https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wstVViBizgs
“Hey Paul. Your hair looks like shit. Now let’s do a 2 hour show on video.”
— Leo Laporte, Windows Weekly, January 27, 2016
(Paraphrased)
The editors at Total Drama are 100% against attacking people solely based on their personal appearance. We were surprised and horrified when Leo Laporte crossed that ethical line. You should criticize ideas, Leo, not looks. People can’t change their looks, even if they have caterpillars crawling across their face.
Shame on you, Uncle Leo.
Hairstyles on WW are pretty bad… It just sends the wrong message about the platform. They should get rid of video… That would solve the problem.
The 80s Called For PT’s Hair» Quote comment
Sends the perfect message: software on Windows is ugly as sin.
Mark Pugner» Quote comment
Lol total drama is against attacking looks? really?
Joel osteen» Quote comment
Of course TD is against attacking looks. What are you trying to say?
evilpants» Quote comment
Like a cartoon mousetrap complete with a wedge of cheese, some people are played so easily.
The Patrick Klepto» Quote comment
Thurrott is a fucking tool anyway so in this instance Leo is in the right.
Bern» Quote comment
I think the TD posts on appearance really take away from what is otherwise a really nice platform for valid criticism of the TWiT network.
That said, if you used that new face switching app on Paul and Mary Jo, no one would notice.
This Week in an Echo Chamber» Quote comment
I thought he did it like Joe Belfiore as a joke?
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
Come on, Paul. Say fuck you to Leo and gain some credibility back.
Sup, baby, it’s Chad Warden» Quote comment
I didn’t know he ever had any. Microsoft shills lose it the second thy sign away their lives to get a new free Microsoft keyboard.
Cocky» Quote comment
He used to be more objective a decade or so ago.
He rightfully bashed the original Zune (find his original review, it’s hilarious).
He also took a shit on the post-5112 builds of Longhorn. I particularly remember when in his Vista 5231 October CTP review he actually wrote that the guy who designed the beta Media Center deserved to be killed (he later had to redact and apologize).
He was a decent Windows writer but yes, he sold out and is now licking Satya’s balls while pushing his liberal agenda everywhere.
Sup, baby, it’s Chad Warden» Quote comment
Well said.
BigBernard» Quote comment
“The editors at Total Drama are 100% against attacking people solely based on their personal appearance.”
lol that’s funny coming from this site.
Esch» Quote comment
To be fair, Leo and Megan aren’t people. They’re scum.
Cat Schwartz» Quote comment
LOL I have to admit, this time Leo is right. I guess Paul was going for the Ken and Barbie look, I dunno. Or it looks a bit like a Matel Ken doll wig on Lurch from the Addams Family.
Me» Quote comment
What a fucking asshole Leo is. He might as well just had called Paul a FUCKUP looser for styling his hair in a way NARCISSIST Leo the DICK didn’t like . FUCK YOU Leo…how do you like that?
Bob Pine» Quote comment
FUCK ME? Yeah, well fuck you TOO buddy!
Leo» Quote comment
Another worthless show that I watched maybe twice. Cancel it already.
Diversity is Perversity» Quote comment
I hate that nearly autistic Steve Gibson guy.
JungleBunnyJim» Quote comment
Don’t know why but that comment made me chuckle.
joe is a scriptkiddie» Quote comment
eccentric polymaths are likely to attract the ire of knuckle draggers, has been that way throughout human history
copper penny» Quote comment
I love this site. It reminds of that short lived revengeofthetwit forum. I miss those guys. Keep up the great work!
Ravi Shankar» Quote comment
Leo has been trying to control peoples comments for at least a decade. https://twit.tv/posts/inside-twit/twit-forums
Harkonnen Mentat» Quote comment
Upton Sinclair, more than 75 years ago, had already surmised and understood what we know of the shills like Thurrot(Microsoft), Foley(Microsoft), Ritchie(Apple)and Jarvis(Google) and of course Soup himself(Google and his beloved on air sponsors)
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it”
Of all the shills on twat, Jarvis is by far the most despicable and shameful for his rabid and absurd Google fanaticism is coasted with a veneer of wanting a free and accessible and open internet. Unless of course you call him out on his garbage publicly which he then will ask Google to take it down. And then has the audacity to call himself a journalist, while being flown around the world on Googles dime, being their sycophantic apologist. I begrudgingly respect Thurrot as while still a shill, he bites the hands that feeds occasionally when necessary. Jeff Jarvis is a complete piece of shit.
Ahmed» Quote comment
Well Said!
Mark» Quote comment
Very well put, I too don’t dislike Thurrott but he lost some respect this time by not telling Laporte to go fuck himself.
It seems Leo Laporte can say anything to anybody and get away with it, but then it is his show/s I suppose
copper penny» Quote comment
I’d argue against MJF being a Microsoft shill, she reports on the company for sure, but I think her allegiances are to the enterprise world.
I clearly remember her telling people, and on the WW podcast no less, that the enterprise would not be upgrading to Windows 8, how the enterprise loathed the new interface, how companies did not want to re-train people, how Widows 8 was going to fail because of it and how she was basically going to stay with Windows 7.
Meanwhile, Thurrott was claiming the new interface (star screen and no start menu) was the thing of the future, how the desktop was going away and how he was adapting fine and without problems to the new user interface. Then, once Windows 8 was confirmed to be the pile of shit that it was, Thurrott quickly changed his tune, meanwhile MJF remained the same.
I think Thurrott has “grown” somewhat in these last 4 years, now he even criticizes Microsoft, but only to fool people as he always comes back around and magically realizes Microsoft is #1.
MJF on the other hand is not a reviewer, she’s not invested in platforms, she doesn’t even use Office ffs, she reports on a company, that company could be Chevrolet and her job would basically be the same, rumors on staff changes, income and earning reports, share prices, etc. She could give 2 flying fucks about Windows Phone, Xbox One, Windows 10 (remember she was the first to say she disapproved the force upgrade, and she’s still running Windows 7). She will still report on the company, her job is completely different to Paul’s, to the extent that she has been persona non grata over at Microsoft (under previous regimes including but not limiting to Snofsky), while Beatles-hair-cut Thurrot only appeared to be (he has conducted focus groups for Microsoft for example).
So a shill I don’t think so. I think because of her job she has gotten to know a lot of Microsoft employees (she frequently mentions people that used to work there, from what years, where they came from, where they are, etc.), and has even met most of them, so when she’s on camera she sounds like she’s way more into Microsoft that she really is. The difference between her and Thurrott, is that while MJF talks about/cares about the people she’s met that happen to work and Microsoft because that’s the company she covers, Thurrott talks about and cares about the company and not the people. That to me is the biggest difference about those two and why I don’t think MJF is a Microsoft shill.
Then again I don’t read her site all that often I just watch (and rarely live) to WW.
DrN» Quote comment
Soup trolls his guests now I see. Paul should have flipped him the middle finger. You know soup dishes it out but can’t take it.
Soupslurper» Quote comment
Thurrott seems to have lost his self respect and sold out to Laporte maintaining some exposure to Laporte’s ‘fans’, sickening really!
copper penny» Quote comment
Paul if your following TD
Do us a favor, next time LaFuck walks in 30 min late again or decides to Troll you on the podcast pick up your hanging man parts and tell LaFuck to go fuck himself and walk out!!!!
You sir will gain a larger following instead of a dwindling few who are fast losing respect for you the longer you allow LaFuck to hand u your balls almost every show..
2cents worth from a previous Fan
OhNoYetAnotherTroll» Quote comment
^^ This ^^ !!
copper penny» Quote comment
yessir. tyfyc.
Ken Sintek» Quote comment
And what if Leo is paying Paul $5,000 per show? He’s supposed to sacrifice that money because Leo’s an inconsiderate asshole?
What if Paul has a contractual obligation to do WW no matter when Leo shows up?
The only way these various hosts put up with Leo’s shit is they’re paid to do it.
macsimcon» Quote comment
What if? What if? What if? WTF? Who the FUCK do you think you are asking such a stupid question? If Leo were kind & considerate to his friends, fan base, employees and guests TD wouldn’t need to exist. What if people like Paul stood up to DOUCHE-BAGS like Leo regardless of the financial hit? TWaT is a sinking ship and Paul should know WW is the only remaining show that has any listeners (small as it is). Paul is in a much better place than LaPork right now. Paul wins either way. If Leo’s stupid enough to fire Paul – Paul wins and if Paul has any integrity walking out or telling Leo to FUCK OFF Paul wins as well. FUCK YOU LEO! … How do like that?
Frank Haus» Quote comment
+33
TYFYC.
Ken Sintek» Quote comment
Do you have any idea how long this total disrespecting by Leo of Paul has been going on? YEARS. Many years. It’s disgusting. Leo knows when he can get away with it and when he can’t. He knows by now that Paul needs TWiT exposure (or believes he does) too much to walk off.
When you read the bios of TWit guests you always see that appearing on TWiT is one of the main claims to fame made in the bios, like in Wikipedia. Sad but true.
Reality Check» Quote comment
Wow.
Today’s TWiT was a frickin gold mine o content.
From the Ring spot, be sure to post LaPorke’s comment that he needs a second unit for his bedroom door cuz Damien “forgets to knock”.
Now we know there’s trouble in paradise when LaPorke takes a shot at the step-son, who looks to be going full Adam Lanza any day now.
#MommyIssues
#IDontLikeMondays
NativeInExile» Quote comment
Leo should remember his rapidly expanding waistline and jowls before making comments like this.
You know, glass houses and all that.
WhatTheActualFuck» Quote comment
> his rapidly expanding waistline
Leo has lost 25 pounds. He looks healthier today than he has in a long time.
I hate the Leo of today as all of you do, but I also like the truth which *none* of you do.
Reality Check» Quote comment
When Leo looses another 25 lbs, is cured of his narcissistic personality disorder and brain chemistry abnormalities then and only then can what you just stated make any sense at all.
Will Brandley» Quote comment
Leo does look slimmer when he stands next to the ” Goodyear Priest ” Thurrott is hurting his brand. He has outgrown WW. I see him on What the Tech and he seems much more relaxed. MJF I like.
Harkonnen Mentat» Quote comment
Lol wait loss – the new pre-diabetes
The Patrick Klepto» Quote comment
Are you sure that it isnt a Merkin he is wearing?
Irritable» Quote comment
Yeah Leo is on a roll straight to the bottom, so taking it out on other people is only going to increase. If he were a rational sort thinking with a working brain, he would realize he needs to keep what few associates he has left. If a Leo falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it…
The Patrick Klepto» Quote comment
“The most important surface device ever”
“Not only does this have a future, but it’s the core of the platform. Proof point for what MS has been trying to show us.”
It’s a fucking… laptop! WTF!
Leo Laporte» Quote comment