Janeane is bailing out !

[GregD]

She's just announced that she will come in on a limited basis (a couple hours only for a couple days each week, then covering Friday's so Sam can have a day off), will no longer draw a salary, and recognizes that Sam is the better host.

As one who has knocked her style hard, I think this is really good for the show, and admire her to recognize Sam's talent.

Peace Janeane - I think this is all for the best.

[KittyWampus]

1. I love Sam and am glad Janeane realizes her limitations. She'll find work

for sure!

[RebelOne]

6. I doubt that she would have a problem finding work,

since she already has a career in movie making.

[IndyOp]

2. Thank you, Janeane. I *love* the knowledge you add to the show and

I think Sam hit his stride while you were off doing West Wing. Once a week - guest spots will be great. I will be excited to see what you do next!

:hug:

[LSparkle]

3. I'm going to miss Janeane ...

Sam is great on his own, too, but she brought a lot of info to the show that I didn't get anywhere else. Good for her for agreeing to come in occasionally, and for no salary no less! I have no doubt we'll see (and hear) plenty more from her.

[kma3346]

9. I'm going to miss her too

She's passionate, feisty, and smart! She's on fire today!

I was glad to hear that she's still going to fill in for Sam when he's away. I do love listening to Sam as well. He's really come into his own.

[Zorra]

33. Yeah, me too. I think she rocks. n/t

[faithnotgreed]

72. kicking for janeane - were so glad youre on our side

she will be missed on the airwaves but she is too full of pregressive fire to not have her voice heard somehow

[uppityperson]

4. Who are Janeane and Sam? Thanks.

[PA Democrat]

10. Air America radio co-hosts of the "Majority Report"

on from 7-10 p.m. Sam Seder and Janeane Garafolo are their full names.

[uppityperson]

13. Thank you, I know Janeane from movies. nt

[ktlyon]

18. Did I see her on a Seinfeld rerun?

I think she was on West Wing also?

[uppityperson]

20. I don't know, don't watch tv much.

[Gabi Hayes]

24. yes and yes

she was the girl Seinfeld fell in love with, because she was JUST like him.

then he realized what loathsome people they both were

[Rufus T. Firefly]

39. The first truly mutual breakup.

:D

[ktlyon]

42. yes that was it no glasses

thanks

[Jigarotta]

35. heh. Rommey and Michelle's High School Reunion.

Janeane was awesome.
One of my favorite useless fluffy fun movies.

[uppityperson]

37. Truth about Dogs and Cats, Mystery Men

[habitual]

5. ok, i'll be the dumb one locked in a closet

what are we talking about here, who is she?

[walldude]

7. Janene Garafalo and Sam Seder hosts of AAR's Majority Report

:D

[habitual]

17. muchas gracias!

[Mojambo]

8. Doing radio every day is HARD.

I'm not surprised that she wants to cut it back a tad.

She's always better in shorter stints anyway.

[wryter2000]

11. Good for her

I remember in Left of the Dial she said if she wasn't good for the network she wanted to leave. Sam is really the better host, but she's clearly a class act as an individual. She won't be hurting for work.

[brentspeak]

12. Why? Was there a dispute between Janeanne and Sam?

I remember Janeanne saying last year that she was considering leaving.

[Gabi Hayes]

23. I'll bet her movie/TV career is picking up again

Sam is definitely better as a host, but I still like Janeane.

all the best to her

hahaha

phone sex with H. John Benjamin....he was the son on "Dr. Katz", my personal favorite TV cartoon show

[Eric J in MN]

52. Janane Garofalo has complained on the air that Sam Seder

wasn't letting her ask a guest enough questions.

[PSPS]

14. The AAR station here doesn't carry her show anymore

They kept a few AAR shows, but switched to some Jones programming and a bunch of shows about gardening and money. But they used to carry Majority Report, and I remember liking it, especially compared to, say, hearing some guy give the same "advice" to all callers seeking a mortgage ("call my firm and I'll set you up!" -- basically a three-hour infomercial.)

I thought Janeane was great on the late & great "The Larry Sanders Show."

[Marr]

15. That's too bad. Janeane is my favorite host on that network.

I think she's great.

[latebloomer]

16. She seems to have been on the air very rarely

over the past 6 months or so, what with filming the "West Wing" and who knows what els. Good for her for officially taking a back seat and not accepting a paycheck.

[JuniperLea]

19. I agree completely

This gesture has raised my opinion of her greatly.

[SnoopDog]

21. It just means that Janeane can pursue different avenues

to take back our America... She is still on our team and that is good!

[speedoo]

22. Janeane, in her own way, is brilliant.

Anyone catch that bit she just did with John Benjamin (whoever he is) about phone sex? Hilarious.

[Gabi Hayes]

27. Jon Benjamin is friends with both hosts, and has done some stuff with him:

http://www.triotv.com/corp/press/2003/pr0708a.html

from the great Trio series, "Brilliant, but cancelled," about TV series that never made it

"Also airing within the "Brilliant, But Cancelled™" pilots week is Beat Cops. Filmed in a cinema-verite style and without a laugh-track, this half-hour comedy stars Sam Sedar and Jon Benjamin as two clueless New York City patrolmen who are oblivious to the volatile citizens around them. Sedar co-wrote the pilot with Charles Fisher."

[undeterred]

25. I really like her but she's gone half the time anyway

so it doesn't feel like that big a loss.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

26. I absolutely love her.

I wish she and David Cross could have a child with a mix of their attitudes and opinions...WOW.

[Gabi Hayes]

28. ha....David Cross

heard his latest CD, in which he plays a dying Iraqi soldier, who prays that ''Bush has the strength to finish his lobster salad?''

the two funniest daves?

[Gabi Hayes]

29. sorry it's so big...had no idea

[Rufus T. Firefly]

38. "It's Not Funny"

and "Shut Up You Fucking Baby" are my two favorite comedy albums. Wish he'd write a book at some point...or at least release some new stuff.

At bobanddavid.com he occasionally writes articles. He wrote one that was an open letter to "Larry the Cable Guy." Funny shit.

http://www.bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artID=183

And the site is "Copyright ©2006 Liberal Jew-Run Media© & Le Foole, Inc." :D

"Gittle-R-Ding-Dong-Done!"


(Edit: confused his tour video "Let America Laugh" with his cd "It's Not Funny.")

[fudge stripe cookays]

44. Oh. My. God.

I love that guy. That has to be the funniest thing I"ve read in a LONG time!

I like the routine where he talks about the annoying morning show DJ guys, and the time he got drunk with Harlow, and he comes back drunk to the hotel, and he's trying to talk to the desk clerk....

hee hee...
forwarding that link to some folks. Thanks!
fsc

[Rufus T. Firefly]

48. "I'm a legal guest of the hotel!"

[fudge stripe cookays]

59. "Wait a minute....

I HATE Harlow!"

[Minnesota_Lib]

45. OH my god..this is funny! I was never a Cross fan, but I am now.

[Hissyspit]

64. "Shut Up You Fucking Baby" is a MUST-HAVE CD

Hilarious.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

66. He IS working on a book

i think it's mentioned on his website-or he told sam during a guest appearance

[DearAbby]

30. Love Janeane...Kudos for her help, getting AAR off the ground

I repsect her decision, feel it is the right move. Must always give credit where it is due, Janeane. Thank you!

[Vinnie From Indy]

31. She's a hottie!

I dig women like her!! She will have no problem getting work. Come to Indy Janeane!

[johnnydrama]

32. Janeane

I think she would do good in her own show, but I don't like the two host format, and Sam is on fire about 100%
of the time. He always has all the facts about just about any subject brought up.

He's my fave on AAR.

[Hugin]

61. Awe.

I'm devastated... Bye, Janeane.

You were always my favorite and you knew it.

*sigh*



;( x( ;(

[nytemare]

70. I think she and Franken both are better for TV.

She is great on a panel of talking heads, she is a head with brains.

[Pale Blue Dot]

34. I love Janeane,

but Sam is one of the best hosts in radio. Janeane always seemed to bring the show to a screeching halt. I'm sure she'll land on her feet.

[Drix]

36. Smart & Gracious Move

Janeane was a horrible host. She would interupt people making a point to discuss some unseen, unrelated event going on in the studio, turn virtually every discussion into a dime store psychoanalysis of the repugs, didn't want to talk calls, wouldn't annouce who was her guest coming in and out of breaks, etc. She just doesn't get talk radio. She obvisouly isn't a fan of the talk radio and doesn't want to learn the simplest conventions of the format.

Having said that she is fearless and passionate. I'll never forget she was virtually the only one pre-war who called bullshit on this adminstration and it's war plans publicly and without shame ( I will always love her for that!).I think she will make a better guest than host. Also I think she is fine actor and a little liberal hottie.

I won't go into her stand-up ability.

[Minnesota_Lib]

40. I love Janeane, but she is better solo...her style does not complement...

...the brilliance of Sam. I hope she takes a full-time or maybe weekend show of her own. I love her. :loveya:

[Chomp]

41. Could see this coming.

She's amazing in so many ways, but just not as a radio host. Her leaving is classy and that is to be expected too.

I'll never forget her losing it on air soon after Vote 04 when someone said Dems should try to find common ground with the right. She went completely nuts and ended in tears, but it was the most moving rant I've ever heard. It was funny, beautiful, sad, angry, articulate, precise, viscious...amazing.

But all that said, Seder is quite simply fantastic on his own and is improving every week. The show will be much improved with him on his own.

He'll also become AAR flagship host at some point I reckon.

[Renew Deal]

43. Finally

She was such a drag.

[demobabe]

46. Janeane is a class act

And she's a superb human being! She's given so much of her time fighting the Bush regime and has been extremely supportive of the blogosphere. She was a great help when Take Back The Media was being sued by Talk Radio Network/Michael Savage.

Can't say enough good things about her.

[shance]

47. It's interesting. Some people here are critical of Janeane's "hard style"

I wonder.

Why is it okay for a male like Mike Malloy, who I really like and respect, to have a "hard style", but for women, especially a feminine women, its not okay? Why is it they have to either be brawny like a man, or be soft and non confrontational, warm and sweet?

Women and Men both are a combination of many different characteristics and qualities.

Men have different styles and so do women.

However, women's various styles or ways are much more condemned and judged critically than most mens.

Our culture and certainly our media machine, dictates a strong and neverending (but inaccurate) message that women be sweet, non- confrontational, motherly, nurturing and pretty, or we should be ballsy, no-nonsense, tough handsome and funny and oh, we have to like men better than we like women.

We can't be allowed to treat genders equally or be gender neutral. On the whole, women who follow these guidelines are the ones who are allowed on the public airwaves.

What is so threatening for women to be who they are? We are a variation of so many things. People wonder why some women become angry and/or "hysterical" as many like to call a woman's anger. I would say because it's confining and suffocating in that little tiny box women are supposed to remain in. If you aren't a women, then perhaps it is harder for you to understand, but I hope those of you who aren't women, will try to understand.

Janeane in my opinion, knows more than most on Air America. Although I like Sam, he is funny and he's such a likeable person, but I don't think he's as knowledgeable or as intuitive as Janeane, and doesn't get to the core of issues like Janeane does.

This is a real loss in my opinion.

I am saddened that it seems we continue to silence the voices we need to hear the most. One of those is Janeane Garafolo. It's amazing how few strong women's voices that are truly intelligent are somehow conveniently dismissed from the places where they can have the most impact.

[sheelz]

49. !

Well said, thank you for writing that out.

[shance]

53. Thanks Sheelz.

Just thought it bared mentioning.

[sheelz]

58. Sure did

And I'm sure Janeane thanks you, too!

[Eric J in MN]

51. I like her style (nt)

nt

[Eric J in MN]

50. This sucks.

I prefer hearing Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo together to separately.

I also prefered the "Al Franken Show" when Katherine Lanpher was there.

[Aristus]

54. I can't believe no one has posted a pic yet!

She is a goddess!

A liberal goddess, and how cool is that?

B-)

[bigtree]

55. I am in love with her

what a woman!

[cascadiance]

68. I love her politics and spunk, and she's a Hawkeye fan to boot!

That puts her A1 in my book! :)

[MoeHayNow]

56. Dang!

Always dug both hosts. I think they had a good rapport.
No doubt that Sam is the better "radio host," but Janeane always had a fire that I admired.

And, there was one day that she played songs from Ween's "The Mollusk" as bumpers and said, "Ween. Love Ween." Anyone who does that is aces in my book!

[onehandle]

57. That stinks. Good luck to her. nt

[Imagevision]

60. Janeane could easily replace Diane Feinstein for openers!

[sheelz]

69. I'd go for that!

:thumbsup:

[Hugin]

62. Awe.

I'm devastated... Bye, Janeane.

You were always my favorite and you knew it.

*sigh*



;( x( ;(

(Note: This is a repost to the OP from above. In my grief
I misrouted. Sorry, everybody.)

[NJCher]

63. Fact is

Janeane is an artiste' whose creative spirit does not lend itself to a daily-or nearly daily routine.

Some people, particularly those focused on radio, will do well at it. Janeane is an actress but who has strong political leanings and who is quite articulate about her opinions. This does not, however, a talk show host make.

The new arrangement sounds like it is more in keeping with her personality. I am looking forward to her contributions. She is, as another poster pointed out, very good at turning up research and info not found anyplace else. I am glad she will be still be on the show and I look forward to hearing her.




Cher

[shance]

67. That is not a fact. That's your opinion.

Which you're certainly entitled to, as is everyone else.

I believe we need many more 'creative spirits' on the radio than standard play it safers that don't try and initiate thought, or worse those radio hosts who try and demonize those that think differently than they do.

It seems most radio talk show hosts these days are either hired to be essentially harmless and funny, or preach and promote conformist/simplistic thoughts that are right wing based. They go for the cheap laughs and the easier, softer stuff that doesn't require anything of themselves really or of the listener. I tend to think with the state of this union, that is not a healthy thing for us, certainly not an empowering thing for citizens at large.

Perhaps that is why true artists by nature and trade aren't allowed more air time.

An artist, in any medium, is the eyes and ears so often of what is truly happening in the world. It is often the artist who leaves the imprint and can shift perspectives and open people's minds.

A trained artist is required to look below the surface of what is visable, and is trained to observe how people feel, think and respond to things and WHY they do. They are trained and encouraged to better understand peoples' behavior and motivations at a greater level than most.

True Artists on the whole are simply more awake than most people. That is why power abusers fear many artists - because artists have the power to inspire thought and creativity, and power abusers are addicted to control and suppressing others creative thought and inspiration.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

65. she'd be better doing politcally-tinged standup a la david cross

radio was not the best use of her immense talents

she helped me out on a project a few years ago and is a wonderful person and will do fine

[rocktivity]

71. Absolutely fabulous, sweetie darling!

You are SO doing the right thing--Sam is cerebral enough without you, and with your other interests, your commitment to Air America has always been questionable. On the other hand, this could be cover story for your being fired!

:rofl:
rocknation