Author Topic: ESPN yanks Hank Williams Jr.'s MNF theme tonight, due to comments about Obama (Read 3291 times)

MCWAY · « **on:** October 03, 2011, 04:30:13 PM »

And of ALL NIGHTS, WHEN MY BUCS are playing!! How stupid is this!!!

The report goes that Hank compared Obama playing golf with Boehner to Hitler playing golf with Nethenyahu, this morning on Fox.

How utterly ridiculous!!

Dos Equis · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2011, 04:34:39 PM »

Quote from: MCWAY on October 03, 2011, 04:30:13 PM

And of ALL NIGHTS, WHEN MY BUCS are playing!! How stupid is this!!!

The report goes that Hank compared Obama playing golf with Boehner to Hitler playing golf, this morning on Fox.

How utterly ridiculous!!

Oh good grief. I wonder if the White House placed a call?

Dos Equis · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2011, 04:35:07 PM »

Attack Waaaaaaaacth!

240 is Back · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2011, 04:56:25 PM »

hey, I'm sure Hank's MNF contract included something about making statements like this.

Let me guess - it was A-okay for Champion to drop taht Steeler from their company because he had Qs about 911...
But how dare a television network drop a singer who makes comments invoking hitler?

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Someone owes me an apology.. wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
You fuuucking crybaby repubs.

MCWAY · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2011, 05:00:31 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on October 03, 2011, 04:56:25 PM

hey, I'm sure Hank's MNF contract included something about making statements like this.

Let me guess - it was A-okay for Champion to drop taht Steeler from their company because he had Qs about 911...
But how dare a television network drop a singer who makes comments invoking hitler?

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Someone owes me an apology.. wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
You fuuucking crybaby repubs.

That was just as stupid. And the last person who need to be talking about crying is one of the card-carrying TK members (that would be you, in case you didn't know).

You would think that the last bastion of peace from this Obama-worshipping media would be sports (the NFL, in particular). Alas, with these two examples, such ain't the case.

Fury · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2011, 05:03:08 PM »

Quote from: MCWAY on October 03, 2011, 05:00:31 PM

That was just as stupid. And the last person who need to be talking about crying is one of the card-carrying TK members (that would be you, in case you didn't know).

You would think that the last bastion of peace from this Obama-worshipping media would be sports (the NFL, in particular). Alas, with these two examples, such ain't the case.

Cheney's comments have 180 melting down hard. This is the third thread he's posted in about Repubs crying. As if that's enough to somehow win Downgrade's reelection.

240 is Back · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2011, 05:06:07 PM »

i am highly disapointed in cheney. i've said it for years. He has no morals, but he has balls, intelligence, and knocked that PNAC vision out of the park successfully.4

Well, he HAD balls. Demanding apologies is something I expect a whiny barbara walters to do. Cheney sent teams of black bag ops dudes to whack bad guys all over the world. Seeing him on tv crying that a politician owes him an apology?

Dude went soft. Heart drugs, maybe. The 2003 version of cheney would have spit and mocked a pussy demanding an apology.

MCWAY · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2011, 09:46:22 PM »

Now, I'm not as mad.

No Hank....BUT BUCS WIN!!!!

chadstallion · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2011, 05:51:49 AM »

please, he's a C and W singer...

240 is Back · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2011, 06:24:24 AM »

LOL @ Fox news...

daily show had its moment of zen when they show someone painfully funny or ironic.

First, it's that dumb blonde idiot form morning host lady saying "I dont care what roseanne barr thinks - why should anybody care what celebrities think about politics?

Then, immediately after, a clip of her saying "now let's see what Hank Willims Jr thinks about the 2012 presidential race..."

LMAO. dbags. the whole lot of ya.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2011, 06:51:02 AM »

Hank only caters to redneck trailer trash anyways. So who gives a shit what he thinks?

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2011, 08:27:30 AM »

This is fucking stupid, fuck ESPN

And if you look at what he said, he's not comparing Obama to hitler anyway. It's saying that they're playing golf together is as absurd as hitler playing golf with nuttbagyahoo. That's not the same thing as saying Obama is like hitler, but even if he did say that, who fucking cares.

MCWAY · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2011, 10:08:53 AM »

Quote from: Hugo Chavez on October 04, 2011, 08:27:30 AM

This is fucking stupid, fuck ESPN

And if you look at what he said, he's not comparing Obama to hitler anyway. It's saying that they're playing golf together is as absurd as hitler playing golf with nuttbagyahoo. That's not the same thing as saying Obama is like hitler, but even if he did say that, who fucking cares.

EXACTLY!!

chadstallion · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2011, 10:17:38 AM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on October 04, 2011, 06:51:02 AM

Hank only caters to redneck trailer trash anyways. So who gives a shit what he thinks?

apparently, Fox news cares..

The True Adonis · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2011, 11:20:32 AM »

I like Hank Williams Jr. music!

The True Adonis · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2011, 11:23:06 AM »

I like his son even better, Hank Williams III. He is a dead ringer for his grandfather, Hank Williams.

The True Adonis · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2011, 11:28:37 AM »

Good Stuff from Hank Williams III

OzmO · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2011, 12:12:00 PM »

Lame.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #18 on:** October 06, 2011, 11:17:07 AM »

"Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run."
Good for you Hank.

ESPN, Hank Williams Jr. part ways
ESPN.com

"We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr," ESPN said in a statement. "We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue."

On his own website, Williams said he was the one who made the decision.

"After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision," he wrote. "By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run."

In an interview Monday on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Williams, unprompted, said of Obama's outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: "It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."

Asked to clarify, Williams said, "They're the enemy," adding that by "they" he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

ESPN pulled Williams' opening to Monday night's Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game and issued a statement saying: "While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast."

Williams, through his publicist, said on Monday: "Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme -- but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me -- how ludicrous that pairing was. They're polar opposites and it made no sense. They don't see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the president."

Tuesday, he issued another statement."The thought of the leaders of both parties jukin and high fiven on a golf course, while so many families are struggling to get by simply made me boil over and make a dumb statement," Williams wrote on Facebook and his website. "I am very sorry if it offended anyone."

Williams' song has been part of "Monday Night Football" since 1991 on both ESPN and ABC. He is a Grammy award winner who also was a three-time entertainer of the year from the Academy of Country Music in the 1980s.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7066449/espn-hank-williams-jr-theme-song-return-monday-night-football

kcballer · « **Reply #19 on:** October 06, 2011, 11:19:14 AM »

Haha glad to see this piece of sh*t no longer around espn. You can not make comments like that and expect to be kept on.

blacken700 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 06, 2011, 11:31:11 AM »

Quote from: Beach Bum on October 06, 2011, 11:17:07 AM

"Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run."
Good for you Hank.

ESPN, Hank Williams Jr. part ways
ESPN.com

"We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr," ESPN said in a statement. "We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue."

On his own website, Williams said he was the one who made the decision.

"After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision," he wrote. "By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run."

In an interview Monday on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Williams, unprompted, said of Obama's outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: "It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."

Asked to clarify, Williams said, "They're the enemy," adding that by "they" he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

ESPN pulled Williams' opening to Monday night's Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game and issued a statement saying: "While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast."

Williams, through his publicist, said on Monday: "Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme -- but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me -- how ludicrous that pairing was. They're polar opposites and it made no sense. They don't see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the president."

Tuesday, he issued another statement."The thought of the leaders of both parties jukin and high fiven on a golf course, while so many families are struggling to get by simply made me boil over and make a dumb statement," Williams wrote on Facebook and his website. "I am very sorry if it offended anyone."

Williams' song has been part of "Monday Night Football" since 1991 on both ESPN and ABC. He is a Grammy award winner who also was a three-time entertainer of the year from the Academy of Country Music in the 1980s.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7066449/espn-hank-williams-jr-theme-song-return-monday-night-football

oh my monday night is going to fail now

MCWAY · « **Reply #21 on:** October 06, 2011, 11:35:55 AM »

Quote from: blacken700 on October 06, 2011, 11:31:11 AM

oh my monday night is going to fail now

It already has failed. That's why it got yanked from ABC to ESPN. The ratings were dropping.

kcballer · « **Reply #22 on:** October 06, 2011, 11:42:30 AM »

Quote from: MCWAY on October 06, 2011, 11:35:55 AM

It already has failed. That's why it got yanked from ABC to ESPN. The ratings were dropping.

hahaha yeah football is really failing in this country. Great call!

Dos Equis · « **Reply #23 on:** October 06, 2011, 11:45:52 AM »

Quote from: kcballer on October 06, 2011, 11:42:30 AM

hahaha yeah football is really failing in this country. Great call!

I think he was talking about MNF, not football in general.

OzmO · « **Reply #24 on:** October 06, 2011, 11:57:09 AM »

Quote from: MCWAY on October 06, 2011, 11:35:55 AM

It already has failed. That's why it got yanked from ABC to ESPN. The ratings were dropping.

ABC and ESPN both owned by Disney

The reason they pushed it over to ABC is because ESPN can generate more revenue through different sources while ABC can only do it through ad revenue.

Espn paid almost double what abc was paying for the rights to broadcast.