c-span wh correspondent dinner

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

replaying opening ceremony now.

edit: www.c-span.org

[dancingme]

1. Chimpy is trying to ignore the C-Span host

host said something to the Chimp while the band played and Chimp slightly nodded and gave him the cold shoulder. Must have learned that from Bar.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. helen thomas has seat at head table.

[dancingme]

3. Rich Little is the "entertainment"

ZZZZZZZZZZZ

[rurallib]

7. Some of that topical 1950s humor. Can't wait.

oh shit, Back with some new lies: Tony Snow.

[partylessinOhio]

4. Why was this not shown LIVE? Edited?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

6. it goes live at 9:45.

[dancingme]

5. Tony Snow is there!

looks thin but good. Good for Tony!

[DesertRat]

18. I thought he looked good too.

[FogerRox]

8. Which one, 1, 2 or 3 ?

[dancingme]

9. One

C-Span

[FogerRox]

13. Got it, thanks, streaming

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. 1

[Breeze54]

11. I'd rather watch Eric Clapton on PBS!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

12. showing guests arriving from earlier

[Maddy McCall]

14. Chris Sligh? Valerie Bertinelli?

My invitation must have got lost in the mail. :shrug:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

15. ex-con g gordon liddy

[Berry Cool]

16. "An evening of civility does not mean we are sellouts"

...yeah, that's what THEY think.

[calimary]

144. Indeed. Who said that?

They don't think they're sellouts? I wonder what they'd call it, then.

[dancingme]

17. multiple American Idol contestants are guests

they must have had a difficult time filling up the tables to make it look like a full room.

[FogerRox]

20. hmm, that gut Apollo who won 5 gold medals

[Maddy McCall]

22. Dancing with the Stars

That's where he's found these days.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

19. no award for walter reed story?

can't make bush feel uneasy tonight!

[Maddy McCall]

21. Ann Compton looks like a fat Laura.

They could pass for twins. Even have the same hair color and style.

:shrug:

[FogerRox]

23. When is the funny shit?

[rusty charly]

24. clips from letterman?

[Berry Cool]

25. Letterman may just be the only funny shit on.

At least we can all agree it's funny when Bush looks like an idiot.

on edit: Not much applause for that, was there?

Also, the applause for the man himself seems quite forced.

[rusty charly]

26. the crowd didn't seem to think so

not surprised, frankly

[FogerRox]

30. Lettermans bit was sub par.

Heres George......

Ah shit

[Berry Cool]

28. Ah, so now he's not going to try to be funny

and will use the VT shooting as his excuse. Nice. :sarcasm:

[rusty charly]

27. people can't even force themselves to applaud

if it walks like a lame duck and talks like a lame duck...

[Berry Cool]

39. So this is how Rich Little is playing it safe

Telling jokes about CANADA?????

Jokes that people aren't even getting????

[rusty charly]

29. little humor

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

31. the decider has decided not to be funny tonight because of VT

rich little has to follow THAT.

[Graybeard]

42. But he was willing to joke about WMD under his desk back then...

...after American troops had died because of that "joke". What a miserable hypocrite.

[adigal]

70. Bush decided to not play anymore

It had nothing to do with Virginia Tech. He was being a prick.

[kohodog]

77. The smirk started laughing at Little's first (joke)?

It wasn't funny, but Bush thought it was...less than a minute after his statement on the VT massacre.

[mockmonkey]

32. Try following that, Rich

Be funny!

[C_U_L8R]

33. I'm hearing a lot of excuses

for the unfunniness to come

[rusty charly]

34. "i'm not here to be politcal"

"i tell dumb, silly jokes"

[FogerRox]

35. Heres RIch Little, pretty lame so far

[rusty charly]

36. the worst/first impersonation of mccain?

[FogerRox]

40. Canadian jokes

Canadian hunter jokes

Moose, Elk, Deer.....

[buzzard]

57. Yes we Canadians are so stupid we would stand on train tracks debating if they were

elk moose or some other kind of track.

[mockmonkey]

51. It soundly oddly like

Carol Channing.

[DesertRat]

37. Rich Little....

:boring:

[malaise]

43. He's horrible

This is really some poor shit just like Bushco.

[DesertRat]

50. Little is so dated. He was funny 30 years ago

but he's still doing the same impersonations....

[rusty charly]

38. "who's safe?"

"canadians."

[Berry Cool]

56. So he's got to scramble desperately for impressions to do.

Ahnold, Johnny Carson...he's telling lawyer jokes...

Definitely a :boring:

[johnnyrocket]

41. Rich Little!?!?! Painful, stupid tripe.

Especially compared to Colbert. I can't watch it.

[malaise]

46. I want to switch but I do want to see how much worse he can get. n/t

[rusty charly]

67. i'm with you.

oy.

you can hear people saying : "no!"


(wow. he just said "and you think that colbert was bad...?"... no rich: they didn't think he was bad. they thought they were read to filth. there's a difference.)

oy. a hemorrhoid joke.

[FogerRox]

47. Rich is off his game for sure

Brother.....

[SoCalDem]

48. I feel sorry for the old guy.. His "jokes" weren't even funny when he was in his prime.

Too bad Helen did not invite Colbert as her guest..:)

[DesertRat]

58. I think Little has morphed in Reagan

doesn't he look and sound like him?!

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

44. Rich Little is NOT funny.

I am going to look up a vid of last year's dinner...

[Beausoir]

45. Rich Little. Good god. How pathetic can these people get? ROFL.

Rich Little????

[rusty charly]

49. Schwarzenegger!

fresh!

[FogerRox]

59. Are you a lawyer?

No I'm an asshole..

AS told by Johnny Carson.
30 yr material.

[adigal]

52. Goodness, Rich Little is terrible

This is embarrasing for him; last year the correspondents were embarrassed because Stephen Colbert called them "stenographers." This year, the correspondents should be embarrassed because Rich Little is so safe, and so lame. They are getting what they deserve.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

53. pretty sad when you have to explain your jokes

[C_U_L8R]

54. the audience looks stunned

[rusty charly]

55. in the comedy world:

this is called bombing.

[Beausoir]

61. Flop-sweat. n/t

[Berry Cool]

64. Now we're on to Andy Rooney.

He does him well, but...too little too late?

[FogerRox]

65. The wheelchair joke bombed

The Carson bit was OK, Now Andy Rooney, sounds like 'em too..

[Beausoir]

60. And THIS passes for clever humor in Freeper land. These people are truly hopeless.

[malaise]

62. And you thought Colbert was bad?

This fugging has been just said that. WTF??

[Berry Cool]

His Andy Rooney jokes were like Andy Rooney doing a Steven Wright routine.

Now he's got to do his presidents.

Reagan: "The war on poverty is over, and the poor lost."

Republicans: :rofl:

[MadBadger]

63. What did that fucker say about Colbert?

[malaise]

69. He is so fucking lame

and he hasn't a clue how not funny he was. To think that he was attempting to insult Colbert. Ah fuck you you stupid old fool.

[MadBadger]

No Seriously, what did he say. I caught him only saying his name.

[Berry Cool]

73. He was obviously bombing and he said

"And you think Colbert was bad?"

*sigh*

Now he's couching all his political impressions in the form of a song about Washington. Oh Lord save us.

[Graybeard]

74. "And you thought Colbert was bad?"

NO you stupid bastard we thought Colbert was great!

[mockmonkey]

66. Next years guest...

Ray Stevens.

[bluedeminredstate]

68. This is so awful

I'm embarassed for everyone at that dinner! Oh God, someone stop this. Nice job Steve Scully, way to go.
Erection jokes and Andy Rooney imitations.
:blush:

[malaise]

75. I'm not

They deserve this. It is so bad it is fall down funny.

[adigal]

I just said the same thing upthread!!

After sitting pissy through Colbert last year, the correspondents deserve this tripe.

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

71. Pretty dated material...

What's he gonna do next - his George Mcgovern impression? Hubert Humphrey? Help me guys, Who can he dredge up from the 1970s so as not to offend anyone still relevant.

[FogerRox]

76. Hes gotta do Nixon.....

[DesertRat]

91. I'm waiting for his Jimmy Stewart

:eyes:

[bluedeminredstate]

93. Scoop Jackson!

How about Ed Muskie? Yeah, that's the ticket!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

72. gonzales was better prepared

[malaise]

78. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Now he's laughing at the poor - ah fuck off you moron.

[Berry Cool]

94. That Gonzo joke was funnier than anything Little has done so far! n/t

[rusty charly]

79. wasn't it hysterical that ronnie was senile while in the white house?

i could never stop laughing back then! ha ha!

[Berry Cool]

83. And here comes his Jimmy Carter

We can poke a lotta fun at him, see, and it'll be funny 'cuz, like, he's a Democrat, heh heh.

[malaise]

98. But no one is laughing

This is atrocious.

[Beausoir]

80. Next year they'll dig up Ronnie and he'll be the stand-up comedian.

Hell...even Ronnie couldn't stink up the place as badly as Rich Little.

Rich Little???? ROFL. Horse Laughing here.

[rusty charly]

81. who wrote that shit "melody"?

[FogerRox]

82. His Reagan imitation is bombing

Doing a senile version Reagan in front of Neo COns

[rusty charly]

84. unhappy audience.

[Beausoir]

87. I doubt it. They LIVE to suckle at the teat of this administration. Repeat after me.....

Rich Little is funny.
Rich Little is funny.
Rich Little is funny.

[Berry Cool]

97. Yeah, doing Poppy and Bill didn't go over so well either

until the inevitable "Hillary's so tough" joke.

Oh man.

Now he's doing Little Boots. This won't go over well either.

[rusty charly]

127. hey! BB!

i just realized it was you!

[Berry Cool]

131. Hey rusty!

Nice to see ya outside the KOEB! :hi:

[rusty charly]

134. u2!

[rusty charly]

85. will he do clinton jokes now?

i'm not ready.

[FogerRox]

88. Is he gonna sing that song after each president

Opps GHWB is up now.

His CLinton really sucks

[Berry Cool]

132. Dan Patrick does a better Bill Clinton

even though Keith Olbermann tells him it sounds more like Elmer Fudd on Qualudes!

[rusty charly]

86. "tell a little joke"

emphasis on "little"

[boomboom]

95. this is so lame it's embarrassing. just like when i saw rich little in 1983

[MadBadger]

89. He does actually remind me of Bush Sr with the glasses

But his Clinton sucks.

[Graybeard]

99. They both use the same shoe polish on their hair.

That wasn't even a good Dana Carvey much less 41.

[MadBadger]

101. I didnt care for the impersonation

He seemed like he was trying to impersonate Dana Carvey. But I thought with the glasses, he reminded me of him.

[rusty charly]

90. how you like to be a low rent dana carvey?

[Beausoir]

92. When does David Gregory get up and dance with KKKarl Rove?

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

96. Sooooooo painful!

He got ZERO applause for the Clinton joke. Nothing. Flat as a pancake.

[boomboom]

100. and boy does his W suck. His Poppy was pretty good though

[FogerRox]

106. Finish with your best material RICHARD NIXON

[boomboom]

109. can y'all even BELIEVE this? i am so disappointed with steve scully

[Berry Cool]

102. He made a joke about * saying bin Laden humped a goat

"We'll hunt you down and kick your ass"...that was the biggest laugh of the night???

On what planet does any of this qualify as funny???

Oh, finally he does Nixon!

[rusty charly]

103. Dear andrea mitchell:

don't turn up your nose- this is your world- own it. you broke it- you've bought it.

[MadBadger]

105. Now she wishes she had Colbert.

[DesertRat]

104. Here comes Nixon!

[Berry Cool]

110. Ladies and gentlemen, in respect for the tragedy this week at Virginia Tech,

Rich Little has decided that none of the comedy he performs tonight will be funny. Thank you.

[mockmonkey]

135. LMFAO ! n/t

[rusty charly]

107. he just described his material as being in

"moth balls"

[DesertRat]

108. * is laughing his ass off

[boomboom]

111. it's humor he can understand. out of touch with the rest of us, once again

[rusty charly]

112. he knows when punchlines happen

he just doesn't get them...

[Berry Cool]

119. You know it's bad when he makes a speech at the end

implying that he forgives the audience for not laughing because "we're going through some tough times right now, and if I made you laugh a little it's been worthwhile."

Oh man. He knows this was a complete bomb. That's gotta hurt.

[adigal]

113. Bush loves this!! It is lame, just like him!!

Bush and Snow love him, this dated humor is right up their alley, just like the economic beliefs of the 19th century. They want to turn back the clock, and Rich Little is perfect for them.

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

114. Nixon joke = Loonngg walk to nowhere...

[Connie_Corleone]

116. You can say that again. That was terrible.

[FogerRox]

118. Rich Little is retired, RIGHT ?

He should be...

Whew its over....

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

126. He is now!

[Connie_Corleone]

115. That was just gawd awful!!

[rusty charly]

117. going for a sinatra finish

yes, nixon was a crook, but he did it HIS way.

infortunately, so is bush.

(how many syllables in "way")

unfortunately: bush has taken his mind off it too often. that's actually the problem.

[Berry Cool]

122. Do you get the feeling the crowd really didn't appreciate being reminded of Nixon

and his erased tapes, considering what we've got going now with the missing emails?

Nor the Liar in Chief?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

120. well, c-span doesn't have to worry about copyright infringement on that stinker.

[rusty charly]

123. really.

can't wait for the wild YouTube buzz!

[adigal]

121. George and Laura look a LOT happier as they leave this year

than they did last year!!! ROFL!!! Remember how pissed he was last year? And "Drive Into My Boyfriend" Laura was REALLY pissed last year,and she was so happy looking leaving right now.

God forbid we insult the king.

Poor Rich Little is standing up there on the podium all alone, waiting for congratulations. He knows he sucked, and Tony Snow rescued him. I feel for the poor man.

[Berry Cool]

136. I know how Laura feels

If I were her, I would be deliriously happy to be leaving this clambake.

[pettypace]

124. The Reagan opening was the funniest

but sending Steve Richards to Baghdad? Wth did that mean?

[Berry Cool]

128. They could have put Sanjaya up there singing and HE would've gotten more applause.

There might also have been less people in the audience crying.

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

125. That sucked so completely that words fail.

He sucked what little life remained out of the room. One supermassive black hole of suckiness. Gruesome, beyond the bounds of badness, the 5th dimension of horrible.

[Berry Cool]

137. Definitely like the proverbial horrible traffic accident

where you can't resist the urge to slow down and look.

But once was enough. I sure won't be catching the reruns.

[rusty charly]

129. David Gregory: have another wienie!

[C_U_L8R]

130. oh good gawd they're gonna repeat it !!!!!!!!!

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

haha

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

133. Best punch line of the night! n/t

[mockmonkey]

138. Help me

I can't get that FUCKING song out of my head!

[BrklynLiberal]

139. They wanted boring, and that is exactly what they got.

[DesertRat]

140. This interview explains why Bushco invited Rich Little

In an interview with the Canadian Press this week, Little, a popular impressionaist many years ago, revealed that he will do six presidents, from Nixon on. He said his Bush impression is not his best.

Some people will find out Friday night, as Little will be trying out his material at a Canadian Embassy event. Little, 68, may have gone Vegas long ago but he is a native of Canada. He calls himself a "conservative."

"I'm not that political. I'll just do my act," said Little. He said he will likely do Johnny Carson, Andy Rooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senator John McCain.

Asked if he'll toss any barbs at Bush, Little said, "I wouldn't want to offend him." Iraq war? "Oh heaven's, no. That's not very funny." The firing of eight U.S. attorneys? "I wouldn't get into anything like that, no."

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003574615

[Berry Cool]

141. Yeah, but poking fun at Little Georgie's post-9/11 speechifying was funny, eh?

Because that's what he did.

Please. This was miserable.

on edit: I have their perfect candidate for next year: Jackie Mason. Just wrote that stupid book Schmucks! in which he personally attacks a long list of people or groups of people he considers to be jerks, idiots, etc. Most of them seem to have qualified for his shit list merely by not being conservative Republicans or for not being pro-Israel enough. Should be just Lil' Georgie's speed.

[Ino]

142. That was the most dispirited crowd I've ever seen.

Letterman's spot was the only bright one. George hardly got ANY applause, much less a rousing ovation. It was perfunctory, polite. I think he was in a pissy mood, but what could he have said anyway? Look for emails under the podium? Nothing's funny any more. Little's act was pathetic -- the perfect send-off for a dying administration. What a contrast to last year! Colbert exposed the whole sordid mess, and they couldn't even pretend all's well.

[Beausoir]

143. "the perfect send-off for a dying administration" Wow. Perfect description.

Hope they die sooner rather than later.