Fox News Doesn’t Get Detroit Fisting Joke, Becomes Butt Of Many Jokes

[tosh]

When the fine people of Detroit woke up on Thursday morning they saw something peculiar. Sitting in front of their beloved giant sculpture of the late boxer Joe Louis’ fist was a giant can of Crisco.


The Crisco can was created by Detroit artist Jerry Vile. The artist called the giant Crisco can “gesture of sympathy” and a “magical Vessel of Hope” to help “ease the pain of Detroit’s bankruptcy.”

The giant can sat in front of the fist for five hours while the news crew at Fox News attempted to figure out what a Giant Crisco Can and a Giant Fist have in common. Other news agencies quickly pointed out that the “event” was an “elaborate and dirty joke.”

Fox News rather than understanding the joke posted a picture of the Fist on its Facebook page along with the following note:


“Local artist Jerry Vile has created something he calls “Vessel of Hope”. He hopes it may in someway ease the pain of having the Detroit bankruptcy shoved into our faces. Can anyone explain what this means???”

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/884236/fox-news-doesnt-get-detroit-fisting-joke/#2UfgkEMgI3SrYMgb.99

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[TeeYiYi]

1. k+r LOL ...nt

TYY

[Scuba]

2. Ask Hannity. He's had Ailes fist up his ass for years.

[NoMoreWarNow]

19. excellent!

[maddiemom]

39. Plus a zillion.

[dipsydoodle]

3. No additional graphics please

[Orrex]

4. "I damn near killed him!"

[onethatcares]

20. you were supposed to lead off with

"wrecked him" or "rectum?"

[olddots]

5. I think the only way to get rid of the Murdochians is to ignore them .

but then again that hasn't worked against dictators in the past.

[NYC_SKP]

7. Maybe it was a tribute to baking or something culinary....

[carolinayellowdog]

8. DU has given me many laughs and a few tears over the years

this is the first time they've been simultaneous

[Egalitarian Thug]

9. K&R

[LWolf]

10. Somebody, please,

call in live on FOX to explain it.

[Aerows]

11. LOL

"By 2PM city officials in Detroit removed the giant can of Crisco, leaving the fist alone and probably feeling a bit violated."

[oldandhappy]

12. Hard to believe, but thanks!

[oldandhappy]

13. FOX gets more underwhelming by the day.

They really did not get it!! Amazing.

I sort of can't get over it that they did not see it instantly.

[HiPointDem]

14. of course they did, they just wanted to publicize the dirty joke while playing dumb.

[AsahinaKimi]

40. FOX AND CLUELESS...really does go together..

[SunSeeker]

15. Now THAT is funny.

[nilram]

16. *snort*

[BainsBane]

17. Talk about an appropriately named artist

Vile is right.

[Lordquinton]

18. Pretty tame considering what's going on in Detroit

[SunSeeker]

21. Exactly. Snyder is doing it without the Crisco. nt

[SaveOurDemocracy]

43. It's vile to want a kinder, gentler fisting? I think the arist was BRILLIANT! K&R

Art making a clear and timely statement. BRAVO!

[BainsBane]

44. He achieved his purpose

and conveyed his message, so the piece is successful.

[surrealAmerican]

22. k & r

Congratulations, Mr. Vile, great piece.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. He snuck it in on Hump Night too.

[WCGreen]

24. I think the good people o Detroit got the Fist...

Without the crisco...

[Botany]

25. A “magical Vessel of Hope”

[Eddie Haskell]

32. Stretchen Gretchen Carlson has a big smile on her face.

[stonecutter357]

26. K&R

[Merlot]

27. fauxes response is almost better than the joke

I think they were trying to sound like "art" was above them, something only the "elites" would understand.

[arely staircase]

34. they made it a full blown act of absurdist performance art

it was just a mildly amusing statement before their participation.

[Atman]

28. Every day that I wake up, I find Fox News and its viewers have become even more stupid.

[SwankyXomb]

29. I'm so tempted to send them a link to a Dr. Know song

Completely NSFW, yet appropriate.

[stevil]

35. "NOW OXNARD"

"OXNARD YEAH"

[tclambert]

30. The Statue of Liberty saw that and nearly dropped her torch.

She's French, you know.

[navarth]

31. I've never liked that fist...Sports Illustrated was stupid

#1: this statue reduces Joe Louis to a fist. He was way more than that. The best Joe Louis statue is at Cobo Center up the street.

#2: it's like saying 'welcome white people! here's a black fist in your face!' not helpful. That's just me saying that.

[crim son]

33. At first I read "fishing joke" and didn't get it either.

OMG, this is priceless!

[ThoughtCriminal]

36. Kent Brockman Lives!

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

37. Let's chip in and.....

.....send a case of this size of Crisco to Mr. Ailes and Fox. He can distribute internally as he sees fit.

[valerief]

38. Hilarious! nt

[malthaussen]

41. I read that headline as "fishing,"

... which prompts some rather surreal images.

-- Mal

[cui bono]

42. Am I the only one who wants to know what their FB responses were?

[LongTomH]

45. Brilliant! The people of Detroit get a much-need laugh in the midst of the horrors visited upon....

.....them by our Dark Masters, and Fox gets a well-deserved humiliation

[mick063]

46. And pepper spray is a food ingredient

Gordon Ramsey needs to go off on these people.