Rosie on the Loose

Not many people remember, but Rosie O'Donnell was funny at one point. Before 'The View', before 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show' and before the movies, she was a stand-up comedian. Sometimes, she was even funny. Unfortunately, Chinese people don't think so. Whoa, slow down on the politically incorrect thought train. I'm just reporting what I'm seeing.

According to E! Online, New York City Councilman John C. Liu is not very happy with Rosie's offensive ways. In fact, Rosie was caught, on tape, poking fun at the language barrier between Chinese-Americans and Americans. The exact quote gets lost in textualization (not a word, but you get the idea), but it had a lot of “chings” and “chongs” in it. Rosie was referring to how news of Danny DeVito being drunk on 'The View' spread like wildfire. On camera she cracked a joke, imitating a Chinese person saying: “You know, you can imagine in China it's like, 'Ching-chong, ching-chong. Danny DeVito. Ching-chong, ching-chong-chong. Drunk. The View. Ching-chong.”

Feel free to read that again. Yes, it is funny. Not to John C. Liu, however. So just a few short weeks after Rosie offended Kelly Ripa by calling her a homo-phobe, Rosie has gone and offended like a jillion people with sticks. Not good for a nationally televised host, but when you make Barbara Walters giggle in her 90-year old rubber mask, you must be funny.

Correction: There are close to 1.1 billion people in China and not all of them have sticks.

The real funny thing is in the ratings. The view has seen an increase in November ratings since last year. Maybe Rosie's presence has helped the show. Imagine that. Funny is profitable and apparently, being politically incorrect is good for ratings. Keep up the good work, fatty... I mean Rosie.