# Michael Moore cleans up his act! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520 "2004-12-01T16:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roseworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@Roseworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roseworm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/1 "2004-12-01T16:58:21Z")
Did you see Michael Moore on the Leno show the other night? His face was shaved, his hair was trimmed, and he was wearing a nice suit. He also said some temperate, conciliatory things about President Bush. Huh. I guess he decided his radical, left-wing, disgusting slob image was not working. Fancy that. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/2 "2004-12-01T17:04:46Z")
Frankly, he sounded reasonable. I was impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/3 "2004-12-01T17:09:29Z")
> [@Roseworm](#): > > I guess he decided his radical, left-wing, disgusting slob image was not working. Yeah, it only made him very famous and rich. He’s definitely realized he’s a failure and is reassessing himself. 😉 I agree that it was weird though. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/4 "2004-12-01T17:18:41Z")
Is there a transcript available? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/5 "2004-12-01T17:42:03Z")
**Roseworm** , while I do not worship at a tasteful shrine to Michael Moore, your inclusion of shaving in the category of “cleaning up his act” is foolish and an affront to polite discourse. On behalf of U.S. Grant, Freud, the entire cast of Z.Z. Top and all the other great bearded men in history\*, piss off. and, I suppose, a few great bearded women. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/6 "2004-12-01T17:52:23Z")
Shit, I missed it. Did he look like George Clooney? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/7 "2004-12-01T18:04:03Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Shit, I missed it. Did he look like George Clooney? He looked like an unholy combination of George Clooney, Dennis the Menace, and the big guy from the TV show “Wings”. **Roseworm** , when you are going to notice there are other forums than the Pit? This is MPSIMS material. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/8 "2004-12-01T18:08:22Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > **Roseworm** , when you are going to notice there are other forums than the Pit? This is MPSIMS material. Sure, but when was the last time a Michael Moore thread didn’t end up in the Pit anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/9 "2004-12-01T18:09:28Z")
In another thread somebody said he looked like Peter Griffin (from ‘Family Guy’). I didn’t see him “cleaned up”, but thinking of how he looks normally I can see the resemblence now that it’s been pointed out. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/10 "2004-12-01T18:12:46Z")
Probably trying to take the edge off his image and to acquire a patina of respectability. The election was lost anyway, and the Academy Awards are coming up, you know, so in his typically dishonest way he’s trying to portray something (himself) in a way other than it really is in order to acheive a goal. A clever and unexpected ploy, though, I must say. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/11 "2004-12-01T18:16:11Z")
So even when he simply shaves he’s being dishonest? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/12 "2004-12-01T18:21:36Z")
:rolleyes: A post of typical \*\*Starving Artist \*\*fashion there… Sam ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/13 "2004-12-01T18:35:11Z")
_Michael and Me_ just can’t seem to get on the same page. The day I make a few mil on a film is the day I _quit_ the suits, haircuts and razor and adopt the slovenly, unkept look. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/14 "2004-12-01T18:35:14Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Probably trying to take the edge off his image and to acquire a patina of respectability. The election was lost anyway, and the Academy Awards are coming up, you know, so in his typically dishonest way he’s trying to portray something (himself) in a way other than it really is in order to acheive a goal. > > A clever and unexpected ploy, though, I must say. Right. Because, as we all know, BFC was a miserable failure and he failed to win an Oscar for it during his scruffy-bearded days. Oh wait… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/15 "2004-12-01T18:36:51Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Probably trying to take the edge off his image and to acquire a patina of respectability. A course of action that it would not be inappropriate for you to take. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/16 "2004-12-01T19:34:20Z")
So nobody got that he was JOKING? His look was a goof on the typical Republican look. “A fat white guy who’s afraid of change.” He gently ribbed, by talking about how good things were going to be in his life - _his_ taxes were going to go down. He admitted that Bush got more votes, because the Republicans had a better message, and I think that was not part of the joke. But his suit and haircut were just being funny. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/17 "2004-12-01T19:34:33Z")
> [@Roseworm](#): > > Did you see Michael Moore on the Leno show the other night? His face was shaved, his hair was trimmed, and he was wearing a nice suit. He also said some temperate, conciliatory things about President Bush. > > Huh. > > I guess he decided his radical, left-wing, disgusting slob image was not working. Fancy that. This thread gets filed under the “Whoopdee Fuck” section. What the hell are you pitting anyway or just like to bitch about leftist minutiae? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/18 "2004-12-01T20:41:06Z")
This just in! Michael Moore cleans up act! Roseworm continues to spout same useless shit! Must be a slow news day. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/19 "2004-12-01T20:41:45Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Sure, but when was the last time a Michael Moore thread didn’t end up in the Pit anyway? When was the last time a **Roseworm** thread had any value other than Pit fodder? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520/20 "2004-12-01T21:01:50Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > When was the last time a **Roseworm** thread had any value other than Pit fodder? Thread? How about post? Has she contributed anything to this board other than incidiary crap? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-cleans-up-his-act/277520.md?page=2)