About The Show
A host (Joe Scarborough) and his sidekick (Mika Brzezinski — daughter of Zbigniew) chat with guests about politics from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM ET on weekdays. Guests range from practically daily regulars (like Mike Barnicle) to presidential candidates, Senators, and members of the House. Oh yeah, I forgot about Willie Geist. That’s because everybody forgets about Willie Geist. Remote location guests forget even to acknowledge him. It’s an inside running joke that might become more clear later in the review.
General Take
As MSNBC shows go, the production values are fairly high. But that’s like saying George is a good student compared to the special kids. The music is decent, if predictable, the crawler is informative, and there’s seldom a gaffe with the graphics. The show’s gab is chummy and spontaneous. For parlance, it’s more like the View than it is like Fox and Friends. But for viewpoint, it’s more like the latter.
Joe Scarborough
The host, Joe Scarborough, is a cretinous skank. He is a loud-mouth lying camera whore, who seems absolutely to loathe Barack Obama and everything the president-elect has ever said, done, or in any way touched. He talks over everyone who disagrees, even people who are in every way his senior and superior. He left the frail and tiny Andrea Mitchell in a stunned silence and almost in tears one day, after lighting into her about something to do with Obama. She stuttered her way through the rest of the spot, but seemed quiet and distant. In true misogynistic fashion, Joe also routinely berates his sidekick, Mika, bellowing almost every day about her alleged addiction to drugs and alchohol. It’s supposed to be some kind of (sick) joke, but it’s very inside now, and stems from an incident going way way back. New viewers likely have no idea he’s just joshing, and possibly think Mika’s struggling to overcome some nonexistent problem.
Mika Brzezinski
She really is a smart person, and yet daft at the same time. It’s such an odd combination, and makes her the perfect punching bag for Joe. She tries to pary his verbal assaults, but usually ends up just puttering to herself in half-whispers and making snide remarks that are non sequiturs by the time she verbalizes them. She seems uncomfortable when she has to take over for Joe. A shame, really, because she’s far the better host than he. She’s a good ball passer, getting everybody involved and always listening.
Willie Geist
The baby-face sycophant is Joe’s actual sidekick. It is easy to imagine that a part of Joe’s bullyish treatment of Mika has its root in the man-crush that Joe and Willie so obviously have for each other. Willie and Joe often trade winkish, manly quips in the quise of sports metaphors that sometimes come across as zings at Mika. Willie tries to be all el masculino, but he still looks twelve. And his eyes still sparkle with adoration whenever he gazes at Joe.
Conclusions
This is a fun show to hate. It provides a convenient e-mail form on its webpage, whick seems to draw spit-hissing ire from all over the country. From time to time, viewer comments are read on the air (now with 7-second delay, thanks to Joe’s recent unfortunate “fuck” mishap). Joe likes to hear those that are critical of him so he can talk about the stupid losers that comprise his audience. He describes them as slackers, watching in their underwear from their parents’ basements while they eat Cheetos. So if you enjoy talk shows hosted by beady-eyed idiots with obese egos and delusions of grandeur, Morning Joe is for you.
