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Category: Humor
Posted on: October 13, 2008 11:51 AM, by PZ Myers
When I've seen bits of it before, I've felt a terrible urge to run howling from the room…but they've hired a new cast member who might well provide some insightful and provocative opinions.
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Comments
Posted by: Emmet Caulfield | October 13, 2008 11:56 AM
Probably smarter than the current panel.
Posted by: Alex | October 13, 2008 12:00 PM
"a terrible urge to run howling from the room..."
OMFSM that was hilarious, I just laughed really loud in a very quiet library. Put a warning next time or something, i won't be able to read pharyngula in libraries any more.
Posted by: Enshoku | October 13, 2008 12:00 PM
Wow, poor squiddy, forced to listen to the droning of the harpies of irrelevancy... One day they will pay for such insolence....
Posted by: Alex | October 13, 2008 12:02 PM
"a terrible urge to run howling from the room..."
OMFSM that was hilarious, I just laughed really loud in a very quiet library. Put a warning next time or something, i won't be able to read pharyngula in libraries any more.
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | October 13, 2008 12:02 PM
"I like the squid," said Chicago resident Anna Herskowitz, 46. "I really relate to it. More than I relate to Elisabeth Hasselbeck, anyway."
Out of satire, the truth is revealed.
Posted by: MrSquid | October 13, 2008 12:03 PM
I was just thinking about emailing that to you! I wonder if that was their little tribute to Friday's Appreciation Day.
Posted by: Lab Kat | October 13, 2008 12:04 PM
*unlurking*
Speaking as a female, "The View" makes me want to projectile vomit.
Posted by: Glen Davidson | October 13, 2008 12:20 PM
Some guests need eating by a squid, I dare say.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: Ouchimoo | October 13, 2008 12:31 PM
Haha. Finally! Now the View won't sound inane.
Posted by: Jim | October 13, 2008 12:33 PM
Oh. I thought they were talking about Sherri. The squid is probably smarter, though.
Posted by: Nerull | October 13, 2008 12:34 PM
PZ or any other SciBloggers reading this, Uncommon Descent is currently investing in Obama-is-not-a-citizen tinfoil hat conspiracy stuff. Seems like a good time to point out how loony they are without even needing to deal with religious apologists.
Posted by: Kobra | October 13, 2008 12:39 PM
If this became a reality, I would start watching the view. Not for the inevitable tentacle rape, but because it might become less stupid.
Posted by: JBB | October 13, 2008 12:42 PM
Deuterostomes and protostomes have such fundamental disagreements about the most basic functions of life, it's hard to see how any agreement could be reached. My prediction: anarchy and blasphemy.
Posted by: JBB | October 13, 2008 12:45 PM
Deuterostomes and protostomes have such fundamental disagreements about the most basic functions of life, it's hard to see how any agreement could be reached. My prediction: anarchy and blasphemy.
Posted by: Bubba Sixpack | October 13, 2008 12:52 PM
If they replaced Hasselbeck and Shepherd with the squid, Goldberg and Walters would cast sighs of relief -- the conversation would be more scintillating.
Posted by: James Webb | October 13, 2008 1:25 PM
I knew it; just like Hasselbeck, the squid is a right wing hack. Sorry PZ, the truth hurts.
http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/
Posted by: James Webb | October 13, 2008 1:27 PM
I knew it; just like Hasselbeck, the squid is a right wing hack. Sorry PZ, the truth hurts.
http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Jello | October 13, 2008 1:29 PM
Nooo, don't watch. It's a trap. They draw us in with the squid and then, BAM, they have us in their debilitating stupid ray and then were all doomed, DOOMED.
Posted by: Deepsix | October 13, 2008 1:31 PM
For more viewing pleasure, check this out:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=95f_1223903451
Jesus + '80s break dancing = Fail.
Someone choreographed that, folks. Check out the 1:53 mark.
Posted by: Jadehawk | October 13, 2008 1:36 PM
*snort*
Posted by: kryth | October 13, 2008 2:14 PM
Wow, they finally got a creature on that show with a brain.
I hope they'll interview Cthulhu or Dagon in the near future.
Posted by: Jams | October 13, 2008 2:18 PM
Someone told me that squid have donut shaped brains and that their esophagus runs through the center of it. Is that true? Or more importantly, why does it freak me out so much?
Posted by: kryth | October 13, 2008 2:18 PM
Wow, they finally got a creature on that show with a brain.
I hope they'll interview Cthulhu or Dagon in the near future.
Posted by: Cerberus | October 13, 2008 2:19 PM
Off topic, but this poll could use some sniping. Republicans are trying to crash a PBS poll to make it seem like their listeners support Sarah Palin. Let's correct it back:
http://www.pbs.org/cgi-registry/poll/poll.pl
Posted by: kryth | October 13, 2008 2:25 PM
Wow, they finally got a creature on that show with a brain.
I hope they'll interview Cthulhu or Dagon in the near future.
Posted by: Adam | October 13, 2008 2:28 PM
Somewhat unrelated, but a DVD version of Expelled is now available for viewing for free on the Internets (if you know where to go..)
Posted by: kryth | October 13, 2008 2:33 PM
Wow, they finally got a creature on that show with a brain.
I hope they'll interview Cthulhu or Dagon in the near future.
Posted by: Jonathan Cahill | October 13, 2008 2:49 PM
Clearly a SPOOF! Architeuthidae (and other cephalopods, for that matter) is much TOO INTELLIGENT to condescend and be on a television show like The View! Unless, of course, it was "feeding"...
Posted by: Quiet Desperation | October 13, 2008 3:00 PM
Has the squid definitely inked the deal yet?
OK, I'll stop right there.
Posted by: jj | October 13, 2008 3:00 PM
@24 - Link doesn't seem to be working
Posted by: Curseword69 | October 13, 2008 3:00 PM
It has been a pretty long while since I read something funny on the old onion. Giant squids: comedy gold!
Posted by: Sven DiMIlo | October 13, 2008 3:10 PM
Yep. It's pretty much true for all protostomes smart enough to have a brain (mollusks, annelid worms, arthropods). When your sense organs are above the mouth but your main nerve cords are ventral, the donut-around-the-esophagus setup is pretty much unavoidable. Why does it freak you out? Because you're a dorsal-nerve-cord chauvinist. Me too. Deuterostomes, represent!Posted by: Sili | October 13, 2008 3:28 PM
It's generally crap, yes, but didn't they do a pretty good job of tearing into McSame recently?
I seem to recall he was challenged wayyyyyy more than by any of the other sycophantastic talking heads.
Posted by: Jams | October 13, 2008 4:04 PM
"Because you're a dorsal-nerve-cord chauvinist." - Sven DiMIlo
But of course! Really, it's more like the way I feel when I see someone put their legs behind their head. Call it an empathetic discomfort, even though I'm sure those with donut brains are as comfortable as those with their legs behind their heads.
Posted by: M2 | October 13, 2008 5:01 PM
In defense of The View, you should check out the clips from their interview with John McCain last month.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/mccain-grilled-on-the-vie_n_125972.html
They actually call him out on his lies and nonsense when the rest of the "main-stream media" let him go on unchallenged. Good for them.
Posted by: Dahan | October 13, 2008 5:14 PM
I have never seen "The View". I'm proud of this in the same way that I'm proud that I've never gone out and clubbed baby seals.
Posted by: Brian Schmidt | October 13, 2008 5:49 PM
I don't think the sentence at the end of the article saying the squid has breast cancer is true. I think it's just a ratings ploy.
I'm rather surprised that PZ failed to catch this. He should know better.
Posted by: Carlie | October 13, 2008 5:55 PM
M2, wasn't that the one where Whoopi let him have it? After he said he was a strict constitutionalist she said she was worried about being sold back into slavery, and he didn't quite get it. Now that was a good clip.
Posted by: One Eyed Jack | October 13, 2008 6:54 PM
Come on. You act like this is the first time The View has had a 900# cephalopod on their panel.
Posted by: One Eyed Jack | October 13, 2008 7:09 PM
Come on. You act like this is the first time The View has had a 900# cephalopod on their panel.
Posted by: Katkinkate | October 13, 2008 9:17 PM
In other stories at the bottom: Hurricane Katrina returns to New Orleans to apologise. :)
Posted by: Michael | October 14, 2008 3:49 AM
You so funny!