Where In The World Is Scott Baio?

[angelik22]

angel? who said angel?nm
yea if i saw scott baio- id throw some "dust" in his face! he might think its angel dust...and get happy- but hey!

[Mags]

Hey at least he had a hot wife for a few years....

And now wouldn't be a good time to confess a slight crush on him back in his Charles In Charge days is it?

Didn't think so...carry on with the bashing =)

[jasper]

Please kindly keep the vicious Baio-bashing comments to yourselves. Scott is doing much better personally and professionally than you actually think. And there's really nothing much you can do about it. So leave him alone. If you need to hurt other innocent people, go over to the Jonathan Brandis memorial websites. He committed suicide last year because of similar comments like yours. You'll probably enjoy bashing him more than Scott, now that the poor boy is dead. If you really want to know more about what's going on in Scott Baio's showbiz career, please show a little respect and kindness.

[jasper]

THE DECLINE OF SCOTT BAIO AMIDST THE RISE OF THE NEW HOLLYWOOD LEFTWING CULTURAL OLIGARCHY (Part 1)

Scott Baio's legendary showbiz career began in kiddie commercials during the early 1970s (a really cute and mischievous little tyke he was!). His first big break came in Alan Parker's gangster-musical "Bugsy Malone" (1976) where he played the title character opposite a very young Jodie Foster (a cult movie with a devoted following). Both of them would later act together again in Adrian Lyne's "Foxes" (1980).

For nearly three decades, Mr. Baio consummately maintained his television stardom while many of his fellow teen idol rivals predictably vanished into obscurity after just a few years. From the short-lived "Blansky's Beauties" and "Who's Watching The Kids?" in the 1970s to the long-running classic "Happy Days" and the cult sitcom "Charles-In-Charge" in the 1980s.

Moreover, Scott garnered two Emmy nominations for his excellent performances in "Stoned" (1980-1981) and "All The Kids Do It" (1984-1985). He also won two Young Artists Awards during the Third Annual Youth In Film Awards (1980-1981) as Best Young Actor in a Television Special for "Stoned" and Best Young Comedian in Television or Motion Pictures for "Happy Days".

But when he finally left the mystery series "Diagnosis Murder" in the 1990s, the political atmosphere in Hollywood was already changing to the detriment of Republican stars. Both the entertainment industry and community were turning sharply to the very hard left in terms of politics. Vice-President Dan Quayle foolishly attacked "Murphy Brown" and enraged the powerful Tinseltown liberals who united together in demolishing his political career. Afterwards, the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton due to the Monica Lewinsky scandal further ignited the toxic hostility of fanatically left-wing celebrities versus anything Republican or conservative, EVEN TO THE POINT OF HARMFULLY PERSECUTING THEIR INNOCENT NONLIBERAL FELLOW ARTISTS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. Right-of-center actors and actresses, tragically lacking any box-office clout for their own necessary protection, had to quietly endure professional stagnancy and setbacks during these lean and miserable years. Circumstances got so bad that in 2001, the Hollywood Congress of Republicans had to be organized as a sheltering refuge from this antagonistic outer work environment.

[spiral]

Hmmm....Scott?
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[Anonymouse]

Hmmm....Scott?
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Scott Berger?

[jasper]

THE DECLINE OF SCOTT BAIO AMIDST THE RISE OF THE NEW HOLLYWOOD LEFTWING CULTURAL OLIGARCHY (Part 2)

James Hirsen's book TALES FROM THE LEFT COAST: TRUE STORIES OF HOLLYWOOD STARS AND THEIR OUTRAGEOUS POLITICS describes the treacherous method of Tinseltown ostracism known as "Gray-Listing". Chapter 6 entitled "Reverse Blacklisting" has the following pertinent quotes:

1. "Author and activist David Horowitz says that the anti-conservative mood in Hollywood is real. He uses the term GRAY-LIST to describe its negative effect on showbiz careers. He says that to anyone involved in the entertainment business, the hatred of conservatives is obvious. And those in the industry who are sympathetic to conservative or Republican goals are terrified." (p. 160)

2. "There are more people with conservative beliefs in Hollywood than one would think. They're working in various places in the industry. Producers, directors, actors, musicians and other creative types running the gamut from staff technicians to well-known celebrities. And they have all verified one thing - when it comes to political viewpoints, the oppressive atmosphere that you hear about in Hollywood is definitely real." (pp. 163-164)

3. "In an industry where it's very difficult to move up the career ladder, people do miss out on opportunities if they have Republican sympathies." (p. 166)

4. "If one is even perceived to be a Republican in Hollywood, there can be an excluding reaction and people genuinely resent you." (pp. 159-160)

5. "Admitting to Republican sympathies can be a dangerous thing in Hollywood, career-wise." (p. 159)

6. "There are a lot of closet Christians in Hollywood because they innately know there exists black-balling and prejudice against professed believers in the entertainment business." (p. 170)

7. "Another star, who went from doing prominent TV roles to working behind the camera, refused to go on a local conservative radio talk show because he was afraid that publicly revealing his political beliefs might further damage his career." (p. 165)

8. "Noone wants to admit that there's a GRAY-LIST.....but there is." (p. 161)

[jasper]

THE DECLINE OF SCOTT BAIO AMIDST THE RISE OF THE NEW HOLLYWOOD LEFTWING CULTURAL OLIGARCHY (Part 3)

As a necessary supplement to the foregoing discussions about the political intolerance of the Hollywood leftwing cultural elites, here are more relevant quotes from HOLLYWOOD INTERRUPTED: INSANITY CHIC IN BABYLON by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner:

1. "A large swath of the celebrity class has begun morphing into obnoxious vessels of unequaled political virtriol espousing a religious zeal for extremist politics and exposing a Taliban-like hatred for anyone who disagrees." (p. 209)

2. "Celebrities who disagree with Hollywood's leftist establishment exist in an ideological Siberia where publicly disagreeing with David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and their Democratic National Committee-supporting clonelike minions translates into something akin to career suicide." (p. 215)

3. "What the Hollywood crowd is now experiencing is the end of a different kind of McCarthy era, one in which they're the ones behaving like the fascists they so volubly claim to despise." (p. 217)

4. "Actually, it seems that if you want to work regularly in Hollywood at all, you can't be the sort of character who publicly sympathizes with the conservative half of the American population." (p. 220)

5. "Political correctness has become the primary weapon used by those in Blue Country (Hollywood, elitists, Democrats, mainstream media, academia, multiculturalists, et al.) to squelch the ideas and speech of those in Red Country (Middle America, conservatives, Republicans and NASCAR fans), creating a uniform social consciousness that appears to celebrate diversity and tolerance, but rejoices only in its own narrow and condescending perspective." (p. 240)

6. "No Hollywood affliction over the last 20 years has been as obvious and odious as full-blown PC. Showbiz careers have been built on it's very premise. (And jeopardized or even destroyed because of it.) Whether they'll admit it or not, studio executives, actors and the rest of Hollywood's elite hierarchy use political correctness as an illegitimate and undemocratic method to ram their narrow, dysfunctional, condescending moral and political values down the rest of our throats in a very un-American way." (pp. 240-241)

7. "Though it may sound innocuous, PC has the cultural effect of stifling dissent. PC is to discourse what the left says McCarthyism was to politics. It stifles free speech so much so that it is routinely wielded by Hollywood as a tool to squelch any views but those held by her leftist elites." (p. 256)

8. "Stars and entertainment execs not attuned to the politically correct way of thinking cower from dissent, fearful of being called racist, sexist, homophobic, or any other all-purpose impossible-to-defend slander. Even the accusation of operating outside the boundaries of political correctness is enough to put a damper on one's professional life." (p. 257)

[loseyourname]

Where the hell did this come from? Who are you? Do you google jokes about Baio and defend him from all attacks? Are you a program or human?

[jasper]

THE DECLINE OF SCOTT BAIO AMIDST THE RISE OF THE NEW HOLLYWOOD LEFTWING CULTURAL OLIGARCHY (Part 4)

I personally first sensed the impending dangers threatening Scott Baio's prolific showbiz career while reading a biased article on Hollywood politics in "George" magazine (the brainchild of Democrat prince charming JFK jr.) during the middle 1990s. The writer not only stigmatized poor Scott as a young Republican but also maliciously contrasted him to the cast of "Friends" who all voted for the Democratic Party. The resulting negative implications of such an obvious hatchet job were cruel, unfair and fatal to his showbiz career.
( Truth be told, Mr. Baio cheerfully admitted his right-of-center politics in a celebrity interview by Vernon Scott during the 1980s. An era when it was yet safe to be a Hollywood Republican. How times quickly changed for him and other unfortunate victims of the "Gray-List". )

Said damaging article was merely the literal tip of the iceberg. After the issue came out, his flourishing showbiz career underwent a terrible dry spell. The Republican-hating powerbrokers of the industry viciously slammed their doors to him. But of course, those very same hypocrites continued to employ unrepentant drug addicts, substance abusers and sex offenders like Charlie Sheen, Rob Lowe, Christian Slater, Robert Downey Jr. and others.
( I personally cheered when "George" magazine ran out of business years later. Moreover, I must confess that I cannot help but feel the tragic planecrash was somehow partial retribution for this injustice committed against Mr. Baio. I know that its wrong to think so but perhaps certain rules of karma simply won't be denied. The very rich and powerful ought to be careful about engaging in casual acts of cruelty which later on might negatively affect the lives of other innocent people below them. )

At the end of the 1990s, Scott Baio was facing a major crisis in his professional showbiz career. Limited to making rare guest appearances ("The Nanny", "Full House", "Touched By An Angel", "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", etc.) and a few interesting TV movies ("Mixed Blessings" and "Face Value" were the best of the lot in my opinion.), he sought a primetime return to the familiar sitcom genre ("Baby Talk" and "Rewind") but his valiant efforts were unsuccessful. In this problematic era, Scott kept busy with directorial assignments on various series. His resume now boasts at least 15 directing stints. He became so good that he even signed up with "Thirty Second Films", a known production firm where he directed numerous commercials.
Unfortunately, all of Mr. Baio's genuine hard work led to zero results in the New Hollywood where he yet suffers mistreatment as a celebrity outcast like many of his fellow Republican artists. ( Ironically, it would take a major national tragedy such as 9-11 to momentarily soften the negative impact of the "Gray-List". )

NEXT TIME: Scott Baio's Independent Film Adventures