General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeno stoops lower than previously thought possible.
Last edited Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:10 PM - Edit history (1)
from last night's show ...
The Associated Press, the largest newsgathering outlet in the world, will no longer use the term "illegal immigrant." That is out. They will now use the phrase "undocumented Democrat."
on edit: many replies indicate folks find this funny. To me it perpetuates the lie that there are lots of non-citizens voting in our elections, and that those non-citizens vote Democratic.
This lie is being used to justify voter ID and other voter suppression laws. To me, at least, that ain't funny.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)I feel dumber for even reading this.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Hasn't been funny since the 80s.
Can't stand that guy.
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)NOVA_Dem
(620 posts)He was not classy.
progressoid
(49,825 posts)Guy goes into his doctor's office.
He's got a dot in the middle of his forehead.
Doctor sees him and says, "Oh my god! I've never seen this before, but I've read about it in medical school."
Guy says, "Well doctor...what is it?"
He says, "In six weeks, you'll have a penis growing out of your forehead."
Guy says, "Well doctor, cut it off!"
Doctor says, "I can't cut it off, it's attached to your brain--you'd die."
So the Guy says, "So doctor, what you're telling me is that in six weeks, every morning when I get up and look in the mirror I'm gonna see a penis growing out of my forehead?!"
Doctor says, "Oh no no no, you won't see it. The balls will cover your eyes."
Warpy
(110,902 posts)doing stand up comedy in men's funny hat clubs in New England between the rare gigs at clubs. Once he moved out to LA and started to haul in the cash he got squishy, conservative, and distinctly unfunny.
I haven't watched him for years.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)His schtick was always out of date and unremarkable. His looks are off-putting (not his fault) and his humor is pedestrian..
As Letterman has aged, his wit is still razor sharp.
He's not as bold & wacky as he was when he started, but then none of us are
EOTE
(13,409 posts)I wouldn't mind all the incredibly stupid and offensive shit that Leno says if he was even slightly funny or had an ounce of comedic timing. Leno and his fans are humorless idiots.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)outlet.
Leno didn't stoop.
He just told it as the Cons see it.
Perhaps Romney has a new job writing his material.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)how I interpret it too.
It's how the RWnuts see the issue and he was exposing their stupidity.
The joke seems to have gone over many peoples' heads. It exposes the RWnuts' anti-immigrant fear that immigrants will be smart enough to vote for people who fight for their interests, unlike many low-info repug voters.
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Doesn't mean HE thinks that way.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)he's sexist, homophobic, racist and just about any ist out there.
a total, unfunny moron.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)He's a good guy.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)the eulogy at your funeral.
alp227
(31,961 posts)"President Obama is a personal friend of mine. He was over to the house yesterday, but the mop broke."
KT2000
(20,544 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)I'm not going to get worked up over it one way or another, and Leno has always been at the bottom of my late-night host list. But this one sounded more like a dig at the GOP.
1KansasDem
(251 posts)He's a comedian.
It's a joke.
Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)so just ignore him.
a kennedy
(29,462 posts)Jimmy Fallon To Take Over 'The Tonight Show' From Jay Leno In Spring 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/jimmy-fallon-to-take-over-tonight-show-official_n_3007684.html
LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Never forget!
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)NOVA_Dem
(620 posts)Conan demanded the Tonight show from NBC or else he would leave.
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)somewhat topical monolog--goof with band bring on star to plug movie hype new band rinse and repeat .
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)and I'm sure the Republicans see it that way....for good reason.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Big deal.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)I always thought of him as the asshole that stole Letterman's job. Even Carson was
sure Dave was going to follow him on the Tonight Show. But the NBC brass had other
plans. They screwed Dave and they screwed Johnny. I haven't watched one Leno show
for more than thirty minutes since he's had it, so I sure as hell won't miss the asshole
when he's gone. And frankly, I don't care much about Fallon either.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)but he's no Jimmy Kimmel or Craig Ferguson either,
Letterman has slowed down a step or two recently and right now I'd rather watch Kimmel than either he or Leno.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)He always had interesting guests and he could handle a discussion with anyone.
I hardly ever missed his show, and that was in the days before VCR's.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)His voice was valuable, and he was silenced way too soon.. Tomorrow was a wonderful show and should have stayed forever. Unfortunately, thinkers are a rare commodity on tv..
libodem
(19,288 posts)Not funny. Ignorant.
no_hypocrisy
(45,771 posts)Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)graham4anything
(11,464 posts)Jay Leno is a liberal btw, a good one. Not to mention a very, very very very big labor union person, so much so that he cut his own salary so that his staff could keep all their jobs and is saying he would do so again in a new job.
and what is going on? Do liberals now also NOT get satire, irony and farce?
If Colbert said it, everyone would be in stitches.
alp227
(31,961 posts)I can't wait for Leno to hang it up for good and make way for JIMMY FALLON. If THIS is not enough for you to be excited for Fallon then...I don't know.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)The big part of the news is that the show is moving to NYC (Fallon would fail quickly in Calfironia, as he is a product of Lorne Michaels and Lorne is NYC). Also big victory for Lorne
So its great for NYC and super great for Mike Bloomberg, who made this happen.
But Jimmy's bits can be watched on cable the day after like his great parady of Willow Smith's Whip my hair and Rebecca Black's Friday(with Colbert).
However, Jaywalk and Headlines are Leno's.
Those thank you notes by Fallon gotta go. They suck.
the interviews by anyof them all suck, scripted and the same on all talk shows.
Too bad Tina Fey refused the Fallon job.
Leno has been #1 in the ratings for 22 years. Not a bad run.
But there never will be another Johnny and as important, Ed.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)that is one of the scenerios floating around.
Leno has been a winner for 20 plus years.
But he probably will go to Fox at 11pm and 1/2hour up Fallon and Letterman.
BTW, Conan screwed George Lopez bigger than Conan was screwed by NBC
NOVA_Dem
(620 posts)He's not as funny and he has the same audience as Kimmel and Colbert.
NBC got rid of their only #1 show.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Of course, since he never shuts up, he's probably said everything that can be said at least once.