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Drix (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:44 AM Original message |
Right wingers cannot do political comedy. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:49 AM Original message |
Remember when FOX tried to do their own version of The Daily Show? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. I confess I watched. about 2 minutes. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Did they really? What was it called? nt |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I think it was something really lame like "The Half-Hour News Hour." |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I just watched two youtube videos of some clips from the show. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. The only one I can think of who was remotely funny was PJ O'Roarke in the early 90s |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. SOME of his material. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well, yes. Only some. And yes, he was indeed a smug ass and all of that. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. He can screw up a BIll Maher show singlehandedly |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yeah, that's why I specified early 90s. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. There is a reason that comedy written from a right wing perspective usually fails |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You cut right to the heart of the RW humor problem. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. It's also mean and bullying. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. I am actually just finishing an academic paper on this topic |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. You've hit the nail on the head. |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Thank you very much. Since I am the professor, I will give myself an A+ |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Excellent. I am sure it will be well received by any journal or conference |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Humor v. Ridicule |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. They really don't do anything well that requires irony, introspection, |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Lots of good comedy contains empathy, I think. RW can't do empathy either. n/t |
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alterfurz (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. "Republicans don't have a sense of humor, they have a sense of cruelty... |
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ocd liberal (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. You nailed it! n/t |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. But the whole Teabagger schtick relies on painting themselves as the little guy |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. There's the "ger 'er done" guy who named his kid after Reagan |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. Phil used to be so funny. I never relized he was a nut bag but I guess that came later |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The irony is that he uses paid/trained callers, which we now know is common in RW hate radio |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. ?! then things have really changed. He used to call into his own show. |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. They are great at screwing people over, convincing them that they have |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. Right wing 'humor' reminds me of when Cliff on Cheers tried stand up. "what's up with that?" |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Conservative humor is an oxymoron. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. +1 |
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Drix (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. Liberals can be made fun of. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. Right Wingers are not intentionally funny...nt |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. 1+ also |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Seriously, remember Rush Limbaugh openly mocking Parkinson's patients - Michael J. Fox specifically? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. Right Wing Politics IS Comedy |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. because the left strives to fight assholism: |
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The Nexus (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. The only right wing "comedy" political show on TV now is Red Eye nt |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Liberals views are based on values. Conservative views are based on goals. |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. Dishonest humor is contrived and lame. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. Oh come on, Victoria Jackson is a fucking riot. She doesn't mean to be, but there it is. |
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