'Dog the Bounty Hunter' show suspended

[Kopji]

If anyone has seen this show you know what I mean.

Hardly an arrest goes by without some kind of group prayer for them to change their nefarious ways, or a mini sermon about how God makes it all possible if we only believe.

And so we find out that Dog is just another religious nut racist. Say it isn't so.

Maybe they will bring back reruns of 'Pinky and the Brain' in the open time slot.

[Lisa Simpson]

I've seen news reports about Dog's tirade. He's dancing as fast as he can to get out of it.

[mumchup]

They could bring back the multi-colored "come back at 6AM" screen from the days when TV stations shut down at night and it would be an improvement.

[Achán hiNidráne]

Everytime I hear about that muscle-bound bible-beating con, I can't help thinking of this:

xIR0XR0ouS0

[Kopji]

Listening to it on you tube, Dog is a better prophet than most. He knows that if someone follows him around enough with a tape recorder there's gonna be real trouble. Yup. It is sadly funny listening to him, he almost catches himself. I was just waiting for him to say 'you aren't taping this are you?'

And betrayed to National Enquirer by his own son for cash. That's gotta feel really low.

When he comes back on the air there can be an episode of loving reconciliation with the spawn, where they find their way back to God and take vengeance on all the criminals released from Gotham jail in his absence.

[mumchup]

Mark, that was my first exposure to Dawg and his... posse? Later I was flipping through the channels and was amazed to see how accurate the South Park portrayal was. But, wow is that show bad!

[Apology]

I was wondering what this had to do with religion. I was unaware that he did the praying thing on his show. My only interest in him was from his involvement in hunting down Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir that committed several rapes and fled to Mexico to avoid his sentence. I think a lot of people got the impression that Dog was a hero from that incident and didn't bother to actually watch the show (like me).

What a dunce. Looks like he's getting what he deserved.

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

I was reading about this today in the paper on my way to work and it occured to me: what is it lately with celebrities and caught on tape racist rant/ public racist meltdowns scandals? Isn't anyone making sex and drug tapes anymore?

And why does it seem they all happened in the past two years or so? And all come in pairs?

Consider:

Mel Gibson: Jews, women, gays
Michael Richards: blacks
Andy Dick trying to make fun of Michael Richards: blacks
Don Imus: blacks, women
Isaiah Washington: gays
Ann Coulter: gays
Ann Coulter again: Jews, women, interracial couples
This redneck: blacks

I'd include Rosie O'Donnell's tasteless joke about Asians but that wasn't quite big enough.

[Kopji]

I was wondering what this had to do with religion. I was unaware that he did the praying thing on his show. My only interest in him was from his involvement in hunting down Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir that committed several rapes and fled to Mexico to avoid his sentence. I think a lot of people got the impression that Dog was a hero from that incident and didn't bother to actually watch the show (like me).

What a dunce. Looks like he's getting what he deserved.

Oh yeah, the show is a big hit in the Kopji household... Right up there with Cops. I'll probably be forced to endure Oprah reruns or something for a while. No free ride.

He thinks he's God's holy instrument of justice or something. I hope he has a good shrink because having your own son rat you out to the tabloids should cause some introspection.

[Kopji]

Penn Jillette on Glen Beck CNN right now. Cool.

[Kopji]

Why are you reading this? Go watch Penn on CNN. Oh yeah, time zones.

[hgc]

I can't watch too much of that show, since it's crazy annoying. What I like about it is how Dog and his posse make themselves so physically conspicuous wiht tatoos, and all that funny accoutrement they have on their clothing, tied around their arms or hanging in their hair. When they get out of the SUV at the scene of the action, I am immediately reminded of clowns spilling out of a Volkswagon in the center ring of Barnum & Bailey's.

[Kopji]

The reality shows are an interesting tv phenom. I get yelled at if I ask too many questions though. I've decided that they are more like soap operas than anything else. When you think about it, not a whole lot happens.

I wonder who they think the audience is for the preaching. Criminals?

Space.com is carrying live feed of the shuttle space walk to attempt repair on the solar panels.

[Big Les]

Maybe they will bring back reruns of 'Pinky and the Brain' in the open time slot.

I hope so. At least one of them's a genius.

[CFLarsen]

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Full, non-censored rant here:

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Charming.

[WildCat]

Why is this in "Religion and Philosophy"?

[Kopji]

The show regularly pursues both a religious and philosophical agenda, and is not particularly entertaining or political.

[HarryKeogh]

This is going to set back African-American/Bounty Hunter relations at least 50 years.

[hgc]

Wow. Just think about what he's saying here. He's insisting that his own son break up with the girlfriend he loves because he doesn't want the rest of his family to have to stop saying things racist crap that might offend her. Just in case you didn't realize from watching the program what a vile bastard he is, this should make it abundantly clear.

[Apology]

Why is this in "Religion and Philosophy"?

Apparently Dog ends each show with a big fat Christian prayer.

[HL7442]

He's the most conspicuous bounty hunter on the planet, so spotting him should be relatively easy for any would be runner. But I think he's in trouble now brah.

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

Wow. Just think about what he's saying here. He's insisting that his own son break up with the girlfriend he loves because he doesn't want the rest of his family to have to stop saying things racist crap that might offend her. Just in case you didn't realize from watching the program what a vile bastard he is, this should make it abundantly clear.

Wow is right. It shows you so many things about him such as how dumb he must be to call his son and his girlfriend to prevent them from ending his career by taping him saying the n-word and revealing that he and his family use it regularly...and do so by using the n-word and revealing that he and his family use it it regularly, ending his career!

That's better than Isaiah Washington using the f-word to say he doesn't use the f-word and George Allen berating a Indian-American knowing full well he was on camera and being taped for his opponent.

How stupid can you be?

[Redtail]

Wow. Just think about what he's saying here. He's insisting that his own son break up with the girlfriend he loves because he doesn't want the rest of his family to have to stop saying things racist crap that might offend her. Just in case you didn't realize from watching the program what a vile bastard he is, this should make it abundantly clear.

That's the problem I have with this whole thing. That's just the stupidest thing one could do.

[WildCat]

So the son only got $15,000 for the recording? He must have got his brains from the old man, I bet the Enquirer would've paid at least $50,000.

[steve s]

The more I read about this scumbag, the more nauseated I become. His rap sheet is longer than my arm.

He was convicted of murder, yet served less than 2 years (he claims someone else did the actual killing part.) He has numerous arrests for DWI, assault, and armed robbery.

He has fathered 11 children with 4 women. In his book he admits having numerous affairs while married.

And to top it off, he's a racist.

It doesn't matter if you spend your entire life being a menace to society, it's all okay 'cause he accepts Jeebus as his lard and savior. Woohoo!

(I'm serious, we really need a barfing smilie for moments like this.)
ETA:Found one. http://forums.chasermag.com/images/smilies/puke.gif

Steve S.

[Kopji]

yawn, man I'm tired. Tried to watch the whole solar panel repair eva this morning... I'm getting too old for that.

"Why here?" -sigh- I suck at categorizing things, and R&P needs a laugh sometimes. The guy gets his name from God spelled backward in his biker gang days, and he's a Born Again Christian. Don't be confused, just let it all wash over you with a sense of the Holy Spirit. :rolleyes:

I'm surprised that so many don't seem to have heard of these guys. It's hard to tune through cable tv around here without running into them. The family itself is very colorful, in a crimely sort of way. I've rarely seen a family that has so much in common as far as jail time.

The quotes are from the links, but maybe mixed up a little. I lost track.

Meet the family
Beth Chapman:

Duane and Beth met in the late 1980s when Beth went to jail. Dog was her bail bondsman.
http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/chapmansmith.htm


Duane Lee Chapman
Tim chapman
Leland Chapman
Dog Chapman
Lyssa "Baby Lyssa" Rae Chapman (she's sometimes worth watching the show for)

Tucker the dastardly betrayer son is not even on the show. If you find a pic of his black girlfriend I can understand him not wanting to give her up.

Tucker Chapman (son from third marriage):
...release from prison in May, 2006 on drug charges. Maybe Dog felt bad because Tucker’s sister Barbara Katie Chapman died in a car accident the day before Dog remarried...

Dog and Beth were married the day after Dog's daughter died in a car crash in Alaska. They asked around the family and decided 'she would have wanted the show to go on'.

I loved this supportive comment from a blog on the evil Tucker. Gotta be satire.

...Mr. Chapman is correct , we must try to protect what we white people have worked so hard for. I fully support Mr. Chapman as a decent American that we should all be proud of. How can we allow such un-inhibited creatures who have shown lack of sexual and mental control to rule us white people !!!!!
http://hitsusa.com/blog/264/tucker-chapman/

pfffffft!

Dog even had an interview on Beliefnet where he describes his religious philosophy:

We believe that God is big enough to give every nationality their own religion, as he’s given them their own taste in food, in plants, in furniture, and housing. I think that each religion has their basic Christ-ish way to get to the Everlasting God. As far as "Jesus only" kind of people, I as a gentile must believe in Jesus. But I do not condemn, say, the Jewish [people], for not having Jesus. I believe that God is smart enough to make different nationalities and creeds and people, a mediator to get towards him—if you need that.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/216/story_21616_1.html


Well I have to hand it to him, I honestly think this is what a lot of people believe but are afraid to sound like speaking gibberish. I don't use the word gibberish lightly, but I'm skeptical because he would need to include people like Mormons, and Christians usually draw the line there. I wonder if he realized that his views make him more of a Bahai than a Christian?

My favorite story is of his meeting an angel on an airplane while he was drunk. How drunk do you have to be to hallucinate? Maybe not much if you mix it with some quality drugs.

...In the middle of the conversation, during which Chapman was drinking, the man suddenly disappeared. The flight attendant told him he had been talking to himself the whole time.

"Maybe I was too drunk to know, but back at 25 years old, to me, that was an angel," the Bounty Hunter star told The ShowBuzz.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dog-the-bounty-hunter/dog-the-bounty-hunter-star-say-12179.aspx

[steve s]

Lyssa "Baby Lyssa" Rae Chapman (she's sometimes worth watching the show for)

According to Wiki she had a kid when she was 15. Way to raise your kids, Duane.

Steve S.

[Haywire]

This is the only show where I root for the bad guys.
"Run! He's going to preach! Run faster!"

[Kopji]

According to Wiki she had a kid when she was 15. Way to raise your kids, Duane.

Steve S.

Hard to raise your kids when you're in jail?

I like Lyssa Rae, she at least seems genuine. The first episode I saw her in she wanted nothing to do with the family business. After she went on a capture you could tell she had fun. Oh yeah, and a complete hottie. :rolleyes:

[Skeptical Greg]

I was reading about this today in the paper on my way to work and it occured to me: what is it lately with celebrities and caught on tape racist rant/ public racist meltdowns scandals? Isn't anyone making sex and drug tapes anymore?

And why does it seem they all happened in the past two years or so? And all come in pairs?

Consider:

Mel Gibson: Jews, women, gays
Michael Richards: blacks
Andy Dick trying to make fun of Michael Richards: blacks
Don Imus: blacks, women
Isaiah Washington: gays
Ann Coulter: gays
Ann Coulter again: Jews, women, interracial couples
This redneck: blacks

I'd include Rosie O'Donnell's tasteless joke about Asians but that wasn't quite big enough.

So, was there really a question about whether celebrities were racist and bigoted like the rest of the human race ?

Or was this about being stupid enough to let it hang out at the wrong time ?

[JEROME DA GNOME]

http://www.ugo.com/images/galleries/dogthebountyhunter_dvd/dog_4_th.jpg

[CFLarsen]

Or was this about being stupid enough to let it hang out at the wrong time ?

Is there ever a right time to let it hang out?

[Skeptical Greg]

Is there ever a right time to let it hang out? If you have to ask, no ..

Get invited to a lot of parties, CF ?

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

So, was there really a question about whether celebrities were racist and bigoted like the rest of the human race ?

Or was this about being stupid enough to let it hang out at the wrong time ?

It's being stupid enough to get caught so publicly. You'd think someone who's been in the public eye for decades wouldn't do that.

[JoeEllison]

How do you screw up that badly?

[mumchup]

How do you screw up that badly?

I take it you've never seen the show. :)

[JoeEllison]

I take it you've never seen the show. :)

Can't say that I have... and I guess I probably never will!

[gnome]

I'll go out on a limb here and say that I've actually enjoyed the program... this knowing not much about his history or family. Yeah, they do the prayer thing amongst themselves, but (maybe I've got selective memory) I don't recall him proselytizing to his targets when he catches them. He appears to treat most of them with compassion once caught, and encourages them to steer towards a better life for the sake of their family. I also enjoyed the general suspense of hunting the target.

Now that I've had a glimpse of a darker side of him, I don't think I'd easily stomach the program anymore. Maybe it would be more correct to say I liked the idea of the program and the image it presented.

[mumchup]

I've only seen it once, for about 5 or 10 minutes.
In that time they completely surrounded some 20-ish woman and her boyfriend like they were the Irish Republican Army. He cuffed the wimpering girl and put her in his SUV, then he started telling her (like you said gnome) that she could turn her life around et cetera, but he also prayed over her and told her that Jesus would save her.

[Babylon Sister]

It's the mullet. It softens your brain.

[CFLarsen]

If you have to ask, no ..

Get invited to a lot of parties, CF ?

Some.