Ed Asner to Fox News producer after confronted about union cartoon: ‘'Can I piss on you?’'

[MrNice100]

Suffice it to say, the interaction did not go well.

Before showing the confrontation, host Sean Hannity explained that Asner is a “radical left-wing Hollywood actor” who needed to be asked about his role in a “disgusting hit piece” on wealthy Americans.

The actual confrontation went like this:

The Fox producer asked Asner: “Do you remember the video? Do you know what I’m talking about?”

“I don’t remember a thing I said on it or a word I said on it,” Asner replied, “but I agreed to do it for California teachers. I approve this message.”

“There’s a part of it where talking about things trickling down and they have like rich people peeing on poor people,” the producer explained further.

“How disgusting,” Asner said. “It should be reversed.”

“So you don’t remember that?” the producer asked.

“Do you have any money?” Asner asked with a smirk.

“Yeah.”

“Can I piss on you?” asked the actor.

And… end scene.

“Pretty classy, Mr. Asner,” Hannity concluded back in studio. “I guess it’s true there’s really no business like show business.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ed-asner-asks-fox-news-producer-can-i-piss-on-you/

[Scuba]

1. I'd stand in line for eight hours to piss on Insanity Hannity.

[cloudbase]

16. I wouldn't piss on him

if he was on fire.

[SCantiGOP]

20. I remember my first wife saying to me

when we were having a big argument, "You wouldn't piss on me if I were on fire." That stopped one time when I hesitated like I was thinking deeply, looked at her very seriously, and said, "Yes, I would."

[rainin]

27. That one begs the question -- Are you still married? n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

30. "FIRST" wife.

[MurrayDelph]

31. but I might otherwise

n/t

[Kolesar]

34. A Cleveland steamer is too good for him...eom

[AlexSatan]

33. He means far more to you than to me

I wouldn't put forth the effort to walk across the room to tell him he sucks.

[Rider3]

2. Good for him!

Corporations and the top 1% HAVE been pissing on us the last decade. We finally called them out on it. Man, they just cannot deal with the truth when it reflects poorly on them. Go Ed!

[Enrique]

3. at least he asked first

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Says a lot for Lou Grant that he's standing w. teachers unions . K and R

[JBoy]

5. LOL. And not a single fuck was given by Ed Asner in that interview. n/t

[liberal N proud]

6. Cheers for Mr. Asner

[AnotherMcIntosh]

7. Ed Asner is a vet who, like some vets, use uncouth language. As an example, after Nixon died, some

vets said that we could pay off the national debt if we could put a pay-toilet over his grave.

[Flashmann]

8. “Pretty classy, Mr. Asner,” Hannity concluded back in studio

And shitbag hanity would know something about class,because...........???

[progressoid]

22. Sean has class...

See?

[ejbr]

36. I wonder if he has pissed on any of them....or they on him n/t

[corkhead]

9. Thank you for sparing me more than a split second of Michelle Malkin at the end.

Repubs really don't get sarcasm do they; Ed Asner was hilarious.

[RoBear]

37. Repugs don't get

any sort of nuance. That's what makes them so recalcitrant and hard to tolerate. I long for the days of republicans with at least a bit of intellectual honesty. That's apparently gone with the Tea Party. (BTW, j'ever notice the initials for TP are also how many of us list bathroom tissue on grocery lists? Just sayin'.....)

[Plucketeer]

10. Dammit!

Those POOR rich people getting "dumped on" again! LOL! Golden Showers for Hannity! Well, OF COURSE I'm insinuating he deserves gold-plated shower hardware! Where was YOUR mind at???

[midnight]

11. Nice to see support for the teachers....

[JDPriestly]

12. "May I piss on you?" Isn't that what trickle-down-Reagan-economics was about?

Why is Hannity so nonplussed?

[Maven]

13. OMG I LOVE ED ASNER

[Harriety]

14. I agree with Mr. Asner. I wanna piss on Hannity too.

[UtahLib]

15. I think Ed was pretty easy on the guy.

Fox noise has been defecating all over America for years. I think we should roll their out house all the way to hell.

[byronius]

17. Dude's a hero.

[The Wielding Truth]

18. In context it's a response to Hannity and his summation of a previous jump interview by FOX producer.

“There’s a part of it where talking about things trickling down and they have like rich people peeing on poor people,” the producer explained further.

“How disgusting,” Asner said. “It should be reversed.”

“So you don’t remember that?” the producer asked.

“Do you have any money?” Asner asked with a smirk.

“Yeah.”

“Can I piss on you?” asked the actor.

Okay. It's not as jarring as I first thought. It's a metaphor for the trickle down of the success of the uber wealthy.

I'm I getting the right picture?

[Tunkamerica]

52. yeah, but watch the video.

not to mention the fact that asner's voiceover only said: trickle-down. The animation wasn't done by him and he probably never even saw it. He went in a booth and read the lines.

[Turborama]

19. Thanks for posting. One thing, though. That second link goes to Glen BecKKK's propaganda site

And isn't necessary, the mediate one is good enough.

[ErikJ]

21. The original video was REMOVED!

It says this video is private. That pisses ME off.

[tridim]

23. Best. Comeback. Ever! Bra-vo Mr. Asner.

[KansDem]

24. Could be a waste of urine, Mr. Asner.

But let's have a few beers together and see. [font size="1"]Hey Sean! Here we come!!!

[ScottLand]

25. Yay! Thanks, Mr. Asner!

[Walk away]

26. Good job Mr. Hannity.....

Keep playing clips from Ed's cartoon. We need all of your low information viewers to check out the entire Toon on Youtube. It's the only way to explain to them that they have been voting against their own best interests when they vote for Pukes!

[ejbr]

35. +1 n/t

[Efilroft Sul]

28. Come on, Hannity, think of being whizzed on by Asner as waterboarding.

It's not like it's torture or anything.

[amuse bouche]

29. Poor widdle Hannity

got his knickers in a knot

[nolabear]

32. I don't know, but he sounded like he'd had a couple. That's a problem with gotcha interviews.

People get caught short in strange situations. I'd give little creedence to his comments (though they tickle me) but of course it serves Hannity's purpose to treat them as if he's saying it on the floor of the senate and not at night on the street.

[siligut]

39. Yes, it appeared he had a drink or two

He also had a mischievous grin there at the end Fox deemed to cut off. I agree, Hannity says and does whatever best serves his purpose and thus, thinking people know he is a manipulative tool and never take him seriously.

[Srkdqltr]

38. Trickle down

I hate to sound old but...... When Trickle down economics was first talked about many knew that the rich would be trickling down on the rest of us. He is saying nothing that hasn't been said before for years and years. Pi**ing was the word used then and now.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

40. I think Stephen Colbert started this with his excellent piece on trickle down:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/341481/july-28-2010/the-word---ownership-society

[Orrex]

41. That might be the best thing I've ever read in the history of ever.

[Kurovski]

42. A pro like Asner makes it not only classy, but adorable!

Sham Inanity couldn't even begin to comprehend this, lest his racket be unstrung.

[pipewrench]

43. Go big Ed!

[Skittles]

44. oh FUCK YOU Hannity

you're gonna talk about class? YOU???

[Squinch]

45. Gotta love the old folks who don't give a shit.

They're like honeybadgers!

[condoleeza]

46. I love him n/t

[joanbarnes]

47. I am honored to have once met Ed Asner. He is the genuine article.

[Name Unpronounceable]

48. I'm glad that these wealthy people have FOX News to defend them

It's unthinkable that anyone -- especially these lazy poor people -- would have the nerve to be so offensive to wealthy people who all worked so hard to inherit their money and screw over the working man every chance they got. I mean I could understand if they were making fun of a minority group with racist comments. That's acceptable. But won't anyone think of the wealthy and powerful. It's absolutely disgusting that they would even waste a minute producing this hateful and, dare I say, hurtful, cartoon.

(People at a left-leaning site are smart enough to understand sarcasm without adding a <sarcasm> tag, so I won't.)

(Wait a minute, I just did.)

[Don C. Nuttin]

49. Asner is from the un-Hollywood-- a decaying/dying industrial/urban urban urban-tough neighborhood.

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People are pretty plain-spoken here. Ed Asner is pretty popular where he grew up, where at least a few old timers are still around and still stay in touch some. Me -- I don't begrudge Mr. Asner his opinion-- but I wouldn't piss down Hannity's throat if his heart was on fire. Err ... if his spleen was on fire.

[Quantess]

50. FOX is going to lose this battle.

They don't have enough wealthy viewers. Now that the wealth is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, the numbers will be stacked against them,

[Ligyron]

51. That's right, they're supposed to ignore this stuff

and not give it any publicity.

I think they did it only to make Murdock happy.