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OK. Who's your favorite political comedian? Samples of their humor please. Please try to limit the samples to 2-3 per comedian.
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I love Bill Mahr but I can't think of an example of his humor right now.
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George Carlin pushed the limits.
I would rather not spoil the samples by breaking them into bits and pieces.
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jmacann wrote:George Carlin pushed the limits.
I would rather not spoil the samples by breaking them into bits and pieces. +1 for Carlin. He was one of the very few who are both genuinely funny and politically astute.
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leonAzul wrote:jmacann wrote:George Carlin pushed the limits.
I would rather not spoil the samples by breaking them into bits and pieces. +1 for Carlin. He was one of the very few who are both genuinely funny and politically astute. +2 for Carlin. Lenny Bruce is politically important but not REALLY a political humorist--if that makes sense--but arguably the most important standup of the 20th century, so one has to give him some sort of props for making guys like Carlin possible. Personally, I'd give points to Bill Hicks, but his early demise makes it difficult to really put him at the upper end of the pantheon. Richard Pryor should get more points than he probably does for his political commentary.
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Yeah George, John, Bill, Richard and Lenny were/are pretty good. Not familiar with Hicks. I like Lewis Black and the SNL parodies. I'll even give the conservatives one - a writer, Christopher Buckley. Not P.J. O'Rourke who's clever but not funny.
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Joseph Glantz wrote:Not familiar with Hicks. Some samples of Bill: on abortion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcebIEOkhYon gays in the military: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np6_b-72H3E(My personal favorite) on marketing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo
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Wow - he certainly had an "edge" to his humor. Shame he died so young.
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Dennis Miller and Ron White. (of course) 
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George W Bush always made me laugh. Loved that sitcom he did where Bob Newhart ran that inn in Vermont and he and his brothers Darryl and Darryl were always screwing up. The episode where they were convinced the ditzy blonde chick was hiding WMDs in her underwear drawer was hilarious.
Wonder what became of him ?
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Joseph Glantz wrote:Wow - he certainly had an "edge" to his humor. Shame he died so young. Yeah, it's edgy alright.... Sam Clemens/Mark Twain once wrote that he wanted to write "with a pen warmed up in Hell." I love SC/MT, but it's debatable how successfully he did that. Nowadays there's stuff he wrote that has a sort of edge, but amongst his contemporaries or even predecessors one can find stuff that has a comparable or even greater "heat" than his. Hicks still seems to me to have gone further and been more edgy than anyone before or since. Funny undoubtably, but very often the kind of funny that you have to laugh at because the only other reasonable response is to cry. There are guys out there who "shock" more than Hicks maybe, and there are any number willing to humiliate themselves in vile, juvenile and even violent ways, but those guys are one of the things Hicks could reduce to a stain on the carpet of history with a few choice words. He was a bit of a nutjob on certain issues, though. Personally, I think Oswald killed Kennedy, and I'm dismayed that so many people find elaborate conspiracies in that simple event. Hicks was one of those people. It was the kind of thing that set Hicks off into rhapsodies of conspiracy theories and ranting. Still, even when I disagree with him in detail or philosophically, he was funny.
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excaelis wrote:George W Bush always made me laugh. Loved that sitcom he did where Bob Newhart ran that inn in Vermont and he and his brothers Darryl and Darryl were always screwing up. The episode where they were convinced the ditzy blonde chick was hiding WMDs in her underwear drawer was hilarious.
Wonder what became of him ?
Funny. Newhart was/is one of my favorites. I always thought he and Calvin Trillin should work on somethng together.
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excaelis wrote:George W Bush always made me laugh. Loved that sitcom he did where Bob Newhart ran that inn in Vermont and he and his brothers Darryl and Darryl were always screwing up. The episode where they were convinced the ditzy blonde chick was hiding WMDs in her underwear drawer was hilarious.
Wonder what became of him ?
Yep. George Bush could be funny. And he now has some SERIOUS competition. Political HumorAs for what became of him, he's holding a seat at the dinner table for the guy in the above video - for about 13 months from now.
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Truthseeker wrote:excaelis wrote:George W Bush always made me laugh. Loved that sitcom he did where Bob Newhart ran that inn in Vermont and he and his brothers Darryl and Darryl were always screwing up. The episode where they were convinced the ditzy blonde chick was hiding WMDs in her underwear drawer was hilarious.
Wonder what became of him ?
Yep. George Bush could be funny. And he now has some SERIOUS competition. Political HumorAs for what became of him, he's holding a seat at the dinner table for the guy in the above video - for about 13 months from now. Yes. I'm looking forward to the President's Correspondence too! Maybe George can sit next to the Donald this time so President Obama doesn't have to spend too much time on Trump's toupe.
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George Denis Patrick Carlin and yes of course George w bush...
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Not very familiar with this genre (American, I mean),
but looking this subforum sometimes,
Truthseeker and Niblick are high ;-)
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:Not very familiar with this genre (American, I mean),
but looking this subforum sometimes,
Truthseeker and Niblick are high ;-)
Considering the source JJ, I consider that a supreme compliment. Like Margaret Thatcher said, "Eventually socialists run out of other people's money." How's your 'Fat Tax' working out for ya?
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Truthseeker wrote:
How's your 'Fat Tax' working out for ya?
Sometimes it's wiser to do the homework before entering the chalkboard.
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:Truthseeker wrote:
How's your 'Fat Tax' working out for ya?
Sometimes it's wiser to do the homework before entering the chalkboard. Oh! That's right. You're a FINN and not a Dane.  That is so obvious from the tenor of your posts. My bad. But never fear. Socialism is alive and well in your part of the world. Your prayers will soon be answered. It won't be long before you, too, get to share your wealth through a brand new spin on the old locution "chewing the fat".
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Didn't take long for this to get pissy.
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Truthseeker wrote:
But never fear. Socialism is alive and well in your part of the world. Your prayers will soon
be answered. It won't be long before you, too, get to share your wealth through a brand new spin on the old locution
"chewing the fat".
I'm always surprised of your excellent knowledge and expertise on European and especially Nordic countries' way of life and circumstances. 
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:Truthseeker wrote:
But never fear. Socialism is alive and well in your part of the world. Your prayers will soon
be answered. It won't be long before you, too, get to share your wealth through a brand new spin on the old locution
"chewing the fat".
I'm always surprised of your excellent knowledge and expertise on European and especially Nordic countries' way of life and circumstances. Yes, it is quite surprising, isn't it? Kind of like your marvelously enlightening commentary on the Politics of the United States. Google is a truly amazing thing.
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Truthseeker wrote:
Yes, it is quite surprising, isn't it? Kind of like your marvelously enlightening commentary on the Politics of the United States. Google is a truly amazing thing.
Can you give an example of my commentary on the Politics of the United States?
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:Truthseeker wrote:
Yes, it is quite surprising, isn't it? Kind of like your marvelously enlightening commentary on the Politics of the United States. Google is a truly amazing thing.
Can you give an example of my commentary on the Politics of the United States? We can't go back any further than Oct. 15. But then.......... you already knew that. I'm here for the long run. Sit back and relax. It's going to be fun.
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:
Can you give an example of my commentary on the Politics of the United States?
But then there was that recent reference of yours in which you revealed an intimate knowledge of our tea party: Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote: Of troglodytes, they can be interpreted as Hobbits (holbytla - cave dweller), or earthworms who help aerate and enrich soil. Nothing bad to say about troglodytes. But these tea-partyists and other political fiddlers are not worth of a malodorous fart.Who'd have ever guessed?
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Ts,
the one who seeks, ultimately finds,
a fart
Someone could see some political humour in it.
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[quote=Jyrkkä Jätkä]Ts,
the one who seeks, ultimately finds,
a fart
Someone could see some political humour in it.
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For the life of me, I can't understand why you'd be seeking it, but none the less - WHEN you found this fart, did you find it funny?
I won't ask if it was malodorous. THAT would be for your nose only.
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Ts, you expert of all the meaningful things,
You can call the others whatever you like,
Nazis, Communists, Socialists,
even Democrats.
Have you ever thought?
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:Ts, you expert of all the meaningful things,
You can call the others whatever you like,
Nazis, Communists, Socialists,
even Democrats.
I call them whatever I like? Well........ I refer to them as what they are. If I have been in error in my characterizations, perhaps you can enlighten me.
Have you ever thought?
My, my. You do have a penchant for words, especially when you attempt to avoid the issues.
I do hope your day improves, J.J.
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