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58. That's the one!!!!

Reply to Chiyo-chichi (Reply #41)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 08:37 PM

Nov 2013

Well done, Chiyo-chichi!!!!

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Why Conservative Comedy Does Not Work [View all] Chiyo-chichi Nov 2013 OP

The court jester was the one who got away with poking fun at the king. Scuba Nov 2013 #1

I blame the amygdala. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #7

Recommended reading: Drew Westen's "The Political Brain". It's all explained there. Scuba Nov 2013 #13

Thanks! Wait Wut Nov 2013 #17

The historically inaccurate "The Tudors" had a protracted scene Warpy Nov 2013 #33

Which is why the comedians usually nail it. Deep13 Nov 2013 #52

Fox tried to duplicate The Daily Show several years ago Gothmog Nov 2013 #2

Yeah. And it lasted about six weeks. Aristus Nov 2013 #10

On a dare from another board, I tried to watch this show Gothmog Nov 2013 #18

It wasn't even a laugh track . . . it was far worse . . . HughBeaumont Nov 2013 #48

I was trying to forget how bad this show was Gothmog Nov 2013 #50

I'm not even going to try and find it. HughBeaumont Nov 2013 #51

Great quote from this article: klook Nov 2013 #3

And that makes me think of Mitt Romney's attempts at humor. Chiyo-chichi Nov 2013 #5

Exactly! klook Nov 2013 #9

no plates like chrome for the hollandaise MisterP Nov 2013 #45

When a guy in a fur-lined coat and top hat slips and falls on the ice it's funny Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #4

Conservative comedy involves a lot of punching down. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #6

"Republicans don't have a sense of humor... alterfurz Nov 2013 #36

I'm around conservatives that try to be funny all the time. They're so lame Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #8

He probably heard the chicken quip in 2nd grade in 1972 and changed it from "Colonel Sanders." Chiyo-chichi Nov 2013 #26

Their insight is about the 2nd grade level Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #38

That kind of thing IS very funny... if you're seven. Most people grow out of that sort of thing. Chiyo-chichi Nov 2013 #43

Dennis Miller became dreadfully unfunny when he became a conservative scheming daemons Nov 2013 #11

This covers it quite well I think, I first posted it on GD in 2009 Fumesucker Nov 2013 #31

It's not funny, that is the real reason for so little of it. Rex Nov 2013 #12

Republicans really don't get this. EOTE Nov 2013 #14

Comdey is a destruction of decorum and of established status relationships. Conservatives love Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #15

"a tribe of Margaret DuMonts in a world ruled by the Marx Brothers" deserves a DUzy ! nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2013 #49

+2 nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #55

Conservatism is a key indicator FatBuddy Nov 2013 #16

"You have to smart to be funny." Wait Wut Nov 2013 #20

thank you! FatBuddy Nov 2013 #28

Welcome to DU, FatBuddy! calimary Nov 2013 #23

thank you for the welcome! FatBuddy Nov 2013 #29

In 2006 I Photoshopped the Morans guy into moments in history Chiyo-chichi Nov 2013 #41

That's the one!!!! calimary Nov 2013 #58

IDK. Tea Bagging for Jesus is funny Morphia Nov 2013 #19

A lot of comedy involves a slightly skewed look at reality... JHB Nov 2013 #21

Wow. Is that a real strip? BlueStreak Nov 2013 #27

Yep. Gotta "balance" liberal strips like Doonesbury... JHB Nov 2013 #46

Stewart poked at it in "America: the Books" ThoughtCriminal Nov 2013 #61

That was the worst "comic" I ever saw in our local papers. hunter Nov 2013 #39

WTF? That's not even funny on mushrooms Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #42

It's time. emrnews Nov 2013 #22

welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2013 #60

There were five peanuts walking down the Straße Orrex Nov 2013 #24

Conservatives don't do empathy. They don't get irony. BlueStreak Nov 2013 #25

Precisely Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #40

Conservatives' concept of humor tends to be based on sheer meanness. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #30

Yep. "Making fun of" and "being funny" are not automatically the same thing. arcane1 Nov 2013 #32

Conservatives won't make fun of themselves when they f**kup. Democrats are able to make fun demosincebirth Nov 2013 #34

From last August DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2013 #35

Yes, that's it in a nutshell. n/t ms liberty Nov 2013 #54

Conservative comedy & Liberal talk radio: two things that go against the basic nature TeamPooka Nov 2013 #37

Conservatives find Rush Limbaugh funny muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #44

A lot of good comedy is about looking at something familiar in a different way. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #47

Hey I like that Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #57

RW humor is always based on hate speech. Deep13 Nov 2013 #53

+1 Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #62

RWers can be funny sometimes, though it's almost always unintentional; Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #56

Comedy should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable ThoughtCriminal Nov 2013 #59

Republicans and humor - going together like chinchillas and skee-ball since 1861. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #63

Their SCIENCE though is funny: Jesus rode dinosaurs. HAHAHAHA ErikJ Nov 2013 #64

What is he talking about. There are some great conservative comedians out there RFKHumphreyObama Nov 2013 #65