# Hollywood Support for Arnold **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 12, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956 "2003-10-12T03:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oktberfest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@Oktberfest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oktberfest)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/1 "2003-10-12T03:32:35Z")
Who in Hollywood supported Arnold? ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/2 "2003-10-12T06:12:17Z")
They all did… to his face. ## Peace. Everyone loves a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/3 "2003-10-12T06:19:08Z")
[Rob Lowe](http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=131560). ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/4 "2003-10-12T06:45:11Z")
Gary Busey. I believe he suffered a massive head wound for him. Dennis Miller. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/5 "2003-10-12T12:42:22Z")
Dana Carvey, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/6 "2003-10-12T12:51:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Oktberfest \* > \*\*Who in Hollywood supported Arnold? \*\* Well, I doubt if Martin Sheen supported him because there was a message on my answering machine from him (presumably) urging me to vote against the recall… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/7 "2003-10-12T17:32:29Z")
Having Arnold in office is a comedy writer’s gold mine. Guys like Jon Macks (writer for the New Hollywood Squares, Jay Leno, and the Academy Awards) might not have voted for him but he’s expected to keep them busy for the duration. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/8 "2003-10-12T22:10:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Having Arnold in office is a comedy writer’s gold mine. Guys like Jon Macks (writer for the New Hollywood Squares, Jay Leno, and the Academy Awards) might not have voted for him but he’s expected to keep them busy for the duration. \*\* I think there is a high likelihood that Leno was on Arnold’s side. Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy on The Tonight Show, and Leno introduced the Governator at his victory party. While there is a possibility that Leno was supporting Arnie solely for potential jokes this scenario is unlikely. Leno and his jokes wouldn’t be funny no matter who is in office or what is in the news. There was an article in the NY Times the other day about Leno making his political views known. Apparently it’s newsworthy because late night hosts are traditionally non-partisan, or equal opportunity jokers at least. ---
**Author:** ![Conflict\_of\_Interest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@Conflict\_of\_Interest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conflict_of_Interest)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/9 "2003-10-12T23:02:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Having Arnold in office is a comedy writer’s gold mine. \*\* So was having Gray Davis as Govenor. Look at all the things said about him. So I don’t think it matters who is in office. Either way comedy writers are going to have a field day. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/10 "2003-10-13T03:34:23Z")
I was expecting Arnold to pick Danny DeVito as his Assistant Gov. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/11 "2003-10-13T14:31:52Z")
I’m not much of a Jay Leno fan, but he did say something once that captured my political stance very neatly. It was along these lines: “Every time I think I’m a Republican, the Republicans go out and do something greedy. Every time I think I’m a Democrat, the Democrats go out and do something stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-support-for-arnold/206956/12 "2003-10-14T02:43:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kizarvexius \* > \*\*I’m not much of a Jay Leno fan, but he did say something once that captured my political stance very neatly. It was along these lines: > > “Every time I think I’m a Republican, the Republicans go out and do something greedy. Every time I think I’m a Democrat, the Democrats go out and do something stupid.” \*\* And everytime I think I might be a fan of Leno he goes out and tells a joke.