From that quiet and lonely place where comedians consider the rare possibility and danger of making fun of Barack Obama, Amy Chozick of The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Wanda Sykes is trying out some Obama jokes on the road in anticipation of her May comedy gig at the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington:
"It's so crazy how everyone is just in love with this man," Ms. Sykes said. She imitated a love-struck teenager calling into a radio show. "I would like to dedicate 'Always and Forever' to my president."
The audience laughed.
Mr. Obama should have chosen New York Gov. David Patterson as his vice president, she continued. "Who's going to hurt the half-black guy if you're going to be left with the whole black, blind guy?"
The audience groaned.
For younger readers, "Always and Forever" was a hit ballad for the soul group Heatwave in 1978. It began: "Always and forever / Each moment with you / Is just like a dream to me / That somehow came true." It does sound a lot like Chris Matthews discussing Obama on "Hardball."
Sykes should have comic latitude, since no one’s protesting the fact that Sykes is really an Obama fan:
In a recent appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Ms. Sykes said the country should trust Mr. Obama to fix the economic crisis. "We're broke and I'll tell you, nobody knows more about being broke than black people," she concluded. The punch line got a nervous laugh from the audience.
Among comics, there was some initial hand-wringing that the articulate Mr. Obama wouldn't provide as much comic fodder as former President Bush. Comedian Alonzo Bodden says lately he directs more jokes at the economic crisis than the president. At a recent show in Grand Rapids, Mich., he riffed that Michigan is an example of everything that is wrong in America. "People there laughed because what else can you do?" he says.
But this is the line in the Chozick article that’s really, ridiculously funny:
Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," a premier venue for political satire, has focused lately on a feud with CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer. Comedy Central President Michele Ganeless says "The Daily Show" is "picking apart what [Obama's] saying the same way they did with Bush."
Previously: Wanda Sykes Tapped to Mock Obama at White House Correspondents' Dinner
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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there is so much fodder with
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 07:45 ET by jacktheripperthere is so much fodder with BHO for comedians that the jokes practically write themselves...hell even Carrot Top could have sold out shows!
Nah, she should just recycle the Bush jokes.
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 08:24 ET by JWFThe whole "Bush did it Bush did it Bush did it" is working pretty well for Obama.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
Don't you know? Comedians
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 08:31 ET by fenngibbonDon't you know? Comedians will make fun of Obama when he's wrong.
Is it their fault that the God-King is never wrong?
So very weak, Wanda Sykes (and Hollywood are)
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 08:33 ET by kdizzydazeThey all spent 8 years absolutely bashing President Bush. Nothing was off limits.
Now they have a guy they themselves elevated to mythical status (h/t to the MSM as well) and because of that they are unable to make fun of him. To them it would be as if they are eating their own. I mean c'mon, the joke Sykes used in her show to "test" her material was more a slam on the Governor of NY than Obama - and the butt of the joke was some whack job faceless would be assassin, NOT Obama. And you know that the lib audience would've irrationally attached a face to that "would be" assassin - guess who!!!! Oh, the douche-baggery of it all.
Hollywood and the MSM will reap what they sow with this guy. I look forward to their failings - I really do.
God made man, but he used a monkey to do it -- DEVO
Hey Wanda here's some material.....Send me Five bucks
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 08:36 ET by ConScottThat was some crazy stuff goin' on last year. You notice how our president was even able to transcend issues of life, death AND racism? I mean when's the last time a half-black guy rose from obscurity to the White House and millions of dead white folks rose up to vote for him?
(pause for applause)
Hell, I even voted twice.
(laughter)
Michelle: "Honey, you know
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 08:57 ET by JerryMichelle: "Honey, you know them dvd's you give the Browns that they couldn't use?"
Barrack: "Yes dear."
Michelle: "Well, the Muslim shieks ain't liking them honey baked hams you sent either."
Barrack: "Oh dear."
Michelle: "And the press is saying it's not a good idea to send that side of beef to the premier of India... something crazy about worshiping cows or something."
Barrack: "Damnit, send the veal instead."
Michelle: "Fool, veal is cow too. It's just baby cow."
Barrack: "Leather sofa?"
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Very good
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 09:22 ET by general company: ]
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
you could punch that up
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 09:39 ET by Jack Baueryou could punch that up to
Deconstructing Wanda Lust
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 08:49 ET by Jack BauerAh right. But Wanda knows the actual logical punch line to her gag is not what what she said, but the opposite which is lot crueller and funnier and non-PC. Follow me here...
Now substitute for instance, Sarah Palin for Barack Obama... She's portrayed by the media as white trailer park trash who are (next to blacks) very familiar with being broke.
Now the Obama gag was given to make him the "hero" not the butt.
I guarantee that the same gag with Palin would have made her the butt -- as in: how the hell can she fix the economy when she can't fix (she being the stand-in for an entire class of people) herself... but that is still funnier punchline.
Yup, good point, Jack.
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 09:18 ET by thebutlerdiditI have heard all kinds of great riffs on Obama. Unfortunately, they don't appear in the MSM. Ridiculous.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
Wanda, fire your
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 09:44 ET by dscottWanda, fire your writers.
Mr. Obama should have chosen New York Gov. David Patterson as his vice president, she continued. "Who's going to hurt the half-black guy if you're going to be left with the whole black, blind guy?"
Keep this in mind, we on the Right don't want Obama assassinated! Think about it from our side, would we want a President Biden????? Heck NO!!!!! He's worse than Obama. So Wanda with this in mind your line should have been...
If you think Right Wing Cranks are having a hard time now, just wait until some mentally unbalanced person offs Obama, then crazy Uncle Joe will be president. You know, even the Left Wing Loons might be driven even more crazy to off Biden, then we would have a President Pelosi.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Laugh if you may about what
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 11:46 ET by eaglewingz08Laugh if you may about what ComCent claims about his show's picking apart what Obama says the same way it did with Bush, but it is true, but only in how libs define 'picking apart'. With ex Pres Bush, Comedy Central usually picked apart what Bush said, to make it more embarrasing or mockable for its audience, leaving out the parts that would explain or do away with the comic point. With Obama, ComCent picks apart what Obama says, to hide the gaffes, mistakes, embarassing material, and to otherwise whitewash (no that's not a racist term liberals) or correct what Obama has stated, in order to insulate Obama from becoming a laughinstock only two months into his Presidency. See, the channel both 'picked apart' the Presidents, but in a mirror image way, and that to ComCent, is 'fair' and 'even handed', but only in the minds of koolaid libtards.
OOOOHHHHH! SNAP!
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 17:54 ET by Jman449"It's so crazy how everyone is just in love with this man," Ms. Sykes
said. She imitated a love-struck teenager calling into a radio show. "I
would like to dedicate 'Always and Forever' to my president."
Pretty wicked beatdown of Obama! How will he live that one down? Bet Comedy Central is hard at work trying to top that one.
Wanda Sykes gets old real fast with AWD
Sat, 04/04/2009 - 20:32 ET by jefflebowskiShe is very tedious. Her ghetto woman with attitude is something I can do very nicely without, thank you.
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Dear Wanda...
Sun, 04/05/2009 - 01:10 ET by pahuberPlease, I am allready impotent enough. Dear Lord & Savior Jesus... why are stupid people so fugly? Amen.
It's just my job 5 days a week...
Elton John
"Dear Lord & Savior Jesus...
Sun, 04/05/2009 - 02:26 ET by fenngibbon"Dear Lord & Savior Jesus... why are stupid people so fugly?"
That's just the law of averages. Most people are fugly, so any subset of them (especially one as large as stupid people) is going to have mostly fugly people as well.
And yes, I am saying most people are stupid. After all, Obama got elected, didn't he?
As I always say
Sun, 04/05/2009 - 02:40 ET by RESTLESS 1If ingnorance is bliss, then liberals must be ecstatic.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Has anyone ever found this woman funny? I really want to know!
Sun, 04/05/2009 - 12:06 ET by pahuberI've seen her on comedy central while flipping around and have listened to much of her standup routine. Not very good at all...