What's your favorite political satire?

Cafe Society
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I had this - incidentally - in another thread, which was unfortunately closed.

I’ve been accused of being a Bush sprout, a Kerry berry and even recently I’ve been asking pointed questions about Ralph. Fact is, I don’t know who to vote for anymore, and a friend sent me a site that mirrors my (current) political position very well. I want to share it with y’all (oops, that’s a Bushism), I mean you…

Just in case anyone has the mistaken notion that I’m choosing sides here might want to reference this extensive exposé:

This Land

It really puts things in perspective.

Justification? IMHO, this particular satire ROCKS! (with apology to Woody G.)

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One of my favourites was The New Statesman, starring Rik Mayall (‘Rick’ from The Young Ones and ‘Richard’ from Bottom) as utterly corrupt, utterly selfish Conservative MP Alan B’Stard.

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‘Yes, Minister’ and ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ stand the test of time very well.

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Oh yes, second vote for the new statesman. Mayall is brillaint.
(Brits, what was his most recent program? I miss him.)

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Moving this from IMHO to Cafe Society.

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I really liked the BBC series “Whoops Apocalypse” in the early eighties. You can’t make a better cold war satire than that. A bit prophetic too, even, with President Cyclops´s creepy security advisor Deacon and the hunt for elusive international terrorist l’Acrobat (a surprisingly menacing John Cleese). They made a cheesy movie out of it but the series is pure unadulterated comedy gold.

More.

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Dunno about most recent, but he was fantastic on a children’s poetry programme called Wham Bam Strawberry Jam. No, really, he was.

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Rik’s on the telly in the UK more or less constantly. To see what he’s up to now, check this site .

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  1. Bob Roberts
  2. Bulworth
  3. Being There

(Hee hee, they’re all “B” movies.)

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Of course. Quite obvious. I can be so dumb at times.

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Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley (and his new one, Florence of Arabia, looks like it may be good as well). One of the best and funniest Washington novels I’ve ever read, it’s the adventures of a sleazy-but-likable tobacco lobbyist and the semi-identifiable faces he runs across (There’s a priceless scene of Nick, the protagonist, on a plane in First Class sitting next to a roman-a-clef Barbra Streisand).

Most of PJ O’Rourke’s books, especially Parliament of Whores. His last two books have been a disappointment, but back in the late 80s he was on top of his game. He looks at the various people , branches and agencies that comprise the Federal government and tries to explain them in layman’s terms

Agent of Influence by David Aaron. Not a straight-up satire so much as a thriller with lots of satirical moments. It’s the story of a KGB colonel trying to buy the Washington Post, as told by the mergers/acquisitions broker assigned to help him do it. This has the distinction of being the last Cold War thriller to come out before the Soviet Union broke up.