bush shrinks comedy and drowns it in bathtub

[grassfed]

bush's claim that he felt humor was inappropriate following the VT massacre is another example of his use of tragedy to assert his petulant, pissy egomania. He was shredded by Colbert and was determined to avoid a repeat. Rich Little was a perfect fit. It had absolutely nothing to do with Virginia Tech.

from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2007/04/23/whcd-comedy-more-little-t_e_46577.html :
"Last year, at this time, Washington was still reeling from the satiric onslaught of Stephen Colbert, whose act--while endearing to all the normal human beings out there who man our You Tubes--went over like a lead balloon with the politicos and press types in attendance. In order to avoid a repeat of Colbert's Masque of the Red Death performance, the call went out: Bring us a comedian whose willing to ruffle nary a feather! And so, Rich Little was unfrozen from cultural cryogenesis to aim koosh balls at a liquored-up audience.

In the end, the effort to entertain fell flat. It did not impress Harry Shearer, it did not impress Editor and Publisher, and it did not impress Canada. And if you lose those three...well--sucks to be you. It is worth noting that Richard Cohen, who is known "in certain," very, very, very, small "circles" for being "a funny guy," has not weighed in yet. As for the President, let it be known, however, that he found Little's act to be "absolutely perfect."

[yellowcanine]

1. Bush is only funny when he is trying to be serious so this is likely a good thing.

When he tries to be funny it is not funny and usually he ends up offending someone. So this is a good result. Maybe he is not completely incapapable of learning or maybe it is just a case of him doing the right thing for the wrong reason (fear of screwing up).

[MasonJar]

2. One of the funniest pathetic things I have ever seen was his chicken

laden speech at the school last week, that Keith showed but, now I cannot find it. Does anyone have a link; I am anxious to send it to my chicken-hawk and PUG friends.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. You mean like when * didn't find humor on the night of 9-11??

“(T)he day ended on a relatively humorous note,” he said. “We got a laugh out of it.”


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