# Where The Hell Did This Piers Morgan Craziness Come From? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045 "2011-01-18T03:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/1 "2011-01-18T03:59:44Z")
I didn’t want to shit on the other thread. Seriously, until a month ago the name “Piers Morgan” meant nothing to me. Now he’s the goddamned Second Coming. I can’t look right or left without seeing some urgent report on what Piers Morgan’s doing. Holy mother of shit, he’s got a show! Jesus I. Christ, he’s interviewing Oprah! Oh my sweet ballsack, Piers Morgan put his left shoe on first this morning! Why the sudden Piers Morgan mediaboner? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/2 "2011-01-18T04:03:49Z")
He was the head judge on “Americas Got Talent”, and now he’s taking over for Larry King, the pioneer cable talk show host. It’s a big deal (at least in the U.S.) ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/3 "2011-01-18T04:20:30Z")
CNN has a lot invested in Piers Morgan’s show doing as well as Larry King’s. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/4 "2011-01-18T04:26:14Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I didn’t want to shit on the other thread. > > Seriously, until a month ago the name “Piers Morgan” meant nothing to me. Now he’s the goddamned Second Coming. I can’t look right or left without seeing some urgent report on what Piers Morgan’s doing. Holy mother of shit, he’s got a show! Jesus I. Christ, he’s interviewing Oprah! Oh my sweet ballsack, Piers Morgan put his left shoe on first this morning! > > Why the sudden Piers Morgan mediaboner? I’ve learned two things opening this thread. 1. I never heard of Piers Morgan before, and have no idea what he looks like. The fact that he’s taking over for Larry King? Still doesn’t ring a bell. 2. You have a sweet ballsack. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/5 "2011-01-18T04:43:26Z")
He keeps having a go at Madonna (apparently because she once - get this - threw breadrolls at him), and he’s saying things like “we don’t need her now we have Lady Gaga”, trying to start a feud for publicity. Madonna’s spokesperson responded with “Madonna doesn’t know who Piers Morgan is, but she’s a big fan of Lady Gaga”. Madonna and Lady Gaga: 1 Piers Morgan: 0 PS I’d love it if Madonna threw breadrolls at me. Piers is so ungrateful. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/6 "2011-01-18T04:52:14Z")
If it weren’t for this [Susan Boyle clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcQ9A-5noM), I would have no idea who Piers Morgan is. It’s the only time I’ve ever seen him. People snark about people who say they don’t watch television, but there are benefits. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/7 "2011-01-18T05:43:01Z")
He is famous for Jeremy Clarkson beating him up on a Concorde flight (the last one)? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/8 "2011-01-18T06:05:22Z")
Never heard of him before this thread. The Straight Dope. Satisfying whatever mild interest in celebrities I have, at fifth-hand remove. Which, frankly, is as close as I care to get. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/9 "2011-01-18T06:15:39Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I’ve learned two things opening this thread. > > 1. I never heard of Piers Morgan before, and have no idea what he looks like. The fact that he’s taking over for Larry King? Still doesn’t ring a bell. > > 2. You have a sweet ballsack. These. [Also, I don’t want to sound like a queer or nothin’, but you’ve got a sweet ass.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ORCnvGnaAM) ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/10 "2011-01-18T09:02:24Z")
He clearly has a deal with the devil a few years ago, he was a third-rate tabloid newspaper columnist, and now he’s hugely successful. He’s widely hated in the UK, btw, and not in the love-to-hate pantomime villain way people regard Simon Cowell - he’s genuinely disliked because everything he does is genuinely vile. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/11 "2011-01-18T09:53:35Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > He is famous for Jeremy Clarkson beating him up on a Concorde flight (the last one)? The second-to-last one, I think you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/12 "2011-01-18T10:48:59Z")
[Dopers in the know offer their views of Mr Morgan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=567149) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/13 "2011-01-18T10:52:27Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > The second-to-last one, I think you mean. I’m trying not to make the comment I want to make about what the world would be like had Clarkson and Morgan been on the last Concorde flight, so I’ll just go to my happy place now. Mmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/14 "2011-01-18T12:02:14Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Why the sudden Piers Morgan mediaboner? He’s replacing Larry King, and CNN is doing its utmost to make sure people watch him. That’s really the beginning and the end of the story. Lately [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) has been outdoing itself with obnoxious ads for his show. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/15 "2011-01-18T12:49:35Z")
I believe Stephen Fry once defined “countryside” as the unlawful killing of Piers Morgan. I am only aware of him because I am guilty of watching America’s Got Talent. I always saw him as a bargain-basement Simon Cowell – filling the “British ass” judge role. But the more I am exposed to Morgan, the less I can tolerate him. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/16 "2011-01-18T13:12:16Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > “British ass” You misspelled “arse”. 😉 > [@](#): > > unlawful killing of Piers Morgan ETA: surely an oxymoron? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/17 "2011-01-18T13:21:55Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Oh my sweet ballsack, Just out of idle curiousity, how do you know that your ballsack is sweet? Also, wouldn’t one expect a ballsack to be salty, musky or other flavors normally associated with human perspiration? Maybe you should see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/18 "2011-01-18T13:29:28Z")
I think this has been posted in the other thread, but watch [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QfW58Efcck) if you want to get an idea of what Piers Morgan is really like. It’s a clip of Ian Hislop on Room 101, a show where celebrities talk about their pet hates. The top rated comment on YouTube says it all really. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/19 "2011-01-18T13:35:54Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > He clearly has a deal with the devil a few years ago, he was a third-rate tabloid newspaper columnist, and now he’s hugely successful. Actually he was the editor of the Daily Mirror. Forced to resign after the paper published [false pics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_prison_abuse_scandals) of abuse in AbruGhraib. He then went on to reinvent himself as a TV personality - judging on \*Britain’s Got Talent \*and _America’s Got Talent._ ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045/20 "2011-01-18T13:40:48Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > You misspelled “arse”. No, I meant as in donkey, not as in where you are hit by the door on your way out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-this-piers-morgan-craziness-come-from/568045.md?page=2)