April 19, 2020

As long as people are video-phoning it in from their rooms, there will be Room Rater — just rating the rooms.











81 comments:

stevew said...

Haha, great for a laugh this morning. Conan, seriously.

Breezy said...

MI atty genl: That horse will pounce on the mushroom top button and send the mermaid down the frond of fern!

Ralph L said...

I got a whole string of Left/NeverTrumper tweets after the first one. Hmm?

William said...

There's a lot of luxury arrayed beyond John Legend. If you want to bitch about the quarantine or in any way tell people the proper way to live, I don't know if that's the proper background. I think many of the celebs try to keep it modest....Bookshelves are common. The third person has Chernow's Alexander Hamilton on her bookshelf. That's popular, but McCullough's Truman more so. You never see books on epidemiology on those bookshelves, but they're all experts.

Darrell said...

I guess you have to suck from the cock of Socialism to rate rooms.

tim maguire said...

Did the Turkish Minister of I forget what just roll out of bed?

Ralph L said...

A lot of boring white walls.

Will Cate said...

So Room Rater is (apparently) left-wing and anti-Trump? Useful to know

rehajm said...

The designer pad is a clue to who the network pays up for and who they deem expendable. There's CNBC anchors who live in hotel rooms.

Shane said...

Just based on Dana Nessel in the first captioned photo, they should score points for bad home hair dye jobs.

Danno said...

Blogger William said..."There's a lot of luxury arrayed beyond John Legend. If you want to bitch about the quarantine or in any way tell people the proper way to live,"...

So fucking sterile looking it makes you gag. Is this guy the famed "Legend in his own mind"?

Shane said...

Great, Tim!
"Did the Turkish Minister of I forget what just roll out of bed?"

rehajm said...

It's not a good career move to expose your unsophisticated abode. Better to use a generic backdrop. Al-quada figured this out pretty quickly.

iowan2 said...

Our daughter had their full blooded rescue Siamese bomb her taping of the children's sermon segment for last Sunday's service. The cat ignores her in all other matters, prefers her husband. She thought about doing the recording over, sans the cat, but didn't have enough time, or enough desire to re-shoot.
All the congregation, however, loved the cat attempting to steal the show. Now she's trying to figure out if she should include the cat to boost ratings. I told her actors are always advised to never work with kids or animals.

tim maguire said...

Will Cate said...So Room Rater is (apparently) left-wing and anti-Trump?

All the cool kids are anti-Republican (they were fine with Trump before 2016). If you want to be a cool kid, you will be too.

Fritz said...

Points deducted for ignorance. It's not a fern, it's a palm.

Anne in Rockwall, TX said...

I have been enjoying the local newscasts. People I have watched in the studio for years are in their homes. The get background noise from lawnmowers, cats jumping into the shot, and seeing their homes has been fun.

The head weather guy on channel four had a framed copy of his book cover quite prominently displayed over his shoulder. Lots of laughs in town a out his ego and it disappeared after two days.

Another news reader has an old labrador usually sleeping on a chair off to one side. One evening, the dog let out a gloriously loud fart. Better even than Swalwell's. Hilarity ensued but the dog is still there.

Wilbur said...

Am I supposed to know who John Legend is? Asking for a friend.

Lucid-Ideas said...

Judge a man not by his room, but the contents of his fridge.

#refrigeraterraiderrater

Temujin said...

Who will rate the room raters?

Temujin said...

By the way, Dana Nessel should be a big assist for the current state of things in Michigan. Which is to say that she should never again hold the position she currently does.

chuck said...

First one has the MI attorney general in it, -10.

Wilbur said...

I do not enjoy our local (Miami/Fort Lauderdale) newscasts. From the slanted scripts and obvious TDS, and the climate change lectures from the weatherman, it is pathetic. I wish it was laughable.

Their lack of self-awareness is remarkable.

Fernandinande said...

I cried because I had no furniture until I met a man who had no room.

Darrell said...

I would hide my "Kill a Commie, Save the World" book series.

cacimbo said...

This would have been enjoyable without the unnecessary political commentary.

donald said...

I like the newscasts in Miami that will inevitably have two chicks that look like they just left whatever the hell is the best damned strip club in Miami. They’re the best. Of course I’m not listening to anything they say.

Marcus Bressler said...

"just" rating rooms. No. Did you miss the "blood on his hands" comment?

THEOLDMAN

Are you the frog in the pot of water on the stove? (I know it ain't true, but it makes an apt analogy.)

Curious George said...

I watched a few minutes of that stupid "One World" special last night. I happened to fall into it as Legend started playing the piano and singing an overly dramatic duet of "Stand by Me" with the gay Sam Smith.

Legend had all his awards behind as you can see. Smith thought it was a good idea to undo the top four buttons on his shirt so that chest was exposed. Nothing says how little they think of you and me than these two asshats.

Here it if you missed it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxj4y9c9KiA

I'm Full of Soup said...

Nessel, the MI attorney general, is the angry lesbian who recently made it clear that she didn't care about white men who wanted to golf.

gilbar said...

The Rules of the Pandemic:
(I did not write this! Wish I had.)
1. Basically, you can't leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can.
2. Masks are useless, but maybe you have to wear one, it can save you, it is useless, but maybe it is mandatory as well.
3. Stores are closed, except those that are open.
4. You should not go to hospitals unless you have to go there. Same applies to doctors, you should only go there in case of emergency, provided you are not too sick.
5. This virus is deadly but still not too scary, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.
6. Gloves won't help, but they can still help.
7. Everyone needs to stay HOME, but it's important to GO OUT.
8. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarket, but there are many things missing when you go there in the evening, but not in the morning. Sometimes.
9. The virus has no effect on children except those it affects.
10. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…
11. You will have many symptoms when you are sick, but you can also get sick without symptoms, have symptoms without being sick, or be contagious without having symptoms. Oh, my..
12. In order not to get sick, you have to eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand and it's better not to go out, well, but no…
13. It's better to get some fresh air, but you get looked at very wrong when you get some fresh air, and most importantly, you don't go to parks or walk. But don’t sit down, except that you can do that now if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant (but not too old).
14. You can't go to retirement homes, but you have to take care of the elderly and bring food and medication.
15. If you are sick, you can't go out, but you can go to the pharmacy.
16. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house, which may have been prepared by people who didn't wear masks or gloves. But you have to have your groceries decontaminated outside for 3 hours. Pizza too?
17. Every disturbing article or disturbing interview starts with " I don't want to trigger panic, but…"
18. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but you can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.
19. You can walk around with a friend but not with your family if they don't live under the same roof.
20. You are safe if you maintain the appropriate social distance, but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.
21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours, no, four, no, six, no, we didn't say hours, maybe days? But it takes a damp environment. Oh no, not necessarily.
22. The virus stays in the air - well no, or yes, maybe, especially in a closed room, in one hour a sick person can infect ten, so if it falls, all our children were already infected at school before it was closed. But remember, if you stay at the recommended social distance, however in certain circumstances you should maintain a greater distance, which, studies show, the virus can travel further, maybe.
23. We count the number of deaths but we don't know how many people are infected as we have only tested so far those who were symptomatic. There are studies but never mind them.
24. We have no treatment, except that there may be one that apparently is not dangerous unless you take too much (which is the case with all medications).
25. We should stay locked up until the virus disappears, but it will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity.

Fernandinande said...

The Rules of the Pandemic:

I understand and will obey, but I also wish those people in their rooms would wear Frankenstein masks.

Shouting Thomas said...

Yesterday, the prof returned to her usual skepticism about government, and was not so sure about the necessity to be obedient and helpful.

Today, her sense of humor has returned. The panic that the Dems and their media provoked to try to Get Trump has failed in its objectives.

That doesn't mean that Democrats can't continue to hope.

Curious George said...

"I'm Full of Soup said...
Nessel, the MI attorney general, is the angry lesbian who recently made it clear that she didn't care about white men who wanted to golf."

...the angry lesbian...?

Pretty sure that's all lesbians.

Wince said...

The true disconnect will be when much of the country resumes daily life.

Where will these talking heads appear from?

I assume the Deep State networks will only have guests appear from cities/states where the official lock-down continues.

Sebastian said...

"25. We should stay locked up until the virus disappears, but it will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity."

We'll get there, except at insanely higher expense than was necessary.

narciso said...

yes there was one I think her name was klerman, who debuted in laddie magazines, who ended up in usia, and there was a Latina with a similar history,

Shouting Thomas said...

What is it lesbians are angry about?

Everybody on Pornhub loves them!

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

John Legend = Malig-Nancy.

Paul Zrimsek said...

The "Perfection 10/10" room seems to be missing its Peloton.

MayBee said...

Mmm. Too bad it's so much about the politics of the people

Lurker21 said...
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Andrew said...

I'm glad someone mentioned the "One World" thing from last night. I had the same reaction as Curious George. I could only take it in bits and pieces. I kept coming back to it with a weird mixture of bemusement and horror. It wasn't entirely awful. Stevie Wonder is way past his prime, but I'm glad he's still alive and singing. But the sanctimony of the whole thing was overwhelming.

Hey John Legend, since you played Jesus in the live version of JC Superstar, how about you sell all you have, and give it to the poor?

And it was hosted by Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon. Do they really believe in "one world"? When I catch their monologues, they are openly contentious of half the country. Do Trump supporters live in the "one world" of these hosts? How about pro-lifers? Or people who believe there are only two genders?

The most nauseating moment was when they praised Mike Bloomberg. Gee, I wonder if all his money could have been better spent?

Lurker21 said...

It looks the ratings are more about politics and income more than style.

Maybe it's always that way with style and fashion reportage.

Not a fan of Stephen Moore, but "blood on his hands"? Really?

Lucien said...

When someone deliberately sets up their video feed to make sure you see the Grammys on their wall they are letting you know something about the kind of person they are. I am not sure whether that should add to or subtract from the room score.

Lurker21 said...

Mystery solved: RoomRater is some sort of Clinton hack or lackey.

I gave a tour of the West Wing to Pearl Jam in 1995. They were nice.



Lurker21 said...

Was it worth it, John Legend?

All those Grammies, but you had to give up your real name.

And your neck. What's up with that?

Birkel said...

A Lefty rated rooms and makes political commentary.
Boring.

Ken B said...

Blood on his hands is rating just the room?

MAJMike said...

My lovely bride and I didn't watch the One World DemCong propaganda scam. Had more fun watching Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, and the Cisco Kid via Amazon Firestick TV. Much more enlightening.

Were amazed to discover that Duncan Reynaldo was Romanian and that Leo Carrillo was 70 years old when he made the episodes. Didn't realize that Hopalong Cassidy was an O Henry creation. Dale Evans was quite the babe. Good times.

Krumhorn said...

Watching Live PD, my wife and I rated Dan’s setup as piss poor, both technically (lots of digital jitter) and backdrop (in front of a descending staircase with the bannister coming out of his neck). Tom had a ridiculous green hue that someone needs to fix pronto. Sticks looked fab in his garage in front of his classic car.

The LA ABC weather guy, Dallas Somebody, always looks super creepy with those hip thrusts in his tight shark skin suits, but from home, it looks like a porn shoot. You can almost see the splooge crusties.

- Krumhorn

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Watched the Greg Gutfield show last night and Tyrus.... the gigantic tattooed wrestler who always projects a tough and sort of gang member vibe.....was sitting in front of two very large and beautiful fish tanks full of lovely fish.

He called them his fish children.

Tyrus at home...gentle giant. So cool.

Lurker21 said...

If the ratings seem a bit politically one-sided, it’s because the account was created in Washington D.C. by former Clinton White House director of volunteers Claude Taylor and his girlfriend, Jessie Bahrey, of Vancouver.

Taylor is head of MadDog PAC who are putting up unsubtle and unnuanced anti-Trump billboards in various parts of the country.

Bruce Hayden said...

“ Watched the Greg Gutfield show last night and Tyrus.... the gigantic tattooed wrestler who always projects a tough and sort of gang member vibe.....was sitting in front of two very large and beautiful fish tanks full of lovely fish.”

He did mention that he had real kids at home, and then later, in regards to the fish, something about his (human) kids missing the cannibalism going on in the fish tanks.

carrie said...

I can't help but do that and I thought John Legend's room was perfection too when I saw it last night.

Howard said...

I really like the salty observations, Krumhorn. That pun was not intended

CJinPA said...

Premise: + 9

Morning Joe-level histrionics: - 112

No one wants us to laugh anymore.

gspencer said...

They should see my room. I don't.

Bruce Hayden said...

I think that part of this revolves around the target audience. I am on the intellectual property committee of a large (well known) engineering society. We have gradually been starved out of our budget by the national organization, which now pays its HQ staff outrageously (part of having been “captured”). We used to have enough money to fly us back to DC quarterly. Now, it is all remote. All it really took was no travel budget and a chair who believed in teleconferencing. I have, over time, essentially built a decent backdrop for the meetings - a wall of 7’ oak bookcases. In the two most visible to the camera, one is filled with mostly engineering books, with some hard science and mathematics thrown in. The other one is filled with law books, much of it IP related. Part of its purpose is to lend gravitas, or the like, to whatever inane comments I might make, in a group who are each used to thinking themselves the smartest guy in the room (the few women on the committee don’t posture nearly as much). It is also hand when teleconferencing with clients, though, by now, that is mostly over, as I am retired (and yes, lawyers are known to buy law books for display just to look lawyerly - if you ever see my professional photo from my last firm, the law books behind me had probably never been opened, at least in recent years).

On the flip side, I have a good friend who seems to call me on FaceTime mostly when I am “indisposed”. Any more, I answer when he calls on audio, but if he has video going too, while I am ensconced on my porcelain throne, I will insist on talking to him later, or ask him to call back audio only, because we supposedly didn’t have the bandwidth right then for video. Which isn’t quite accurate, because it usually happens at home where my iPad is connected over a 5gb channel to a router 20 feet away with a (supposed) 150mb download connection. my kid has called at such times too on FaceTime, but they deal fairly well with it, readily agreeing to a later time, after saying “Ew, TMI” (one of their favorite abbreviations). They know me too well.

chickelit said...

"Points deducted for ignorance. It's not a fern, it's a palm."

A majesty palm to be precise.

Anthony said...

I watched. . . .the second half of a Marvel movie (Black Panther, which I dislike but the Spousal Unit had it on, sooooo.....) and then switched back and forth between S1:E1 of The Six Millions Dollar Man and Casablanca.

I have a Nagel print, an old Egyptian tourist poster, a stuffed armadillo, and a 1929 typewriter in my Zoom Room background.

Bill Peschel said...

Goes to show how isolated I've been living. Had no idea news is being broadcast from homes, or even about the "One World" debacle.

Not surprisingly, actually. I'm online quite a bit but don't watch cable TV or broadcast news.

Limited blogger said...

I drape a faded tapestry over a frame I have behind me.

The look is similar to Conan's, but a much richer looking fabric.

wild chicken said...

I like the rooms better than the ridiculous futurific "newsroom" sets.

JaimeRoberto said...

When you change your name to Legend, displaying your awards prominently is to be expected.

Gk1 said...

All you need is about $8 worth of solid green cloth pinned up behind you and you can "green screen" any digital image in the back ground using Zoom. I have been using some Stanley Kubrick backgrounds this week.

(All of this may be coming to an end if you work in the Bay area. Zoom is owned by the Chinese and because of this Zoom is seen as a big security nightmare)

jeff said...

Look on the shelf behind AG Nessel, that power hungry Prog even ordered the little mermaid they couldn't swim in Michigan waterways.
#Fishoutofwater

Steve Pitment said...

Perfection. 10/10 ...in the pompous ass competition.

Tomcc said...

I like the idea, aside from the snark. One of our local TV weathermen has been broadcasting from his home in what appears to be an unfinished basement/garage. He has a monitor hanging on bare studs with a water heater in the background.
I was pleased to see last night that there is wallboard up!
OT- also on the news it was stated that Oregon State University in Corvallis will initiate 4000 random tests this week for Covid-19. I'm very encouraged to see random testing begin!

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Conan, Seth and Jimmy Kimmel are all Leftwing fascist Nazis.

Discuss.

narciso said...

was that the one with john colicos as the Russian general? before he was baltar, or the pilot, which I don't recall, seeing originally,

Unknown said...

I had had that same Breyer white stallion since the 1960s.

HistoryDoc said...

If you watched the One World show, it turned out to be a giant W.H.O. commercial, even had Tedros make a cameo appearance.

Butkus51 said...
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Butkus51 said...

John Legend is probably re-writing the lyrics to "Somewhere over the Rainbow" with his friends N.W.A. and Snoop. The lyrics in that song are just a tad too harsh.

Lawrence Person said...

"Hey John Legend, since you played Jesus in the live version of JC Superstar, how about you sell all you have, and give it to the poor?"

Surely you're not saying
We have the resources
To save the poor from their lot?
There will be poor always
Pathetically struggling
Look at the good things you've got...

Ralph L said...

Good timing to be on the local news
not quite safe for work at work

Known Unknown said...

Legend gets minus all the points for the atrocious re-writing of Baby It's Cold Outside.

Andrew said...

@Lawrence Person,
Lol. Touche.

In the recent live version (with Legend), and in the original, Judas steals the show. I'm not sure that's theologically sound, but it's good entertainment.

ken in tx said...

Hey, S. Thomas, real lesbians are not on Pornhub. Real lesbians look like Ernest Borgnine, except more masculine. They don't wear lipstick like on Pornhub.

DeepRunner said...

The folks behind ratemyskyperoom are evidently "progressives" in Mad Dog PAC, one of whom was Clinton's Director of Volunteers (wonder if he helped place Monica). Yeah, t-o-t-a-l-l-y unbiased.