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23. Welcome to DU, FatBuddy!

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 04:21 PM

Nov 2013

Glad you're here! This thread is full of rather astute observations. Good points all. Except for that moran guy.

Nothing so funny as wandering through some of the teabaggers' protest signs and noting how rotten the spelling and usage and punctuation all are. I keep thinking about the photo of the "Get a Brain! Morans" dude with his American flag do-rag over his bad mullet.

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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 Stra�e 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