Russell Brand Destroys MSNBC hosts

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Jun 18, 2013 5:46 PM
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Jun 18, 2013 5:48 PM
Russell Brand is still a tool.
Jun 18, 2013 5:48pm
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Jun 18, 2013 5:57 PM
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Jun 18, 2013 6:15 PM
Those anchors seem like an SNL skit. Expected out of MSNBC though.
Jun 18, 2013 6:15pm
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Jun 18, 2013 6:28 PM
I wouldn't say he "destroyed" them... more like he just played/messed with them.
Jun 18, 2013 6:28pm
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Jun 18, 2013 7:54 PM
That was a waste of time.

I get what the guy meant about Brand being hard to understand. It's not the accent, it's like someone chopped-up a Mike Ditka commentary and re-arranged it to make even less sense.
Jun 18, 2013 7:54pm
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Jun 18, 2013 8:38 PM
LOL. That was great. Dude in the tie is a fucking dunce.
Jun 18, 2013 8:38pm
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Jun 18, 2013 8:50 PM
gut;1459578 wrote:That was a waste of time.

I get what the guy meant about Brand being hard to understand. It's not the accent, it's like someone chopped-up a Mike Ditka commentary and re-arranged it to make even less sense.

I understood it easily. I think the video proves if you throw these so called journalist off script, they have no clue what to think other than what is written for them. I think Brand is funny. I have listened to him quite a few times on Howard Stern and he has always been funny.
Jun 18, 2013 8:50pm
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Jun 18, 2013 9:05 PM
pmoney25;1459600 wrote:I understood it easily. I think the video proves if you throw these so called journalist off script, they have no clue what to think other than what is written for them. I think Brand is funny. I have listened to him quite a few times on Howard Stern and he has always been funny.
Exactly.

What was hard to understand? Those people are puppets and Brand exposed it.
Jun 18, 2013 9:05pm
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Jun 18, 2013 9:28 PM
Russell Brand was prepaired for the interview. The ones who interviewed him were not. Points go to Brand.
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Jun 18, 2013 9:34 PM
cat_lover;1459632 wrote:Russell Brand was prepaired for the interview. The ones who interviewed him were not. Points go to Brand.
I thought he was typically all over the place (hard to follow as opposed to hard to understand). Maybe he "hijacked" his own interview because their lack of preparation so offended him. I don't know, but I think he was just being his typical zany self.

He got so distracted he spent all of like 15 seconds actually promoting what he was there for. Dude was funny in forgetting Sarah Marshall. His talk show might be the most unwatchable thing on tv.
Jun 18, 2013 9:34pm
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Jun 19, 2013 4:23 AM
That was 8 minutes of my life I won't get back.

Perhaps the 200 people that actually watch MSNBC might care about Russell's accent (which is very easy to follow) or the chick in the blue dress drinking while Brand just yaps.

The whole thing was stupid. Brand's spontaneous "joke" with the people in the background fell completely flat. It didn't work, and what we saw was a few more minutes of a bunch of uninteresting people being uncomfortable.
Jun 19, 2013 4:23am
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Jun 19, 2013 4:56 AM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1459554 wrote:I wouldn't say he "destroyed" them... more like he just played/messed with them.
Correct, and he it appears he did it because his joke didn't work. If the MSNBC guy would have been more astute he should have asked Brand "so when you do stand-up, and a joke gets no response, how do you deal with it?".
Jun 19, 2013 4:56am
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Jun 19, 2013 11:16 AM
He embarrassed them; he didn't "destroy" them.
Jun 19, 2013 11:16am
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Jun 19, 2013 1:18 PM
Manhattan Buckeye;1459987 wrote:Correct, and he it appears he did it because his joke didn't work.
That must happen a lot. I don't find him to be remotely funny - as an actor doing comedy, ok, as a comedian just no.
Jun 19, 2013 1:18pm
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Jun 19, 2013 1:45 PM
lol at people taking the OP's use of "destroyed" literally.

He fucked with them....bad.
Jun 19, 2013 1:45pm
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Jun 19, 2013 2:29 PM
Automatik;1460148 wrote:lol at people taking the OP's use of "destroyed" literally.

He fucked with them....bad.
I'd say "badly" is closer to accurate.
Jun 19, 2013 2:29pm
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Jun 19, 2013 4:52 PM
Yea I am sorry that when I said destroy that when you watched the video he did not wipe them out of existence or crush them into oblivion.

I should edit the title to say "Russell Brand tries to make joke about how news anchors are not doing there job and news anchors get nervous and have no clue what to do next"
Jun 19, 2013 4:52pm
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Jun 19, 2013 4:58 PM
I don't know, from the video trying to make a joke might be sort of accurate description. At the 3 minute mark he's fidgety and tries to make some sort of joke about the people in the background, and it landed harder than a lead balloon. Brand was just as uncomfortable as the news people afterwards.
Jun 19, 2013 4:58pm
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Jun 19, 2013 5:02 PM
Not to mention, he makes several rude/offensive comments. And so while the anchors may have failed to maintain their professionalism, they didn't lose their cool. Heck, they even asked him for a little "preview" of his routine and he responds something along the lines of "no freebies - you'll have to buy a ticket". Mostly he hijacked his own interview and they just let him do his own thing.

Personally I think Russell Brand is just an unfunny ass. But to each their own.
Jun 19, 2013 5:02pm
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Jun 19, 2013 7:18 PM
Another proud moment in American journalism.
Jun 19, 2013 7:18pm
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Jun 19, 2013 10:45 PM
Also that blonde chick on MSNBC might be the biggest c*nt on TV.

Hey hey:mad:...you are not allowed to call any women the 'c' word unless they are Tea party Republicans.
Jun 19, 2013 10:45pm
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Jun 20, 2013 7:01 AM
Interesting.

Russell Brand: I think he is zany, but is feeling threatened by the "comedy" monicker. He has convictions - one he discussed was the template/story line that the media uses to push an agenda. He backs that up with the line about his clothes being superficial and unnecessary; the real issue is what he is saying. If he is JUST a comedian, these points are lost for the sake of funniness.

The anchors: who starts an interview with "I have no clue who you are but..."??? And whoever mentioned getting them off script is right on. Russell (don't call him "he") had something to say, but they were going to plow ahead with what they had discussed in the green room during rehearsal. Russell, I assume, knew that and committed to being the wrench in their gears to prove a point.

All that to say, tl;dr.
Jun 20, 2013 7:01am
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Jun 20, 2013 11:13 AM
^^^I have my doubts that Russell Brand is the "deep thinker" you're making him out to be.
Jun 20, 2013 11:13am