# Wake the F\*\*k up! (read by Samuel L. Jackson)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [September 27, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023 "2012-09-27T15:08:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/1 "2012-09-27T15:08:51Z")
We need more political ads like this.
**NOTE** : Both links below are to videos and they contain adult language so may be NSFW:
[http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1862749129001?bckey=AQ~~,AAABsa9scdk~,RokljA1VFdaJIzYKy89VGoV1YDwX27HO&bctid=1863398043001](http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1862749129001?bckey=AQ~~,AAABsa9scdk~,RokljA1VFdaJIzYKy89VGoV1YDwX27HO&bctid=1863398043001)
It is a rif on Jackson’s reading of the fake kids’ book [“Go the F\*\*k to Sleep”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv6b0CretuE) which he did a few years ago.
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### Author:  [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/2 "2012-09-27T15:33:57Z")
Annoyed me that they ditched the rhyming scheme half-way through.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/3 "2012-09-27T15:56:19Z")
> [@Simplicio](#):
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> Annoyed me that they ditched the rhyming scheme half-way through.
Didn’t notice that - they definitely had too many poor/half-rhymes, but generally carried through to the end.
And that was brilliant, pity about the bleeping-out.
Of course, Repubs are going to be\* all over\* that girl swearing at the end.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/4 "2012-09-27T16:42:03Z")
> [@Simplicio](#):
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> Annoyed me that they ditched the rhyming scheme half-way through.
The rhyme scheme continues all the way through, but its forms shifts from true rhymes in couplet form, to near-rhymes interspersed with ABAB type rhyme pairings. I actually do prefer near-rhymes to strong rhymes for most subject matters (I find strong rhymes a bit sing-songy and nursery rhyme-ish), although in this case, with the way it builds expectations of perfect rhyme throughout, and given the children’s story form of it, it does jar a bit.
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### Author:  [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/5 "2012-09-27T17:27:55Z")
> [@MrDibble](#):
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> And that was brilliant, pity about the bleeping-out.
Yeah…scrubbing it to be PG-13 lessens its impact.
While a clever idea and mildly humorous I think they missed the mark with this a bit. They delivered a light slap instead of a serious smack down.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/6 "2012-09-27T17:49:07Z")
Amazing production value for what it is.
Grandma and Grandpa made me smile.
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### Author:  [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/7 "2012-09-27T19:00:58Z")
I guess he’s sick and tired of all the motherfucking conservatives in this motherfucking election.
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### Author:  [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/8 "2012-09-27T19:11:12Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Yeah…scrubbing it to be PG-13 lessens its impact.
Uncensored version here:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDTT1yRNsFE)
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### Author:  [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/9 "2012-09-28T02:57:19Z")
I love this: [WTFU2012.com](http://WTFU2012.com) (Paid for by the Jewish Council for Education and Research)
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### Author:  [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/10 "2012-09-28T03:27:20Z")
> [@Nametag](#):
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> I love this: [WTFU2012.com](http://WTFU2012.com) (Paid for by the Jewish Council for Education and Research)
That’s what jumped out at me as well - I had to go back and look again to double check
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### Author:  [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/11 "2012-09-28T04:07:27Z")
If you vote for Romney, I’m gonna give you the Eyeballs of Death.
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### Author:  [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/12 "2012-09-28T08:26:04Z")
This is what passes for reasons to vote for Obama for those on the left? Wow. But politics aside, as I’ve stated in other threads, I really don’t like it when young kids are brought into politics—right or left.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/13 "2012-09-28T08:34:49Z")
> [@magellan01](#):
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> This is what passes for reasons to vote for Obama for those on the left? Wow. But politics aside, as I’ve stated in other threads, I really don’t like it when young kids are brought into politics—right or left.
Yeah, I mean it’s not like the underlying message is true or anything. Oh, wait - it is.
Nevermind.
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### Author:  [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/14 "2012-09-28T08:45:45Z")
> [@zoid](#):
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> Yeah, I mean it’s not like the underlying message is true or anything. Oh, wait - it is.
> Nevermind.
Tp paraphrase one stanza:
Obama sent guys to get Bin Laden. Romney sent jobs overseas.
So, those on the left live in a cartoon world. And one where disparate things can be compared as if they have some relationship to each other.
But you go right on championing that brilliant thinking, champ.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/15 "2012-09-28T09:10:15Z")
> [@magellan01](#):
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> Tp paraphrase one stanza:
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> Obama sent guys to get Bin Laden. Romney sent jobs overseas.
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> So, those on the left live in a cartoon world. And one where disparate things can be compared as if they have some relationship to each other.
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> But you go right on championing that brilliant thinking, champ.
Re-read my post please.
I said the underlying message was true. I never said that every single comparison in an amusing, poetic attempt to motivate voters would stand up to critical debate.
But you go right on misrepresenting what I said bucko (is bucko the proper retort to champ? If not I apologize).
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### Author:  [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/16 "2012-09-29T22:05:03Z")
Will Rogers was right: Americans don’t vote for, they vote against. 90 years later the only difference now is that we don’t vote the fuck for, we vote the fuck against.
Still, I wish I had someone to vote the fuck for.
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### Author:  [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/17 "2012-09-30T01:35:22Z")
> [@zoid](#):
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> Re-read my post please.
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> I said the underlying message was true. I never said that every single comparison in an amusing, poetic attempt to motivate voters would stand up to critical debate.
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> But you go right on misrepresenting what I said bucko (is bucko the proper retort to champ? If not I apologize).
Oh, please. Take away the actual specifics in the copy and it’s just another partisan wank-fest. Feel free to enjoy yourself.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/18 "2012-09-30T01:40:00Z")
What, I don’t even get a “buddy” or a “pal”?
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### Author:  [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/19 "2012-09-30T01:49:40Z")
You’ve got your buddy, Sammy J. Go for it. Three’s a crowd.
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### Author:  [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-the-f-k-up-read-by-samuel-l-jackson/636023/20 "2012-10-03T14:36:46Z")
Is this what we have come down to? LCD reached.
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