Time Cheers Comedians 'Ditching Balance'

Townhall.com ^ | September 23, 2016 | Brent Bozell

[Celtic Conservative]

The only one whom I can recall being fair and close to non partisan was Craig Ferguson. And that’s because he tended toward the small “L” Libertarian view of things.

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[originalbuckeye]

Late night TV has become a cesspool of immaturity. Back in the day, I think most of us knew Carson was a Lefty, but he was still funny and skewered both sides. Leno wasn’t Carson, but he still maintained a pretty good balance....right up until Obama. NOT ONE late night comic held Obama accountable, probably because they didn’t want to be accused of racism, because that’s what happened to anyone who brought up Obama embarrassing mistakes (I’ve been in 57 states, McCain didn’t question my Muslim faith, etc.). Late night declared ‘Obama isn’t funny’, while genuflecting to their Masters on the Left. Leno didn’t make jokes about Obama and I was sorely disappointed. Late night TV is over.......much better to get our sleep for the fight ahead.

[SES1066]

That is not an earthquake, it is Henry B Luce, founder of Time-Life, spinning at very rapid RPMs in his coffin! The former staples of a well educated, well informed person in the 1940s-60s were having (and reading) Time and or Newsweek. I haunted the library stacks for their coverage of various topics for College papers. It was almost equally interesting to read the advertising as well.

By the 1970s the liberal bias started getting strong, first in Newsweek, always the more liberal/left, then in Time. Also the information and intelligent content started getting displaced by “entertainment” and gossip. It has been so long since I allowed my subscriptions to lose, I no longer get discount solicitations from them!

[Kaslin]

Never

[ichabod1]

What’s “Time”?

It's a pamphlet

[rockrr]

I can recall a time when I was in a bar on a Saturday night when the usual goings on stopped because many of the patrons were clustered around an old 19inch boob-toob watching Saturday Night Live.

I had never previously witnessed such a thing but I could see why - SNL was funny. Even that didn’t last long and I can’t imagine it ever being significant enough for people to interrupt their debauchery for it now.

Comedy is only valuable if it is funny. Today’s comedy isn’t funny, but it continues to be useful if on;y in a mean-spirited sort of way. I’m thick-skinned and don’t GAS if assholes are making jokes at my expense, but I’m not inclined to be a party to it.

[Rummyfan]

I can recall a time when I was in a bar on a Saturday night when the usual goings on stopped because many of the patrons were clustered around an old 19inch boob-toob watching Saturday Night Live.

Back in the day of The Blues Brothers, the Coneheads, Steve Martin as King Tut, even the Killer Bees. It was funny!

[falcon99]

Samantha Bee is just a loud mouth _itch who thinks loudness and insult are comedy and funny. In truth, she is just a propagandist for the Democrat Party and is totally unfamiliar with truth.