Why Right Wing Comedians (Dennis Miller) & "Comedy Shows" Always Fail

[David Zephyr]

DU's very own Grebrook has posted the inevitable news that Fox Television's attempt to position a right-wing version of Comedy Central's John Stewart and Steven Colbert has been canceled. Of course, the so-called "conservative comedian" Dennis Miller also saw his television show go down in flames even after the producers were reportedly paying members of the audience for even showing up to his unpopular live tapings. Why is this?

Question: Don't right-wingers have a sense of humor? Don't they laugh, too?

Answer: Of course, they do...they can laugh their asses off with the greatest of ease.

But the type of humor that right-wing neanderthals, mostly middle aged white christian males, enjoy can not be broadcast on the radio or television because their favored play-list is always filled with the crudest of racist jokes, misogynistic vulgarities, homophobic put-downs and xenophobic cracks. Naturally, it all reveals how socially insecure they are and how developmentally challenged they are as grown-ups, but that's the foundation for their preferred humor.

How can a conservative comedian or comedy format score with its bigoted audience without using the "n" word whenever they talk about African-Americans, the "q" and "f" words when referencing homosexuals, the "b" and "c" words when putting down women? They can't. Of course, if they could use those words on television, then Fox's "comedy" show would be a smash hit and Dennis Miller's show would still be on once the monkey of restraint was removed from his back. The ugly slur is the comedic trigger that their pent-up audience requires for comedic nervous release.

So it's no wonder that conservative comedy doesn't play on television or radio: they can't deliver the punchline that their ignorant audience is so aching to hear delivered.

"Did you hear about the n. q. c. from Mexico?" Why, just the question sets them off giggling among themselves in their delusion of supposed superiority. Sometimes I wish there wasn't censorship so we could laugh at them laughing.

And so, Fox's cancellation of their "comedy" show is no surprise. Meanwhile, Dennis Miller is now performing in small time banquet rooms in Howard Johnson's around the country. If he could only tell an n' joke or a q' joke or...