Bitter!

I think I'm misremembering, but I recall the SciFi Channel having a Prisoner marathon on a labor day hosted by Ellison. I don't think it was the one these clips are from though. I recall the labor day marathon being a disaster because Ellison kept complaining how people we're staying in to watch the marathon while hosting it and they eventually stop going to him and it continued without the bumpers and introductions.

If Ellison was really up for 20 hours, it could just be that this was a very long day for a man who already looked like a reanimated corpse, and had short fuse at the best of times.