Posted on 09/16/2017 3:11:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Once upon a time Red State types were just like their Blue State brethren.
They settled in for the night by watching Jay, Conan, Dave, or Jimmy. A few monologue jokes later, and they were off to dreamland with a grin on their faces.
That was then, and by "then" we mean roughly five years ago. Today, some of the late-night faces have changed. Jay became Jimmy (Fallon). Dave gave way to Stephen (Colbert). And new talent like Trevor Noah, Jim Jefferies, and Chelsea Handler entered the arena.
The entire tenor of late night changed, too. What was once a comic free-for-all where stars gathered to hawk their product became yet another cog in the Left-Wing Propaganda Machine.
Sure, some product hawking still goes on. A few monologue jokes make you smile. But seemingly every night, on nearly every show, there's an angry comment, a rant or simply a vulgar turn of phrase aimed directly at the GOP.
Remember the oral sex joke Colbert told about President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? Or, more recently, how Jimmy Kimmel cracked that Sen. Ted Cruz pleasures himself to the thought of poor people lacking health care.
Comedy Central's Jefferies once called First Lady Melania Trump both "wooden" and a "dirty girl."
Late night went from Johnny Carson mocking himself for a lousy gag to comedians trafficking in the most offensive ways to insult politicians they hate (GOP members and their "co-conspirators").
And the hate flows freely on most late-night shows, with "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" being a notable exception. "Conan" over at TBS often sticks to the late-night script, too.
Matters will only get worse when progressive comic Sarah Silverman enters the fray.
Which begs the question: are there any right-of-center souls sticking around to watch it? If so ... why?
None of this means conservatives should wall themselves off from criticism. Nor should we adopt the pose struck by some Trump Train passengers, whose skins are as thin as our commander in chief's. It's just that watching shows that rigorously insult one worldview while giving the other a pass isn't entertaining for those in the crosshairs. So why watch it when the modern content revolution is in full swing? Endure the umpteenth time Colbert demands Trump resign, or watch one of Netflix's killer shows like "Ozark"?
Not a tough call.
What's most amazing is that no one in Hollywood is stepping up to address the sizable imbalance. Years ago, Roger Ailes looked at the TV news landscape and realized an alternative voice was in order. His Fox News didn't just rock cable television. The channel owned it.
Gloomy, and it lacked catchy songs.
Because the cool kids in 6th grade say it’s cool?!!
Not just magazines
Cbs is linked to Hillary’s publisher
I should have added publishing houses to my list.
The left thinks that is why they lost the 68 election, because Laugh-In made fun of both sides.
They can collectively shut out entertainers who don’t tow the party line.
No (glowing) press. No chat show interviews or performance. No song placement in movies.
Have heard of some liberals named Leibowitz and Colbert making asses of themselves for the amusement of other leftists, not seen them.
I gather millennials would not have an opinion otherwise?
Colbert in particular is so bad that if I fall asleep while the news is on his maniacal rantings wake me up so I can turn it off. How did this once somewhat funny guy get so hateful?
I don’t watch any TV.
They lost me when they installed Leno.
He’s an affable guy, but I never warmed to him.
His interviews were insufferable.
His guests would come on, spend a segment pushing a new movie and leave. You’d learn nothing about them other than what they wanted to sell for endearment purposes. It was a Leftist dork fest, as far as the guest portion of his show.
There were some good folks on too. I just couldn’t wade through the others.
Late Nihgt,... I lived when there was an absolute king doing it. These folks are paupers or worse.
Trinity Broadcast?
Who is Samantha Bee.
Jefferies had some funny, irreverent and edgy standup years ago. I saw him at the Improv and he was hilarious. Once he became vocally anti-2nd Amendment and got into political humor I tuned him out.
{{{washes hands}}}
My beautiful wife and I have much better things to do than watch TV at 11:30 p.m.
Comedy was taken over by the Left a few decades ago. The Left lionized un-funny comedians such as Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor.
Sure, some in the audience will titter and snicker and even guffaw at some of these un-funny, politicized performances. But there's no real mirth in the laughter. They're only laughing reflexively.
I also believe a lot of the laughter that television viewers hear ... is actually a canned sound-track.
Ever.
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