Colbert and Kent State

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I can’t believe I forgot the volkswagon part!

I actually think that’s even funnier now. :smiley:

Q. What would Marilyn Monroe be doing if she were alive today?

A. Clawing at the inside of her coffin.

Actually I don’t think Young was around at that point. Colbert only appeared at the end of the show, when Stewart did his usual mock “hand-over” to him (a quick segment intended to be a preview of the upcoming Colbert Report, but more and more it’s just a convo between Stewart and the “Stephen Colbert” persona).

But I don’t think Young would’ve had a problem with it. He seemed immensely cool throughout the interview, not to mention charmingly fond of his dog. :slight_smile:

The comparison to a Holocaust joke is a poor one because Colbert’s comment wasn’t joking about Kent State; rather, it’s mocking the mindset that tries to justify any establishment/government action, no matter how thuggish. In this way, Colbert’s Kent State reference was no more “sick” than Mel Brooks’s use of a Hitler-loving playwright in The Producers, or “Mr. Hilter” in the classic Monty Python sketch.

And for our youngin’s here, who might not get the connection between Neil Young and Kent State,

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

CMC fnord!

Just in case ya haven’t checked it out yet, here is a link to The Gallery.

This should be the new definintion of the term “Sense of Humor”.

Lucy

Ah, so more bad Neil Young lyrics.

Won’t somebody think of the weasels?

“…and the times, they are a’changin’…”

If you don’t think holocaust jokes can be funny, you’re either sadly deficient in humor OR sadly deficient in friends who can tell a joke well.

–Cliffy

Ok, Jewgle is funny.

Enjoy,
Steven

Jewwwwwwwwwwwgle at the bottom cracks me up.

Their take on the children’s classic, the Giving Tree is hilarious as well.

I keep being reminded of that Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where there is a “Survivor” from the reality show at the dinner party with a Jewish survivor.
COLBY: We had very little rations, no snacks.
SOLLY: Snacks, what are you talking snacks? We didn’t eat, sometimes for a week, for a month…
COLBY: Have you even seen the show?
SOLLY: Did you ever see our show? It was called the Holocaust!

I highly recommend you don’t read this: What happens to black jews?
They have to go the back of the oven.
(I told you.)

People who don’t get satire are sad. People who don’t get satire and create a Pit thread about it should be gassed.

My great-grandparents and many other relatives were killed in Auschwitz, so I’m flashing my Jew badge to get away with that remarkably insensitive comment.

Steven Colbert rocks.