we just enjoy a good trainwreck.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Roberto-Nash/508513666 Roberto Nash

    Keith is awesome. I laugh when he calls out the liars from the right and left. Did Glenn Beck really kill somebody?

  • Jelperman

    Beck has not denied raping and killing a girl in 1990 -the sign of a guilty conscience.

  • ImNotBlue

    Jelp… does exploiting a heinous crime, by accusing someone clearly innocent, make you feel bad? Is it tough for you to rail against someone like Beck, and then use a tactic far worse than anything he would attempt? When you see rape victims on television, or hear about their crime, do you laugh to yourself and say, “Ha! Their pain makes a great attack on someone I disagree with politically.”

    I wonder if you people feel any guilt over some of the things you say. I doubt it… and that’s pretty sad.

  • http://www.resumesplanet.com resume

    Keith Olbermann is on to something. Something big,” Rosenthal wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times. “‘Countdown’ flows from funny to poignant in connecting the seemingly random dots of a day’s events, important and trivial, steadfastly clinging to basic tenets about what is and isn’t news without being bound to traditional approaches.

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