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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:15 PM Original message |
Why Right Wing Comedians (Dennis Miller) & "Comedy Shows" Always Fail |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would've just said it's because they're not funny.... n/t |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That's exactly what I was going to say! |
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R_M (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is nothing funny about establishment types. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. mean-spirited people are incapable of levity (nt) |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Republicans are top down--they only make fun of people who are "lower" on society's ladder |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Right wing comedians lack the humanity that is needed in |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. I was going to mention Andrew Dice Clay |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. He never let us see the vulnerable human side. We have to |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. And he would have to have a vulnerable human side. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Is his goal to entertain or to vent his biases? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. His goal is to get paid. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Like rush and O'Reilly |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Exactly! It's funny to mock someone who is higher up on the foodchain -- |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Doesn't Dennis Miller have a radio show? Has anyone heard it? |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Yes, He usually has some comedian on... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Real adult humour is about learning stuff about yourself and dealing with |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well said. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Real humor is "truth", only FASTER. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think it goes a little deeper than that. But not much...these are bushbots |
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bluedeminredstate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm sure they would have been rolling on the ground |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Yeah, I forgot the "jew jokes". |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Topical humor is funny because it makes fun of mean people. |
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New Era (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. They're funny when |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Right have no sense of humor. Their only joy is Schadenfreude. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. k&r |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. You can't do satire |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because Limbaugh, Coulter, O'Reilly, Hannity etc are hilarious... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. LImbaugh's humour is stuff I outgrew in grade 6 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. Right wingers have zero sense of humor |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. So I suppose your going to claim that Mallard Fillmore isn't hysterically funny? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Steve_DeShazer, you just had to post it, didn't you? |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. At least Prickly City is occasionally funny |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yup - just not funny |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. EXACTLY |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. The problem is, there's nothing ironic about liberalism. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. They don't get irony |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-14-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. Agreed. After Checking Out a Few RW Sites, It's Clear That RW Humor is Decidedly Mean-spirited. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. You forgot the fart jokes. Heh, heh, heh. n/t |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. Right-wingers have no talent |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
34. I thought all the RW comedians were in Congress ... |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. no sense of irony |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. A right-wing comedian is like an Amish electrician. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Comedy doesn't proceed from hatred. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I will, thanks. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. Not just that: In order to be ironically funny, the truth must be on your side |
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