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73. Wouldn't classify Sahl as strictly conservative -- it's all fair game to him...

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 09:43 PM

Aug 2012

One of his best lines: "Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan can't tell the difference."

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Why aren't there More Conservative Comedians? [View all] cleanhippie Aug 2012 OP

Because they aren't funny, amusing, interesting. no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 #1

Jay Leno is funny because his jokes are not political Quantess Aug 2012 #14

Dennis Miller thinks that Dennis Miller is funny. So funny that he can't stop laughing at his own AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #79

Ray Romano is right-wing? Ken Burch Aug 2012 #60

I remember him being merciless with Bill Clinton and the BJ -- ten years after the fact. no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 #62

Didn't know that. Still, is that necessarily right-wing? Ken Burch Aug 2012 #67

I have no knowledge of Ray Romano. Was he merciless with Clinton after Clinton signed NAFTA? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #82

Didn't say RR was RW, but conservative. no_hypocrisy Aug 2012 #98

+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #101

Bingo. KPN Dec 2018 #103

well, comedy is based somewhat on cruelty, so they can get that far librechik Aug 2012 #2

Mocking the powerful = humor; mocking the weak = cruelty arcane1 Aug 2012 #6

I think you've nailed it. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2012 #38

+1 HiPointDem Aug 2012 #43

It's part of the huge interconnection between conservatism and bullying. Ken Burch Aug 2012 #61

Because conservatives are strange, but they're not funny. NV Whino Aug 2012 #3

They're "funny-odd" not "funny-haha." nt hifiguy Aug 2012 #11

not to mention, funny smelling. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2012 #51

If a little guy kicks a big guy, it's funny htuttle Aug 2012 #4

well put. Care Acutely Aug 2012 #5

The entertainment business as a whole is pretty liberal RZM Aug 2012 #7

I don't believe that to be true ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #29

But conservative thought does sell RZM Aug 2012 #44

But then why are they liberal? treestar Aug 2012 #65

Don't confuse conservatism with fear and hate. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2012 #81

Ok, but RZM Aug 2012 #83

My experience with 'conservatives' is that lower taxes = ... Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2012 #90

They "write books with good sales numbers"? They say that they have good numbers. Are you not AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #87

FOX and rw crap is not funny though. Brainwashing...yes, but not funny. brush Dec 2018 #104

No sense of humor. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #8

Conservative brains work differently. immoderate Aug 2012 #19

They work? HopeHoops Aug 2012 #20

Fart control, but they miss the humor. immoderate Aug 2012 #23

"...it's inherently unfunny. It's just mean." pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #9

Conservtives don't get the basic concept underlying hifiguy Aug 2012 #10

DING DING DING! Hifiguy, you're our grand prize winner! rocktivity Aug 2012 #36

"Are you married? Do you have any money? hifiguy Aug 2012 #40

exactly riverwalker Aug 2012 #52

It's why they always had laws banning "Lese-Majeste' "(humours disrespect of monarchs) Ken Burch Aug 2012 #63

The fart joke has a long and distinguished hifiguy Aug 2012 #75

But I always thought Rush Limbaugh was a Comedian Xyzse Aug 2012 #12

Comedians make fun of ridiculous people, and most of these people are conservative these days. reformist2 Aug 2012 #13

Because Cruelty is not funny ashling Aug 2012 #15

Perhaps their humor requires a victim? MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2012 #16

It's like a roomful of flatulent people constantly breathing each other's backwind... JHB Aug 2012 #17

because jokes against the powerful can be funny, while jokes about the powerless just aren't DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2012 #18

Bingo! Scuba Aug 2012 #25

Exhibit B: P.J O'Rourke and the shit he published Ken Burch Aug 2012 #64

I dissent. The Lampoon was always about tipping over sacred cows hifiguy Aug 2012 #76

Michael O'Donoghue truly was a genius Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #93

Nick DiPaolo is pretty funny five_horizons Aug 2012 #21

Only if you think homophobia, misogyny, and racism are funny Major Nikon Aug 2012 #57

Nick DiPaolo?! Codeine Aug 2012 #94

You need to be able to laugh at yourself to be funny. surrealAmerican Aug 2012 #22

Except for puns and slapstick..... msu2ba Aug 2012 #24

Because conservatives rely on fear and anger to get their point across. Proles Aug 2012 #26

Mort Sahl is the only funny conservative in existence; he must get very lonely Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #27

The bio on his official site is interesting deutsey Aug 2012 #47

He is a very complex individual with a lightning fast wit Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #50

Wouldn't classify Sahl as strictly conservative -- it's all fair game to him... VOX Aug 2012 #73

Mort is to the left of almost everyone MortSahlFan Dec 2018 #100

Here's a similar sentiment from DU-er Plaid Adder: rocktivity Aug 2012 #28

So true. Jennicut Aug 2012 #89

They're not funny because they can't laugh at themselves. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #30

Stupid people don't understand dry humor and sarcasm Kolesar Aug 2012 #31

much comedy involves being able to think in parallel tracks in real time. unblock Aug 2012 #32

You've made another good point there...the roots of comedy are unpredictability & surprise Ken Burch Aug 2012 #68

Becasuse they're only funny in the head lunatica Aug 2012 #33

"Republicans don't have a sense of humor-- alterfurz Aug 2012 #34

That's a good one. nt laundry_queen Aug 2012 #54

See: Mit Romney.... Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2012 #92

stupid isn't funny spanone Aug 2012 #35

Hate and fear (which largely make up the conservative "DNA") just doesn't translate into humor Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #37

10-15 years ago Dennis Miller was some what funny, OverBurn Aug 2012 #39

When I first heard about his Monday Night Football gig rocktivity Aug 2012 #42

I enjoyed Miller back in the 80s and 90s RZM Aug 2012 #45

I never thought he was Major Nikon Aug 2012 #66

Way back in his early SNL days he was great. Codeine Aug 2012 #95

I watched SNL religiously back then... He wasn't that great TlalocW Aug 2012 #96

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Aug 2012 #41

There are actually a lot of them Bjorn Against Aug 2012 #46

They are only funny when they are serious? Generic Other Aug 2012 #48

But that "American Carol" was soooooo funny!!! Taverner Aug 2012 #49

Hey! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #58

I actually watched this turd, and if it's funny to anyone, then I'm an Albanian aviator. ;>)) VOX Aug 2012 #70

What's that you say? Albanian Vibrator? Taverner Aug 2012 #88

Because conservatives have a hard time laughing at themsleves Homer12 Aug 2012 #53

b/c punching down is never funny, also... nashville_brook Aug 2012 #55

Great humour punches through to truths. Republicans are liars, selfish or patsies or pawns. applegrove Aug 2012 #56

There's too much rage and fear in the right-wing mindset these days to produce actual comedy Ken Burch Aug 2012 #59

The greatest comics have always been observers who are outside of the mainstream power structure... VOX Aug 2012 #69

This is the correct answer Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #74

The rise of anti-PC humor makes it unnecessary Prism Aug 2012 #71

You have to be smart to have a sense of humor n/t dflprincess Aug 2012 #72

Dennis Miller. That's why. Nt. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #77

You took the words out of my mouth, exactly. n/t Greybnk48 Aug 2012 #78

Because they can't sense irony. Snarkoleptic Aug 2012 #80

Good point. A great illustration of that was Dubya's statement that 9/11 was "the end of irony". Ken Burch Aug 2012 #99

Because racism, sexism, and homophobia just aren't funny. Kalidurga Aug 2012 #84

There are lots of them Telly Savalas Aug 2012 #85

Maybe Glenn Beck the drama queen, part-time comedian should run for office. Quantess Aug 2012 #97

It's hard for the punchline of a joke, to actually make a joke. lob1 Aug 2012 #86

Example from FB today treestar Aug 2012 #91

Because truly effective satire is the antidote to authoritarianism. (n/t) FreepFryer Dec 2018 #102

W made me laugh numerous times. . . Stargleamer Dec 2018 #105

Conservatives are too stupid to have a sense of humor Gothmog Dec 2018 #106