[QUOTE=Redfury]
No kidding! “Hot” and Ann Coulter go together like ice-cream and Tabasco sauce.
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On the other hand, I don’t like jalapeno, but I enjoyed jalapeno ice cream because I think the sweetness of the ice cream somewhat offsets the bite of the jalapeno.
http://www.cameroncole.com/gallery/News_Babes/Fox_News/Monica_Crowley/200111090009.jpg
http://www.rightofthepeople.org/images/foxnewsbabes/9_21_450_crowley_monica.jpg
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050208/050208_monica03.widec.jpg
http://www.worldartcelebritiesjournal.com/monica1.jpg
When “Right Wing” and “Babe” are put together, Monica Crowley MUST be part of the conversation!
Wait, didn’t they already do this? I think I’m going insane.
[QUOTE=Trion]
It’s certainly possible to be funny while making fun of the left wing. But your motivation needs to be “being funny” over “making fun of the left wing”.
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Well, this has been echoed once already, but it really hits the nail on the head. Too many right wing humorists remind me of an old coworker who used to make jokes about his ex wife. Occasionally, he’d pull out a funny one, but for the most part, there was a veil of hatred and bitterness.
[QUOTE=Baldwin]
Sneaky; I believe you’re doing your own bit of satire, instead of just saying something stupid. It would take a lot more than some wins by the Democrats to give us a government that doesn’t practically demand to be made fun of, and provide plenty of targets of opportunity therefor.
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Not only that, but anyone who’s watched more than a few episodes of The Daily Show would be well aware that, even before the most recent election, Stewart frequently poked fun at Democrats and at folks on the left.
[QUOTE=Trion]
It’s certainly possible to be funny while making fun of the left wing. But your motivation needs to be “being funny” over “making fun of the left wing”.
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I agree, which is why I mentioned O’Rourke. He was funny before he became right-wing, and it all works well together.
[QUOTE=Squink]
On the other hand, I don’t like jalapeno, but I enjoyed jalapeno ice cream because I think the sweetness of the ice cream somewhat offsets the bite of the jalapeno.
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Guess anything’s good when you’ve got the munchies.
Gotta get baked and watch Coulter one of these days… 
[QUOTE=mhendo]
Not only that, but anyone who’s watched more than a few episodes of The Daily Show would be well aware that, even before the most recent election, Stewart frequently poked fun at Democrats and at folks on the left.
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The Pelosi thing with the kids was pretty funny. And yeah, Kerry’s pretty easy to make fun of, what with being a political moron and all. Stewart lit into Biden pretty hard, too. I guess, on reflection, he will still find plenty to work with.
But… will his audience morph over time? Lotta people cain’t take a joke.
Oh, I guess I thought this was already done because of this review that I saw a few weeks ago: http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/01/fncs-daily-show-ripoff-falls-flat.php
[QUOTE=Liberal]
The Pelosi thing with the kids was pretty funny. And yeah, Kerry’s pretty easy to make fun of, what with being a political moron and all. Stewart lit into Biden pretty hard, too. I guess, on reflection, he will still find plenty to work with.
But… will his audience morph over time? Lotta people cain’t take a joke.
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Well, Doonesbury socks it to lefties as well as righties, and plenty of us lefties enjoy it. Heck, that strip does a funnier and better job of satirizing the silliness of the left than Mallard Fillmore’s wildest dreams.
[QUOTE=jsgoddess]
Oh, I guess I thought this was already done because of this review that I saw a few weeks ago: http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/01/fncs-daily-show-ripoff-falls-flat.php
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No. You thought it was already done because it was already done. This is elucidator’s 2nd kick at this can. Either 3 pages wasn’t enough or he forgot about the other thread in a haze of weed.
About a year or so ago wasn’t this tried? Or maybe it was just them talking about it… Either way I remember hearing something else a while later that it either tanked or screenings got abismal ratings…
I swear I heard something about it…
[QUOTE=clayton_e]
About a year or so ago wasn’t this tried? Or maybe it was just them talking about it.. Either way I remember hearing something else a while later that it either tanked or screenings got abismal ratings..
I swear I heard something about it..
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See the linked thread in CarnalK’s post. We dissed this back in November.
Ah… had the reply window open for a long time while Googling around… Didn’t see your post there, CarnalK.
[QUOTE=CarnalK]
No. You thought it was already done because it was already done. This is elucidator’s 2nd kick at this can. Either 3 pages wasn’t enough or he forgot about the other thread in a haze of weed.
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Thanks. I honestly thought I was going insane. Not that this is proof I’m not.
[QUOTE=David Simmons]
I’m of the opinion that Jon Stewart is an iconoclast and sees it as important that those in power shoul be deflated. It just so happens that lately Republicans have been in power. Should that change, I expect Stewart would poke fun at self-important and stupid Democrats and his audience would change.
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Well, I doubt he would lose many of his current viewers; but it would make his show more palatable to righties.
[QUOTE=CarnalK]
No. You thought it was already done because it was already done. This is elucidator’s 2nd kick at this can. Either 3 pages wasn’t enough or he forgot about the other thread in a haze of weed.
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You say that as if it was a negative thing . . .
Wait, Rush as president and Coulter as VP?
That’s not comedy-that’s a horror flick!
[QUOTE=Trion]
It’s certainly possible to be funny while making fun of the left wing. But your motivation needs to be “being funny” over “making fun of the left wing”.
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Yeah, this is why I expect this new show to suck. Mallard Fillmore sucks because it set out to be “The Rights Doonesbury” not realizing that Doonesbury, while possesing a liberal bent, main purpose is to entertain. Indeed Tredeau’s worst strips are usually around contested elections, when he decides to use the strip as a Soapbox first and a media for telling jokes second.
Likewise the Daily Show’s first purpose is to entertain, it may reflect the liberal views of its writers/host somewhat (though its hard to tell, since most of the people in power for the last 6 years have been Conservative Repubs). I predict the Fox version will try and cater to its viewer politics first and sense of humor second, and end up being 90% snark, which isn’t really funny except in very small doses even if you agree with the person making the jokes.
I’m going to steal a wiser, funnier man’s line about Coutler’s “hotness”: I wouldn’t fuck her with someone else’s dick.