Archive: november 15, 2008

Heidi Klum Guitar Hero Ad Makes Bill O'Reilly Grumpy [Video Game Bashing]

When you're a "culture warrior" and you're pissed off by something sexy on the TV, what do you do? Why show it again, in its entirety! That's pretty much the Fox News M.O., and Bill O'Reilly deployed it against the Heidi Klum Guitar Hero ad in a recent show. But even the female Republican strategist joining him for the segment wouldn't take the bait to bash video games.
"Say you're watching The Waltons," he says — the fuck? First of all, that went off the air in 1981. Secondly, if Bill's pissed impressionable kids might see this, they are not watching The Waltons. The first few notes of it...

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Tags: Activision, Bill O'reilly, Dickclown, Guitar Hero, Heidi Klum, Nsfw, Video game bashing

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