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Human Torch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:54 PM Original message |
Fox plans to rip off "The Daily Show" with a "non-liberal" version. Roger Ailes "really likes it." |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Roger Ailes is a Really Funny Comic Actor |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. They're just repeating Lamebawl's ill fated attempt at |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Actually Dennis Miller's show is a more recent example of this. |
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datadiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Check your title |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Great Idea! |
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Human Torch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Well, the so-called satire will be "left-leaning," but... |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. There is already a show for that |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh yeah, that's gonna work. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Right leaning satire"??? |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Jackass" goes political. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Impossible - viewers of the Daily Show and Cobert require intelligence |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. As if Fox needs more fictional news. n/t |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. When did FAUX worry about "restraints" of a cable news channel"? |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. RW satire huh? They could save a lot of money by |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Democrat bashing from the Fair & Balanced channel. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe they can get "Comedienne Rush Limbaugh" |
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jumpoffdaplanet (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. The entire Fox network is one huge fake news show |
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mitchleary (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yes, Are they not just completeing the parody? |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Please please please go head to head against the Daily Show |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. "The most exciting thing for us will be that it's going to be fresh," |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I was thinking of the crisp smell of fresh dog turds on an autumn day! NT |
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Human Torch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. The late actor-slash-actress Divine has a scene with something "fresh"... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, it would be "right leaning" if it had a "decidedly nonliberal bent" |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Perhaps I'll not be watching the next seasn on f24 |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. they were talking mental age. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. thanks! I feel better! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Glad to be of service |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Great, a TV version of Mallard Fillmore |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. for comedy to work one has to have some feeling for the plight |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Oh, but the common man kicking the intellectual elitist sushi eater in the butt is |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. But it would wear thin if it lacks humanity. Look at what happened to |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. That's our little secret SHHHHH! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Of course it will be propped up with right wing money, just like |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Bingo! Satire is speaking truth to power. If the powerful ridicules the powerless |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. We always pull for the underdog. The Republicans are for the |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. It's been true at least since Shakespeare |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm predicting it will suck..... |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. Sounds like one of the many SNL ripoffs that failed miserably back when SNL was popular. |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. SNL stopped being funny when it stopped satirizing the powerful. |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Agreed, although recently I saw SNL. I hadn't watched in years. They did a bit about a |
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Goat or Panic (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. So Faux News is now |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. copycats? |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. I thought Faux News already was RW satire. |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. No, silly. It was RW tragedy. or Drama. Now, they'll add the laugh track to |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. Uhm, the Comedy channel is about comedy... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. Note to the right: |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
45. Isn't it already on air? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
46. It won't work. Republicans don't have a sense of humor. n/t |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
47. My prediction? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
49. Right-wing humor has always been very heavy handed and clumsy. |
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Coaster City (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Is that what they are calling the OJ Piece? |
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