This Week In Crazy: Scott Baio (Salon)...pro-Palin Tweets with a soupçon of Obama penis jokes

Saturday, Apr 24, 2010 14:01 ET
This week in crazy: Scott Baio
What's the one thing the former teen idol hates more than paying taxes? Those mean "lesbians" from Jezebel!



We suspected Scott Baio had the makings of a great Twitter meltdown back in January, when the former teen star and staunch conservative posted an unflattering photo of Michelle Obama along with the comment, "WOW He wakes up to this every morning." We were impressed when he followed up by posting a photo of himself with an actual black lady to prove he wasn't racist. And he got our attention when he tweeted, on April 12, "Taxes are done. That should feed, house & provide medical for quite a few lazy non working people at my expense."

But if you're going to melt down in the same medium that holds a Jim Carrey and a Lindsay Lohan, you're going to have to try a little harder. This week, with a little help from his wife, Scott Baio did just that.

It began when our friends at Jezebel.com posted Baio's pre-Tax Day comments in a Twitter roundup. The post was simple, uneditorialized, though not surprisingly, it sparked a few reader comments. "I can't believe Joanie loved Chachi," read one. "What a dickweed."

You'd think after doing "Charles in Charge" for six seasons he'd be used to a little criticism, but it turns out Baio is a sensitive creature. He soon started venting at that "web-rag" Jezebel in both English and Italian, but then he really got rolling -- retweeting jokes about Obama's penis, celebrating Patriot's Day, telling @SarahPalin not to mind "the 'Keyboard Jockeys' that hate on innocent children," and quoting his father-in-law's "I HAVE GUNS & I NEVER MISS."

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