It STINKS.

May 2, 2008 2:41 AM

Jon Lovitz may have just killed his career. SLTMZP
posted by jbickers (36 comments total)

First, what career?

Second, I don't think so.
posted by grouse at 2:58 AM on May 2, 2008

That's a hard thing to do considering I didn't even know he was still alive...
posted by Citizen Premier at 3:05 AM on May 2, 2008

Nah. He said AIDS wasn't doing a very good job of killing black people (as supposedly designed by the government) because it was killing everyone. Not a very funny joke, but hard to take as racist or anti-AIDS victim.
posted by ignignokt at 3:06 AM on May 2, 2008

TMZ is trying to give this some traction it probably won't get.
posted by jfrancis at 3:08 AM on May 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

Uh? it's just a bad joke.
posted by zouhair at 3:09 AM on May 2, 2008

now that I've watched the video I have to say: "what?" given how shaky and unrehearsed he seemed I doubt he's interested in much of a career anymore, and his comments seemed more ignorant and top-of-the-head than indicative of bigotry.
posted by Citizen Premier at 3:10 AM on May 2, 2008

TMZ is the same highly respected journalistic organization that recently revealed the identity of a 14-year-old alleged sex crime victim, because he's the son of somebody famous. ((They even included a picture, taken when the boy was 10) Let's see if we can keep links to these slimeballs OFF of Metafilter. Delete this shitty post.
posted by wendell at 3:14 AM on May 2, 2008 [4 favorites]

Oh no! And he was climbing back up after his just so goddamn amazing performance in the wildly popular Southland Tales! THE POOR MAN!
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 3:19 AM on May 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

This post is about 10 years late?
posted by rokusan at 3:26 AM on May 2, 2008

This is a dismal FPP.
posted by Malor at 3:30 AM on May 2, 2008 [7 favorites]

This is a dismal FPP.

Yeah, in retrospect, I think you're right.
posted by jbickers at 3:35 AM on May 2, 2008

And he was climbing back up after his just so goddamn amazing performance in the wildly popular Southland Tales!

I'll not disagree that this was a terrible post, but you leave Southland Tales alone now. Cruelly overlooked at the Oscars, that one.
posted by flashboy at 3:40 AM on May 2, 2008

There's an Oscar for Dullness now?
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 3:42 AM on May 2, 2008

You don't have to yell.
posted by ColdChef at 3:45 AM on May 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

Man, everyone hated that flick. You should have heard Jonny Ross' review of it.

It scooped The Independent's Worst Film of 2007 award – against stiff competition, too.
posted by chuckdarwin at 3:46 AM on May 2, 2008

If you write an email to the mods, they'll just delete this and we can all pretend it never happened.
posted by From Bklyn at 3:46 AM on May 2, 2008

...yeah, that's the ticket.
posted by wendell at 3:50 AM on May 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

I dunno ... I had never heard of Southland Tales before this. Perhaps that's the redeeming value here.
posted by jbickers at 3:54 AM on May 2, 2008

At last, the way is clear for David Leisure to have a career.
posted by dhartung at 4:05 AM on May 2, 2008

I got the impression that no one at the event was even listening to him.
posted by Dave Faris at 4:06 AM on May 2, 2008

RACIAL!!!
posted by norabarnacl3 at 4:17 AM on May 2, 2008

I wasn't aware Jon Lovitz had a career.
posted by sneakin at 4:18 AM on May 2, 2008

Jon Lovitz career was killed in his sleep by Bryn Hartman on May 28, 1998.
posted by Optamystic at 4:19 AM on May 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

Y'all quit hating on Lovitz already! Funny man - from the true Golden Years of SNL. Hotchee Motchee!
posted by davidmsc at 4:28 AM on May 2, 2008

It STINKS.
so does this post.
posted by krautland at 4:49 AM on May 2, 2008

You call that a career, man? /Triumph insult comic dog
posted by psmealey at 5:18 AM on May 2, 2008

Finest Lovitz from Happiness.

And the spoiler (if you have not seen Happiness) of what happens with Andy.
posted by zerobyproxy at 5:18 AM on May 2, 2008

TMZ-filter cack. I don't understand how this is even offensive, let alone career-killing.
posted by Busithoth at 5:18 AM on May 2, 2008

I'll not disagree that this was a terrible post, but you leave Southland Tales alone now. Cruelly overlooked at the Oscars, that one.

I hear there's an opening writing material for Jon Lovitz.
posted by dobbs at 5:22 AM on May 2, 2008

That Todd Solondz. What a card.
posted by From Bklyn at 5:38 AM on May 2, 2008

I love Happiness. And this FPP is pretty meh.
posted by auralcoral at 5:40 AM on May 2, 2008

I'm not wasting a single drop of my purest triple-distilled Sooper-Hate with Chunks of Self-Reflexive Loathing on THIS guy.
posted by Dizzy at 5:54 AM on May 2, 2008

TMZ? Why...why I'm president of that organization. Just ask my wife, Morgan Fairchild. Who I've seen NAKED.
posted by Ber at 6:00 AM on May 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

I thought he killed his career with "The Critic".
That show was awful.
posted by Balisong at 6:04 AM on May 2, 2008

How's this for a controversial statement: TMZ is one of the reasons I could care less if the terrorists win or not.

I'd say it's grammatically sloppy. You probably mean "couldn't care less".

Thanks for asking!
posted by sidereal at 6:05 AM on May 2, 2008

He just wants to be loved... is that so wrong?
posted by Dr-Baa at 6:06 AM on May 2, 2008