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Satire sinks at Fox News
'Half Hour News Hour' cancelled
Variety ^
| Aug. 14, 2007
| Michael Learmonth
Posted on 08/15/2007 6:19:31 AM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb
Well it was good while it lasted, now I guess I’ll have to go watch John Stewart fellate Hitlery every stinking night.
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posted on
08/15/2007 9:44:05 AM PDT
by
exile
("Is Barney Frank gay or retarded?" - IMAO)
To: Sneakyuser
“Cancelled” (with 2 “ls”) is an accepted spelling of the word. I prefer it (not that that matters).
To: HamiltonJay; Virginia Ridgerunner
The best part of NNTN was the ad for “Mitsubishi Apple Pie”.
I still have my Sniglets book somewhere...
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posted on
08/15/2007 10:50:44 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Thompson for President: 2008, 2012: Jindal for President 2016, 2020)
To: Greg F
Part of the “joke”...comedy on a news channel since people consider “The Daily Show” real “news” and its on a comedy channel.
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posted on
08/15/2007 10:52:44 AM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(Get a colonoscopy - Ron Paulyps could be cancerous!)
To: sneakers
I think I saw one episode of "Ice Truckers." I find their recent promos downright creepy... the whole "one of them isn't going to make it" teaser. Oh, let's tune in to see who dies! Kind of disturbing.
I did catch a little of the "Half Hour News Hour" a couple weeks ago and found it funnier than I anticipated. I agree wholeheartedly, though, that it did not belong on a news channel.
To: jackibutterfly
It had it’s moments, but too uneven.
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posted on
08/15/2007 12:02:37 PM PDT
by
NucSubs
(Rudy Giuliani 2008! Our liberal democrat is better than theirs!)
To: tlb
They emphasized “message” over humor. When doing political comedy, the emphasis should ALWAYS be on comedy first, not message. When I do my DUmmie FUnnies I don’t even think about the message part. My main concern is the humor value. Trying to put a message in comedy is like getting slammed on the head by a hammer. Annoying. And NOT funnie.
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posted on
08/15/2007 4:30:37 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
To: PJ-Comix
They emphasized message over humor. When doing political comedy, the emphasis should ALWAYS be on comedy first, not message. When I do my DUmmie FUnnies I dont even think about the message part. My main concern is the humor value. Trying to put a message in comedy is like getting slammed on the head by a hammer. Annoying. And NOT funnie.Exactly. Jon Stewart is willing to take shots at all sides (even though his loyalties remain clear). The Onion makes jokes at everybody's expense.
It's okay to let art carry a political message, but when that political message becomes the sole reason for having the art in the first place, you get really bad art.
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posted on
08/16/2007 6:46:19 AM PDT
by
highball
("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
To: highball
“The only thing it had to recommend it was its political bent.”
Imagine that....AND it was the only election coverage worth watching....Fox couldn’t have done it any better! It should have continued thru next November! The Dennis Kucinich, Obama, and Hillary ‘voters’ were priceless.
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posted on
09/06/2007 12:49:40 PM PDT
by
CRBDeuce
(an armed society is a polite society)
To: TNCMAXQ
TDS and Colbert Report are both funny. This show was horrid.
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posted on
09/06/2007 12:52:32 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: CRBDeuce
Fox couldnt have done it any better!Sure they could have - they could have made it actually, you know, funny.
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posted on
09/10/2007 7:57:45 AM PDT
by
highball
("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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