Greg Gutfeld who hosts Red Eye, which is that show that Fox runs at 3AM for people who find the Hanger Cascader infomercials complex and hard to follow, has announced that he is going to open a ISLAMIC GAY BAR (har har…funnee!) next to the Ground Zero Muslimtorium and this is going to be so wicked cool and hilarious that Fox may even move his show to the coveted 2:30AM spot currently occupied by Who Wants To Take A Shower With Bill O’Reilly? But Greg wants you to know that he is totally for serious about this and he has found investors who have yet to be bilked by Tucker Carlson or Roger Simon so this thing is totally really gonna happen just like the release of the Whitey Tape:
I’m announcing tonight, that I am planning to build and open the first gay bar that caters not only to the west, but also Islamic gay men. To best express my sincere desire for dialogue, the bar will be situated next to the mosque Park51, in an available commercial space.
This is not a joke. I’ve already spoken to a number of investors, who have pledged their support in this bipartisan bid for understanding and tolerance.
As you know, the Muslim faith doesn’t look kindly upon homosexuality, which is why I’m building this bar. It is an effort to break down barriers and reduce deadly homophobia in the Islamic world.
The goal, however, is not simply to open a typical gay bar, but one friendly to men of Islamic faith. An entire floor, for example, will feature non-alcoholic drinks, since booze is forbidden by the faith. The bar will be open all day and night, to accommodate men who would rather keep their sexuality under wraps – but still want to dance.
I imagine his “business plan” also includes a bacon bar (snerk!), some of those street caricaturists who will draw everyone as Muhammad (guffaw), and selections from the Koran printed on the toilet paper…wait for it…wait for it… in the unisex bathrooms (bwahahahaha…oh, Jesus, you’re killing me) all guaranteed to generate enormous prophets (get it?) for his investors. And what investor these days isn’t looking to sink some extra cash they’ve got laying around into a publicity stunt by a fifth-string “comedian” with a Q score slightly lower than the stunt double for that guy who plays the building super on Law & Order SVU in that one episode where he finds the body at the beginning of the episode. Yeah, that guy. He’s awesome.
And you know The Gut (and what a cool frat-boy nickname that is compared to earlier iterations like The Gutster, Gutman, Gutterino, Gutzilla, and Flaming Bag of Tard) is dead serious about this whole thing when he writes:
Which would make Red Eye the most serious show on teevee. Even more serious than Washington Journal which, to be fair, runs those hilarious outtakes as they roll the closing credits….






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always remember– mosques near ground zero are bad but strip clubs near ground zero totally shred
Seems a bit extreme just to get a date, but Good Luck, Guttyshark!
Go ahead and laugh but his fans are falling over themselves trying to throw him money. This is going to work out even better than The Producers.
Oh please. I don’t think you can buy a liquor license with World of Warcraft gold.
No plans for a dogs-only pet store on the other side of the Islamo-teria? Gut’s really slipping.
Actually, you’re probably on to why this might be a great business plan. Not to get an Islamic gay bar off the ground, but to swell Greg’s fan club a bit and push him to that coveted 2:30AM spot. Come to think of it, if he flogs this real hard, he might make it to the 2AM spot of WATCHING THE RUSKIES WITH SARAH PALIN.
If his fans throw him some War of Warcraft money in the process, so much the better. He’s suffering from insomnia anyway and that’ll give him something meaningful to do after 3AM.
Whoa, whoa. Washington Journal is totally hilarious. I love that thing. People were ranting about Able Danger the other day and getting the deadpan “Caller, we’re gonna have to leave it there and get a response from our guest.” That shit *sells*. Brian Lamb is a fucking *genius*. Mind you, I’m on pretty heavy drugs this week, so, you know, there’s that. I stumbled across The Suite Life of Zak and Cody or whatever and laughed myself sick. So, yeah, my powers of discernment are not great.
And yet, I still know that American Muslims are way more cool with teh ghey than their foreign counterparts, and while they may not (figuratively) embrace them with open arms, the reception is more likely to resemble a scrotum of teabaggers confronted with conservative gays than, say, the same teabaggers confronted with a liberal in a Che shirt. And IF THEY WEREN’T, (sorry, too racked to manage italics tags), would you expect gay Muslim men (and why men only?) to go into a gay bar in open sight of their fellow Muslims who are going in and out of the community center? The non-alcoholic drinks thing is a nice touch, but why segregate them? They should be able to order soda at the regular bar, right? I’ve done it. It’s not like they can’t be in the presence of things their religion disapproves of them doing. Oh, wait… I guess I suddenly get “the joke”. Interesting, though, when Greg is being nicer to Muslims and Gays than he normally would be in an effort to be an unholy prick, and the people he’s trying like fuck to irritate are very likely way more tolerant of each other and him than he is of them.
How can we provoke more people to be more generous to and accepting of each other because they think it will Piss Off The (liberals, Muslims, gays, Blacks, immigrants, whatever)? Because this seems like the most hopeful sign for our civilization I’ve seen in a long time. Or, again, maybe it’s just the drugs. I should definitely take my clusters to the ER more often. Sure, it’s expensive, but, wow. I have *such* a crush on that nurse.
I think somebody was watching Lawrence of Arabia…..
Wait, so homo hate and no booze? Hmmmm….. ?? I know! Southern Baptists! Amirite?
I’m sure there are plenty of muslims that would appreciate the convenience of getting all their sinning in one spot close to where they go for repentance. Somehow I don’t think many True Amerikans from Nebraska are going to venture into NYC (aka Sodom & Gomorrah, v2) to partake, however, so Gut O’Tardly is going to need a the sinning muslims as clients.
Next up, starting a whorehouse right next to the “C Street” residence. But how could you tell them apart? The whores walking in and out? Oh, wait…
Flaming Turd Bag has got a great future in real-estate development ahead of him, that’s for sure. Quick, someone set up a CDO fund on his mortagage portfolio!
Yeah, my thoughts exactly: “As you know, the Muslim faith doesn’t look kindly upon homosexuality” — riight, unlike hardcore Xtianity, which, like, totally digs guy-on-guy sex. Oh, and born-agains are also really into drinking and dancing, so Gay Greg’s Sin Center should be a big hit with all the pentecostals out there… I’m in for five bucks, when do I get my VIP pass?
Had to register to comment. First, there’s already a bar right next door to the Cordoba House (which is currently the old Burlington Coat Factory building; I don’t think that’s been in business for at least 10 years).
Second, while the neighborhood is technically Tribeca, it’s not like Tribeca is one of the City’s gay hotspots; moreover, because this area is primarily office buildings (and mostly City office buildings at that), the bar that already exists there is fairly dead after 9, when the City workers who fill it after work go home, or to another bar. There’s also not a whole lot in the way of restaurants or after-hours spots right in the vicinity. The gay guys are going to be off in Chelsea, the Village or the Lower East Side, not on some no-name block in a business district.
This proposal has “FAIL” written all over it, because Greg Gutfeld pretty clearly doesn’t understand New York OR what might make a successful nightclub. It would fail if it were a straight club, let alone a gay club.
GROUND ZERO WET SPOT FOR ISLAMOHOMOS!
Just anticipating the NY Post headline after Mad Pam Geller gets on this.
BTW, “Professor” Donald Douglas gives TBogg a shoutout for his Douthat comment and misspells it too!
McMegan chimes in: “This [the gay bar idea] is kind of a jerk move. But it’s a brilliant jerk move. . . .”
No one could have anticipated . . .
I’m pretty sure at this point Greg already owes a lot of money to one of Tony Soprano’s Manhattan associates just for announcing his intention of opening a gay bar. They are very protective of what is a very large cash cow for them and I would be willing to bet that as far as they are concerned, any money being collected for that purpose will be turned over to them. Eventually. Expect a visit from them soon, Greg. They take it very seriously. I’m sure they are excited and looking forward to a lifelong partnership with you. But then, maybe you know this, and you are already partners. I should just mind my own business.
This clearly can go one of a couple ways:
1) (likely) meetings are held, cigars are smoked, many guffaws shared in anticipation of their Cunning Plan, but no real money changes hands and when Cordoba House has no appreciable reaction to said Cunning Plan they eventually get distracted by some New Worst Thing Evar.
2) (much less likely) meetings are held, cigars are smoked, many guffaws shared in anticipation of their Cunning Plan, some money changes hands and they open their doors to a Cordoba House that has no appreciable reaction (other than maybe sending them a “Welcome to the Neighborhood!” muffin basket) and (as described upthread) they don’t get any customers besides gawking Wingnuts and slumming office workers and they eventually get distracted by some New Worst Thing Evar and close in short order.
3) (mostest least likely of all) All of Gutfeld and crew’s wingnut dreams come true and it opens to massive worldwide controversy and irritates all the people they hate and gets tons of free press and they all high five each other and go off on a world wingnut speaking tour and are the toast of the Wingnut world while the bar languishes and fails in short order cause they (as described upthread) don’t get any customers besides gawking Wingnuts and slumming office workers, but that’s really beside the point, isn’t it?
Greggy thinks this will be his ticket to fame and fortune, when really the best he can hope for is that this will be his “Superbowl Shuffle”.
But what are the odds that if it does actually open that it becomes hugely successful because of all those gawking Wingnuts who decide it’s the perfect place to go on the downlow because it’s not as if anyone but Islamohomos are gonna be there anyway so who would know if they got that Islamohomo agenda thingy rammed down their throats but in a more hands on kinda way, so to speak.
Closeted homocons won’t go there because there are too many people around with cell phone cameras, and in general gay bars have been closing across the nation, including in NYC, because it’s easier to hook up online. On the plus side, that means Greggie & “friends” will be throwing their money away.
His NYC fan base overlaps Pamela Old Yeller’s, and for what it’s worth, they wouldn’t go near a skanky bar of the sort the Gutsucker would open. The rest of his base is too cheap to go travel there, and besides, they’re alergic to Manhattan.
I’m amazed that anyone is taking this seriously.
At prayer time, when they all bend over, it will be a par-teh!
They’ll still get the tax write-off, though. That, in itself, is too good for these bastards.