(Snicker) Fox to Launch "Daily Show" for Conservatives

[NJCher]

Satire hands a right
Fox, Surnow prep conservative skein
By MICHAEL LEARMONTH
Comedy Central has made a good living out of skewering the political right.

Now Fox News Channel, a primary source of material for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, is teaming with the exec producer of "24" to try its hand at a news satire show for conservatives to love.

Joel Surnow, co-creator of "24," is shooting two half-hour pilots of a skein he described as " 'The Daily Show' for conservatives," due to air in primetime on Saturdays in January.

If successful, the show could take its place on the regular schedule, adding satire to FNC's formula of news and opinion.

"The way I look at it, almost every comedy show or satire show I see uses the same talking points against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney," Surnow said. "The other side hasn't been skewered in a fair and balanced way."

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117954244.html?cs=1&s=h&p=0




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[Trajan]

1. But I thought Dennis bombed ?

Hmmmm ... Perhaps it's the Chimp ? ...

[Kellyiswise]

40. Most conservatives aren't smart enough to get satire. The show

will bomb. Can you imagine who these people are? And what would be funny to them?

[KT2000]

2. But....But....But

how are they going to do this without intelligence and a sense of humor?
Fox is nothing but a one-note mean machine - not funny or clever.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Kinda like Doonesbury v. Mallard Fillmore.

My local paper runs both on the editorial page.

Doonesbury is subtle, sophisticated, intellectual. Fillmore is crude, slimy, lowbrow. Seeing the two together always reminds me of which side I'm on, and why.

[calmblueocean]

18. It's just going to rely on freeper "humor"...

..jokes about killing people, calling people ugly, rich people accusing Democrats of being too rich...
should be a riot! :puke: :puke: :puke:

[baldguy]

3. Who wants to watch a 1/2 hour of beating a dead horse?

[peekaloo]

4. just in time for Kramer's career revival.

:sarcasm:

[Bullshot]

6. I thought Fox was a daily show for conservatives.

[w4rma]

7. It will bomb. "Bigtime", as Cheney would say.

:nuke:

[MethuenProgressive]

8. But... isn't FOX already a satire of itself?

I think in many ways FOX is the Left's best friend.

[azygous]

9. Conservatives don't understand irony

so this little venture can only bomb. For proof, look how long it took the wing-nuts to get that Stephen Colbert wasn't one of them.

[originalpckelly]

10. This might be funny if conservatives were funny...

but sadly they don't seem to have a sense of humor.

[Catchawave]

11. This is only going to give Jon and Stephen more "ammo"......

:rofl:

What do the conservatives laugh at anyhow? Looking for WMD's under a desk? Reading posts from Free Republic? Bush's jokes? That Clinton impersonator guy on Imus?

[Ravy]

12. I thought that was what the O'Reilly Factor was. You mean he is really like that??? nt

[noahmijo]

13. You need to be humorous first

The Hillary Clinton ugly jokes and making fun of Pelosi's Italian heritage will grow old after about a minute.

[tinfoil tiaras]

14. AKA more Clinton blowjob jokes

:eyes: :eyes:

BOOOOORRRINNNGGGGG!! *yawn*

[stillcool]

15. I hope they spend a bundle...

producing and promoting it.

[Cleita]

16. They can't even be original. "A Daily Show for Conservatives"

says it all to me. I can see a lot of Hillary jokes and old jokes about Clinton's clenis. There isn't anything funny there anymore. So then they will do mean spirited bigoted jokes and probably descend into bodily function humor. Honestly, I really wish they could do something witty and fresh, but they can't because they can't laugh at themselves first before they laugh at anyone else.

[tinfoil tiaras]

17. I'd be like REALLY bad

Blue Collar Comedy/Larry the Cable Guy. At least "Git R' Done" is KINDA funny...:eyes:

[Cleita]

20. I laugh at blue collar comedy.

Although I'm hispanic, half of my family, the white side, are guys who fall into their category and I love every bigoted one of them. They love me too. However, they are Democrats, union guys, working class families. We know whom the Republican humorists are going to laugh at.

[submerged99]

19. Freepers rejoice, engage in irony.

The side splitters that they are, the freepers are getting ready

>To: Tall_Texan; L.N. Smithee; All
It seems to be a very good idea, and one where FR could be a big help. We have lots of skilled and intelligent writers, a number of whom can be very funny. We could organize a thread where we could brainstorm ideas for this show, and have them polished by some of our members involved in TV writing. Then some of us who have connections with some Fox people could arrange for these ideas to be properly submitted to FNC, since TV shows are very wary of unsolicited scripts from unknowns, for legal reasons and because they tend to be unusable.
You know how bad the writing is on TV, with 200,000 posters we should be able to beat what is out there!! Maybe get a few bucks too!

14 posted on 11/20/2006 1:39:22 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (I went down in 1964 for Barry Goldwater with all flags flying! This is just a blip!)
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[Dude_CalmDown]

21. That's so fucking pathetic that it's almost cute.

In a sad and fucking pathetic sort of way.

[tinfoil tiaras]

22. ROFL!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Buzz Clik]

23. LOL! If the Freepers contribute to the material, it would be great.

I can't wait.

[Trajan]

41. Yeah ... Why not have 'doug from upland'

Have a 3 minute 'song' schtick ? .... That would be fucking hilarious ....

[lonestarnot]

28. bwwwwwwwwwwaaaa.

:rofl: screwn with good writers!

[Richard Steele]

30. Now, let's not start casting asparagus too soon...

[hsher]

32. LOL

:rofl:

[WernhamHogg]

48. "Maybe get a few bucks too!"???

It wouldn't be enough for them just to have their lame ass jokes told on national television...now they want to be paid for having someone else read their "hilarious" 8 year old Bill Clinton/blow job jokes that they didn't come up with themselves and that everyone has already heard?!?!

:rofl:

[NYC Liberal]

24. Yea and then THIS show will just become fodder for The Daily Show.

Plus, most "conservative humor" isn't really funny...it's just anger and vitriol.

These are also the same folks who, no doubt, think Colbert is for real. How much real "humor" can they do?

[symbolman]

27. OMIGOD

but that pic always gives me the creeps.. she looks just like that CREEPSHOW guy only with Hair, if you want to call it that.. looks more like an explosion in a mattress factory :)

I can't WAIT for this show, seriously, it will be LIVE Faux 'satire', they really WILL NOT realize that they are satirizing themselves and that will make it a real treat, I think it will get high ratings personally, because so many people love to rubberneck at Train and Car Wrecks..

Everyone will watch it in DISGUST, unable to turn their heads away or turn the channel.

Using the guy from the show "24"? Isn't that a real knee slapping comedy itself? Shows where their heads are at, like getting an undertaker to host a Wedding :)

And with Freepers writing it, it's icing on the cake - can't believe that they even THINK they know anything about show biz from that post alone..

Can't wait!

[NYC Liberal]

33. .

:hi:

[symbolman]

34. AHHHHHH!!!

MY EYES, MY EYES!! I need to stick my head in a bucket of gasoline to cool them OFF!

It looks to me like she's EATING the FLESH from his FACE, trying to get at the creamy center in the SKULL :)

[hsher]

36. ROTFLMAO

OMFG "creamy center" - Can I use that in the Leibowitz? PLEASE? I'll credit the F outta you! PLEASE let me use it with that picture!!!

[symbolman]

38. Feel free

I don't own the words :)

If it makes people laugh at these monsters more than fine with me, go get 'em!

What's the Leibowitz? Excuse my ignorance, been on the road for awhile and must have missed it :)

[hsher]

39. The Leibowitz is this

http://www.yourmorningleibowitz.blogspot.com

It's a somewhat rude cartoon strip version of The Daily Show that I do on my blog. Here's an example of how it works:



Thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me use that joke in it. You may see it tonight - and I'll credit you for coming up with it, if that's OK...

[symbolman]

45. It's hilarious, very funny stuff

I sort of wonder if they might get a little anxious using the actual name of the show, are you worried about that?

Sometimes even the funny guys have agents with no sense of humor, and they have products like the Daily show they have to 'protect' from any and all things..

Looks like satire to me, what do I know, just looking out for you..

Thanks for the credit, it's just something from my book coming up, usually related to bears in Alaska, but it seemed appropriate with the EVIL ONES kissing on the Satan Camera :)

[hsher]

46. The legal issue - taken care of

I have a pretty good entertainment law firm looking out for my interests. The main attorney concerned has checked the site out, and says it's protected under satire and fair use. Now, if I were doing a videotaped, 3-camera television show, had a grizzle-haired, hangdog, adorable host in a business suit who called himself "Jon Stewart", parodied the news on it, posted that on YouTube, and called it "The Daily Show", "The Morning Show", "Fake News Journal" or anything like the above, then I would be liable for a C&D letter and a massive Viacom lawsuit. But so far, to best of his and the firm's knowledge, I'm perfectly safe from legal action.

Jon Stewart's manager is a little piss-ant and could foreseeably do something to meddle with me, like sending a facetious and null, neuter C&D to me; and he hates me, so I could see him doing that; but if he did, I'd just take a couple of return actions, among them saying NO and refusing to comply with his C&D; and that would force him to do actions even further in return that would only result in greater celebrity for me and the comic strip - so don't count on him to do that any time soon.

He's terrified of me and Stewart getting in contact with one another, because I want to star Jon in some features - something manager does not want to see happen without him in control of it - and because I know a few things about what he's been doing to Jon's career, and he knows I'll fucking tell Stewart in a New York second the minute he and I are alone with each other. If he brings media attention to my site with a C&D or erroneous lawsuit, I'll become a news item.

There is no faster way to come to Jon Stewart's attention at Busboy in New York, and James Dixon knows this. If he makes my blog a legal issue, I'll simply fight it. That will make me and the blog's legality a news item. Jon *seems* easy-going and an advocate of online freedom where his name is non-libellously concerned. We'll see. If ol' Jim makes me suddenly popular, Jon will find out about and probably greenlight the blog, and then he and I, through his lawyers and mine, will be in contact.

Ergo, I can then report on the dirty tricks his manager has been up to concerning his career. Dixon won't touch me. He lives in a world of fear now, and I welcome his pint-sized ass to it. :)

I wish him luck continuing to suppress the truth from his client.

(Edited to add) :

I also have a well-known Manhattan litigator. Jim? Please, bring it on!

[symbolman]

52. Sounds like you know the ropes

I didn't know how savvy you were, now I do.. my wife and I got hit with a Half a Million buck lawsuit by Michael Savage a few years back, (instead of sueing our site Takebackthemedia.com, they went after my wife, the shitheads), so I didn't want anyone to get smacked around with a SLAP suit again.. it's horrible, and can cost a lot of money just to 'play' :)

Keep it up, I think it's brilliant, saw your pic in the Lounge too, I thought you were a GUY, so sorry :)

I posted there too, got lots of flash goodies at my site, you might enjoy those as well, won a Hollywood award for my earlier flash.. been on O'Reilly once and Scarborough twice so I know a little about hitting the circuit..

Looks like you know the biz close up, might want to ask you about agents in the future, got a book coming up, been working on it for five years and I expect to change the world with it :)

KEEP SLAMMING THEM, it's Great, great stuff..

[hsher]

35. Ugh... stomach flip-flopping

[Beelzebud]

25. Let me guess. "funny man" Dennis Miller will host? :D

[Radio_Lady]

37. He's the guy who popped into my mind...

Change that to pooped in my mind.... what a dud!

[Conan_The_Barbarian]

26. There certainly is an audience for it

I say go for it, though I doubt they'll be able to pull it off. Personally I think they're just handing ammo to Stewart and Colbert.

[hsher]

29. Jon Stewart's response (TOON)

[DireStrike]

31. Uh oh... I thought this didn't have a chance... BUT

Primetime on SATURDAY? Nothing else is on at all. The only thing on is COPS....




Oh.

[MGD]

42. Bunch of Johnny come latleys. nt

[hsher]

43. Hey, we knew about it before. We just...

We just want to keep joking on it. No harm in that, right?

[terrya]

44. Constant jokes about Speaker Pelosi and "San Francisco values"

Hardy fucking har har. A typical rerun of "Everyone Loves Raymond" will be funnier than this right wing piece of shite.

[Homer Wells]

47. This ought to be a Hoot

In my mind, Satire is an intelligent and wry take on the foibles of the subjects being skewered; a sort of pulling away the wool from the eyes of those who have been duped.

I can't imagine any of the Freep types with enough humor in their souls, never mind the intellectual wit required for successful satire.

What we will get from them is more than likely ugly name-calling, personal and ethnic slurs on those who disagree with them, et al. In other words, just more of the same crap they have been handing down for years.

Perhaps they can call it "Free Republic TV"!


:popcorn: :rofl: :popcorn:

[judaspriestess]

49. I'm sure the shows moment of zen

will consist of showing car bombs exploding daily! assholes

[Neshanic]

50. I guess the right still does not realize their very belief system is comedy gold.

[RagingInMiami]

51. But doesn't Jay Leno already have the market cornered with Clinton jokes?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

53. Ridiculous. Trust me, the D Show will be ripping Dems when they

assume power if they fuck up. It's not a "Liberal" satire show, it's an "Incompetence/Clueless" satire show. It just so happens that cons are easy marks.

:shrug: