This is probably going to be the last CPAC convention I will have not gone to in my time here in Washington DC, I will so miss not going to it while here. I will just have to manage to deal with not going while I'm hundreds of miles away.
Anyway, Chuck Woolery has an important message to the blacks and the gays which he relayed to Michele Bachmann at CPAC, the obvious spokesperson and venue of choice to get the message out: "Majority rules. We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted by God in the Constitution. I mean, I'm discriminated against all the time. I don't care. It doesn't bother me. [I'm discriminated against] because I'm old. I'm too old to get a job as a game show host. They say, well, the guy's 71 and in five years he'll be 76. And I’m a one per center, and I'm absolutely discriminated against as a one per center." http://j.mp/xSd9hF -- Woolery and Bachmann at CPAC I would like to point out here that Chuck Woolery last regular game show hosting gig -- Lingo on GSN -- ran from 2003-2007. He was 62 when it started, and 66 when it ended. It was a part of a string of game show hosting gigs he had starting when was about 57. Most Americans would not have as easy a time getting a job at age 57 even if they began in the same industry. However, he works in the entertainment industry, which is even harder for old people to get a job. A woman is suing the Internet Movie Database because she suspects that agents won't hire her because she is 40. This is not a terrible suspicion, as we all know actresses whose careers stalled as they could no longer play the cute 20 or 30-something. I think I can argue that Chuck Woolery actually discriminated *less* than other white people, or even other white men. And this isn't even pointing out the absurdity of equating "not being offered to host 'Match Game 3000'" to "not being allowed to marry" or "being pulled over by police for driving in a rich neighborhood". This outburst of Woolery reminded me of an article written two years ago at The Daily Beast, which wondered why game-show hosts were conservative. I saw it then, but I declined to post it here, because I don't think it tried hard enough to answer the question it posed, or even if the premise of the question was accurate. One immediate thought I had when I reread the piece was "was it really unusual that this set of people was politically conservative?" Except for Drew Carey, they were all older and richer white people, a group that by and large are conservative. (Drew Carey, a rich younger white person is Libertarian). Also, by and large, they entered the industry differently than actors do, so I don't think it is right to expect their beliefs to match that of actors in Hollywood. And somewhat related to the first point, the article focused on old-style game show hosts. There was no mention of hosts of the 2000s. Survivor at its essence is a game show. Where's Jeff Probst? (And of course, he hosted Rock and Roll Jeopardy). How about Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race? Reege hosted a damn popular game show a while back? (The article was written in 2010, so we can't count Steve Harvey.) http://j.mp/wTl9Yk -- The Daily Beast: Why Game Show Hosts Vote Republican. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com Twitter: @westwit G+: http://plus.google.com/113413697748381364954 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wesleymcgee -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
