# The Sean Spicer Comedy Hour **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 30, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584 "2017-01-30T14:12:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/41 "2017-02-07T15:48:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It amazes me how the people who run this country are like children. They don’t understand the value of truth, can’t understand why they’re being mocked and assume everybody’s just being mean. Do they spend their entire working lives in one room insulated from all the bad things? They understand all those things. They just don’t care. Trumpists LOVE this. Sixty million people believe everything Spicer says, everything Conway says, and everything Trump says. Right now tens of millions of people really, honestly think there was a massacre in Bowling Green, KY perpetrated by terrorists. I am being absolutely, literally serious here; there are, in the United States of America, right now, more people who believe in the Bowling Green Massacre than there are residents of the State of New York. Many of them will tell you they remember seeing the reports on TV. You’re making the terrible mistake of assuming that when Spicer lies, and is caught in the lie, that’s a bad thing for him and for Trump. It’s not; it doesn’t matter, because they’re not selling truth to you. They’re selling truthiness to Trumpists and business is fantastic. Spicer/Conway et al. can’t walk back from their lies because it’s part of a narrative, and they have to stay consistent to ensure the story allows the Trumpist to suspend disbelief. If Spicer were to outright admit being caught in a lie it would be like Bryan Cranston in Season 3 of “Breaking Bad” suddenly turning to the camera and saying “Hi, I’m Bryan Cranston. I’m a professional actor pretending to be a meth dealer. Here, let me introduce you to our crew.” The truth would ruin the story. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/42 "2017-02-07T15:57:33Z")
I will admit at least Spicer had a sense of humour about it. > **[Sean Spicer gives Melissa McCarthy a critique of her SNL impression](https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl-234685)** > > The press secretary said he first learned about the impression when he had so many notifications on his phone while leaving church Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/43 "2017-02-07T17:13:49Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > The groundswell for Rosie O’Donnell to come on and play Steve Bannon has already started. I can already picture O’Donnell as Bannon yelling something to the effect of “Ohhh, piss boy! _(fingersnap)_” to summon Baldwin as Trump to cower and apologize for keeping the boss waiting. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/44 "2017-02-07T17:42:05Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > [Spicer’s portrayal by a woman may have rattled the White House.](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-234715) > Here’s the thing: Melissa McCarthy plays Spicer as way more tough and belligerent than he really is. I think Spicer lost all credibility with the WH press corps in his first “briefing” and ended up looking extremely weak. One could argue that McCarthy is actually doing him a favor by playing him this way. Och but a woman is tougher than the man. That probably stings. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/45 "2017-02-07T17:48:43Z")
Spicer could walk, any time he wanted to. So, tough shit for him. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/46 "2017-02-07T17:53:44Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Spicer could walk, any time he wanted to. So, tough shit for him. Spicer probably has to ask permission to take a dump. Hence his rigidity at the daily Telling Of The Lies. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/47 "2017-02-07T18:06:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Spicer probably has to ask permission to take a dump. Hence his rigidity at the daily Telling Of The Lies. Sucks to be him then 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/48 "2017-02-07T18:13:09Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Spicer could walk, any time he wanted to. So, tough shit for him. Comical Sean is going to be there at the last, defending Trump no matter what: “It’s perfectly normal for a man to walk about with his underpants on the outside. Mr. Trump is a trend-setting fashion mogul. You press people are all just jealous of him! And yes, Trump’s recent executive order that everyone has to own a zebra is a good way to create jobs. Next question.” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/49 "2017-02-07T18:22:48Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > [Spicer’s portrayal by a woman may have rattled the White House.](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-234715) > Here’s the thing: Melissa McCarthy plays Spicer as way more tough and belligerent than he really is. I think Spicer lost all credibility with the WH press corps in his first “briefing” and ended up looking extremely weak. One could argue that McCarthy is actually doing him a favor by playing him this way. C’mon, Man. That shit was _funny_. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/50 "2017-02-07T18:28:26Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > C’mon, Man. That shit was _funny_. I don’t think I’ve laughed as hard at an SNL sketch since Baldwin’s Schwetty Balls. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/51 "2017-02-07T18:59:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “And yes, Trump’s recent executive order that everyone has to own a zebra is a good way to create jobs. Next question.” “Alternative horse.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/52 "2017-02-07T20:21:59Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > [Spicer’s portrayal by a woman may have rattled the White House.](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-234715) > Here’s the thing: Melissa McCarthy plays Spicer as way more tough and belligerent than he really is. I think Spicer lost all credibility with the WH press corps in his first “briefing” and ended up looking extremely weak. One could argue that McCarthy is actually doing him a favor by playing him this way. [Rosie O’Donnell has volunteered to play Steve Bannon.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/entertainment/rosie-odonnell-steve-bannon-trnd/) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/53 "2017-02-07T21:38:19Z")
[Sean Spicer’s phone number and home address are available to the public.](http://uproxx.com/technology/sean-spicer-whois-information/) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/54 "2017-02-08T01:31:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Sean Spicer’s phone number and home address are available to the public.](http://uproxx.com/technology/sean-spicer-whois-information/) Also his Twitter password, if he hasn’t gotten around to changing it since the last time he tweeted it out. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/55 "2017-02-08T20:16:14Z")
[Lil Sean said today that he hopes that Coretta Scott King would have favored Jeff Sessions’s nomination as AG](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sean-spicer-responds-to-warren-and-outcry-from-senate-democrats-counterproductive/). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/56 "2017-02-08T20:26:20Z")
If only there were some sort of correspondence that’s been made public regarding Mrs. King’s deeply held opinion of Jeff Sessions. Oh well, guess we’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/57 "2017-02-08T20:30:17Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > If only there were some sort of correspondence that’s been made public regarding Mrs. King’s deeply held opinion of Jeff Sessions. Oh well, guess we’ll never know. I would love to see SNL do a skit of the ghost of Mrs. King smacking him upside the head. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/58 "2017-02-08T20:52:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Lil Sean said today that he hopes that Coretta Scott King would have favored Jeff Sessions’s nomination as AG](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sean-spicer-responds-to-warren-and-outcry-from-senate-democrats-counterproductive/). He can certainly hope that. I hope I win the Lotto Max on Friday, too. I hope I can lose ten pounds on a diet of beer and nachos, and I hope I learn how to do the Jedi Mind Trick. It’s not a lie to hope for the hopeless. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/59 "2017-02-08T21:08:35Z")
Last week, Baghdad Sean said, “I think it’s hard to ever say something was successful when you lose a life”, concerning the Yemen raid. Today, he said, “[The action that was taken in Yemen was a huge success](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/yemen-raid-success-sean-spicer-234804?cmpid=sf)”. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sean-spicer-comedy-hour/778584/60 "2017-02-08T21:19:33Z")
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