Oh dear. I think I just lost what little faith in humanity I had left. Obviously something is going wrong in our education system between 5th grade and 12th grade.
I can understand the confusion between Hungary and France. Zsa Zsa Gabor was actually born in a Parisian brothel and Boeuf Bourguignon is just goulash without all that paprika.
I'm curious what the earlier questions were that won her the $10,000 she had before this one.
Wasn't that idiot emcee saying HUNGRY not HUNGARY?
She was bad enough but he wasn't any better and he really outdid himself with the stupid "little woman" routine. She only hears what she wants to hear??
That makes her a typical American more than a typical woman.
AlQuaeda had a point. don't tell ATT I said that...I dont mean it, really I don't...they were wrong, they are wrong, bad dirty and wrong...wrong wrong wrong...praise jesus.
I had no idea who this moron was, so I googled her. Apparently, she's an American Idol loser. Previous to that (here's a clip from her Wikipedia entry):
"She has worked as a waitress at a Sonic Drive In franchise, and in 2005, she made an appearance on WSOC-TV's Gimme the Mike! Charlotte contest. She finished in second place. She participated in the Miss America circuit, and won the "Miss Stanly County" pageant at age 17 and subsequently competed for Miss North Carolina 2004. She dropped out and later tried paralegal studies."
I think she gave up on being a paralegal after she learned it had nothing to do with skydiving.
To suggest that a whole country is hated due to the ignorance of its citizens is in of itself rather ignorant. Do we hate others because of their ignorance of Lake Baikal?
Don't worry, I'm sure that woman got a high school diploma. It's a good thing we don't make our high school students prove they have learned anything, like say by passing a test, because otherwise people like that wouldn't graduate.
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David Wright |
December 2, 2007 10:32 PM
In 2001, a few months before September 11th, I had the honor of going to Washington, D.C., to participate in Girls Nation through the American Legion. We were invited to a private meeting at the White House with President Bush, and he gave us a speech. I am ashamed to say that he began the speech by saying "I have just returned from the great nation of Europe..."
(1) Good Christ, no wonder I stopped watching TV. It has sunk to this? People actually watch this crap?
(2) At first I thought, yes, incredible as it seems, she is apparently that stupid. But by the end of it, I was convinced the whole thing was fake. She can't have been that stupid, and then made the joke about Turkey. I smell a plant.
(3) The blond bimbo might just be the stupidest woman in all of north America, but the host is an asswipe. And "Hungry" isn't a country either, dipshit. It's "Hungary".
(4) Yes, Dan, if you've traveled anywhere outside our borders any time in the last 3 or 4 years, you'd know that they hate us. Not so much for our incredibly stupid citizens (which might be quite reasonable), but our incredibly fucked up president.
(5) The dweeby fifth grader, though smarter than the blond bimbo (not difficult to accomplish), was apparently struck mute by the whole painful experience. He never uttered a word.
"In school, she dove into every activity that would put her in the spotlight---gymnastics, drama, varsity cheerleader. "I've always been comfortable in front of people. I've always been the joker, the class clown. Music and laughter is how I dealt with everything. I'd rather laugh about it than cry about it.""
I was trying to point out that host's behavior (ie/making offensive and gendered remarks about her listening skills) was much more reprehensible then her (joking?) lack of geography skills.
Either way, this clip makes me want to never watch TV again.
Staged or not, that is the level of geographic knowledge of many Americans. Although, to be fair, I don't know if the capital of Hungary is "Third Grade Geography" Maybe 5th grade, like the kid who got it right.
My favorite exchange is the "That's just called being a woman" part. Not for the joke itself, which is a little too obvious to be that funny (but also too obvious to not say -- I don't at all fault Foxworthy for going there). But for this:
Pickler: "I'm listening to you, but I only hear what I want to hear."
Foxworthy: "That's just called being a woman."
Pickler: *dumb expression*
Audience: *boooooo*
Pickler: *still not understanding the joke* Booo!
On another note: The glib comments trying to tie this into politics are incredibly annoying.
Miss Stanly County! My family is from there. And she's faking, becaues Stanly County people know where France is, otherwise they wouldn't still call french fries Patriot Potatoes. Three members of my family went to Stanly County High - one's now a professor of English, one's a librarian, and one's an adult literacy lobbyist in Washington. I think they're single-handedly trying to fix the place.
You also might be interested to know that Stanly County boasts towns named "Frog Pond" and "Big Lick". Kellie, says Wikipedia, grew up in the towns of Palestine and New London, which explains why I don't recognize her last name. Usually Miss Stanly County is a Huneycutt.
While it's invariably lame that any adult has this kind of lowest common denominator mentality we shouldn't find it all that surprising. When and where is there a historical example of the majority of any population being anything more than a mob? What astounds me is that there is a serious debate about the reality of evolution when our monkeyhood is so in your face. Still and all at least we are forgoing Geography, Art, Social Studies, History, Science, and Physical Education so that none of our future generations will be left behind.
While it's invariably lame that any adult has this kind of lowest common denominator mentality we shouldn't find it all that surprising. When and where is there a historical example of the majority of any population being anything more than a mob? What astounds me is that there is a serious debate about the reality of evolution when our monkeyhood is so in your face. Still and all at least we are forgoing Geography, Art, Social Studies, History, Science, and Physical Education so that none of our future generations will be left behind.
This doesn't say anything about the state of American education. This woman just has Cute Girl Disease. My aunt has CGD. It comes from always having some horny guy (or guys) wrapped around your little finger and thus eager to perform every task and favor you might request.
Over time, people with CGD come to see the world as a fundamentally benign, helpful place, and thus decide they have no need of rational thought, self preservation instinct, knowledge of any actual facts, etc, etc, etc.
The joke is on those of you who take this kind of cheap, goofy entertainment seriously as some kind of commentary on American education or values. Kelly Pickler, like Jessica Simpson, and before her Jenny McCarthy, is gifted at playing up the dumb blond persona for its entertainment value. Whether or not she knows that Budapest is the capital of Hungary (I'm betting half the progressive/liberal snobs out there don't know that either), the point of this show isn't to "know" anything--it's to entertain the audience with the conceit that smart 5th graders sometimes know trivia that average adults don't know. I've played Trivial Pursuit with enough educated adults to know that even the smartest of them often don't know (or have forgotten) basic facts that they learned in elementary school (Quick!: what's the capital of South Dakota?...Now try it in front of a live audience and millions of television viewers). Game shows are a game, not a test of our cultural IQ. Overheated reactions to game shows--now THAT's an indication of how seriously the world should take us...
It is not so much the fact she could not get Hungary (not Hungry) but that she continued to display extreme ignorance with comments such as "I thought Europe was a country" and "I don't think France is a country.." . "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
--Martin Luther King Jr.
So which is worse, to be that ignorant or to pretend to be? What does that say about society that we would be entertained by stupidity. Now I have to go watch "the Rock of Love" I think there is a smack down tonight.
ALL societies are entertained by stupidity--it's one of the great human universals. This is not unique to American society. Watch some Japanese television for a few hours...or German...or Australian...
Attractive stupid people are even more universally appealing. They help us justify our general ugliness/poverty/lack of status by allowing us to feel superior to them in some way. If Kelly Pickler hadn't been born, we'd have to make her...oh wait, we did...
Oh, and by the way, Pickler's personal idol is Dolly Parton--a talented singer who also has a comedic ditzy blonde routine. Pickler is currently working on a new sit-com about a ditzy southern girl from a small town who doesn't know much about the world. She's also got several successful songs and albums to her credit. So those of you concerned about the sad state of her education needn't worry that she'll starve on the streets of Budapest. Even stupid, she's more successful than most of you.
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But she has fabulous hair.
This would have proved your point much better if Nathan had said "France".
Oh dear. I think I just lost what little faith in humanity I had left. Obviously something is going wrong in our education system between 5th grade and 12th grade.
If you think Europe is a country...
... you might be an American.
That was staged.
don't count on it homage
This is a joke, it's not serious. It's meant to be entertainment. She's an actress and we all know it.
Good fucking god. Gotta love that Jeff Foxworthy, too. He must have been gleeful about the lil' lady being so dumb.
Yeah, we're doomed.
If it had been staged, the kid would have had a better poker face.
Holy fuck. Fuuuuuck!
the kid doesnt have to be in on it.
Buddhistpest is a country everywhere like such as and they speak French.
I don't get it? Hate Who?
It's all about her hair color?
that pickler girl is a national treasure.
Here's the other reason why they hate us:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2982640.ece
We have some work to do Progressives!
I can understand the confusion between Hungary and France. Zsa Zsa Gabor was actually born in a Parisian brothel and Boeuf Bourguignon is just goulash without all that paprika.
I'm curious what the earlier questions were that won her the $10,000 she had before this one.
If that was for real, and wasn't at all staged, then we should start stocking up on canned goods.
Who was that? Am I supposed to recognize her?
Wasn't that idiot emcee saying HUNGRY not HUNGARY?
She was bad enough but he wasn't any better and he really outdid himself with the stupid "little woman" routine. She only hears what she wants to hear??
That makes her a typical American more than a typical woman.
AlQuaeda had a point. don't tell ATT I said that...I dont mean it, really I don't...they were wrong, they are wrong, bad dirty and wrong...wrong wrong wrong...praise jesus.
Between this and that poor deep-fried Canadian woman, I sincerely want to die. Thanks, Slog!
I had no idea who this moron was, so I googled her. Apparently, she's an American Idol loser. Previous to that (here's a clip from her Wikipedia entry):
"She has worked as a waitress at a Sonic Drive In franchise, and in 2005, she made an appearance on WSOC-TV's Gimme the Mike! Charlotte contest. She finished in second place. She participated in the Miss America circuit, and won the "Miss Stanly County" pageant at age 17 and subsequently competed for Miss North Carolina 2004. She dropped out and later tried paralegal studies."
I think she gave up on being a paralegal after she learned it had nothing to do with skydiving.
I don't know what's worse. That this happened, or that this is being presented to America as entertainment. Ha, ha, ha, she's so dumb!
Kellie Pickler, you and all your prior teachers should be ASHAMED.
To suggest that a whole country is hated due to the ignorance of its citizens is in of itself rather ignorant. Do we hate others because of their ignorance of Lake Baikal?
I thought not.
This all seems quite overblown. Obviously Kellie Pickler is no Dina Martina -- but who could be? And can you blame her for trying?
But everyone, everywhere, knows about Lake Baikal. There is no ignorance to hate.
Besides, they don't hate us. If they did they wouldn't be greeting us with flowers like they do.
That show is staged at a level that makes pro-wrestling look real.
And if she is real, then lets launch all the nukes; we do not deserve to exist anymore.
I'd hit it.
I don't get it either.
They don't hate us, they fear us.
After all, she probably knows with 100% certainty that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9-11.
Isn't her pun "I've heard of Turkey..." in the context of a country named "Hungary" just a little too clever for this whole thing to be for real?
I can't even bring myself to watch this.
I have traveled extensively and I've lived/taught English in Romania, Poland, and Slovakia. Believe me, stupidity is Universal.
Thankfully folks like her aren't allowed to vote.
Oh, wait...
JACKSON POLLOCK:
I have traveled extensively and I've lived/taught English in Romania, Poland, and Slovakia. Believe me, stupidity is Universal.
True, but obliviousness heaped on a generous portion of self centeredness is not really.
that was painful to watch.
"You tried to trick me!"
... wouldn't have been hard, now would it?
Jeeze... is it wrong that I want to smack the commentator upside his smug, condescending head?
I mean, yeah she needs some geography lessons... but at least she isn't being a dick about it!
In other exciting TV news, Donnie McClurkin's Christmas Special is airing on KTBW tonight at 10pm (channel 20 in my comcast lineup).
So if Cheney was on and answered all the questions correctly, we'd be loved?
And yet, if -I- make a joke about educational values in the South, -I'm- the bad guy.
Please. Who watches that fucking show in the first place? If you do, you are the idiot.
These people are only indirectly the reason the world hates us, people like this allow the US Rep&Dem to run an overwhelmingly damaging foreign policy
Don't worry, I'm sure that woman got a high school diploma. It's a good thing we don't make our high school students prove they have learned anything, like say by passing a test, because otherwise people like that wouldn't graduate.
In 2001, a few months before September 11th, I had the honor of going to Washington, D.C., to participate in Girls Nation through the American Legion. We were invited to a private meeting at the White House with President Bush, and he gave us a speech. I am ashamed to say that he began the speech by saying "I have just returned from the great nation of Europe..."
So, um, that's a pretty good reason to hate us.
So if Cheney was on and answered all the questions correctly, we'd be loved?
There's no way he would've done it, it was for charity.
(1) Good Christ, no wonder I stopped watching TV. It has sunk to this? People actually watch this crap?
(2) At first I thought, yes, incredible as it seems, she is apparently that stupid. But by the end of it, I was convinced the whole thing was fake. She can't have been that stupid, and then made the joke about Turkey. I smell a plant.
(3) The blond bimbo might just be the stupidest woman in all of north America, but the host is an asswipe. And "Hungry" isn't a country either, dipshit. It's "Hungary".
(4) Yes, Dan, if you've traveled anywhere outside our borders any time in the last 3 or 4 years, you'd know that they hate us. Not so much for our incredibly stupid citizens (which might be quite reasonable), but our incredibly fucked up president.
(5) The dweeby fifth grader, though smarter than the blond bimbo (not difficult to accomplish), was apparently struck mute by the whole painful experience. He never uttered a word.
Cinders "I mean, yeah she needs some geography lessons... but at least she isn't being a dick about it!"
Why would she be a dick about herself needing geography lessons?
kellie was always funny on AI, although she's never been the brightest bulb on the block.
before you slam her, take a view of this version of her bio:
http://www.kelliepickler.com/site.php?content=about
"In school, she dove into every activity that would put her in the spotlight---gymnastics, drama, varsity cheerleader. "I've always been comfortable in front of people. I've always been the joker, the class clown. Music and laughter is how I dealt with everything. I'd rather laugh about it than cry about it.""
*sigh*... sorry, bad sentence structure.
I was trying to point out that host's behavior (ie/making offensive and gendered remarks about her listening skills) was much more reprehensible then her (joking?) lack of geography skills.
Either way, this clip makes me want to never watch TV again.
Thank you for confirming all my reasons for not watching this show.
Staged or not, that is the level of geographic knowledge of many Americans. Although, to be fair, I don't know if the capital of Hungary is "Third Grade Geography" Maybe 5th grade, like the kid who got it right.
Wow. I hate us after that.
My favorite exchange is the "That's just called being a woman" part. Not for the joke itself, which is a little too obvious to be that funny (but also too obvious to not say -- I don't at all fault Foxworthy for going there). But for this:
Pickler: "I'm listening to you, but I only hear what I want to hear."
Foxworthy: "That's just called being a woman."
Pickler: *dumb expression*
Audience: *boooooo*
Pickler: *still not understanding the joke* Booo!
On another note: The glib comments trying to tie this into politics are incredibly annoying.
Miss Stanly County! My family is from there. And she's faking, becaues Stanly County people know where France is, otherwise they wouldn't still call french fries Patriot Potatoes. Three members of my family went to Stanly County High - one's now a professor of English, one's a librarian, and one's an adult literacy lobbyist in Washington. I think they're single-handedly trying to fix the place.
You also might be interested to know that Stanly County boasts towns named "Frog Pond" and "Big Lick". Kellie, says Wikipedia, grew up in the towns of Palestine and New London, which explains why I don't recognize her last name. Usually Miss Stanly County is a Huneycutt.
Try Jaywalking in Seattle and ask 20-somethings the name of Washington's capital. Three in 10 might know, d'ya think?
While it's invariably lame that any adult has this kind of lowest common denominator mentality we shouldn't find it all that surprising. When and where is there a historical example of the majority of any population being anything more than a mob? What astounds me is that there is a serious debate about the reality of evolution when our monkeyhood is so in your face. Still and all at least we are forgoing Geography, Art, Social Studies, History, Science, and Physical Education so that none of our future generations will be left behind.
While it's invariably lame that any adult has this kind of lowest common denominator mentality we shouldn't find it all that surprising. When and where is there a historical example of the majority of any population being anything more than a mob? What astounds me is that there is a serious debate about the reality of evolution when our monkeyhood is so in your face. Still and all at least we are forgoing Geography, Art, Social Studies, History, Science, and Physical Education so that none of our future generations will be left behind.
I'll bet she's a creationist.
This doesn't say anything about the state of American education. This woman just has Cute Girl Disease. My aunt has CGD. It comes from always having some horny guy (or guys) wrapped around your little finger and thus eager to perform every task and favor you might request.
Over time, people with CGD come to see the world as a fundamentally benign, helpful place, and thus decide they have no need of rational thought, self preservation instinct, knowledge of any actual facts, etc, etc, etc.
jI completely agree that it was staged.
I'm glad I moved away from Charlotte while I still had a chance. I'm telling you, those people are not human.
The joke is on those of you who take this kind of cheap, goofy entertainment seriously as some kind of commentary on American education or values. Kelly Pickler, like Jessica Simpson, and before her Jenny McCarthy, is gifted at playing up the dumb blond persona for its entertainment value. Whether or not she knows that Budapest is the capital of Hungary (I'm betting half the progressive/liberal snobs out there don't know that either), the point of this show isn't to "know" anything--it's to entertain the audience with the conceit that smart 5th graders sometimes know trivia that average adults don't know. I've played Trivial Pursuit with enough educated adults to know that even the smartest of them often don't know (or have forgotten) basic facts that they learned in elementary school (Quick!: what's the capital of South Dakota?...Now try it in front of a live audience and millions of television viewers). Game shows are a game, not a test of our cultural IQ. Overheated reactions to game shows--now THAT's an indication of how seriously the world should take us...
I have to echo 36--painful to watch in every sense. Jeez.
It is not so much the fact she could not get Hungary (not Hungry) but that she continued to display extreme ignorance with comments such as "I thought Europe was a country" and "I don't think France is a country.." . "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
--Martin Luther King Jr.
So which is worse, to be that ignorant or to pretend to be? What does that say about society that we would be entertained by stupidity. Now I have to go watch "the Rock of Love" I think there is a smack down tonight.
ALL societies are entertained by stupidity--it's one of the great human universals. This is not unique to American society. Watch some Japanese television for a few hours...or German...or Australian...
Attractive stupid people are even more universally appealing. They help us justify our general ugliness/poverty/lack of status by allowing us to feel superior to them in some way. If Kelly Pickler hadn't been born, we'd have to make her...oh wait, we did...
Oh, and by the way, Pickler's personal idol is Dolly Parton--a talented singer who also has a comedic ditzy blonde routine. Pickler is currently working on a new sit-com about a ditzy southern girl from a small town who doesn't know much about the world. She's also got several successful songs and albums to her credit. So those of you concerned about the sad state of her education needn't worry that she'll starve on the streets of Budapest. Even stupid, she's more successful than most of you.
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