# Is that dreadful comedy-news thing still on FOX?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 14, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-dreadful-comedy-news-thing-still-on-fox/407989 "2007-06-14T12:58:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-dreadful-comedy-news-thing-still-on-fox/407989/41 "2007-06-17T01:28:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Biggirl]  
A better show to contrast The Half Hour News Hour would be Lil Bush. Both are supposed funny commentary on politics but are really unfunny partisan crap.  
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I was going to mention this, as well, although I have yet to watch an entire episode of the cartoon (and I probably won’t.)

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-dreadful-comedy-news-thing-still-on-fox/407989/42 "2007-06-17T03:51:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Biggirl]  
A better show to contrast The Half Hour News Hour would be Lil Bush. Both are supposed funny commentary on politics but are really unfunny partisan crap.  
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Oh lord, it’s awful. When you’re taking (comedic) aim at the world’s biggest, slowest moving target and you MISS ALL THE TIME, it’s time to fire some writers. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-dreadful-comedy-news-thing-still-on-fox/407989/43 "2007-06-17T04:32:47Z")

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So…I am to gather that Mallard Filmore has had his unfunny schtick made into TV form?

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**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-dreadful-comedy-news-thing-still-on-fox/407989/44 "2007-06-17T14:32:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Hail Ants]  
Miller also gets that during time of war with US troops overseas, cutting the pres a little slack isn’t such a bad idea.  
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Maybe my memory is a little hazy, but I can’t recall Miller cutting Clinton any slack at all when we were fighting in Bosnia or Somalia: he ripped on that plenty. In fact, I can’t remember pretty much any Republican doing so, or even making that argument. In fact, virtually every one of them were saying the exact things that they’d today declared are treasonous and troop-hating to say during a war.

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