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Morning Joe Offers an Incredible Comic Tribute to Harold Ramis
Tom Scocca · 02/25/14 03:45PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/19gt67z01t0j2jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Has the death of Harold Ramis left the world a less funny place? MSNBC's "Morning Joe" explored the issue this morning, as NBC News political director Chuck Todd led the show in a discussion of how grievously unfunny the New York Times obituary of Ramis was. Chuck Todd is an expert on what is and is not funny. Here, for devoted students of comic technique, is a transcript of Todd's remarks:
MSNBC Profiler Wonders if 'Dark, Trekkie-Like Person' Was Responsible for Dark Knight Shooting
Max Read · 07/20/12 10:35AMWho coud have killed 12 people at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight in Aurora, Colorado? Former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt, appearing on MSNBC with Chuck Todd, speculates: "is this simply the terrible, terrible collision between some dark Trekkie-like person's fantasy world and reality?" Uh, Clint: no. [thanks to @ArkansasFred]
Here's Chuck Todd Flipping the Bird on Live TV
Max Read · 12/14/11 09:13AMIs Morning Joe the most offensive morning news and talk show on cable television? Seriously, it's like you can't turn it on without catching something vulgar and indecent. Just watch this video: Harold Ford is presented as an intelligent, thoughtful person with valuable and considered opinions. Children watch this show! What if my kid comes home and starts imitating these people? Maybe you want a nation of tiny Mark Halperins running around—I, for one, do not.
Tribune Bankruptcy Just as Muddled As You'd Expect
Hamilton Nolan · 10/29/10 11:09AMPolitico: Liberals' Private Email List Destroys Journalism
Jim Newell · 07/28/10 12:43PMNew For DSM-V: White House Press Personality Disorder
John Cook · 02/10/10 01:19PMEverybody Hates Chuck Todd
John Cook · 02/09/10 04:27PMTwitter Transforms Chuck Todd and Howard Kurtz into Idiots
John Cook · 11/20/09 12:19PMcityfile · 10/22/09 03:43PM
• The New York Times Co. reported a $35.6 million loss for the third quarter as ad revenue plunged 30 percent. But it was better than what Wall Street analysts were predicting, so the stock shot up 22 percent today. [NYT]
• New York magazine's chief says there are no plans to sell the magazine following last week's death of owner Bruce Wasserstein. [AdAge]
• Newsday plans to charge $5 a week to access to its website. [NYT, [E&P]
• Fortune is cutting back on the number of issues it publishes. And Time Inc., Fortune's publisher, is planning another round of job cuts. [WSJ]
• On the same day Sarah Palin's memoir is published, the Nation will release Going Rouge, an identical-looking book that mocks the ex-governor. [Politico]
• As if losing billions of family money wasn't enough of a punishment, France says it plans to put Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. on trial for insider trading in connection with the 2000 merger of Vivendi and Seagram. [NYP]
Shaming Media Companies Into Submission Since 2002
Hamilton Nolan · 10/22/09 01:30PMReporters Hired, Fired, Mired, Tired
Hamilton Nolan · 06/09/09 01:01PMOsama bin Laden Reduced to Political Pundit
John Cook · 06/03/09 12:13PMChuck Todd Is Getting His Own MSNBC Show
John Cook · 04/13/09 01:02PMAmazon's Scandal, MSNBC's New Show & More Layoffs
cityfile · 04/13/09 11:32AM• Amazon.com is in the hot seat for stripping gay and lesbian books of their sales rankings, something the bookseller is now calling a "glitch." [EW, WSJ]
• MSNBC is reportedly in the process of developing a weekend political show to be moderated by chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd. [NYO]
• More bad news for barely-living BlackBook: its longtime fashion director is out. And Jann Wenner's marketing chief is leaving Wenner Media. [WWD]
• Alpha Media has laid off a handful of employees at Maxim, including deputy editor Chris Wilson and editor-at-large Steve Garbarino. [NYO]
• Magazines are looking to raise subscription rates to save themselves. [NYT]
Chuck Todd Is Choking
John Cook · 03/25/09 12:12PMMost Obnoxious Press Questions For Obama: A Roundup
Ryan Tate · 03/24/09 10:15PMThe president fielded questions tonight about his daughters, the attorney general of New York and a kooky Chinese plan for an international currency. Anything on the nitty-gritty of his trillion-dollar bank bailout? Nope.
Tabloid Crashes, Burns
Hamilton Nolan · 02/13/09 02:22PMChuck Todd Is No David Gregory
Hamilton Nolan · 12/18/08 03:21PMNew Gig for Todd, Advertising and Book Layoffs
cityfile · 12/18/08 01:57PM• Chuck Todd has been named NBC's chief White House correspondent. [HP]
• The TV Guide channel has been sold for $300 million. [NYT]
• Both Doubleday and Crown's Broadway imprint laid off staff today. [NYT]
• More on the cost cuts planned at Random House. [NYO]
• Omnicom is cutting 5 percent of its work force, or about 3,000 people. [AP]
• Nominations for the 15th annual SAG Awards were announced today. [THR]