# Who Did JibjabDotCom Have To Blow To Get This Free Publicity? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 16, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689 "2008-07-16T15:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/21 "2008-07-17T07:06:32Z")
I liked it. Not stunning but so what. I’m not understanding the hate. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/22 "2008-07-17T09:42:37Z")
Hey, I hadn’t heard of that site before! Thanks for the heads-up! (:p) ---
**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/23 "2008-07-17T09:55:44Z")
The alarm call of the American liberal, “That’s not funny!”. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/24 "2008-07-17T14:25:05Z")
[QUOTE=mks57] The alarm call of the American liberal, “That’s not funny!”. [/QUOTE] I’m sorry, but I think the leading alarm call of the American Liberal is “Help the Terrorists Help Themselves!”, or possibly “That’s not Marxist enough!”, both of which barely edge out “Why aren’t more of our children cross-dressing??!” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/25 "2008-07-17T14:29:28Z")
[QUOTE=mks57] The alarm call of the American liberal, “That’s not funny!”. [/QUOTE] Oh, fuck off. No one’s offended. I just don’t see what’s so great about it. It’s just a bunch of on the nose commentary without any real point of view. No one gets more offended more quickly than a religious conservative, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/26 "2008-07-17T14:29:55Z")
I like the Conservative alarm call: “We have to give handguns to fetuses so they can defend themselves against gay abortionists!” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/27 "2008-07-17T14:33:39Z")
Conservative alrm calls also include," Men kissing!" and “Someone doesn’t believe in Jesus!” ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/28 "2008-07-17T14:37:07Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] That was lovely. I liked my [Barack Oblinga](http://image.blingee.com/images15/content/output/000/000/000/3ba/206016269_1578934.gif?4) better though. [/QUOTE] OK, now that was amusing. I dig it. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/29 "2008-07-17T14:46:09Z")
[QUOTE=mks57] The alarm call of the American liberal, “That’s not funny!”. [/QUOTE] No, that’s the refrain of the last few people with taste in this country. I guess you have very little contact with us. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/30 "2008-07-17T15:31:01Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Oh, fuck off. No one’s offended. I just don’t see what’s so great about it. It’s just a bunch of on the nose commentary without any real point of view. [/QUOTE] I agree. It’s the animated musical version of a Leno monologue. Heck, that’s probably why they keep being shown on the Tonight Show. They’re mildly amusing at best and not particularly offensive to anyone. Or you’re right on when you say it’s Mark Russell. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/31 "2008-07-17T18:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=mks57] The alarm call of the American liberal, “That’s not funny!”. [/QUOTE] Funny things are all alike; every unfunny thing is unfunny in its own way. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/32 "2008-07-17T18:57:09Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] I like the Conservative alarm call: “We have to give handguns to fetuses so they can defend themselves against gay abortionists!” [/QUOTE] Finally a slogan we can all get behind. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/33 "2008-07-17T19:01:00Z")
What’s the song they’re parodying? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/34 "2008-07-17T19:03:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] What’s the song they’re parodying? [/QUOTE] Bob Dylan’s “The Times, They Are A-Changin’.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/35 "2008-07-17T19:37:00Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Obama says “change” a lot [/QUOTE] It occurs to me that Obama hasn’t been on the national stage long enough, nor had enough scandals and gaffes for satirists to really sink their teeth into. Jokes about McCain’s age practically write themselves, but what’s sufficiently distinctive about Obama that can be comically exaggerated? True, we have a pic of him in some kind of African uniform and his fist-bumping with Michelle, but Fox News sucked all the potential humour out trying to panic (rather than entertain) people about them. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/36 "2008-07-17T19:50:15Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Bob Dylan’s “The Times, They Are A-Changin’.” [/QUOTE] :smack: I knew that. I was even singing “the times, they are a-changing” over the chorus, but for some reason I thought it was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689/37 "2008-07-17T20:02:36Z")
I liked the Dukes of Hazard one. they got the characters for each role perfect. I really like the one where bush learns to say foreign names too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-jibjabdotcom-have-to-blow-to-get-this-free-publicity/456689.md?page=1)