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Shep Smith Yells At Random Conservative Comedian

Look, it’s one of your newest pretend boyfriends, Shepard Smith of Fox News, being a Maverick and unloading on comedian Nick Di Paolo for suggesting that the Liberal media was responsible for Obama’s victory. Shep you dirty traitor! More importantly: what the hell is this? They are sitting at a beer pong table in the A/V closet along with some kind of old bagpiper and a house elf in a red sweater. There is an Xbox on the shelf behind Shep Smith. [Salon]


4:03 PM on Wed November 12 2008
By Jim Newell
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  1. If I was Shep’s neurologist, I’d be concerned about a possible tumor.

  2. shortsshortsshorts says at 4:08 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Shep Smith defending liberals:
    Last sign of the apocalypse.

  3. Looks like the bar scene in Star Wars.

  4. druranium says at 4:09 pm, November 12th, 2008

    I think Nick DiPaolo means “Jews” when he says “Liberal Mainstream Media”. His “comedy” sucks anyhow.

  5. tinybubbles says at 4:10 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Wow. That Nick Di Paolo is a real tool.

  6. ManchuCandidate says at 4:10 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Where is the real Shep Smith?

    Also, why is Nick Di Paulo on a “serious” (hey, serious for Faux) Faux Newz show? I’ve seen the guy’s rants on that lousy show that was on after The Daily Show pre Colbert era. He’s about as insightful as Ann Coulter’s peen.

  7. OffTheRecord says at 4:10 pm, November 12th, 2008

    That is….bizarre.
    I am almost attracted to Shep Smith. This is not good.

  8. JadedDIssonance says at 4:11 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Well, Shep, tell us how you really feel!

  9. Meanwhile, Captain McAllister in the background was pretty silent throughout, as was Red Vest Guy. What a weird collection of characters.

  10. Looks like someone stuck a finger in the air and sensed the winds of change. Fox news is fair and balanced with a liberal agenda; it has always been fair and balanced with a liberal agenda.

    WadISay:
    Win.

  11. Cogito Ergo Bibo says at 4:12 pm, November 12th, 2008

    The hell? All they’re missing are a dwarf and a few slutty girls and I think they could reenact every key scene from “Twin Peaks.”

  12. bigfakesmile says at 4:14 pm, November 12th, 2008

    i guess pointing out the obvious - that you can’t really argue for the existence of a liberal mainstream media WHILE ON FOX - would have been, i don’t know, too obvious?

    also too, that “pretend boyfriend” term makes me laugh every time. pretend boyfriend keith gave me an orgasm with that plea on behalf of the gays and the love the other night.

  13. FreshCliches says at 4:16 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Talk about fielding your softballs, Shep. It’s not much of a contest when your opponent’s primary source of income is from Opie & Anthony.

    Next up, Laurie Dhue’s no holds barred interview with Adam Carolla.

  14. Serolf Divad says at 4:16 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Wow, I’m starting to think we’ve found the one honest man at Fox. Who hired Shep Smith anyway? I suspect whoever he is won’t be getting a bonus this Christmas.

  15. elcapitan says at 4:17 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Sorry, Shep, tank’s full already.

  16. problemwithcaring says at 4:17 pm, November 12th, 2008

    “The mainstream media has been liberal since its inception.”

    And here I thought it was conceived as a way to keep the Black man down, but then strayed from those noble roots.

  17. Serolf Divad says at 4:18 pm, November 12th, 2008

    By the way, Shep Smith has always been kinda cool.

  18. I can’t handle Shep Smith anymore. I might have to start stalking him at his Greenwich village flat, and when he comes out I will yell at him “WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY KENNETH” but instead of punching him I will give him a Starbucks gift certificate.

  19. Is the the Shep that laughed at Saddam just hours before his execution, saying “Do you think he’s ready to go meet the virgins?”
    Where is the new faux-character coming from?

  20. psychedelicSludge says at 4:21 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Looks a little bit like that Virgin Mobile phone-bank holiday commercial with the Gay Elf and the two rabbis.

  21. SayItWithWookies says at 4:22 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Throw in a monitor lizard and that was a dream I had two nights ago.

  22. donner_froh says at 4:22 pm, November 12th, 2008

    The screen grab is ultra-perfect. Smith looks like he is about to jam a pen into Di Paulo’s throat.

  23. Beef Supreme says at 4:23 pm, November 12th, 2008

    What the shit is that? I kept waiting for a waitress to bring out an order of Jalapeno Poppers with extra ranch.

  24. honore de ballsack says at 4:24 pm, November 12th, 2008

    The only message I heard was Nick di Paolo needs years and years of liberal pounding. To the skull and kidneys.

  25. facehead says at 4:24 pm, November 12th, 2008
  26. MargeSimpsonsBlackFriend says at 4:24 pm, November 12th, 2008

    I’m confused about this Shep Smith character. Is he really on Fox? Who planted him there? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!!!?

    This makes me want to re-watch the Nader clip twice.

  27. psychedelicSludge says at 4:26 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Shep is the Manchurian journalist. Once he gets invited to the Obama white house, Angela Lansbury will call him up and activate his FoxNews(tm) programming.

  28. hockeymom says at 4:26 pm, November 12th, 2008

    I think Shep saw the light right around Katrina time.
    In fact, there are quite a few reporters on that network who are solid.

    The scary ones are the blond anchors…Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson. They can not deliver the news straight…there’s always a comment or twist of a phrase that spins the story one direction. Kelly is unhinged and screamy in her righteous indignation at times…and Carlson just reminds me of Dana Carvey’s Church Lady…a fountain of disapproval. She is a fun-free zone.

    (hannity and o’reilly aren’t worth commenting on…they aren’t pretending to be anything other than what they are.)

  29. ServiceJervixJuice says at 4:29 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Nick Di Paolo = bag of hammers.

  30. Itsjustme says at 4:30 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Shep has a crush on Hopey.

  31. pourmecoffee says at 4:30 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Also from Shep: Where are all these SPIDERS coming from? Someone get these damn spiders off of me! My Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway every Saturday.

  32. hockeymom: Megyn is the Devil.

  33. NBC is as liberal as GE. It all makes sense now.

  34. 4tehlulz says at 4:32 pm, November 12th, 2008

    >>Nick Di Paolo = bag of dicks

    Fixed.

  35. honore de ballsack says at 4:32 pm, November 12th, 2008

    ServiceJervixJuice: The hammers would be funnier, though.

  36. vintageways says at 4:33 pm, November 12th, 2008

    I still think his eyebrows are scary.

  37. Wrongavore says at 4:36 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Shep Smith is good.

  38. WadISay: Or what Republican post-election group therapy would sound like.

  39. emberglance says at 4:39 pm, November 12th, 2008

    I don’t know about the rest of them but that bagpipes old guy is fucking drunk.

  40. Texan Bulldoggette says at 4:40 pm, November 12th, 2008

    hockeymom: And throw in Greta “I literally talk out of the side of my mouth” Susteren & you got the blond axis of evil going over there. I used to enjoy it when Greta yakked on about Natalie Holloway or the missing chick dujour, but since Hillz lost, she’s a true bitter. Of course, I’ve seen a picture of her fat, ugly husband & if he flopped on me, I’d be bitter and angry, too.

  41. Hot_Carl says at 4:52 pm, November 12th, 2008

    I like how Dick Morris immediately follows any comment with some inane comment of his own which sort-of makes him (Dick) look right about something.

  42. Notice how Shep defends the MSM saying, “We”

    In the corporate Faux mind, having Shep in the menagerie somehow validates their news organization as mainstream……which the rest of their fucking pigs snort at the other 23 hrs of the day.

    No. It doesn’t make sense but it is what it is

  43. psychedelicSludge says at 4:59 pm, November 12th, 2008
  44. EarBucket says at 5:01 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Pounding. Pounding. Yeeahs and yeeahs of pounding.

  45. Mr Blifil says at 5:03 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Something tells me that dude has no relation to the concept of “years and years of pounding.”

  46. bitchincamaro says at 5:06 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Serolf Divad: Just went in my favorites folder.

  47. Who’s the silent bearded dude in the beret who just sits there and occasionally sips water (or possibly vodka) from a plastic bottle? MY NEW HERO, THAT’S WHO!

  48. Josh Fruhlinger: Obie-Wan-MacNobie

    Rupert Murdock: in the tank, sort of.

  49. WadISay: Thanks, now I have the SW cantina music stuck in my head.

  50. rmontcal says at 5:26 pm, November 12th, 2008

    honore de ballsack: EarBucket: Mr Blifil: Awesome. You all beat me to it, but awesome.

    I actually remember seeing a bit by this guy once A LONG TIME AGO and finding it funny. But you would think that this guy, as a “successful comedian” would have gotten out of Bahsten enough over the years for that accent to soften just a tad.

    Another good quote from this guy in response to “How did GWB get elected?”: “I don’t know…”

  51. crunchymunchy says at 5:26 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Congratulations on your backbone Shep. But don’t pretend that the newsmedia reflects what’s going on in the culture. If that were true Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers would have won in 08. It’s a point right now where I think we should screw objectivity, admit bias and move forward…

    Also, Nick Di Paolo is a greasy homophobe who probably bought all the Obama rumors: http://tinyurl.com/6jb7l6

  52. Ummm…Is it me, or is Shep Smith getting sexier?

  53. V572625694 says at 5:30 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Serolf Divad: Awwwwwsummm! And how is curvejob different from a blowjob? Is this waht Sarah meant by “It’s all about job creation?”

  54. blader: Blader: I’m glad someone else caught that.

    The idea that Faux is “main stream media” has to be the Bizarre Thought of the Day.

  55. V572625694 says at 5:33 pm, November 12th, 2008

    V572625694: No, it’s “what” Sarah meant, moran.

  56. DailyComicsReview says at 5:39 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Watch the guy to Shep’s left jack off his thumb for the first 15 seconds of this clip, that’s the only part of this video worth watching

  57. That was Shep’s audition tape for MSNBC.

  58. Can someone please explain to me WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON in the background. Who are those people? What are they drinking? This is a news show?

  59. the hell? anyway, shep smith turns me on.

  60. Ok, I’m completely discombobulated now. The simple existence of that setting is driving me off the bend…

  61. psychedelicSludge: Thank you, thank you.

  62. I’m assuming that with the changing demographics, Shep’s been labled the “token” and given scripted dissentions.

  63. HuskyMescan says at 6:21 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Nick Di Paolo is a conservative now? Who stole his humor and rammed that rightwing 4×4 up his ass (ala Dennis Miller)?

  64. el_chupacabra says at 6:22 pm, November 12th, 2008

    That Di Paolo guy is HILARIOUS

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcL7EAdY0yI

  65. Mr. Herpes says at 6:29 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Wow. Did Shep Smith get a bad x-ray or doctor’s report? The man has come to Jesus.

  66. Itsjustme says at 6:30 pm, November 12th, 2008

    lawchic: In a “gay, wears far too much make-up” sort of way, I suppose.

  67. Lazy Media says at 6:35 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Shep Smith = Scott Tracy. And who’s cooler than THAT?
    http://www.thunderbirdfigures.com/scotttracy.htm

  68. Shep, you are the best! So prissy, yet compelling strong at the same time. You are my hero. How can I see you everyday (I do not get Fox News which normally I am thankful of). Do you have a webcam?

  69. JudasConstant says at 7:31 pm, November 12th, 2008

    “Pounding. Pounding. Yeeahs and yeeahs of pounding.”

    This refrain will never stop. In my head.

  70. wander_lust says at 7:40 pm, November 12th, 2008

    But who is that Scottish man?

  71. Oh hell to the no says at 8:01 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Nick Di Paolo is the thinking conservative’s Larry The Cable Guy.

  72. DarkSynergy says at 8:08 pm, November 12th, 2008

    There you have it folks! Years and years of pounding is the new FIVE AND A HALF YEARS! Say it proudly before its replaces by something even more ignorant!

  73. AnnieGetYourFun says at 8:38 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Shep has a point about the MSM reflecting public sentiment, but Guido the Goober there has a point about the MSM not being entirely careful to investigate all the facts. Just look at the lead-up to the Iraq war.

    Oh, I’m sorry, that was snark-free. Uh. I’m afraid, Shep, that there is no more room in my spank bank for you at the moment. Maddow and Colbert are fighting it out for the top spot in my mental masturbation library, and Olbermann refuses to leave, despite all the therapy I’ve been getting. Plus… dude, Shep has some crazy motherfucking eyebrows.

  74. AWOcoholic says at 9:12 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Who the fuck are these people? This looks like a meeting of Fox & Superfriends.

  75. Most of what Nick DiPaulo tries to pass off as humor involves hateful ranting about successful women, and then the expressed hope that said women find lumps under their arms. So I guess for Nick, this was an improvement.

  76. The Helvetica Scenario says at 10:25 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Why is Bill from Left 4 Dead there?
    http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/02/69/26912_Left4Dead-16_normal.jpg (on the right)

  77. Blue Jefferson Clinton the Cat says at 11:08 pm, November 12th, 2008

    Wow Nick Di Palo is a douche! WHY exactly is he on the panel anyway? I think his last gig was that crank caller show with the muppets. I thought the righties hate it when “celebs” share their political views??

  78. Willie the groundskeeper, Mr. Tumnas from Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, a poor Bill Clinton impersonator, and (in the background) Phoebe Cates from 1989 star in a remake of “Night of the Comet”. In this scene, our gang hangs out and drinks Everclear from waterbottles while Tim Curry from Clue argues with some D-Noz. This is the scene where they visit the radio station while radiation fueled zombies roam the streets below.

    Soon, Mr. Tumnas and Phoebe will sneak off and “neck”.

    There, fixed it for ya.

  79. OH my fucking god. Please let the “Strategy Room” be a regular show where Shep Smith talks to people around a table while a quite bearded Scotsman sits next to him and is never referred to. This is cool.

  80. bonsai pajamas says at 12:22 am, November 13th, 2008

    What’s the big deal? Name one responsible newsman who’d interview a jerk-off comedian unaccompanied by a bagpiper and an imp? Can’t do it, can you?

  81. The Scotsman has to drink whenever someone says “in the tank” or mentions Bill Ayers. The sweater vest guy has drawn “mainstream media” and Saul Alinsky. A drinking game of some kind is the only way for most people to get through a FOX News talking head show (note how Sweater Vest also voluntarily or mistakenly drinks when Shep says “media”), even when you’re on it.

    Seriously, this is what’s happening. At around 1:08, Douchey McToughguy says “media” and then corrects that to “mainstream media”. The Scotsman, clearly not drunk enough to continue to listen to Nick DiPaolo, takes a second or two to decide “Och, feck it, I’ll drrrink to that one too”.

    Sweater Vest misses that one, or maybe he figures he should skip it to cancel out his error from before.

    Shep doesn’t drink on camera because he is a professional (he’s is, however, riding the vike train). Dick Morris has replaced alcohol with internet porn; he’s actually typing “wet hot teens” into the search bar *while* he’s talking to Nick DiPaolo.
    Nick DiPaolo does not need to drink because of his brain injury.

  82. lawnchair reactionary says at 12:46 am, November 13th, 2008

    problemwithcaring:

    When exactly was the inception of the mainstream media?

    was it the known anti-Orangite [i]Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick[/i]?

  83. schvitzatura says at 3:53 am, November 13th, 2008

    lawnchair reactionary:

    Hows about Corrant out of Italy, Germany, etc.…or Acta Diurna?

  84. SkimLatteModerate says at 11:00 am, November 13th, 2008

    Serolf Divad: Until Wonkette started covering him, I seriously only knew of him as the “j-lo blow job” guy. Since I never actually watched his show outside of Youtube, I’m just going to pretend he went straight from horny idiot to tank-dweller without any conservative hackery in between. Shep ‘16!

  85. Shep Smith is confusing me D:

  86. Deepthroat says at 10:14 pm, November 13th, 2008

    I always enjoyed this classic Shep moment entitled: “This is the fire warden”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlLdqMfZnhs

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