Comedy Central is usually the network that rips on President Bush -- including its nasty cartoon "Lil Bush." But it's not the network that tries to present equal satire on Hillary Clinton. Stephen Colbert hosted Hillary on "The Colbert Report" on Thursday night, and as he often does, he did a terrible job of even pretending to be a conservative as they portrayed Hillary as ultra-competent. Did they steal that from "Saturday Night Live?"
MRC's Melissa Lopez offers the transcript below the fold. Hot Air has the video.
STEPHEN COLBERT: "Anyway, the big news is last night's Democratic debate which took place here in Philadelphia.... What just happened? Jimmy, the rear screen is down! Where's my Liberty Bell?"
JIMMY: "Sorry, Stephen, it's just technical difficulties. We're not used to this studio."
COLBERT: "Well, get the technicians in here to figure it out!"
Story Continues Below Ad ↓JIMMY: "Uh... I'm sorry, I can't do that. The technicians are back in New York."
COLBERT: "Are you telling me there's no one in this theater who can fix the mess we're in?"
HILLARY CLINTON: "I can, I can Stephen!"
COLBERT: "Senator, thank you so much. Thank you Senator!"
CLINTON: "Well, let me handle this... Jimmy?"JIMMY: "Yes, Senator Clinton?"
CLINTON: "About this screen. How are you feeding this? Through the router or the aux bus on the switcher?"
JIMMY: "Ahh, it's an Aux."
CLINTON: "Try toggling the input."
JIMMY: "Okay."
COLBERT: "Holy Cow!"
CLINTON: "You know what, Stephen? Your forehead is a little shiny, makeup! Makeup -- powder, please."
COLBERT: "Senator Clinton, you are so prepared for any situation. I just don't know how to thank you enough."
CLINTON: "That's no problem, Sstephen. I just love solving problems. Call me any time."
COLBERT: "Really?
CLINTON: "Sure, call me at 3:00 A.M."
COLBERT: "Senator Clinton, everybody! I am going to call her at 3:00 A.M., I am sure she left her cellphone number."
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center
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While much of the material
April 18, 2008 - 18:21 ET by fitzfongWhile much of the material on Comedy Central is anti-Bush, it's not unheard of to see the Clintons made fun of on the network. I remind you of the infamous South Park episode "featuring" Hillary Clinton last year. That said, I stopped watching the Daily Show when Kilborn left...I always found Jon Stewart more annoying than funny (he was pretty funny on an episode of Dr. Katz, but I think that was more down to the animators than to the comedian). As such, I've never seen Stephen Colbert and am not about to start now.
Whatever you do, don't start
April 18, 2008 - 18:23 ET by balboaWhatever you do, don't start watching now. Wouldn't want that. :-)
I miss Dr. Katz.
Yeah, Dr. Katz was a great
April 18, 2008 - 18:34 ET by fitzfongYeah, Dr. Katz was a great show. My wife bought me the entire series on DVD for my birthday last year. They had some really good comedians on the couch...Dom Irrera, the late Mitch Hedberg, even Ray Romano before he got his own sitcom. Very underrated show that was cancelled too soon.
I miss SquiggleVision, too.
April 18, 2008 - 18:37 ET by balboaI miss SquiggleVision, too. They used to do a great Saturday morning cartoon called "Science Court" or something like that.
Science Court
April 18, 2008 - 18:43 ET by fitzfongI don't recall that one. But I do remember "Home Movies", which was in SquiggleVision for the first year or two and featured H. John Benjamin and occasionally Johnathan Katz. Benjamin took his terminally lazy Ben Katz character and turned him into a depraved and indifferent soccer coach, McGuirk. That was a good show, too.
Home Movies...
April 19, 2008 - 06:14 ET by zeoconIs absolutely brilliant and one of the best cartoons ever made, funnier and better-written than practically all the garbage that Fox, Comedy Central or Cartoon Network try to pass off as entertainment nowadays (though South Park is still good). CN's Adult Swim plays reruns at 1:30 AM weekdays (sadly, the show ended in 2004).
Yeah, I really enjoyed Home
April 19, 2008 - 15:49 ET by fitzfongYeah, I really enjoyed Home Movies. Lately, I think that much of the really sharp comedy writing has been saved for animated series like Home Movies, South Park, King of the Hill, Dr. Katz, Futurama...Hell, even the Simpsons still manage to pull off a few gems a season after all these years. But what do I know? I still love Beavis and Butt-head...Mike Judge is my hero.
I got tired of Colbert's stupid routine a long time ago
April 18, 2008 - 18:37 ET by lgeubankHe's Johnny One-note -- his whole act is that one stupid, unfunny pose. Like Borat. Like some jerk you knew in the 8th grade, laying on the heavy-handed sarcasm, day after day after day...
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Enough already.
Sacha Baron Cohen
April 18, 2008 - 18:46 ET by Matthew Sheffieldis far better than Colbert. That's why he created multiple characters and wanted to discard them once he felt they'd been oversold. Colbert has been doing the same shtick with little variation for years.
I never got Borat. Just not
April 18, 2008 - 18:49 ET by balboaI never got Borat. Just not my thing.
Me neither. The best part
April 18, 2008 - 19:17 ET by Roger the ShrubberMe neither. The best part of his role in "Sweeney Todd" was when he died.
Sometimes I find Stephen
April 18, 2008 - 22:55 ET by Scout FinchSometimes I find Stephen Colbert funny. But this was one of those moments when it seemed like he broke the fourth wall and exposed his true inner self. And it wasn't funny.
Kind of like how David Letterman was funny on NBC when he'd poke fun of celebrities, but when he went to CBS, he fawned over them.
Both scenarios are like finding out there's really no Santa......