Posted on 02/19/2007 5:29:54 AM PST by Alia
I've checked and seen nothing posted about the premier pilot of the 1/2 Hour News Hour on this forum.
I want more of this show. I laughed throughout.
The satire was crisp, delivery was very good.
The best thing about parodies and satires which grab at one's funny bone is that they are true and factual. The jabs delivered last night were true and factual. And Real.
I and my family enjoyed the 1/2 Hour News very much, and wish it were more than 1/2 hour long -- and covering the range of "news du jour".
How about you?
What I heard on the YouTube clip clearly sounded like a studio audience--not a laugh track.
I didn't stay long over there or read much of it but got the gist that Conservatives are stupid and not funny. The thing about the show to me, more than if it made me laugh or not was that during the whole program I was laughing to my self thinking about how the Liberals were going to go crazy over this show. Evidently I was right. I think what some of us, that did not think it was funny, don't understand is that it was not meant to keep you laughing but to work on your mind as clever. It was satire and satire is not really a ha ha ha ha type of thing but it is more like wry humor.
"If by "enjoy", you mean "struggle through, get bored with, and then turn over to Family Guy", then yes, you're absolutely correct - conservatives will "enjoy" this show."
Agreed. I thought is was horrid. Ann Coulter, who I never thought appeared really comfortable on camera, came off as wooden as Al Gore. A sketch comedian she ain't, that's for sure. Rush was a lot better, and is a natural in front of the camera.
The rest of the show? Meh...a low rent Weekend Update with forced and heavy-handed humor. It's as if the writers aren't writing what they think is funny, but what they think conservatives would find funny. The whole thing lacked any sort of spirit or natural flow.
South Park is still the king of liberal-skewering comedy.
Well, perhaps you shouldn't be wasting your time with us, then, and should be telling Joel this personally. I'm sure he'll want to hear your opinion and maybe even have you take over the editorial desk on it.
Let me know, I'd be interested to see what you do with it.
This looks very promising, though. There are some brilliantly funny conservatives out there, writers and actors, well known and not-so well known, whose wit can be tapped into: O'Rourke, Miller, Zucker, Iowahawk, Firehat, Norm McDonald (I think he's conservative) etc.
Any good humorist needs good grist for the mill, and the Democrats are serving up a virtually inexhaustible supply of Grade "A" prime grist: Pelosi, Hillary, Murtha, Edwards, Carville, Begala . . . .
Different audiences, for the most part. There's a place for South Park and there's a place for the new show.
Which is precisely why the YouTube ignorati, who bring with them the historical and philosophical understanding of a blowfly, hate it.
When Rush spoke about the show on Thurs. or Fri., he said to ignore the YouTube libloon commentary...
I do ignore the rants of the Youtube ignorati. That is, I'll glance at them in the vain hope that one of them learned to spell "you" or to capitalize "i" or added a new word to his vocabulary to supplement the all-purpose "f**k", but I don't linger over them.
I thought the T-shirt guy was good -- but slightly miscast alongside the two news anchors. There was a "synch" problem, IMO. Some parts of their exchanges were wickedly good and well delivered.
"covering the range of "news du jour"."
It can't cover the most current news because it was done several weeks ago. Once it's a regular feature, then it can zero in on up-to-date topics.
Good observation. I had thought that was more attributable to delivery rather than the actual writing. But then again, the show had us all beginning to watch at Warp Speed 1, and within instants were were flying in Warp 5. I hear, that in space, it's observable. :)
lol~! Yes, I did post my personal opinion And I thought it was funny, too! ;> I broke a perfect record of zero "vanities", just this morning.
I dunno, kiddo... but I do suspect the writers may in fact lurk in the ever wicked FR. ;> I mean, well, Shiite Happens.
See Pookie18's post #101 of this thread for when you can catch it again. Apparently, the second pilot will be shown March 4.
Why can't there be a satellite on DirecTV that simulcasts conservative talk shows (Mike Reagan and Alan Keyes use to be simulcast on Paul Weyrich's big dish satellite)? There could be other shows (news, satire) as well.
Doesn't Al Gore have a satellite on DirecTV? A conservative station would be much better.
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