5/16/07: Closed, But Not In Mourning

Deadlines loom, so don’t think we’re closed in celebration, either. Still, Jerry Falwell’s final act of idiocy will be putting us in a position where we can sympathize with the giddiness of Leftist creeps. Yes, the media worked hard to make Falwell seem more influential than he ever was. Falwell was still in love with himself to the point that he played along, with dire consequences to the conservative cause.

But somebody—and it sure won’t be the snide reporters of the BBC—should point out that Falwell got a bum rap on that Teletubbies controversy. Plenty of gay media types had already claimed Tinky Winky as the gay Teletubby. All Falwell did was bring that fact to the attention of his audience. The rest of the media responded by playing dumb and acting as if Falwell had come up with the notion all by himself.

On a personal note, Falwell’s painful ’80s presence at least gave us a surreal shock when he showed up around 2 a.m. during an all-night horror marathon at a drive-in. His cameo in Ron Ormond’s 1976 cheapo The Grim Reaper remains Falwell’s only real association with quality schlock. He was never hip enough to appear on Match Game.

 

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