JEd Babbin, who hasn't actually seen anything yet:
But the best part is that Ann Coulter -- yes, our Ann, HUMAN EVENTS legislative correspondent -- is in it. Is it funny? One gent e-mailed me to say that, "Critics are already calling it 'the funniest show ever produced by the FOX News Channel, not counting Geraldo.'"
Pop the corn, pour the wine, sit back and watch. Step aside, libs. It’s our turn.
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Sunday, 18 February 2007 08:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnnyfever), Sunday, 18 February 2007 10:11 (seventeen years ago) link
she is?
guys this has been obvious for YEARS
which is why some people always talk about wanting to fuck her
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Sunday, 18 February 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― and what (ooo), Sunday, 18 February 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link
And then what does that audience get? A few laughs, a few telling jabs, a few comments that hit the mark so well that you'll want to repeat them to your friends. For instance, in the "newscast" segment that dominates the shows, there's a segment about that little rascal, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying (and I paraphrase from memory here): "And in other news, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke about the recent Holocaust Denial Conference in Teheran -- and denied that it ever happened. And if it did take place, he said that the number of participants had been greatly exaggerated."
HAR HAR HAR!
― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 February 2007 22:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh good, because you know there ain't shit on TV Sunday night at that time.
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 18 February 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Sunday, 18 February 2007 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 February 2007 22:41 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IrzwxbL7iU&mode=related&search=
― step hen faps (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 18 February 2007 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rick Gibralter (grady), Sunday, 18 February 2007 23:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shadowcat (A-Ron Hubbard), Sunday, 18 February 2007 23:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Monday, 19 February 2007 00:00 (seventeen years ago) link
But I do think there was a laugh-tracked O'Reilly clip before. Maybe even this one.
― Shadowcat (A-Ron Hubbard), Monday, 19 February 2007 00:01 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't understand. What do you mean? What are "comments"?
― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 00:17 (seventeen years ago) link
that joke could be on the daily show easy.
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Monday, 19 February 2007 01:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Moisture G Mess (The GZeus), Monday, 19 February 2007 01:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― step hen faps (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 19 February 2007 02:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 19 February 2007 02:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 03:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 03:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Moisture G Mess (The GZeus), Monday, 19 February 2007 03:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 03:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:03 (seventeen years ago) link
The minute or two I saw during commercials was beneath contempt.
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:04 (seventeen years ago) link
-- jw (jo...), February 12th, 2007. (later)
I never thought of it before, but that kind of ugliness must be the result of some special effort. Is good design too egghead? I wouldn't be surprised if that was part of the thinking.
-- teasing your poultry (fluxion2...), February 19th, 2007. (later)
― Tyrone Slothrop (Tyrone Slothrop), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Idi Amin: "i got you a political prisoner but i eated it."
― slugbuggy (slugbuggy), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― max (maxreax), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Moisture G Mess (The GZeus), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― teasing your poultry (kenan), Monday, 19 February 2007 04:25 (seventeen years ago) link
It's the same reason Air America has never turned a profit. Revenge humor is rarely humorous.
― Johnny Fever (johnnyfever), Monday, 19 February 2007 07:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Really? their sales staff couldn't do jack and their stupid mgmt didn't replace them?
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Monday, 19 February 2007 07:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnnyfever), Monday, 19 February 2007 07:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Hunter (Hunter), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Moisture G Mess (The GZeus), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link
oh jesus f'in christ, yes, of COURSE, there's obvious publicized evidence that HRC is damn near SLATHERING over the prospect of gaining power, JUST to stack the courts, agencies, and various departments with her praetorian legions of lesbo-cronies. Give me a fucking break.
Of course, this give an amusing image is a southern foghorn leghorn-style senator address a senate panel about "the growing threat of lesbo-cronies in our midst, gentlemen!" like something out of Bloom County.
also, the lesbo joke is mentioned up thread. Where's that image of radical animal rights ecoterrorists that somebody found, with the angry lobster and the unshaven hippie chick w/ a gasoline can?
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link
http://cache.wonkette.com/assets/resources/2006/12/animalrights.jpg
lobster with angry eyebrows! Suicidal bomber owl!
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tyrone Slothrop (Tyrone Slothrop), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link
close, but i think the tattoo is more of a kitty/wolf thing
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― and what (ooo), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Moisture G Mess (The GZeus), Monday, 19 February 2007 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (jhoshea), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tyrone Slothrop (Tyrone Slothrop), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― a.b. (abanana), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― a.b. (abanana), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Monday, 19 February 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― they be stealin' kingfish's bucket (kingfish), Monday, 19 February 2007 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Surnow and his friend Ann Coulter—the conservative pundit, and author of the pro-McCarthy book “Treason”—talked about creating a conservative response to George Clooney’s recent film “Good Night, and Good Luck.” Surnow said, “I thought it would really provoke people to do a movie that depicted Joe McCarthy as an American hero or, maybe, someone with a good cause who maybe went too far.”
I feel like the way this idea is framed is very revealing, and kind of ties in with what that review linked above says about the show actively trying to wring humor from things rather than looking for naturally-occurring humor. Notice that he doesn't say that he, specifically, sees Joe McCarthy as a tragic figure deserving of sympathy, or would like to reform the public perception of him; he simply thinks it would "provoke people" (see also: Barack Obama race jokes, reheated Ann Coulter foot-in-mouthisms, etc). I realize that this basically just confirms what everyone else has already said, but it's still kind of amazing (to me) to see just how straightforward his thought process is.
― Goodtime Slim, Uncle Doobie, and the Great Frisco Freakout (bernard snowy), Monday, 19 February 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link