There May Be a Cure for Olbermann

Naturally, the first thing people will say is to just change the channel, which obviously 99.8% of America does based on his anemic ratings.

But this cure is for his uncontrollable twitching, not his crazy outlook on the world. I'd suggest euthanasia, but that would be stooping to his level.

Anyway, Olbermann's good friends at Page Six offer some helpful tips for the twitching nutjob.

THERE'S good news and bad news for Keith ("Crazy Legs") Olbermann regarding the ailment that makes his lower limbs shake uncontrollably. There's a drug that can control the symptoms of Wittmaack-Ekbom's syndrome, which mostly afflicts women - but the MSNBC loudmouth's girlfriend, Katy Tur, might flip out at its side effects.

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals boasts its Mirapex can ease Olbermann's involuntary leg twitching, also known as "the kicks" and "Jimmy legs." But the company warns the drug could cause "increased gambling, sexual or other intense urges." Other medical sources say it can also bring on impotence, loss of interest in sex, constipation, frequent urination, "unusual dreams" and runny nose.

Asked if Olbermann uses or plans to try Mirapex, MSNBC flack Jeremy Gaines e-mailed us: "Since whatever you're going to print is an outright lie, you can go ahead and write whatever you want. By the way, that's on the record and applies to all future items you might make up."

Gaines' tantrum stems from our scoop yesterday that Olbermann has threatened to quit his "Countdown" show unless he's named as Tim Russert's replacement on "Meet the Press." Tur, 24, and young enough to be 49-year-old Olbermann's daughter, did not respond to a message left at WPIX-TV, where she's an on-air reporter.

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