The fact is, that was really funny, much more than most liberal comedy. It’s time that we had equal time in the MSM, meanshile we can balance out the intrenet.

y’know, youtube is blocked at work here but I’m just gonna guess that this was a clip from that Newsbusters “comedy” program?

second guess is Julia Gorin.

You lied.

Plus: What is with the spinning transition? It looks cheap and out-of-place on what’s supposed to look like a “real” news broadcast.

“Hey, guess what? Eliot Spitzer paid too much for a prostitute! David Vitter got a much better deal… oh, wait, that looks bad for us. Okay, let’s try again: even Larry Craig’s fine wasn’t $5500!

[crickets]

What? That’s worse? Heh, heh. Okay, one last time: at least Mark Foley was smart enough not to pay those Congressional pages!”

I can’t believe I actually clicked on it. I’d been able to hold out on those to this point. Blech.

The fact that there are people who think that mess of unfunny-ness is funny is so very sad.

Holy crap! I got all seasons of Black Books on DVD on the shelf. This show sucked the funny out of them so hard if reduced them to ash.

I’ll never laugh again.

Credit where it’s due – her timing’s better than it used to be. On the other hand, her mugging at the end of every “joke” makes me want to cry.

Speaking of which, some of her jokes don’t seem to have punchlines. “Al Gore believes in global warming! Ha ha ho ho!” “Democrats spend money! Isn’t that hilarious?”

Stupid computer! Be more funny!!

I can’t get over the fact that someone must think that is funny.

I’m pretty sure aliens walk among us, or maybe I’m the alien. I’m still working the details out.

Either way, I refuse to believe that anyone in my species could find humor in that.

How does she do that smug reaction to the laughter before the laugh track is added? Either she’s got an amazing talent at deluding her own ego to the sound of crickets chirping or they do the laugh track first or she just times her “punch lines” to fit.

Watch a NewsBusters vid? Aww, this is always death!

Not gonna look at that. Uh-uh.

Um, I can’t think of ANYTHING to say. People who might think that’s funny are just TOO TOO pathetic to mock.

Newsbusters may have killed Typical Republican.

I watched the first minute. That was more than enough. Is this supposed to be the Fox News crowd’s answer to Colbert or something? Because, well, that’s pretty sad. I’m just shocked they left out “Micheal Moore is fat!” How the hell do we keep losing to these guys?

Shalom gentlemen.

I type from beyond the grave, Brando is right.

Jodie Whatsherface has less stage presence than one of Jon Stewart’s toenail clippings. I have a small collection. The canned laughter isn’t helping, nor is the fake audience at the beginning. The camera angle is unflattering, forcing her to look up and places her at an odd angle. Those Microsoft Movie Maker transitions are crappy as Hysterical Woman said. Her tossing of her head is not a good idea, as it makes her seem bouncy and, pardon me ladies, like a blonde joke. Her pointing fingers make it seem like she is trying to force her hands to stay on the table. Her whole body language is either nervous or terrified. The whole production feels forced and ruins whatever funny bits they might have. I have yet to find any of those, but that might have to do with the fact that her delivery is so terrible.

Ok, the Spitzer overspending on hookers was kinda funny, but was flawed by her unnatural rhythms. She should watch more of The Daily Show.

The bottom line is, that was really funny. Alot funnier than the democrats parodies of President Bush which don’t make any sense. The Right needs a Conservative answer to Stephen Colbert, and we may just have found it.

That is some sweet hard driving rock in the intro song, though.

The Right needs a Conservative answer to Stephen Colbert, and we may just have found it.

Jody’s a lady, not a neuter pronoun, dammit.

Yeah, what Candy said. The first time was more than enough.

The Right needs a Conservative answer to Stephen Colbert, and we may just have found it.

Yes. Yes, you have. Run with it.

I don’t get why she always leads with her right shoulder. It’s like she’s about to punch you with her left hand.

Then again, her jokes are like being punched in the face so it makes sense.

Good writing would fix most of the un-chuckles that Chuckles pointed out.

It’s not even a question of conservative vs. liberal humor. I’ve watched about four of these and the jokes are weak across the entire spectrum. The tired Hillary jabs, the news of the day, the non-political stuff. The punchlines are obvious, the set-ups sound as long winded as press release copy, and the delivery just amplifies the suckitude. I mean, CBS is for old people? We’ve never heard that on Letterman a million times before.

What irritates me is the knuckledraggers in the You Tube comments who are saying how great this is only because it makes fun of liberals and they hope she’ll answer their e-mails asking her out.

They should REALLY work on their jabs at Al Gore.

When Jon Stewart takes a poke at George W. Bush, he doesn’t just say, “The President is stupid.” They show a clip of the president and then they make fun of something he really said or did.

Repeating a ridiculous talking point can be kind of funny, but not in the sense that THEY want it to be funny.

As far as Hillary not looking like a woman … Yeah, that’s another one they should work on.

Are they really THAT starved for material? Or are they just too dumb to have a clue?

Jon Stewart does a much better job of ridiculing Democrats and “liberals” than any so-called conservative humor I have ever seen.

Wingnut wankerism weally wocks.

Either way, I refuse to believe that anyone in my species could find humor in that.

I just remind myself that half the population is below average in intelligence.

Sadly, it helps explain so much.

This is where the Olin foundation and the dysfunctional Scaifes like to spend their money? WTF?

The Right needs a Conservative answer to Stephen Colbert

You….clearly have no idea who Stephen Colbert is.

Spokane Moderate said,

March 21, 2008 at 21:32

Stupid computer! Be more funny!!

Now that’s funny.

If you’re gonna rip off Homer Simpson, be fucking funny about it.

Well done, Spokane Moderate. Well done.

I thought that the sterotypical liberal editor in “Mallrd Fillmore” was the conservative answer to Steve Colbert?

I always thought Mallard Fillmore was just like Stephen Colbert. Set up a ridiculous conservative straw man, laugh at it. Wait, you mean Mallard Fillmore is supposed to be taken seriously? I mean, Jesus.

I’m sorry, has it now become an article of faith among the right-wing in general that global warming is fake? Why else would this woman have put that Al Gore joke in there, expecting the average wingnut to laugh about it?

If so, dear god, we’re all so fucked.

The fact is, Mallard Fillmore is the funniest comic out there, it really sticks it to the liberals, yeah.

I think you are just like Stephen Colbert too, Garold.

I actually have a friend who did some Peace Corps work in Swaziland, and he was telling someone about it at a party and they misheard him, and he said the conversation got stranger and stranger because they kept asking him about the snow and the Alps.

Which is similar to the story of a friend who flew to Oslo, and on his first jetlagged day his host started telling him about the “Monk” museum. My friend said he’d no idea the Norwegians were such jazz fans – and the host looked at him strangely but went on gamely. It was only after my friend asked if the museum displayed any of those little knit caps Sphere always wore that it was revealed that this host was talking about Edvard Munch.

Poop on a stick isn’t intrinsically funny, but if you’re mean and immature, you can get a lot of entertainment value out of chasing people down and waving it in front of their faces.

Most conservative humor is the same way. Teh funneh comes from imagining a liberal seeing/hearing it and being offended.

As Chuckles said, the Spitzer bit actually came close to being a joke. That is, spending $80,000 on a hooker (at what was it? $3000 an hour) is ripe for satire, and I could easily see Jay, Conan, Jon, or Stephen using it as the basis for a joke (except that they usually have much more creativity to be that desperate; well, maybe not Jay…)–even the “Democrats overspend” line isn’t in and of itself bad.

But the actual writing and delivery of the line is horrible.

It’s like the difference between Airplane! or Top Secret! and those crap “Reference Movies” (thanks, the Soup) Epic Movie, Date Movie, or this new Superhero Movie. There’s no understanding of phrasing, delivery, etc., it’s all just premise/reference: oh, that guy is talking like Napoleon Dynamite! Isn’t that funny? Oh, Democrats overspend! Isn’t that funny?

I can’t help but wonder if Newsbusted would work better if the comedian removed herself and just talked over a set of slides. That’s assuming the team behind it possess theatrical talent. They have an understanding of theater, but that isn’t the same thing as being any good. The Daily Show’s approach is basically to take something that has an inherent silliness to it and present in a way that exaggerates the silliness of the situation (Sadly, No!’s shtick is quite similar actually). Jon Stewart’s and the correspondents’ performances are part of the exaggerated presentation. But that’s not all. The correspondents act like they live on the same planet as their victims and act like they understand what is happening, i.e. John “resident expert” Hodgeman’s sketches. They own it and they perform with a straight face (well, sometimes not Stewart). The best comedians are equal opportunity offenders. Newsbusted wears its conservatism on its sleeve. They restrict themselves too much.

Through your pavlovian training I now emit a heavy sigh at the merest suggestion of another one of these things.

They should REALLY work on their jabs at Al Gore.

That wasn’t a jab, that was a rabid insult in disguise.

The writing process probably started with the word “FUCKING FUCK FUCKING AL FUCKING GORE” and took two weeks to work into something which almost resembled a potential joke.

Really, what did I do to deserve this? Is it because I didn’t give up anything for Lent besides teh sexor? Aren’t there any rawking videos out there on the interwebs that you could post? You know, something to get the Easter weekend off to a good start…

oh god, I’d rather staple my tongue to the wall then watch her again.

It’s when I watch stuff like this that I swing right behind the idea of free markets.

Hell, get this show on primetime – put it up against any show you can name, however weak. Let the people decide what’s funny and what sucks.

Not that I think a network executive exists who smokes enough crack to put that screeching, excruciating car crash on telelvision, but you never know.

Obviously you’ve forgotten the ratings and critical triumph that was “The Half Hour News Hour”.

t4toby said,

March 21, 2008 at 21:37

I’m pretty sure aliens walk among us, or maybe I’m the alien. I’m still working the details out.

Either way, I refuse to believe that anyone in my species could find humor in that.

I think a documentary about that came out about 20 years ago.

Saul said,

March 21, 2008 at 21:47

Shalom gentlemen.

Namaste Saul

Flying Rodent said,

Not that I think a network executive exists who smokes enough crack to put that screeching, excruciating car crash on telelvision, but you never know.

How long did Tucker Carlson have a show that nobody watched?

The unrhythmic clapping by the two sorority bimbos in the beginning sets the tone.

Jody Miller is hot, though. Love the 70s feathered rocker chick part-down-the-middle cut.

As far as Hillary not looking like a woman … Yeah, that’s another one they should work on.

Typical Republicans: their talking points don’t even have internal logic. One minute Hillary is a whiny bitch. . . the next she isn’t a woman at all. Well, which is it?

D. Aristophanes said,

March 22, 2008 at 2:12

“The unrhythmic clapping by the two sorority bimbos in the beginning sets the tone.”

Which is exactly the same shot used to open the last one of these vids that SN unconscionably exposed me too.

There isn’t one aspect of these videos that isn’t canned – the jokes, the set, the intro, the transitions, the studio audience, the laughter, the manner of delivery….

This stuff is the live-action rendition of those stupid t-shirts you always see advertised on conservative sites like “peace through superior firepower” and so forth.

Poop on a stick isn’t intrinsically funny, but if you’re mean and immature, you can get a lot of entertainment value out of chasing people down and waving it in front of their faces.

Most conservative humor is the same way. Teh funneh comes from imagining a liberal seeing/hearing it and being offended.

In the words of Mr Miyagi, you hit nail on head.

There is no effing way any crowd is laughing that hard at these “jokes”. I call plagiarized laughter.

1) Poop on a stick would crack ME up
2) I seriously feel like re-filming these jokes with proper timing and delivery just for the sake of properly honoring the Gods of Comedy. It couldn’t save many of the truly lame lines, but it’s amazing what proper delivery can do to even a weak joke. I mean, the Gilligan joke was solid but her shite delivery buried it. Has this woman never gotten a piece of feedback in her performing career? She needs to get out to an audience that isn’t pre-disposed to giggle anytime the word “Hillary” is mentioned so she can work on her issues. NEVER LAUGH AT YOUR OWN JOKES, YOU IDIOT.

Sorry to rant. I have a great love of comedy and seeing it manhandled in this way offends me. Do you hear me, whoever you are? Your crap delivery is offensive.

Can’t you just stop posting those? the unfunny is gag inducing. I was happier when i didnt know they existed.

THIS! Whatever your name is. THIS is how you do mock news. Learn from your betters.

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/army_holds_annual_bring_your?

Army bring your daughter to work day
That was good mocking, but it wasn’t funny per se. Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert are doing some funny stuff (with the help of a lot of talented, hardworking people). The Onion is a lot funnier in print; there is a different rhythm to funny in a video, they need to keep trying on the vid thing.

Among the makers and viewers of this trash — is it actually filmed live in a bar? — it’s apparently common knowledge that Al Gore “lies about the environment”.

Like, you know, global warming is just some stuff he made up, cause, you know, he’s Al Gore.

Here’s how they should have done the Al Gore joke:
Jody: Of course, lying is already one of the seven deadly sins. (Comedian remains dignified. Show clip of Al Gore). Makes you think.

Still an unfunny lie itself, but funnier than what they actually tried and my version still has the requisite bias and unintentional irony.

I think I figured out the face making thing she does. It’s the Greek, “Comedy/Tragedy” masks.

During the set-up of the joke, she turns to the left and makes her “Comedy” face representing the promise of merriment and joy. However, for the punchline she turns to the right and makes her “Tragedy” face, representing the deliverance of sadness and great sorrow.

It’s brilliant, really.

Or maybe I’m reading too much into it.

The only purpose to this show would be to make anyone who’s been dumped by a woman who looks and gestures like her feel that they are the luckiest person on earth.

It’s nice to see those girls from Prussian Blue are still trying to make it in the entertainment business. Studio audience sounds about right for them.

Poop on a stick isn’t intrinsically funny, but if you’re mean and immature, you can get a lot of entertainment value out of chasing people down and waving it in front of their faces.
I imagine the Feces on a Stick program would attract a fanatically loyal following of watchers. Fortunately I am more mature than that; I’m waiting for the DVD compilation.

Couldn’t even watch it this time. Sorry, I tried. I had to turn it off when the worms started coming out of her ears. Gross.

Bnooz Bgnusted.

O Yai!

OY! ai!

Fixed.

Why does she look like she cleaning her teeth with her tounge after every single “joke”?

The first priority of comedy is to be funny. If you are trying to push a political agenda and then try to be funny, you get this.

That hair should be illegal.

Jesus Christ! Old people sure are funny with their walkers and stuff.

As though the daily show works because of wry glances and hair tossing.

It’s called timing, and these Newswhatever folks have none.

ugh. it hurts to watch that stuff. can’t you just do a “shorter newsbusters” next time and save me the time and agony?

I see what they’re doing here. They got a bunch of scripts for unproduced “Half Hour News Hours” and took out the funniest parts until it was down to (…how long was this? Fifteen minutes? Twenty? My sense of time is shot now; I watched about an hour of it and quit after the Gore joke.)