Over at the Lost Angeles Times blogs, Andrew Malcolm notes:
Jumpin' Jon Stewart, Batboy -- was that seven minutes of jokes about Barack Obama on late-night TV? The Barack Obama. The One who's president right now? President Obama jokes on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"?Jokes about Obama's speaking style. Jokes about Obama's mannerisms. Jokes about his answers. Jokes about his tedious but very thoughtful-looking pauses, despite the TelePrompter feeding him lines. And about the media's predetermined adoration/critical complex (think Bill "The Guy Just Bores Me" O'Reilly and Chris "Thrill Up My Leg" Matthews"). See the video for yourself ...
I thought it would take, oh, I don't know, maybe three to six months before the veneer really began to peel. But three weeks into his Presidency, and Jon Stewart is nailing him, hard. My favorite part is the series of heavy pauses and "uhhhhh's" that they string together into a phony answer, which is virtually an exact copy of this long-time favorite video of BDS sufferers. (As usual, language warnings apply. Jon Stewart's theme for the stimulus debate is "Clusterf#@k to the Poorhouse")
Andrew Malcolm also points out that "one night does not a trend make." And we are still a long way away from a level of anger at Obama that mirrors the Bush derangement that completely saturated the entertainment industry and heavily influenced television, movies, music, and stand up comedy for the past eight years.
Naturally many of those parallels won't ever happen, given the depth to which Hollywood idolizes our current President. He was a blank screen upon which they were free to project any ideal that they wished. And Hollywood relishes any chance it has to make something beautiful, something perfect and larger-than-life. They won't easily give up on a man whose image they worked so hard to create. Further, entertainers known to possess conservative political views generally are not prone to profanity-laced tirades during performances or at press conferences. We should be proud of that.
Anyway, it's nice to see at least one television comedy program whose star and writing staff are getting tired of continually straightening The Messiah's halo. It has become awfully costume-looking during the past three weeks, and thankfully someone has the guts to tell our new emperor just exactly what it is that he is wearing.
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Comments (10)
Funny stuff!As dis... (Below threshold)1. Posted by John | February 12, 2009 6:38 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Funny stuff!
As discussed before...comedy gold.
1. Posted by John | February 12, 2009 6:38 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2009 18:38
2. Posted by ECM | February 12, 2009 6:58 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Well, they give it the old college try (the late night shows and avoiding all humorous jabs at our President).
Now the big question is: does this shame the regular media into finally stripping off their Obama-blinders and reporting all things presidential a bit more critically>
2. Posted by ECM | February 12, 2009 6:58 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2009 18:58
3. Posted by davey | February 12, 2009 9:26 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Stewart's jokes were aimed at Obama's style, not the politics or positions of the man. They were relatively safe jokes from a lib/prog perspective.
3. Posted by davey | February 12, 2009 9:26 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2009 21:26
4. Posted by Brian | February 12, 2009 10:00 PM | Score: -4 (8 votes cast)
Wow, a politician getting jokes told about him on TV. Stop the Wizbang presses!
Imagine how heads on the right will explode when you learn that Obama is not the messiah, as you've been claiming. This might help you prepare for it.
4. Posted by Brian | February 12, 2009 10:00 PM |
Score: -4 (8 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2009 22:00
5. Posted by apb | February 12, 2009 11:49 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Brian, Brian, Brian ...
The only exploding heads will be on the chumps that bought into the Obama myth. The mush-brained left will spin themselves sick trying to rationalize electing this Illinois Dem tool, and it's going to be fun to watch 'em do it.
5. Posted by apb | February 12, 2009 11:49 PM |
Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2009 23:49
6. Posted by davey | February 12, 2009 11:54 PM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Maybe "Brian" is someone's joke.
6. Posted by davey | February 12, 2009 11:54 PM |
Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Posted on February 12, 2009 23:54
7. Posted by Brian | February 13, 2009 12:01 AM | Score: -1 (7 votes cast)
The only exploding heads will be on the chumps that bought into the Obama myth.
Yes, like I said, those on the right. You don't hear those on the left claiming he's "The One" or "The Messiah". Never have. That's just you guys. The rest of us just think he's "The President".
7. Posted by Brian | February 13, 2009 12:01 AM |
Score: -1 (7 votes cast)
Posted on February 13, 2009 00:01
8. Posted by Bruce Henry | February 13, 2009 10:25 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
The Daily Show was funny even before Stewart's arrival, way back when Clinton was President. The Daily Show will probably always be funny.
8. Posted by Bruce Henry | February 13, 2009 10:25 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 13, 2009 10:25
9. Posted by Palinisevil | February 13, 2009 11:35 AM | Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
It's all just a joke, the hateorade drinkers could never see that when Stewart poked fun at Dubya. They simply saw anything that didn't put Dubya up on a pedestal next to God as an attack. The Obama skits are really funny, we don't see them as an attack. We have a sense of humor!
9. Posted by Palinisevil | February 13, 2009 11:35 AM |
Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 13, 2009 11:35
10. Posted by Flu-Bird | February 13, 2009 11:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Holy snoballs batman hell has frozen over
10. Posted by Flu-Bird | February 13, 2009 11:45 PM |
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Posted on February 13, 2009 23:45