Comments on: Late-Night Comics Still in Thrall to Obama http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:12:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: grtflmark http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-293152 grtflmark Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:39:03 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-293152 So - you're "Allahpundit", eh? I always wanted to see what real bigoted racist looked like up close. How's the hate rallys? So – you’re “Allahpundit”, eh?

I always wanted to see what real bigoted racist looked like up close.

How’s the hate rallys?

]]> By: Calvin http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-219406 Calvin Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:54:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-219406 Sure, now that their man (messiah) got elected, and now that some of the gaffes and dubious appointments/policies are too apparent to ignore, some comedians are willing to make jokes at the expense of Obama (or, more likely, his policies or appointments). However, that isn't the standard that was set for GW Bush (or Quayle or Reagan, etc.). No, for low-life's such as a conservative Republican, petty, personal sucker-punches will predominate the humor. For every 1 joke regarding a Bush policy, we got 3 or 4 ridiculing the man. To take one example (which, I concede, reaches fewer and fewer households every year), if you happened to watch the week-nightly Tonight Show monologue with Leno just prior to the Dem and Repub conventions in 2008 and then thereafter until the general election, Obama was completely off-limits. There were nights when there would be 5 Bush jokes, 6 or 7 McCain jokes and 7 or 8 Palin jokes....and maybe 1 innocuous Obama joke. Sure, there would sometimes be Biden jokes, although nothing on the scale of the Palin jokes. Sure, now that their man (messiah) got elected, and now that some of the gaffes and dubious appointments/policies are too apparent to ignore, some comedians are willing to make jokes at the expense of Obama (or, more likely, his policies or appointments).

However, that isn’t the standard that was set for GW Bush (or Quayle or Reagan, etc.). No, for low-life’s such as a conservative Republican, petty, personal sucker-punches will predominate the humor. For every 1 joke regarding a Bush policy, we got 3 or 4 ridiculing the man.

To take one example (which, I concede, reaches fewer and fewer households every year), if you happened to watch the week-nightly Tonight Show monologue with Leno just prior to the Dem and Repub conventions in 2008 and then thereafter until the general election, Obama was completely off-limits. There were nights when there would be 5 Bush jokes, 6 or 7 McCain jokes and 7 or 8 Palin jokes….and maybe 1 innocuous Obama joke. Sure, there would sometimes be Biden jokes, although nothing on the scale of the Palin jokes.

]]> By: Marc Malone http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-219040 Marc Malone Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:33:29 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-219040 (edit) $1.7M for odor research, not $200K. Hard to keep all the pork straight after awhile. (edit) $1.7M for odor research, not $200K. Hard to keep all the pork straight after awhile.

]]> By: JackT http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-219039 JackT Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:23:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-219039 He's only been in office for 6 weeks. Doesn't he get a honeymoon? You Republicans are so eager to rip Obama to pieces you can't even wait until we find out what to make fun of. Give it some time. He's hard to mimic. He's so intelligent, cool and charismatic. It's almost impossible to make fun of him. Now with Bush it was so easy, he's a schmuck, and not too bright. Some of his mannerisms and facial expressions were hilarious. Clinton got a little easier to jab. While he is a very intelligent man, he had a problem with fast food, fast women, and sometimes that down home upbringing would show thru. But with Obama we'll just have to wait til we have something to work with. He’s only been in office for 6 weeks. Doesn’t he get a honeymoon? You Republicans are so eager to rip Obama to pieces you can’t even wait until we find out what to make fun of. Give it some time. He’s hard to mimic. He’s so intelligent, cool and charismatic. It’s almost impossible to make fun of him. Now with Bush it was so easy, he’s a schmuck, and not too bright. Some of his mannerisms and facial expressions were hilarious. Clinton got a little easier to jab. While he is a very intelligent man, he had a problem with fast food, fast women, and sometimes that down home upbringing would show thru. But with Obama we’ll just have to wait til we have something to work with.

]]> By: Cheeky Wombat http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-219031 Cheeky Wombat Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:08:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-219031 29. Delia I accidently give the finger everyday while I listen to NPR on my commute. Oh, and vile names accidently slip out of my lips at various times during the drive also. 29. Delia
I accidently give the finger everyday while I listen to NPR on my commute. Oh, and vile names accidently slip out of my lips at various times during the drive also.

]]> By: Bill N http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-219021 Bill N Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:25:44 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-219021 I think there is a more fundamental reason why Letterman, et al, don't poke fun at Obama: They simply don't think such jokes are funny. Take this one, for example: Straight man: "Who do you think is the most saintly saint?" Comedian: "Oh, that's easy: St. Joseph." Straight man: "Why?" Comedian: "Look at it this way; this guy supposedly marries a virgin, but she turns out to be pregnant instead. She tells him, 'God did it,' and he *believes* her! That man is a saint!" Do you think that an audience of Catholic nuns would find that funny? No, because mocking their core beliefs and making fun of their Messiah either frightens them if their faith is not absolute, or infuriates them if it is. Same with Letterman and his audience of liberal nun-equivalents with *their* core beliefs and *their* messiah. It's just not funny to them. Why did so many posters here stop listening to Letterman long ago? Because they found a constant stream of conservative mocking to be neither entertaining nor humorous. Letterman and his writers simply can't think up an 0bama joke because it wouldn't be funny. To them, that is. I think there is a more fundamental reason why Letterman, et al, don’t poke fun at Obama: They simply don’t think such jokes are funny. Take this one, for example:

Straight man: “Who do you think is the most saintly saint?”
Comedian: “Oh, that’s easy: St. Joseph.”
Straight man: “Why?”
Comedian: “Look at it this way; this guy supposedly marries a virgin, but she turns out to be pregnant instead. She tells him, ‘God did it,’ and he *believes* her! That man is a saint!”

Do you think that an audience of Catholic nuns would find that funny? No, because mocking their core beliefs and making fun of their Messiah either frightens them if their faith is not absolute, or infuriates them if it is.

Same with Letterman and his audience of liberal nun-equivalents with *their* core beliefs and *their* messiah. It’s just not funny to them. Why did so many posters here stop listening to Letterman long ago? Because they found a constant stream of conservative mocking to be neither entertaining nor humorous. Letterman and his writers simply can’t think up an 0bama joke because it wouldn’t be funny. To them, that is.

]]> By: Oscar the Grump http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-218998 Oscar the Grump Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:34:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-218998 Caus, he be nice! Caus, he be nice!

]]> By: Delia http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-218927 Delia Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:30:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-218927 Maybe the whole problem with the 0bama administration is that it's more of a tragedy than a comedy. Maybe the whole problem with the 0bama administration is that it’s more of a tragedy than a comedy.

]]> By: WestGuard http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-218925 WestGuard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:24:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-218925 Lettermans "Presidential Moments" is as old, tired and stale as he is. *yawn* Lettermans “Presidential Moments” is as old, tired and stale as he is. *yawn*

]]> By: AThinkingPerson http://pjmedia.com/blog/late-night-comics-still-in-thrall-to-obama/#comment-218921 AThinkingPerson Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:17:08 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=49076#comment-218921 Why watch these morons? Vote with your remote! (It sure seems to be working with the print media!) Why watch these morons? Vote with your remote! (It sure seems to be working with the print media!)

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