Philosophy
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere,
As you know, there is a war on comedy. The forces of unfunny are gathering. And now, this...
Their latest tactic is a ploy from ancient times, the comedic version of the Trojan horse. It is called "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" and is billed as a conservative version of the Daily Show from the creator of 24 and showing tonight on Fox News. It is being sold as comedy, but do not be fooled. A clip is here.
It is indeed a clever tactic, but they have been sloppy. As the good brother Scott points out they left out one small element of a comedy program...jokes. They promise funny, draw you in, and then...BAM...anti-comedy. When I think of punchlines, after all, the first person I think of is Ann Coulter. She shows her true identity here, she is the anti-Lenny Bruce. Long have we prophesied of her coming. Long have there been rumors of her arrival.
Do not be drawn in my friends. The forces of comedy are light. We are clever. They may have filled their whoopee cushion with this drivel, but we declare righteously that we will not sit upon it! Instead we give our own pppppffffffftttttt!
Live, love, and laugh
Irreverend Steve
- Feast Of Saint Dick
My Fellow Comedists, This week is brings us the birthday of Dick Smothers, straight man and stand-up bass player with his brother Tommy as part, of course, of the legendary Smothers Brothers. Before there was Saturday Night Live, before there was Laugh...
- Rip Ed Mcmahan
My Fellow Comedists, This week we mourn the passing of Ed McMahan whose number finally came up in the great Publishers' Clearinghouse Sweepstakes in the sky. For the viewing, he has been hermetically sealed in a mayonaisse jar on Funk and Wagnall's...
- Is Comedy Like Music?
Friends, This weekend we have a theological questions for all you thoughtful Comedists. I was listening to an interview with Ron White and the interviewer framed the question in terms of the Allman Brothers, whom White and the interviewer were both fans...
- The Feast Of Saint David
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week we celebrated the feast day of Saint David. David Brenner is 73 years old. The son of a vaudeville performer, growing up in the tough parts of Philly, he became a pivotal figure in stand-up....
- The Feast Of Saint Lenny
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week we celebrate the birthday of Lenny Bruce, a man who truly made much of comedy what it is today. Comedy in the 1950's was cute, like Alan King, even insightful and clever like Mort...
Philosophy
A Comedic Trojan Horse
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere,
As you know, there is a war on comedy. The forces of unfunny are gathering. And now, this...
Their latest tactic is a ploy from ancient times, the comedic version of the Trojan horse. It is called "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" and is billed as a conservative version of the Daily Show from the creator of 24 and showing tonight on Fox News. It is being sold as comedy, but do not be fooled. A clip is here.
It is indeed a clever tactic, but they have been sloppy. As the good brother Scott points out they left out one small element of a comedy program...jokes. They promise funny, draw you in, and then...BAM...anti-comedy. When I think of punchlines, after all, the first person I think of is Ann Coulter. She shows her true identity here, she is the anti-Lenny Bruce. Long have we prophesied of her coming. Long have there been rumors of her arrival.
Do not be drawn in my friends. The forces of comedy are light. We are clever. They may have filled their whoopee cushion with this drivel, but we declare righteously that we will not sit upon it! Instead we give our own pppppffffffftttttt!
Live, love, and laugh
Irreverend Steve
- Feast Of Saint Dick
My Fellow Comedists, This week is brings us the birthday of Dick Smothers, straight man and stand-up bass player with his brother Tommy as part, of course, of the legendary Smothers Brothers. Before there was Saturday Night Live, before there was Laugh...
- Rip Ed Mcmahan
My Fellow Comedists, This week we mourn the passing of Ed McMahan whose number finally came up in the great Publishers' Clearinghouse Sweepstakes in the sky. For the viewing, he has been hermetically sealed in a mayonaisse jar on Funk and Wagnall's...
- Is Comedy Like Music?
Friends, This weekend we have a theological questions for all you thoughtful Comedists. I was listening to an interview with Ron White and the interviewer framed the question in terms of the Allman Brothers, whom White and the interviewer were both fans...
- The Feast Of Saint David
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week we celebrated the feast day of Saint David. David Brenner is 73 years old. The son of a vaudeville performer, growing up in the tough parts of Philly, he became a pivotal figure in stand-up....
- The Feast Of Saint Lenny
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week we celebrate the birthday of Lenny Bruce, a man who truly made much of comedy what it is today. Comedy in the 1950's was cute, like Alan King, even insightful and clever like Mort...