O'Reilly predicted Oscar win for Gore, ridiculed his "Béla Lugosi" haircut
On the January 24 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, during a discussion of former Vice President Al Gore and his film An Inconvenient Truth, which was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary, host Bill O'Reilly called the film "fine" and said that Gore "does a good job ... provoking the conversation" about global warming. He then compared Gore's appearance to "Dracula," claiming Gore has a "Béla Lugosi haircut" and needs only "the cape and say, 'The children of the evening.' " O'Reilly added: "He's going to win this year for An Inconvenient Truth and he's going to win -- next year will be The Return of Dracula."
Fox News contributor Dennis Miller joined in, saying: "The thing about Al Gore is he's a bad emissary for the global warming issue for me because I've always thought of him as such an inauthentic man." Miller added, "I think I translate some of that feeling to the cause."
From the January 24 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: Yes, and the movie is fine.
MILLER: The thing about Al Gore is he's a bad emissary for that global warming issue for me because I've always thought of him as such an inauthentic man. I think I translate some of that feeling to the cause. Like -- can this cause be as legit as he makes it out to be?
O'REILLY: No, he believes it, and I think he does a good job, as Jeanne Wolf said, provoking the conversation. I want -- can we put that video we just had up? Because I want to point out something that Miller will really understand here.
He's got the Béla Lugosi haircut going on now. Did you notice that? It's slicked back -- all he needs is the cape and say, "The children of the evening." There it is, the moon [bottom left-hand corner]. There it is.
Look, he's going to win this year for An Inconvenient Truth and he's going to win -- next year will be The Return of Dracula.
MILLER: He might win the Oscar, but I'm telling you, I have trouble taking escalating temperature estimates from a guy that I've already deemed to be a sweat act.
O'REILLY: Miller. So you've insulted -- no, I'm not even going to bother. I'm not going to do it. All right. I'll give you the last word tonight, Miller.
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Too bad they don't give out Grammys for recorded telephone messages. I'll bet Orally would win for "Best suggested use of a loofa and falafel."
Miller says, "The thing about Al Gore is he's a bad emissary for the global warming issue for me because I've always thought of him as such an inauthentic man. I think I translate some of that feeling to the cause."
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I think Miller is a bad emissary for logical thought, because I've always thought of him as a no-talent hack who lost his TV show when "Miller's brain" Rick Overton quit as head writer. Overton brilliantly wrote all the cultural references that Miller couldn't even read off the teleprompter. I think I translate some of that feeling to anything Miller says.
I wrote an email to Miller after one of his rants on Fox, wondering why he had to dumb down his cultural references now that he is on Fox. I never got a reply.. so thanks for answering my question... It was his writer.
I think this post is stupid, and a waist of space.
Where is the bs here?
Did you set up a macro for that post, or do you type it in every time?
We'll find out if it's a macro if he keeps posting "waist of space."
Miller
"Inauthentic man" ... How much credibility does Dennis Miller have? These guys are too much... caricatures of themselves at this point.
Nice job, BTW, correctly spelling the name of Mr. Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó.
In the words of Martin Landau, "nobody gives three f*cks for Béla."
where is the misinformation here? or are you applauding oreilly for calling gore's film 'fine'
Hey Roy! Thanks for (once again) stating nothing. You are getting good at this, and frankly it makes for a quick reply.
"where is the misinformation here?
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In every post you make.
Stow it, corporal.
I don't really have much of an objection to this piece, because it wasn't presented as news but rather a comedy bit. Global Warming is real, and thankfully O'Reilly didn't claim that it wasn't. He just made fun of Gore's haircut and vampire-like appearance in the film... which actually made me chuckle. Miller is an idiot, and everyone knows that...no real "misinformation" here.
"He just made fun of Gore's haircut and vampire-like appearance in the film"
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I've seen the film. There's nothing even remotely "vampire-like" about Gore's appearance.
And Orally had better be really careful when criticizing someone else's looks. He doesn't have a lot of leeway to spare.
I am trying to picture Bill with a big wolly beard. Ha...he's just look like some pervert who lives in a van, down by the river.
The thing about Al Gore is he's a bad emissary for that global warming issue for me because I've always thought of him as such an inauthentic man. I think I translate some of that feeling to the cause....Dennis Miller..
And the thing about Dennis Miller is he's a bad emissary for rational political analysis, because it's obvious to anyone who hasn't had the Fox lobotomy that he's just the latest in a long line of crotch-sniffers who seem to think being a right-wing yes-man is a ticket to the career success that has so sadly eluded him so far...
Dennis, you were a marginal success on SNL, due to the writing of others; your HBO show was somewhat good, for the same reason, and probably because you took shots at everyone. But your movie career has been a train wreck; your Monday Night Football gig was a disaster.
In other words, you're just the kind of D-lister who should fit right in at Fox.
But hey, if you want to hang out with BO and the rest of the irrelevant right, be my guest. Just make sure you get the frequent kneepad discount.
Margaret Carlson says yesterday "Dems aren't authentic" or whatever, and now Miller says "Gore is inauthentic." First of all, I'm not sure that's a word but I'm too lazy right now to go look it up, and second, wow, I guess this week's Repugnicant talking point is "authenticity."
"Inauthentic" is authentic.
Which is more than I can say for Miller.
How bad are O'Reilly's ratings that he would put on an 18-time loser such as Miller?
O'Reilly is the highest rated Cable News Person everyday he is on the air. What are you talking about ratings?
Lighten up Franci with your ratings talk. The dude gets a 1.9- 2 rating. Sponge Bob does a 4 rating every single day of the week. The log splitting championships of the northwest get a .5 rating on the Duece on a weekday afternoon. Is there really a difference between a 1.9 for Orally and 1.1 for Larry King? Its like the Crack head with ten bucks in his pocket bustin' on the crackhead with only 5 bucks in his pocket. There both broke and they smoke crack.
I have trouble taking escalating temperature estimates from a guy that I've already deemed to be a sweat act.
Is this supposed to be a joke? A putdown on Gore? A renunciation that Global Warming? I have no idea. Based on previous posts it seems he does need help with his material.
I thought Bull OhReally didn't do personal attacks . . .
Two things struck me when watching this little exchange between O'Reilly and Miller. The first is that Miller ( a funny guy I must say from his days in SNL) lacks any credibility as a political analyst and the second is that Bill Oh-really(as another reader brilliantly suggested we should call him) is not the one who should be trying to make jokes about Al Gore's hair or anything for that matter. Bill sucks at comedy and Dennis sucks even more at political analysis.
Next week, Bill will be commenting on the complexions of liberals.
The interesting thing about this clip is that O'Lielly is funnier than Miller....not a difficult thing to do, but one wonders why anyone would give Miller a job. Billo at least tried, for a change, to defend a 'liberal.' I suspect, however, that falling ratings and desperation mean trying to reach out to the left and actually be 'fair and balanced.'
No excusing having the most non-comic comedian in the world on, though.
Miller is a has been from way back, marginally funny on SNL, Dana Carvey's impression of Miller is one of the funniest skits there were (Dennis Miller Cooking Show). O'Reilly is just, to put in his words" a pinhead".
Dennis Miller- Not talented at al.
Hey Dennis - Gore's movie is up for an Oscar, and we know O'Reilly won that Polkbody Award; what's the last award you won?
So what's wrong with Bela Lugosi?
I'm a fan of Bela Ferenc Dezco Blasco.
Even in the cheapo's he made he commanded every scene, blowing all the other actors away with a deep commanding voice that could shake the sets in his more impassioned scenes.
Dennis Miller on the other hand looks like one of those Neanderthals in the TV commercials. He's even named after one of the worst Tarzan actors in cinematic history.
There's already been a movie called Return of Dracula. It was an AIP production that came out right before Hammer Studio's Horror of Dracula in 1958. Francis Lederer played the Count in one of the best performances I've seen in the part.
The movie was generally drive-in theatre fare, with a teen aged, cast, a 1950's sitcom look, combined with a Dracula that was more like a Cold War Enemy with slouched hat. One of the heroes was even a Immigration and Naturalization officer. The good guy family was even named Mayberry (as in RFD), and included a priggish older sister, and a puckish younger brother. Some have held the teenagers against the movie, however, Lucy Westenra was only 19 in the book Dracula, and I think Wilhemina Murray (later Harker) may have been closed to the same age.
Lederer played it Lugosi style, sans fangs, but with his thick curly hair, oily charm, and basilisk glare and strong but thin cheeks and jawline looked remarkably like the character as described in the book, albeit without mustache (later Van Dyke as well).