Portia does satirical gay marriage PSA on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"Portia de Rossi was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) last night — ostensibly to promote her new ABC comedy Better Off Ted, but Kimmel never really got around to that. The interview focused instead on Portia's prior career as a teen model, her marriage to Ellen DeGeneres, and her ability to pick shows that are high quality, but not necessarily hits (she tells a funny, shorter-and-snappier-than-usual story about American Idol). Portia de Rossi interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 3/20/09
Portia also filmed an amusing PSA about Prop. 8 and gay marriage for the show, "paid for by Married Gay People Who Are Sorry." Portia de Rossi Prop. 8 PSA
While Portia's deadpan delivery is great as always, and the overall concept is funny, I thought the content was just ... so-so. I guess I expected the PSA to focus on the absurdity of the argument that same-sex marriage hurts heterosexual ones (as in, "I'm sorry my marriage to Ellen broke up Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman...again" or "I'm sorry we broke up Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer"), rather than inconveniencing Prop. 8 protesters. But I'm just nitpicking; it was amusing overall, and the joke about Buddy the dog being gay was very funny. I love how a promotional tour for a new ABC show has inadvertently turned into the Gay Marriage is OK tour. I think we've heard the word "wife" used to refer to a same-sex partner more times this week on primetime broadcast network television than in the last ten years combined. Now we just have to hope enough people watch Ted to give Portia an excuse to do it again in the fall. Submitted by on March 21, 2009 - 4:51am. |
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Go Portia!
I liked this interview much better than the one with Leno, especially because they talked a little more about her at the beginning and not about Ellen. Also, I really loved the PSA, it shows what a great comedic actress she is.
As for "Better of Ted" (or BOT, as some call it), I liked the first episode and look forward to the second one. I think it was smart and funny, and Portia was hilarious. Her character had the very best lines.
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Great interview
I like the way Jimmy Kimmel's interviewing her. I actually learned a lot more about Portia from this interview, and she, too, handled it very well.
She does have the ability to choose smart and 'different' shows than the usual mainstream hits. Too bad I havent watched bot's first episode...
Portia is fabulous
Hitchcock would have loved her.
I feel really proud for what she does to defend our rights. Humour is a wonderful weapon.
I wish we could see "better of Ted" here in Spain!!
Thanks, Sarah, for bringing this here
Give this site a try
Give this site a try www.sidereel.com should be able to watch her show there...
Hope it works for you!
Focus on the absurdity!
Yay for Portia!
I love that her PSA focuses on the extreme absurdity of the YesProp8 supporters....because yes, some of them are that absurd as to actually file a wrongful claim with regard to the silly things Portia humorously mentioned.
But, more importantly, it highlights how ridiculous and inappropriate the YesProp8 campaign is at present, with regard to not only the facts, but to the current mood of the United States and it's "Yes We Can" spirit of change.
Hahaha I love Portia! She is
Love the PSA
I love the PSA.
It's always good to point out to people how stupid they are being...
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I thought the PSA worked really well, it highlights how rediculous Prop 8 yes voters actually are, but did it in a funny way. Go Portia!
Also I think if she had have made jokes about Jimmy and Sara then it would have looked like an attack on the hets, plus she's on his show, not a good idea to make fun off the host. Unless it's Johnathan Ross!
My favorite part of the PSA
At the end of the PSA when it mentioned the Bonoboos I almost spit out what I was drinking. Bonoboos never fight and solve all their problems by having sex.
Maybe it was because it made me flash back to my psych class where my incredibly HOT prof talked about the hippy chimps that always had sex. She could have read the phone book and I would have written a paper on it.
Me too!
That's right...
Nobody thought of the poor, traumatized
freakscorageous pioneeres ofhatefully ridiculous outdated dogmamorality who spent countless hours protesting Prop 8. I'm so glad she remembered them. :|That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
American Idol?
OMG! I loved the PSA!
I thought showing the plain and simple stupidity of the people protesting gay marriage and supporting Prop 8 was hilarious...because in fact gay marriage does nothing to them...unless they drag their own friggin butts out in all kinds of weather to protest.
Though someone needs to take the dog away from its owners since obviously they are not treating that poor creature right!
I don't usually watch JK but I am glad I did last night...it was a nice little cherry on the sundae of getting to see and hear Portia all week! :)
HIlarious
The hat comment
Got me...I mean seriously?? What was he thinking! Haha poor Buddy the dog :(
I agree with some of the above posters..they didn't even need to make it up, it was all there for them already...
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Great PSA...points out the
The opposite meaning
InSted - LOL!
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Nice to see Portia fans giving love! I Like the PSA skit. Hilarious. I can never get enough of Portia.
Can't believe she outed the
Can't believe she outed the dog like that. Damn.
One thing I don't get about clips of movies and tv shows that are shown on talk shows is that many of them are not very good clips of the product they're trying to sell. Who decided on that clip of BOT?
I've seen clips of movies of that I love, and when the actress/actor is out there promoting the thing the clips that end up getting shown often give the wrong impression of the movie. The scene within the movie itself is perfectly fine but when taken out of context it's just lame, and certainly not something that would get people out to the theatre. I've seen this soo many times with tv shows and movies.. the poor marketing of this stuff is just breathtaking.
Nice interview and PSA. I
i believe it's "ambition to
i believe it's "ambition to meaning," which was shot last summer and has a restaurant scene with her and her "husband" arguing intensely. it's actually a good movie. don't know if it's on netflix...
it's a film focusing on the teachings of wayne dyer, the guy that married ellen and portia.
It's not on Netflix
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I'm on Hayhouse Radio (Internet Spiritual Radio)all the time. I believe you can order or download the movie for a few dollars. It's not that expensive. I did it. Loved Portia in it. Cool, Dr. Wayne Dyker married Portia and Ellen? I didn't know that.
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That PSA was hilarious and
That PSA was hilarious and quite great. Humor should be used more often to show how absurd some of the opponent's of gay marriage arguments are.
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Gosh...
The start of many?
is it okay that I laughed
is it okay that I laughed my arse off at the prop 8 thing xD. LMAO, Got to love sarcasm!, it made DeRossi hotter! ;)
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she was great! and I don't
she was great! and I don't think I've ever gotten the chance to listen to her slight accent. Very nice.
oh and I loved the PSA.
p.s. is it really stereotypical that she reminds of a gay version of Nicole Kidman? I say stereotypical because they're both Australian and Nicole is the only famous Australian I know.
GOD I love her!