Colbert/Penn Meta-Free-Phor-All - A juicy, juicy treat for language lovers

[Rose Siding]

Moderated by a former US Poet Laureate, here's the smart and wickedly brutal funny that was missing from last night's press suck-up.

The premise? Faux News-highlighted remarks Penn made that referenced pundits who "bathe in the moisture of (bush's) soiled and blood-soaked underwear".


It's Word War I. And clocks were cleaned..... :patriot:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/21/stephen-colbert-vs-sean-penn/

http://static.crooksandliars.com.nyud.net:8090/2007/04/colbert-penn.jpg


That should be his Emmy submission.

[babylonsister]

1. It was terrific; Colbert is brilliant! nt

[ThomWV]

2. Childish shit on a comedy channel by a pair of idiots

And this is supposed to rise the level of national discourse?

[babylonsister]

4. That was helpful.

:eyes:
If you don't like them, why respond at all?

[Rose Siding]

5. No, that's Rich Little's job

...and they call us the humorless, moralizing left. :)

[Beelzebud]

7. Who pissed in your Cheerios?

[stillcool]

11. better than childish shit on a cable news channel?

that rises to the level of national discourse 24/7

[Little Wing]

12. I see someone's drinking early

:rofl:

[Buzz Clik]

16. We'll note that his was a typical hit-and-run.

[hlthe2b]

19. funny how concern about potential divisiveness

would lead said poster to do a separate thread poll on church attendence among liberal/progressive DUers-- on Sunday morning when those who might respond affirmatively, would likely be in church?!

Just saying, I am not sure potential "divisiveness" is the issue of concern...:shrug:

[Name removed]

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[hlthe2b]

18. Right... umm hmmm

:eyes:

[Gabi Hayes]

21. pretty please, would you mind characterizing what was in the deleted post?

thanks....got here too late to see the original

[hlthe2b]

24. I have no idea...

too late here too, but I would imagine someone got a little too excited (i.e., pissed) about ThomWV's assertion that the Colbert-Penn segment was "childish shit by a pair of idiots" (and I suppose, by extension, so too the DUers who thoroughly enjoyed the segment)..:eyes:

[reichstag911]

26. First,...

...the level of national discourse doesn't get "rise"-d, it gets raised. Second, satire is a wonderful tool for bringing down the mighty; when people laugh at the powerful, it's harder to fear them or otherwise take them seriously. Third, those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones about "idiots" like: 1) Colbert, with a widely followed and well compensated position commenting satirically upon our current sorry political state, or 2) Sean Penn, probably the best actor of his generation -- who has never shown the slightest fear about risking his highly lucrative career with his strident (not to mention well-informed and articulate) progressive advocacy and his on-the-ground volunteerist spirit.

Jealous in WV, anyone?

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

28. I here below de-construct your post:

"Childish" - are you kidding me? Robert Pinske is as as childish as a heart attack! (METAPHOR!!!)
"Shit" - like on George Bush's soiled and blood-soaked underwear?
"On a comedy channel" - With the most well-informed newswatchers in the country.
"By a pair of idiots" - Sean Penn. Steven Colbert.
"And this is supposed to rise the level of national discourse?" - "It rises like the plume of odor emanating from my pants as I fart in your general direction on a cold and lonely afternoon."

[Laurab]

33. I have to respond to your post, but I'm not exactly sure how....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I think, and maybe


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[libnnc]

37. What?

Read much? Ever?

Edit to add: Just realized, that you posted the church survey/flamebait/popquiz/none of your bees wax--poll earlier.

So this Penn vs Colbert thing was pretty much a 747 parting your hair?

Huh. Figures.

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Pinsky was fabulous

He managed to keep a straight face through almost the whole "game" and only slipped once toward the end.

[knitter4democracy]

14. I once brushed his arm in a hotel check-in line.

It was the national convention of the NCTE (English teacher group), and he was the keynote as the Poet Laureate. He was an amazing speaker, and he really helped me stay with teaching for another year. He rocks!!

[Pithy Cherub]

6. That whole thing was outstanding

down to Pinsky illuminating metaphors with Colbert & Penn staying in character. Penn's pristine suit was fab, then the blood-soaked GWB monogrammed underwear came out. The metaphors were brilliant. The 10,000,000 points was a direct hit on game shows.

:applause:

I *heart* smart people's TV!

[Rock_Garden]

8. I loved it, too, Rose.

And I wondered what you and the rest thought about some Democrats saying that members of Congress should not do Colbert's mock interviews, anymore.

[Rose Siding]

9. I understand the concern but I think it should be an individual decision

-and I'd much rather leadership council against doing Faux interviews than comedy spots. The mock interviews don't seem as risky as they used to, either. Have any of them produced anything *really* embarassing? The worst I remember was the dem who repeated after Stephen something about drugs being fun -and that was just funny.

[Rock_Garden]

10. You hit it exactly, Rose.

When that veto of Colbert was suggested, the climate was definitely different. It just goes to show that Colbert has always been a leader in cutting edge political comedy. I miss seeing the "Better Know a District" pieces. They were so far over the top, I don't see how anyone could take them seriously.

[bobbolink]

27. Agreed, and Elinor Holmes-Norton played along the best!

Damn, she was great! Especially the second time he had her on, and they ended up all singing the Ant and the Rubbertree song. :rofl:

[Rock_Garden]

30. Ah, memories!

:rofl:

[bobbolink]

38. She's given us some good ones, yes? n/t

[ClassWarrior]

15. That made me laugh so hard, I have tears. It's good to release...

...the tension over this national disaster once in awhile. Thanks to folks like Colbert and Stewart, we're not all mad by now.

NGU.

[spuddonna]

17. LMAO!!!

Awesome! Thank you!

That's one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time! :)

[Rex]

20. Okay, now that was funny!

One of the funniest things I've seen on CR.

[chimpymustgo]

22. I'll knock you down "like a patient etherizied upon a table". Damn!

Nothing like a little T.S. Eliot to get the funnybone revved up (LOL). The entire skit was hilarious.

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

29. That ol' T.S., ... what a riot! n/t

[Initech]

23. That was some funny shit!

:rofl:

[pacalo]

25. I hope Colbert does more of these!

Nothing reaches the younger people more than humor & it would be great to see this as a regular segment about the latest events. I can imagine it being at least a weekly segment about the news of the week.

Excellent!

[jollyreaper2112]

34. get it straight

It was a metaphor-off, not a satire-of-the-clueless-off. :)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

31. That was brilliant!

Love is a battlefield.

:evilgrin:

[Eric J in MN]

32. Thanks. I liked it when they showed clips of Sean Penn from his movies...

...as the judges.

[Laurab]

35. K&R I thought it was brilliant.

And Sean Penn was a riot, so was the moderator (and of course Stephen). Colbert just seems to be getting better and better.

[libnnc]

36. That was way too funny!

Brilliant! :thumbsup: