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NBC discovered Penguins in
May 6, 2008 - 08:42 ET by ApacheNBC discovered Penguins in the arctic.
http://www.breitbart...
Oops, just saw the list of
May 6, 2008 - 08:47 ET by ApacheOops, just saw the list of topics and thought this was an open thread. Sorry.
I was all prepared to cringe again...
May 6, 2008 - 09:05 ET by sarcasmoAnd then the LSD* joke was pretty funny. Bravo, NewsBusted, for exceeding my expectations.
JMR
* Bonus LSD-joke at the end of the linked obit.
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
*spits out coffee*
May 6, 2008 - 09:36 ET by candanceSarc enjoyed an episode of Newsbusted?
Okay, who are you and what have you done with the Sarc we know and love?
I liked the Pink Floyd one,
May 6, 2008 - 09:45 ET by JasonCI liked the Pink Floyd one, but it was pretty apolitical. Maybe that's Newsbusted's problem. I mean, you can get away with trenchant political commentary that's not all that funny, or pithy political commentary that's hilarious, but pithy and unfunny (delivered in a stilted monotone to boot) just sucks.
Who can revolt if man has become a simple conglomerate of organs, a person barely free enough to use a remote control to choose his channel? -J. Kristeva
Political Satire that's
May 6, 2008 - 09:48 ET by JasonCPolitical Satire that's Funny
Who can revolt if man has become a simple conglomerate of organs, a person barely free enough to use a remote control to choose his channel? -J. Kristeva
Jason - that red state junk is extremely lame
May 6, 2008 - 10:39 ET by Dee Bunkonly self appreciating liberals who don't understand conservatives at all and think that anyone who doesn't agree with them must be an uneducated redneck hick would find it funny. You've tried to pass that crap off here before and no one found it funny.
Total nonsense, Dee, if
May 6, 2008 - 11:21 ET by JasonCTotal nonsense, Dee, if anything it is parodying and mocking the kind of effete liberal that "[doesn't] understand conservatives at all and think that anyone who doesn't agree with them must be an uneducated redneck hick." I submit that it parodies liberal sensiblities as much as conservativ/Middle American ones. If you really think that this show is suggesting that conservatives really are like these guys, I think you've totally missed the point.
Most importantly, it does not take itself too seriously or churn out one-liners like a factory machine; which is without a doubt Newsbusted's major problem.
Who can revolt if man has become a simple conglomerate of organs, a person barely free enough to use a remote control to choose his channel? -J. Kristeva
Oh please Jason
May 6, 2008 - 11:34 ET by Dee Bunkexplain how this episode parodied liberal sensibilities. I don't watch this so I can't say they have never done it but this episode was a piece of moronic trash that only poked fun at conservatives with bad caricatures of what they believe them to be. There was no making fun of liberals.
OK, if you believe that
May 6, 2008 - 12:03 ET by JasonCOK, if you believe that this show really is "moronic trash that only poked fun at conservatives with bad caricatures of what they believe them to be", then I guess there's no way to regard it as anything other than purely anti-conservative. But don't you think there's something a little tongue-in-cheek about these caricatures? That they're so over the top, that it's making fun of the type of liberal that actually believes this is the typical conservative. Besides which, behind the deep south dialects, much of what they say about liberals is perfectly legitimate criticism and satire.
I'm not saying that it's anti-liberal, necessarily. I don't think it's anti-conservative either. But I do think its approach is more subtle than you give it credit for. I would love to see a similar show with two people who wear Lacoste polo shirts and have Boston accents and think John Kerry is awesome and drink Pinot Grigio while they pretentiously discuss politics.
As far as your being so indignant that I posted a link to it twice in a 3-month period; no one found it funny then, huh? I think you were the only one who responded, so don't act like you speak for all of Newsbusters.
Who can revolt if man has become a simple conglomerate of organs, a person barely free enough to use a remote control to choose his channel? -J. Kristeva
Meh
May 6, 2008 - 13:19 ET by Matthew SheffieldI don't think they're that funny although there are some conservatives who like them, including NB's PJ Gladnick.
They pretty much have the exact same schtick and it gets old. The shows are way too long.
I find that each episode
May 6, 2008 - 13:31 ET by JasonCI find that each episode has at least moment where one of them will say something mindblowingly incisive (whether from a conservative or liberal perspective), and it's all the more surreal because it's couched in this over-the-top white trash presentation.
Who can revolt if man has become a simple conglomerate of organs, a person barely free enough to use a remote control to choose his channel? -J. Kristeva
Jason I think Matthew responded last time also
May 6, 2008 - 17:37 ET by Dee Bunkand between he and I we represent everyone. He represents ALL conservative men and I represent ALL conservative women.
There is nothing subtle about this and of course a show with polo shirts and Pinot Grigio drinking pretentious liberals would be funny because it's based on truth. The rednecks are not. There are probably just as many uneducated redneck liberals as their are conservatives (if not more).
If you had two men in Business suits ala MJ Fox from his Alex days, talking about how stupid liberal ideas are, that would be a fair comparison to your pretentious liberals.
If one of the rednecks were a liberal and one a conservative, then it would be funny - the way it is now it's just stupid and mean and not representative of anything close to reality.
He represents ALL
May 6, 2008 - 19:38 ET by JasonCHe represents ALL conservative men and I represent ALL conservative women.
Hahaha...oh wait...really?
There is nothing subtle about this and of course a show with polo
shirts and Pinot Grigio drinking pretentious liberals would be funny
because it's based on truth.
Not really, Dee. But I would find it funny because it fits right in with what some people in middle America thinks the urban coasts are like.
The rednecks are not [based].
No s**t, that's been my point all along, that it's an absurd caricature based on what some liberals might believe to be accurate.
Who can revolt if man has become a simple conglomerate of organs, a person barely free enough to use a remote control to choose his channel? -J. Kristeva
You can't really argue comedy
May 6, 2008 - 22:55 ET by Dee BunkYou like that and I prefer Newsbusted. To each his own.
That is sooo true. Makes
May 6, 2008 - 22:59 ET by JasonCThat is sooo true. Makes one wonder why you felt the need to jump all over my post with the link to RSU.
Who can revolt if man has become a simple conglomerate of organs, a person barely free enough to use a remote control to choose his channel? -J. Kristeva
or why you continually complain about newsbusted
May 7, 2008 - 09:08 ET by Dee Bunkand try to tell people who like it that it's no good.
sorry Jason
May 6, 2008 - 11:49 ET by candanceI made it 15 seconds through before the profanity was unleashed. You might want to have a warning accompany your post to that link in the future.
You mean the A-word?
May 6, 2008 - 11:54 ET by JasonCYou mean the A-word? Sorry, I didn't think that would really offend anyone. Actually the funny thing about this show is that, usually, whenever the younger guy swears, the older one tells him to watch his mouth (not this time, for some reason). Anyway, sorry 'bout that.
Who can revolt if man has become a simple conglomerate of organs, a person barely free enough to use a remote control to choose his channel? -J. Kristeva
excellent one!
May 6, 2008 - 10:01 ET by mrjeffTOO FUNNY! And nothing risque this time...best of both worlds. Thanks so much for the conservative "bright spot" of humor/news in our day.
The base of the dem. party
May 6, 2008 - 17:46 ET by bigtimerThe base of the dem. party in regards to voting ID...hilarious, so was the the illegals having to go back home and doing jobs the others won't, but the Oprah one and msnbc was the topper for me!
Thanks once again for the laughs...
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
I think the whole thing was funny
May 7, 2008 - 14:10 ET by NoviceAptly written to touch on most of the Modern Liberal craziness of these days.
I think that the whole thing was funny this time.
Novice