April 18, 2022

"For the past few days, much of the internet has been chuckling over clips from the second season of Tucker Carlson Originals... First, people went wild for a montage from the trailer for the episode 'The End of Men'..."

"... which is so extremely misogynistic and homophobic that it swings around into being unbelievably gay. Then, in an hour-long special previewing the new season, Carlson chatted 'fitness professional' Andrew McGovern, who shed some light on why the trailer shows a naked dude presenting his junk to what looks like a giant, glowing, home COVID test. He suggested that if men want to 'optimize' and take their testosterone 'to another level,' they should try red-light therapy. 'Which is testicle tanning?' Carlson asked." 

From "In Defense of Tucker Carlson Touting ‘Testicle Tanning’" (NY Magazine). 

One way to go viral is to give your haters what makes it very easy for them to laugh at you. What good, by comparison, is dignity... and science? Why would you heat your testicles? Aren't they there to be less warm than the rest of your body? I'm ready to believe America needs better optimized masculinity, but this seems more like Goop for men... Moop.

Here's that trailer:

67 comments:

Dave Begley said...

The Left hates Tucker because he has replaced Rush Limbaugh as the leading media conservative.

Tucker is very effective. He needs to be canceled and destroyed.

Since Rush was an Althouse blog reader, I wouldn’t be surprised if Tucker is.

rcocean said...

So, could Tucker make a video clip that the Left would not "go wild over"? Looks like Tucker is going after a certain audience, the the Left isn't wild about. As for the tanning your testicles, this sounds like the same crap they would also pull on trump. He'd make a joke or just ask a "what if" question, and the Press would lie and pretend he was approving it. Or they'd take a Trump quote and then interpet in the stupidist way possible.

During CV-19 Trump asked the medical professional if somehow light could used in helping battle the Virus, since it was affected by light. This was then advanced by the media as "Trump wants to bleach your lungs" or some stupid lie.

No doubt the "Tanning your testicles" is the same thing. Only with Tucker.

Carol said...

Geez, even I know that testes need to be cooler than the rest of the body for maximum fertility. If guys care about that anymore.

rhhardin said...

I don't get it, probably because I don't know what it's mocking.

iowan2 said...

Carlson is a great promoter, or his publicist is earning their keep.

I wouldn't know anything about Carlsons other endeavors, if not for the leftists attempt at mocking.

iowan2 said...

Geez, even I know that testes need to be cooler than the rest of the body for maximum fertility.

It said 'red light' therapy. I assume they mean the wave length. Not infra red, the light that throws alot of heat.

madAsHell said...

Maximum fertility??

Can't we just play hide-the-salami again??

Rt41Rebel said...

I tan my testicles daily, and chuckled a bit when that segment ran.

Joe Smith said...

So now gay is bad?

Too many rules...

Iman said...

Same lefties who promoted suntanning assholes are laughing about this?

The jokes are on them…

Andrew said...

I do wish sometimes that Tucker wouldn't give his enemies so much ammunition. But I often had the same reaction to Trump, and eventually I realized there was a method to his madness. Both of them are a lot more successful than I am, so I'll just shrug my shoulders and watch the fallout.

But I will not tan my testicles.

Deevs said...

"... which is so extremely misogynistic and homophobic that it swings around into being unbelievably gay."

So, extreme misogyny corresponds with being unbelievably gay? Do we then conclude that regular misogyny is part and parcel with regular male homosexuality?

It's also amusing that people don't see a guy red lighting his junk to Strauss' "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" as the obvious troll that it is.

n.n said...

Feminist/masculinist, transphobic, yet unbelievably joyful, lighthearted, and carefree? An assembly of oxymorons across a dysmorphic spectrum. This calls for a pride parade of lions, lionesses, and their [unPlanned] cubs to restore a functional perspective..

Ice Nine said...

> "...a montage from the trailer for the episode 'The End of Men' which is so extremely misogynistic and homophobic that..."<

Am I the only one who couldn't find the "misogynistic and homophobic" (never mind "extremely") part of the video?

n.n said...

Same lefties who promoted suntanning assholes are laughing about this?

Yes, braying Asses, transgender spectrum conversion therapy, diversity [dogma], prophecy of climate cooling... warming... change, coups without cause/wars without borders, progressive prices and availability, and the wicked solution (i.e. "burden" relief h/t Obama) for social, redistributive, clinical, and fair weather causes.

maximusK said...

"much of the internet"? Doubtful.

maximusK said...

Owen said...

Prof A: I know that you have long excelled at reading the Culture from its surface eruptions and exudations (your early days reading women's magazines, to your excellent blog entries that tease out Deeper Meanings and alert us to unintended ironies by the official commentariat). But...this? Do we really need to know all this? How does it protect or improve whatever remains of a healthy culture, to dig (ouch) into testicle tanning, or the meta-criticism of those on whose shows these ideas appear?

Life is short. I hope for better.

bobby said...

"Higher fertility" - which is helped along by cooler testes - is not the same as "higher testosterone" - which is helped along by warmth.

BUMBLE BEE said...

When you're over the target...
https://thepostmillennial.com/youtube-removes-tucker-carlson-interview-of-woman-who-detransitioned

Mikey NTH said...

Tucker Carlson = Bart Simpson.

Jupiter said...

Yeah, what's with the "misogynistic and homophobic"? It's bad enough that the Left can't take a joke, but apparently now they can't even get the joke. Here's another one in the same vein.

Jupiter said...

What? The turd-sucking whores at YouBlewTube removed that video? No doubt an intelligent young woman discussing her own experiences is "misinformation", according to those fucking criminal masterminds. They've got their heads so far up their asses they can see daylight.

Jupiter said...

And it would be "scrotum tanning". If it were tanning.

jim5301 said...

Tucker is rooting for Russia over Ukraine. "Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which I am." A despicable human being. The fact that he apparently still has the support of millions of Republicans says it all.

Browndog said...

"Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which I am."

You're a fucking liar.

How stupid do you think we are?

William50 said...

jim5301 said...

"Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which I am."

I see you are insinuating you are quoting Tucker, but I don't see the link to prove he actually said it and in what context. Without a link I will have to treat this as misinformation.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Narr said...

I keep mine tan, rested, and ready.

Iman said...

Carlson’s in lockstep with Putin and assaulting our dimocracy, eh, Jimmyboi?

Temujin said...

Pretty hilarious.

Bob Boyd said...

Call me irresponsible
Call me unreliable
Throw in undependable, too

But I never
Took the trouble
To give my nut sack
A pleasing hue.

Jupiter said...

jim5301 said...
"Tucker is rooting for Russia over Ukraine. ... A despicable human being."

At least when you lie like a rug, you do it moderately. You're not fit to suck the sweat from TuCa's jockstrap. But go ahead and ask him, maybe you'll catch a break.

jim5301 said...

You want a link? Search for the quote. It will take you all of ten seconds to find the video. Of course, after receiving substantial blow back he said it was only a joke.

And let's not forget Tucker's love affair with Hungary's authoritarian leader and longtime Russian ally, Viktor Orban.

See also https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/tucker-carlson-kremlin-russia-tv, which discusses how Tucker's commentary is frequently shown on Russian media.

Michael K said...


Blogger jim5301 said...

Tucker is rooting for Russia over Ukraine. "Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which I am." A despicable human being. The fact that he apparently still has the support of millions of Republicans says it all.


More lies from the lefties. No wonder nobody watches CNN.

Michael K said...

And let's not forget Tucker's love affair with Hungary's authoritarian leader and longtime Russian ally, Viktor Orban.

Not an ally and not "authoritarian>:" You are just a simple liar.

Iman said...

h/t teh Mills Brothers…

Jack-of-all-trades, master of none
And isn't it a shame?
I'm so sure that you'll be good for me
If you choose to play my game

You know I went to school but never used my tool
That is at least until I met you
I know a little bit about a lot of things
But didn’t know that ballz could turn blue

Drago said...

jim5301: "And let's not forget Tucker's love affair with Hungary's authoritarian leader and longtime Russian ally, Viktor Orban."

Orban has received less cash from Putin than the Biden clan.

Discuss.

Drago said...

jim5301: "Tucker is rooting for Russia over Ukraine. "Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which I am."'

In a sign of their increasing desperation, the pro-grooming democraticals have been accelerating their generation of fake quotes.

Its similar to the democratical child sexualizers working overtime to create additional hoax racial "incidents" and the deep staters concocting hoax kidnapping plots.

Meade said...

That there, Bob
Is some durn good doggerel

Meade said...

For some odd reason, it was “undependable too” that set my funny bone off to l-o-ling. 🤣

Bob Boyd said...

Thanks, Meade. You should hear me sing it at full volume. My neighbor's doggerel started barking. He sounded angry.

Ann Althouse said...

“ your early days reading women's magazines”

It wasn’t just women’s magazine. It was Sports Afield, Popular Mechanics, US News, Grit and on and on.

Meade said...

You read Grit? No wonder!

Meade said...

Bob, a little free advice: try whistling. Dogs love that. Especially if you’re juust a bit pitchy.

Bob Boyd said...

Nah, man. That dog's a fool. I gots the golden tonsils. Shoulda been a male vocalist.

Meade said...

I believe you, broo. Say can you mail me a demo tape? I’ve got a few connections in the blogosphere and elsewhere. Who knows where it could lead.

8 track would work best for me.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Biden and Putin Are in Business Together, Thanks to the Iran Deal

Lurker21 said...

Freedom of speech, even for the wackadoodle stuff -- and not just for wackadoodle stuff you happen to agree with.

Moonbats, Wingnuts, embrace your inner nutcase and the nutcases on the other side of the political chasm.

Gabriel said...

@jim5301: Tucker is rooting for Russia over Ukraine. "Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which I am."

Bill: I shot the clerk?

Sheriff Farley: Yes when did you shoot him?

Bill: I shot the clerk?

Deputy: Hey Dean, we need you out here.

Sheriff Farley: I'm in the middle of a damn confession here!

------

Sheriff Farley: I asked him if he did it and he said "I shot the clerk". I asked him again and again he said "I shot the clerk".

Trotter: No further questions.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

jim5301 is a Swetnick.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

When it comes to lies... all roads lead to lair Hillary

Narayanan said...

so - why not put the UN in charge of the Twitterverse?

all one needs for Free Speech is to be able to think and say without fear "I disagree"

just think of all the kids who keep quiet in class rooms all over USA schools -

teach them and allow them to say the two words couple of times a day and country would be better place. they can figure out reasons for disagreement eventually and if politely asked

effinayright said...


jim5301 said...
You want a link? Search for the quote. It will take you all of ten seconds to find the video. Of course, after receiving substantial blow back he said it was only a joke.
************

Of course, if you do search for the quote, you will ALSO learn it was made in 2019, at a time where the Ukrainians were indiscriminately shelling the bejeezus out of the territories Russia had seized.

More than a nuance....doncha think?

Narr said...

Can't we stay focused on my tanned testicles for a single thread?

The summer before our big trip to Paris in 2017, I had to deal with a few issues in the groinadal region. A hernia on one side and a hydrocell (testicular) on the other, both of which were bad things to leave undone before an overseas trip.

My urologist did my hydrocell removal and patch-up at the same session as the other surgeon
fixed my torn gut. Apparently good results, good progress, just as expected . . . until about a month later, on my way to the campus pool one afternoon about a month before the trip.

Long story short, the urologist had not really done the best job possible. When he saw what had happened, I became his new best friend. He and his most trusted nurses saw me every few days for two weeks, and trained my wife to help me heal properly at home, and with good will all around I was healed! (All the office sessions and medical supplies he gave us were off the record, of course. Is he going to report his own fuckup?)

Let me just say that my testicular fortitude has been tried in the most profoundly literal way, by pros and amateurs alike, and I'm a stronger person for it.

He retired a few years later. I bear him no ill will--he was actually a very friendly guy
and good doctor for many years and I could tell he was shaken and embarrassed.




Owen said...

Prof A @ 7:48: "...women's magazines." I stand corrected. But your correction only strengthens my point: from an early date you were sampling our culture widely and developing both skills (at sampling) and substantive knowledge (an integrated sense of what the culture was). I speculate that that exposure helped to produce the highly sophisticated, skeptical intelligence with which we are blessed today. So...why spend time on the tanning of testicles, or talk about same? Must we? Is there no other way?

I guess there isn't. Onward!

Rt41Rebel said...

Jupiter said: And it would be "scrotum tanning."

I'm gonna need a ruling on this. And it's proximity to the ancient rhetorical debate about the vulva/vagina cultural problem.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Finally, a person who has read Grit. I remember the ads in the magazines pointing the way to adolescent financial independence by selling grit. Right up there with the "Sea Monkeys".

Birches said...

For people who think this is silly and isn't really important: this is a real thing. Young men are following influencers like Bronze Age Pervert. Some guy on Twitter called Raw Egg Nationalist says he's the naked guy in Tucker's video. He has over 60k followers.

Brick Rubbledrain said...

I have been tanning the left nut and keeping the right one shaded, as a control. Getting public feedback on the results has been surprisingly difficult, so this thread is most welcome. Pictures and video to follow.

jim said...

Carlson (that cunt) quoted here: https://www.vox.com/2019/11/26/20983778/tucker-carlson-rooting-for-russia-ukraine-invasion-america-first

From 2019, when Ukraine was resisting the second wave of the Russian invasion.

Quislings.

Rusty said...

For Narr.

There once was a man from Asizes.
With balls of varying sizes.
One was quite small.
Almost no ball at all.
But the other was large and won prizes.

Narr said...

Thanks Rusty! That's a great one.

Gutfeld! mentioned GRIT last night. Nobody else had ever heard of it, but I recall the ads.
I don't think I ever saw a copy.

Drago said...

Dumb Lefty jim: "Carlson (that cunt) quoted here: https://www.vox.com/...."

VOX!! LOL!!

Tell us more about that mythical 30 mile long bridge from Gaza to the West Bank that the dastardly Israelis wont allow the Arabs to use!

In Dumb Lefty jim's defense, most of these latest packaged lies probably came in hoax dossier form.

Lefties can't resist anything that comes in hoax dossier form.

Gunner said...

The author mentioned "the January 6th insurrectionists" sincerely so she is not someone to take seriously.

Gunner said...

I might not root for the Russians over Ukraine but I will definitely root for anybody over whatever organization this dumb lying writer works for.

jim said...

Drago, dumb perhaps, but you wouldn't know a lefty from a hole in your head.

There is no question that this is an accurate quote of Carlson from 2019: "Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which I am." You could easily look it up for yourself.